Transfer embargo confirmed

[Sts'ikel]

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I think I read this a bit different to the rest of you. I think Dalman is signalling that we will pay - despite saying there is no intention to do so. The club clearly has an intention to get *something* out of negotiations but still pay. God knows what that is though.

[splott parker]

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Can’t see this as a problem, would you trust our ‘transfer committee’ to sign anyone decent?

[Jordi Culé]

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Rock bands generally ain't fascists

In fact most are anti fascist

There are a lot of white power bands that play with that sort of cobblers

Eric Clapton?

[2b2bdoo]

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Experience .....

Jones .....achieved nowt

Mad Mick .....ditto

Warnock .....rescued us from relegation .....deja vu the way things are going .....and then led us to promotion

He or his clone is exactly what we need

Not someone with experience ....like Jones....or McCarthy.......someone like warnock or warnock

Either Hudson starts getting results or we make a move . Hudson a good guy and may with time be a good manager ....but time is something that's running out

I can see Warnock being in charge come January.

[life on mars]

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Small revenues in via fans creates the squeeze ,you cant say the club has spent millions , so its is wake up call for football at large , unless you owned by a middle eastern country yer fooked ,, FFP my arse ,FFP for those with money .

Capitalism at its worse , feck the little man , calling all social minded people to turn their backs on this dreadful sport

[Enoch Mort]

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Can’t see this as a problem, would you trust our ‘transfer committee’ to sign anyone decent?

You make a fair point about the transfer committee but their call was turn down Warnock's request to sign Sala. Warnock, desperate to sign him, went behind the committee's back, appealed directly to Tan who agreed to the transfer. You could argue that the mess we are in is as a result of Warnock's insistence that we sign Sala and Tan's failure to back his transfer committee. Now, through tragic circumstances, we find ourselves in a transfer embargo which Tan must consider to be acceptable collateral damage in pursuit of legal measures which have failed so far and a further proposed legal measure which seems unlikely. With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight one could say the committee made the right call.

[2b2bdoo]

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You make a fair point about the transfer committee but their call was turn down Warnock's request to sign Sala. Warnock, desperate to sign him, went behind the committee's back, appealed directly to Tan who agreed to the transfer. You could argue that the mess we are in is as a result of Warnock's insistence that we sign Sala and Tan's failure to back his transfer committee. Now, through tragic circumstances, we find ourselves in a transfer embargo which Tan must consider to be acceptable collateral damage in pursuit of legal measures which have failed so far and a further proposed legal measure which seems unlikely. With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight one could say the committee made the right call.

I don’t think the transfer committee have done that badly with who they have bought in really considering the money we have spent. Yes it’s not been perfect but since Warnock left I think the signings have been better. I think the issue has been not bringing in enough strikers and not getting a decent manager in.

[splott parker]

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Bit of a flippant remark by me. Robinson has been decent, for one but it’s the whole management/boardroom ineptitude that I was attempting to allude to.

[DubaiDai]

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Yeah, I have no doubt that telling FIFA we aren't going to do what CAS has ordered us to is going to allow us to negotiate a transfer embargo ban. That's how things work right? Absolute joke FFS.

If this becomes really protracted it is possible FIFA will move onto a points deduction.

[DubaiDai]

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I think we have a decent squad of players. We need an experienced hand to get the best out of them, particularly now a transfer embargo is in place.
FWIW I think there are 5/6 teams as bad, if not worse than us and I dont think it needs a magician to get us up the table. I am not a great fan of Warnock, but either him or someone of that ilk is needed.

Totally agree (maybe not Warnock)

[Former Labour leader]

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Does the transfer embargo mean that players can't be sold?

Players can be sold but we cannot buy, or loan players if we have to pay their wages. Unattached players can be signed.

This leads to the supplementary question ..will City sell any player assets to pay this Sala bill. Robinson, Colwill and Davies come to mind immediately.
Also, will Kipre, Nkounkou and Philogene have to go back to their parent clubs? Of that I'm.not sure.

[dandywarhol]

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Jones .....achieved nowt .What a ride though.Jay Chops Whitts.McCormack.etc.

[G rangetown Blue]

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I think I read this a bit different to the rest of you. I think Dalman is signalling that we will pay - despite saying there is no intention to do so. The club clearly has an intention to get *something* out of negotiations but still pay. God knows what that is though.

Is it not the case that the club are in no way responsible for Salas death, and therefore should not be liable? A dodgy agent, and his mate, showed a total disregard for somebody’s safety, and ultimately caused his death. Maybe insurance companies/ brokers think these are the people who should be paying up….not them.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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I think we have a decent squad of players. We need an experienced hand to get the best out of them, particularly now a transfer embargo is in place.
FWIW I think there are 5/6 teams as bad, if not worse than us and I dont think it needs a magician to get us up the table. I am not a great fan of Warnock, but either him or someone of that ilk is needed.

We have (for me), got no left backs, 1 centre back (and he isn't our player), 2 right backs (Ng), 2 centre mids, 2 wingers and 2 strikers. The rest (I'm not sure about Alnwick) aren't up to it or are young lads. The squad is terrible but the first choice side is OK. They've not got anything about them though, soft underbelly. We could do with getting Morrison back in, someone with a bit about them.

Allsop, Romeo, Ng, Kipre, Wintle, Ralls, Philogene, O'Dowda, Robinson and Etete (based off the last two appearances) would get in other sides in this division. Colwill and Davies might. Harris is probably a squad player for bottom half sides based off his work ethic. Whyte, Ojo, Sawyers, Simpson, Nelson, Nkounkou, Watters etc are not up to it and I just don't think Rino can play.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

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I don’t think the transfer committee have done that badly with who they have bought in really considering the money we have spent. Yes it’s not been perfect but since Warnock left I think the signings have been better. I think the issue has been not bringing in enough strikers and not getting a decent manager in.

We have 27 players or something. They’ve throw shit at the walls and hope some it sticks. If we had a 22 man squad, we would have £2.5m more in wages saved. They are incompetent. We have so many players that aren’t up to it