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    Club accounts

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    I'm not really a finance kind of person but do these accounts cover the period where Carol said we were massively overspending and needed to turn the taps off for a bit? If so, would that mean we may be in a slightly better situation this season (or at least would have been if we hadn't had the pitch and the Crosby/ Flitcroft pay-offs to deal with)?

    League one relegation watch

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    4 hours ago, Shropshire_Valiant said:

    Some good points and generally I agree.  I think the reliance on loans has come back to bite us(2nd half of the season).  Whilst one of the things I applaud Flitcroft for was perhaps brokering those relationships with 'big clubs', and they are useful to have you should never rely on loanees as your best players. They should be a bonus to your permanent players.  OK in Arblaster and Devine they became 2 of our best players which is great, but when they inevitably leave(as they are both Championship standard players and above possibly even at 18-20 yo) it shouldn't rip the heart out of the team and leave you with a poor and unbalanced squad.  Lets be honest we weren't a brilliant side with them both playing 90% of the time.

    Weir and Gore(although we've not seen him really) were never going to hit those standards.  That's no slight on either of them or Vale in the loan market but it's shows how sadly lacking the club has been in the permanent transfer market since we've been in league one.

    Also, having so many games postponed due to call ups and then having to replay them once those decent players had been recalled. Maybe a bit of fuzzy logic on my part but it's certainly contributed to our current position.

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    League one relegation watch

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    Has Gore been spotted at the games at all? Wouldn't injured players still be expected to show their faces at at least some matches?

    If not, I wonder if the injury story is a smokescreen to distract from off-the-field issues?

    League one relegation watch

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    23 hours ago, Doha said:

    Ultimately it would the club's fault for failing to make adequate Jan signings.

    Every bugger else managed it. Cambridge have 9 strikers. Just beat Barnsley and Wigan away over 3 days to move clear. Our dysfunctional relationship with strikers failed to be rectified and the ramifications are imminent.

    Trying to spin it in summer 23 when we ballsed up that window too with "we'll get goals from midfield instead" was a load of utter <ovf censored> <ovf censored>.

    Quite how David Flitcroft - David <ovf censored> Flitcroft! - thought he'd stumbled upon some kind of cheat mode for squad assembly is beyond my understanding. 

    Summer transfer rumours and speculation

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    43 minutes ago, Fosse69 said:

    But Wrexham have more commercial income which increases their Fair Play spending limits?

     

    42 minutes ago, PVFC764 said:

    Clubs can be wealthy and have the most expensive players.  But if they don't play as a team and for each other, then it wont work.  

    Seen in several rich clubs and too many divas in them.

    My point was merely that for a sought after player, Stockport can easily afford to out-bid us. That's a fact. 

    Summer transfer rumours and speculation

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    8 minutes ago, werstayinup said:

    Thinking outside the box could mean a player like Conn-Clarke from Altrincham to replace Chislett if we get relegated and he leaves

    I know some will moan as he is from Altrincham and tbf I have only seen him on tv but i have a mate who has had to watch him a lot over the last couple of months,he is still only 22 i think and he has been one of the star players in the national league this season

    I imagine that we stand absolutely zero chance of getting him now. Even if a championship club isn't sniffing around, the likes of Wrexham and Stockport would easily outbid us.

    Option for DOF or similar role

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    1 hour ago, JRC said:

    If Rudge has some input it will probably be Foyle. Certainly a nice guy with a deep love of football. 

    Foyle stabbed Rudgie in the back. Was well aware of his imminent sacking and went along with it in the knowledge that he would stand to benefit. 

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