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He wasted a lot of money, proof of that is the fact only 3 of his 14 signings are still at the club and of the 11 no longer here, only two went for fees (Fabio & Daehli)
Credit where its due, the three who are still here (Morrison, Pilkington & Manga) were all good signings and made over 100 appearances for us, but they are very much in the minority seeing as we had to release most of his signings
We already have a £9m revenue deficit (pro-rata) to Fulham because of our cheaper season ticket pricing. People would grumble if our prices matched Fulham’s yet those same people may express dissatisfaction with the transfer budget
I would prefer to go " all in " and go for it, while its great to be sensible, we surely have the right manager ( and boardroom staff ) to not go mad and buy crap but buy well and make a go of it
If only the club lost £68m of debt as was promised in Feb 2016. oops we're supposed to forget that right?
I would guess that in the end we will spend between 40 & 50 million.
It doesn"t pay Neil or the board to advertise how much our transfer kitty is & I think they are deliberately stating it is lower than we will actually spend.
I could be wrong of course
I think all football fans would want that, the excitement factor is in seeing players come in. Players from overseas gain more excitement that signing a home based player like Snodgrass, because of the sense of the unknown.
However you will have the same fans dismayed by debt levels, wage bill levels and transfer fees, when the accounts are released the following year.
For me , the less we spend in the transfer market the better. Inflated wages , and transfer fees will soon eat into the extra money we will be getting.
I’d be happy spending 15-20 million on 3-4 players.
Wolves apparently spending £35m - on a right back (Cancelo)
Seems like they’re going for it
If they keep their stars from this season they could do quite well I think (7th or 8th maybe)
Sensible answers like "Why do you care?"?
It's a thread about Cardiff reportedly being hamstrung in the transfer market, it seems quite on topic to point to a possible reason for that but the paranoia that festers in this echo chamber interprets that as an attempt at derailment. :hysteria:
Groundhog Day again??
Like a few have said you can spend 100mill and still get relegated. For me we could do with strong midfielder or even 2 and a good wide player and a striker. A lb potentially and a better keeper but not urgently
Get all the dead wood out on loan. Burnley seemed to keep their money and spend it when they got relegated as probably not over paying as much.
There’s always the risk of going down and freefalling no matter how much you try and plan for it.
We need to make the most of this opportunity without going too mad with spending but it’d be a shame to have a season of getting battered after filling the squad with frees and loans.