Well done conor, mladen and the board

Are u always negative....is yr glass ever half full.
You remind me of watching the news. Depressing

 

Its amazing how many people can acknowledge and change their opinions...ive changed mine...that's a reflection on people's personality...I can be right and wrong...I wanted mladen out but he's proved me wrong...im happy to be wrong....its the negative fans who cant self reflect and review their decision making through stubborness or maybe unable to...roll on this season...we are going up

 

Feed the needy.

 

Question.

Has Sormaz changed, or has Hourihane forced him to deliver what he asked for? Has the environment from the owners shifted to support Head coach rather than sporting director and historic process?

I'd argue Hourihanes character has delivered a better window.

Yet, from a business perspective, a financial perspective, it's been pretty poor. No balancing books. So we're still in the same position of the casino. Spin the wheel and hope we get promoted... So we have to spend even more money we don't have.

Of course, your view is based purely on you accosting Sormaz in a car park. If he'd told you to do one, you'd give a contrarian view.

 

It will go one of two ways Mcgoldrick and/or DKD stay fit and free from suspension and the DoF will have got away with one. But if one or both miss a significant amount of games and it costs us at the end of the season the stick he's got up to now will seem like a walk in the park. I was pleased we hadn't lost any of the saleable assets yesterday and that masked the lack of the striker signing but looking at it in the cold light of day why the hell were we still trying to sign a striker on the last day of this window when we've known we've needed one for three windows. I'd like to know how many strikers we've actually tried to sign this window. Was Mcatee a target all along and if so why was it left until the last day to try to get it done or was it a panicky attempt to get something done at the last minute because once again we've pissed about all window getting nowt done.

 

Looking at the front line, we’re probably ok for now, if no injuries. We’ve enough attacking midfielders to fill the gaps or tweak the system and Jalo coming back soon. Although it’s clear we could have done with someone else.

As someone else pointed out, when we had Norwood and Cole, we had Tedic & Watters supporting.

Last year we had DKD & Humphrys, with Watters and sometimes Jalo supporting.

Point being, it’s been sometime since we’ve had 4 recognised quality strikers with us. So perhaps playing better quality CAMs instead of random strikers might be the best option for now. We’ve scored a few from midfield this year.

See what happens in January…. Or welcome back John Lewis etc in Oct….

 

No humble pie from me. First I'm not overly bothered with pies (except pork) and second I am in no way convinced that Sormaz is the main guy in this window. There has been nothing whatsoever to suggest Sormaz has had a major input. Indeed it would seem that Hourihane has had the greater input. Added to that is the ballsy attitude of Parekh in not selling anyone and its probably Hourihane and the owners who should be lauded.
Just because one meets a bloke in a car park and he seems nice doesn't automatically mean he's competent.
I'll stand corrected of course when definitive information comes out - if it ever does.

 

Id be shocked if we are paying anyones wages bar 300 quid a week from some youngsters

 

The recruitment system hasn't changed it was the same before Mladen came.

 

I think you'll be shocked then.

 

I'm pretty happy with it apart from not bringing in another striker. Even looking at cole who went to port Vale would have added something, can press and has pace and scores at this level.

But years ago under cryne or paul conman we would have sold our best players especially when clubs came enquiring and bids were knocked back. Looks like the days of selling our best players for peanuts could be in the past under nareev.

 

Now we don't sell them at all and get nothing for them when their contracts lapse ;-)

 

I think dkd, Phillips and connell have more than a year remaining. We paid little for Phillips. 600k for dkd and nothing for connell. We could sell them in January if the season goes pear-shaped and make money.
If your a club which needs to sell players to keep going it's important you maximise profit in the past we haven't done that.
You always seem very negative towards barnsleyfc.

 

Its very rare the club whos loaning a player doesn't pay full wages unless its from a Man City to Crawley type or Rashford on 350k a week.

 

That's not my experience when a club wants to offload a player.

 

I'm very concerned about our losses being the same size as our revenue. It surprises me, especially given the goings on in S6, that others aren't.

I've posted plenty of times saying I've enjoyed varying games so far. Results shouldn't cloud what lies beneath though. In 6 months, our players get a bit older. I suspect Dunn has passed his zenith in terms of value. And I'd guess any bids for Connell, Phillips or Russell (if they were forthcoming) were well short of our hopes, hence why nobody was sold and no contribution to our losses was made.

 

Couldn't tell you I'm not running a football club. One reason I never criticised Patrick when he sold most of the time for far too cheap was he put his own money in to fund the players he sold. These owners could have sold connell and others bids were the profits to be made but they haven't fair play. I will say one thing, if you buy a football club in a northern ex mining town, with a loyal fan base of 10-12k in the hope to make money your going to be disappointed.

 

For once, I'll agree with your last sentence. I think Parekh is finding that last bit out in the most painful way!

Sold by Conway. Ouch.

 

Would Bolton have loaned him out if they hadn't signed Forss? Maybe we were targeting him for a while but it was dependent upon other factors. People are crediting Hourihane with making the difference, it was Mladen's decision to appoint Hourihane. There are so many moving parts to all of this, I think judging it on one aspect - not signing a striker - is shortsighted. In terms of general strategy we've recruited a better standard of player and implemented a more effective formation. The direction of travel this window has undoubtedly been positive, and that's down to everyone, Conor, Neerav and Mladen.

 

The fact remains we were still trying to sign a player on the last day of the window for a position we've known we needed to strengthen for the last three windows not this window the last three. I agree that the rest of the recruitment seems to have been better this window but that will mean bugger all if either one or god forbid both the "strikers" we do have get a serious injury.