If another club..........................

[Des Parrot]

I think we've been spoilt in years gone by as the club leaked information like a sieve. The one's suffering most seem to be the ITK guys who's sense of importance is being seriously compromised.

Totally agree with this. There is so little information, so journos & social media are making the news. Bales one short PR statement has been wrung to death, interpreted & extrapolated, so many different ways.

[Sloop_Jon_Bee]

It is of course going to upset the majority on here but we have appointed an unproven manager, who was nowehere near our first choice and certainly not who the vast majority of fans wanted to takeover the managerial hotseat. He who cannot be criticised was favourite in their eyes..

I think BBM could be an inspired choice in the long term but if supporters think the team are going to have an easy ride in League One they are deluded. The players we have left from 24/5 are in the main a mediocre bunch - and unless BBM can ignite some hard to see blue touch paper we will need half a dozen new players in before August.

CO'D leaving should be an eye opener for everyone. We are not a club that people want to play for particularly, and we have to accept that we are in the third tier and will be a target for many due to our recent history. But for those of a certain age - we have seen it all before and 25/6 is not going to be easy.

[the other bob wilson]

Much better to have 3 or 4 good signings in due course than a rash of journeymen now, and after our new long-term manager has had a chance to evaluate the squad he has.

Too much need to see something happen immediately on here.

Isn’t it more logical that your three or four good signings would be snapped up early by others leaving just the journeymen for us?

[Boanagers]

I find it strange that there seems a total dearth of names being suggested as possible transfer targets, perhaps it’s the entirely new environment we find ourselves in.

[EastbourneBlue]

Spot on. We’ve moved into a league where a bit of fight is needed even more. With this current squad we will be in deep trouble.

Don’t want to be a bed wetter but league one is a tough, physical league and I look at our squad and wonder whether we might be down the bottom again

[blue matt]

Isn’t it more logical that your three or four good signings would be snapped up early by others leaving just the journeymen for us?

maybe BBM has his targets and are waiting for teams to let them go ( which wouldnt indicate loans or fringe players that the parent club are getting better players in )

[the other bob wilson]

To me, the lack of leadership and the losing mentality was the biggest thing wrong with last season’s squad and so I’ve always thought that you need to bring players in to address it, but, thinking about it, you could perhaps address it by shipping certain players out to allow the character of younger and less established players to come through. The problem is, so far, we’ve lost players who comprised the undoubtedly good dressing room influences and, apart from a few who were out of contract, the nucleus of experienced players who contributed most to the poor mentality of the squad are still there - we’re going to have trouble getting rid of them as well given how they played last season.

[Underhill1980]

Don’t want to be a bed wetter but league one is a tough, physical league and I look at our squad and wonder whether we might be down the bottom again

You’re not wrong mate. Dry those sheets, it’s a sad reality at the moment.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Yes, I agree, you couldn't really blame Tan for keeping spending to a minimum if a sale was expected in the short term, although I think things would be different if we were talking medium to long term. What I was trying to do is say that we've spent all this summer behaving like a club with pretty serious financial problems. Things like relying more on youngsters and bringing in a manager known for developing such players is often code for "we're skint".

We are skint, maybe he doesn't want to keep spending Xmillion a year on a club, where the fans are protesting to try and remove him as owner, it's a pretty toxic situation to be fair, whats the saying don't bite the hand that feeds you.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Things like relying more on youngsters and bringing in a manager known for developing such players is often code for "we're skint".

We've got players like Etete, Willock, Daland, Turnbull and Horvath all under contract for at least 2 more seasons. We've got to shift some of them out as they'll be on significant wages and that's easier said than done. The squad is still gummed up with players without positions or ones that just aren't good enough.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

We are skint, maybe he doesn't want to keep spending Xmillion a year on a club, where the fans are protesting to try and remove him as owner, it's a pretty toxic situation to be fair, whats the saying don't bite the hand that feeds you.

We should be nicer to the man that put us in this position

[Hilts]

We are skint, maybe he doesn't want to keep spending Xmillion a year on a club, where the fans are protesting to try and remove him as owner, it's a pretty toxic situation to be fair, whats the saying don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Well hopefully he sells up. The sooner the better.

Now there are buyers out there protests will likely step up.

[North Cardiff Blue]

Well hopefully he sells up. The sooner the better.

Now there are buyers out there protests will likely step up.

We are crying out for change, I just think he's a bit stubborn, and that protesting might be counterproductive, but whatever it takes now.

[JamesWales]

It is of course going to upset the majority on here but we have appointed an unproven manager, who was nowehere near our first choice and certainly not who the vast majority of fans wanted to takeover the managerial hotseat. He who cannot be criticised was favourite in their eyes..

I think BBM could be an inspired choice in the long term but if supporters think the team are going to have an easy ride in League One they are deluded. The players we have left from 24/5 are in the main a mediocre bunch - and unless BBM can ignite some hard to see blue touch paper we will need half a dozen new players in before August.

CO'D leaving should be an eye opener for everyone. We are not a club that people want to play for particularly, and we have to accept that we are in the third tier and will be a target for many due to our recent history. But for those of a certain age - we have seen it all before and 25/6 is not going to be easy.

It's hard to disagree with much of this sadly.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

We've got players like Etete, Willock, Daland, Turnbull and Horvath all under contract for at least 2 more seasons. We've got to shift some of them out as they'll be on significant wages and that's easier said than done. The squad is still gummed up with players without positions or ones that just aren't good enough.

There's nothing as likely to despair about this club as being reminded in print of the utter rubbish the club has spent decent money on players. As someone else pointed out, at least with no new players so far the transfer 'committee' hasn't been able to waste any more money..

[NinianKnight]

at least with no new players so far the transfer 'committee' hasn't been able to waste any more money..

[Underhill1980]

We are skint, maybe he doesn't want to keep spending Xmillion a year on a club, where the fans are protesting to try and remove him as owner, it's a pretty toxic situation to be fair, whats the saying don't bite the hand that feeds you.

**** him. He’s been feeding us shit for years.

[Rjk]

I'm genuinely surprised by how negative this thread is overall.

Some are even suggesting that we might be in danger of going down again.

I genuinely think that even if we don't make a single signing this summer we will be one of the stronger teams in the division.
Of course that's no guarantee that we will go straight back up, but I for one am looking forward to the new season with anticipation of winning a fair few more games than we have in recent seasons.

If we take an example line-up, off the top of my head:.

Alnwick

Ng Fish Chambers Bagan

Wintle

Colwill Robertson

Ashford Salech Davies

I don't think there's a single player there that wouldn't be a really good signing for many clubs at this level.
And that's not even including the likes of Robinson, Turnbull, Willock etc hell even Horvarth or Daland

Some people seem to think that league one football is completely different to the championship, and you need a specific type of player to be successful - I don't think that's the case at all. the league one football I saw last season was very much like the championship with less overall quality on show.

I think we will be fine.
I'm sure i#ll be reminded of this if we're 12th after 6 games or something but meh.

[Hilts]

Id be delighted with 12th after 6 games and 46.

[City123]

Id be delighted with 12th after 6 games and 46.

"Delighted"? Really?

[Hilts]

"Delighted"? Really?

Yep - There is hope now of a takeover. Tan and co are only going to drag us further down.

Consolidate next season and pray we have new owners next season.

This squad is weak. Mid table id take that.

[NYCBlue]

Much better to have 3 or 4 good signings in due course than a rash of journeymen now, and after our new long-term manager has had a chance to evaluate the squad he has.

Too much need to see something happen immediately on here.

Obviously. But not signing players now doesn't guarantee we'll sign better later. When there are fewer to choose from. We need to hit the ground running. The failure of a takeover bid could **** our whole season.

[Hilts]

Obviously. But not signing players now doesn't guarantee we'll sign better later. When there are fewer to choose from. We need to hit the ground running. The failure of a takeover bid could **** our whole season.

Not signing any players now is not some brilliant masterstroke by the clowns its just general cluelessness and as soon as they've gone the better.

[Underhill1980]

I'm genuinely surprised by how negative this thread is overall.

Some are even suggesting that we might be in danger of going down again.

I genuinely think that even if we don't make a single signing this summer we will be one of the stronger teams in the division.
Of course that's no guarantee that we will go straight back up, but I for one am looking forward to the new season with anticipation of winning a fair few more games than we have in recent seasons.

If we take an example line-up, off the top of my head:.

Alnwick

Ng Fish Chambers Bagan

Wintle

Colwill Robertson

Ashford Salech Davies

I don't think there's a single player there that wouldn't be a really good signing for many clubs at this level.
And that's not even including the likes of Robinson, Turnbull, Willock etc hell even Horvarth or Daland

Some people seem to think that league one football is completely different to the championship, and you need a specific type of player to be successful - I don't think that's the case at all. the league one football I saw last season was very much like the championship with less overall quality on show.

I think we will be fine.
I'm sure i#ll be reminded of this if we're 12th after 6 games or something but meh.

On paper we were too good to go down last season. Last season we lacked characters and we’ve lost a few so need to get some more in.

[ToTaL ITK]

As you all know i'm very optimistic when it comes to CCFC, but when have things really gone well for us?. Even when we got to the Prem we got shafted and apart from the odd win both ventures ended in a debacle.
So i'm thinking we won't bring in players to a false over confidence and it will be a hard season.