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Post by Rangers77 on Feb 9, 2023 22:34:39 GMT
Probably be benchmeat Saturday 😐
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Post by acricketer on Feb 9, 2023 22:39:06 GMT
Probably be benchmeat Saturday 😐 Hope he rots.....scores again next Saturday.
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Post by Tarbie on Feb 10, 2023 4:36:02 GMT
As I previously said on this thread where is the negatives? We have a natural forward with experience coming in. No brainer. We know we’re skint ffs. What were people expecting? Pretty much my thoughts mate. Clearly there is no money there. If that's the situation, this isn't a bad solution.
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Post by coneysboots on Feb 10, 2023 7:14:14 GMT
As I previously said on this thread where is the negatives? We have a natural forward with experience coming in. No brainer. We know we’re skint ffs. What were people expecting? Given some of the comments on here were along the lines of 'I'd rather have my dead granny playing up front than Dykes', it's better than we had. Not ideal I agree, but it's where we are.
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Post by Tarbie on Feb 10, 2023 8:26:31 GMT
Dykes would have been gone hadnt he been laid up in hospital Not according to Critchley. The sole interest in Dykes was an inquiry from wall. That was it, fuck all else. He was never going to GR or anywhere else. We couldn't even recoup the dosh we pissed up the wall for him. Unsurprisingly, imo. Critchley is hardly gonna come out and say he'd have gone if he hadn't been hospitalised, is he? I personally reckon there would have been more bids for Dykes had he not got sick. I think he'd have gone and a couple would have come in. Wasn't to be though. And even if we'd have accepted the bid from Millwall, I'm sure the plug would have been pulled when he turned up for a medical with pneumonia. Hopefully Martin can find some goalscoring form and help us have an improved 2nd half of the season. I think a clear out in the summer is an inevitability whatever happens.
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Post by alanwycombe on Feb 10, 2023 9:09:13 GMT
Agree about a clear out Tarbs but I’d rather it wasn’t Les taking care of the incomings
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Post by shepherdsmush on Feb 12, 2023 13:04:34 GMT
Already a better goals per mins than Dykes
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Post by West Acton on Feb 12, 2023 19:20:19 GMT
Like him
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Post by The General on Feb 12, 2023 20:44:20 GMT
Martin could work out well for us and secure our safety this season
Would Lowe and Martin work
Could be a great combination possibly
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Post by West Acton on Feb 12, 2023 20:59:49 GMT
Martin could work out well for us and secure our safety this season Would Lowe and Martin work Could be a great combination possibly agree gens hopefully he starts Tuesday.
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Post by The General on Feb 12, 2023 21:13:53 GMT
Draw next game then another win take the pressure off
Dickie and Dunne do not work together
Need Salter of Balogun back asap
This will stop the leaky defence
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Post by The General on Feb 12, 2023 21:17:32 GMT
Neil Critchley needs to start shouting in that changing room
Martin to start with Lowe that’s the front sorted
Balogun or Salter with Dunne this will work
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Post by jfrabbit on Feb 13, 2023 6:50:16 GMT
Martin could work out well for us and secure our safety this season Would Lowe and Martin work Could be a great combination possibly agree gens hopefully he starts Tuesday. Martin for Sinclair easy shout. Sinclair was really good for 50+ mins then faded but Martin needs to start. Sinclair off the bench on 65 would be a nice option.
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Post by shepherdsmush on Feb 13, 2023 12:20:58 GMT
Spot on. Martin to start and then once he has roughed up the Sunderland defence and tired them out a bit get Sinclair on to give them issues with his pace.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Feb 13, 2023 12:27:57 GMT
Spot on. Martin to start and then once he has roughed up the Sunderland defence and tired them out a bit get Sinclair on to give them issues with his pace. he not a finisher so using him like a hare to chase might work😎
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Post by Stanley75 on Feb 21, 2023 13:34:37 GMT
Ideal type of player for GA's style. So a plus there for starters.
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Post by James1979 on Mar 12, 2023 9:20:21 GMT
Would you keep him next season? I would as we need strikers.
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Post by West Acton on Mar 12, 2023 9:24:06 GMT
Absolutely would. If were thinking Dykes is the future then he needs to be around someone like Martin to learn as he’s the type of forward we have been screaming out for.
He will learn more from Martin then the crap story he evolved under the self publicist Austin.
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Post by alanwycombe on Mar 12, 2023 9:29:56 GMT
Dykes and future in the same sentence fills me with dread😁
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Post by Tarbie on Mar 12, 2023 9:45:05 GMT
Would you keep him next season? I would as we need strikers. I think we'll shipping out anyone who can command a fee and replacing them with free transfers on low salaries this summer. With that in mind it's probably a no brainer to give him an additional year.
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Post by sparks on Mar 12, 2023 9:46:22 GMT
If there is money next season (after the fire sale of our better players, and Dykes) then I would prefer to keep Lowe.
Armstrong,Lloyd and Kargbo are going to need a clear pathway.
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Post by lymehoop on Mar 12, 2023 11:30:22 GMT
I thought Martin was excellent yesterday, just behind Kakay as my mom, who was superb
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Mar 12, 2023 12:35:44 GMT
If there is money next season (after the fire sale of our better players, and Dykes) then I would prefer to keep Lowe. Armstrong,Lloyd and Kargbo are going to need a clear pathway. Think its clear from the accounts that there will be absolutely no money next season. No one has covered themselves in glory this season so would be amazed if a Premier League club came in for any of our players (Dieng the one possibility I would say). Think the best we could hope for is one of the parachute clubs taking a punt on Chair, but its not going to be fortunes. Seeing as we have to prepare for the Eze money falling out of our three year annual income we are facing absolutely monster cut backs and even then I can't see us getting under the FFP ceiling. Would really like to keep Lowe too but he is the kind of player who will just be unaffordable.
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Post by sparks on Mar 12, 2023 12:47:18 GMT
If there is money next season (after the fire sale of our better players, and Dykes) then I would prefer to keep Lowe. Armstrong,Lloyd and Kargbo are going to need a clear pathway. Think it’s clear from the accounts that there will be absolutely no money next season. No one has covered themselves in glory this season so would be amazed if a Premier League club came in for any of our players (Dieng the one possibility I would say). Think the best we could hope for is one of the parachute clubs taking a punt on Chair, but it’s not going to be fortunes. Seeing as we have to prepare for the Eze money falling out of our three year annual income we are facing absolutely monster cut backs and even then I can't see us getting under the FFP ceiling. Would really like to keep Lowe too but he is the kind of player who will just be unaffordable. If Dykes can attract a bid from poxy Millwall then anything is possible next season.Appreciate it’s all about opinions but IIRC you said no striker would come in during the winter transfer window and Lowe arrived. Who can possibly predict radical changes being made to both FFP and extra income being funnelled down from Premiership money.
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Post by 1973ranger on Mar 12, 2023 14:14:19 GMT
Leave the recruitment to Ainsworth and we will have a hard working honest team with a couple of unearthed gems. Would keep Martin as clearly a good senior pro who could really help Sinclair's development. Want no nore bottle job show ponies in the team just good honest lads willing to give it a right go every game they play.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Mar 12, 2023 16:37:09 GMT
Think it’s clear from the accounts that there will be absolutely no money next season. No one has covered themselves in glory this season so would be amazed if a Premier League club came in for any of our players (Dieng the one possibility I would say). Think the best we could hope for is one of the parachute clubs taking a punt on Chair, but it’s not going to be fortunes. Seeing as we have to prepare for the Eze money falling out of our three year annual income we are facing absolutely monster cut backs and even then I can't see us getting under the FFP ceiling. Would really like to keep Lowe too but he is the kind of player who will just be unaffordable. If Dykes can attract a bid from poxy Millwall then anything is possible next season.Appreciate it’s all about opinions but IIRC you said no striker would come in during the winter transfer window and Lowe arrived. Who can possibly predict radical changes being made to both FFP and extra income being funnelled down from Premiership money. Fair enough. Don't know if you have read an analysis by Simon someone or other - quite a senior accountant and Rs fan - who has broken down the accounts really well on LFW. You could be right that so many clubs fall foul of FFP that they have to modify it somehow but that would requite common sense from the EFL and that's not something I would want to count on. I don't want to quote the numbers now as I would prob get it wrong but the projected shortfall was truly hair raising, not so much for next season but the one after - will take a lot more than a couple of million for Dykes to plug it. We basically need another Eze like sale.
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Post by stainrodisalegend on Mar 12, 2023 16:42:07 GMT
Leave the recruitment to Ainsworth and we will have a hard working honest team with a couple of unearthed gems. Would keep Martin as clearly a good senior pro who could really help Sinclair's development. Want no nore bottle job show ponies in the team just good honest lads willing to give it a right go every game they play. If the aim is now to simply survive in the league for the next couple of years - a reasonable assumption given the accounts - I make you right. To get out of this division I think you do need some flair but to survive grit, fight and hard work go a long way in this division. That said we are likely saved this season by our form before Christmas. If we start off next season like we have played through 2023 we will go down. Am hopping Ainsworth can get enough of a tune out of them to avoid that. As others have said, its a bit of a return to the Holloway era. Not how I would like to have gone, but I guess needs must.
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Post by alanwycombe on Mar 12, 2023 16:56:40 GMT
Need to get back to a winning mentality, build confidence then anything is possible.
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Post by sparks on Mar 12, 2023 17:04:08 GMT
If Dykes can attract a bid from poxy Millwall then anything is possible next season.Appreciate it’s all about opinions but IIRC you said no striker would come in during the winter transfer window and Lowe arrived. Who can possibly predict radical changes being made to both FFP and extra income being funnelled down from Premiership money. Fair enough. Don't know if you have read an analysis by Simon someone or other - quite a senior accountant and Rs fan - who has broken down the accounts really well on LFW. You could be right that so many clubs fall foul of FFP that they have to modify it somehow but that would requite common sense from the EFL and that's not something I would want to count on. I don't want to quote the numbers now as I would prob get it wrong but the projected shortfall was truly hair raising, not so much for next season but the one after - will take a lot more than a couple of million for Dykes to plug it. We basically need another Eze like sale. I’ve made plenty of comments on QPR returns thread on here Stainrod so I am well aware of what financial restrictions may lay ahead. The point I made about Dykes was more to say if we can attract a bid for such a poorly rated player then it’s not improbable that other players may also be sought. Is it it out of the question that Beale might bid for Glass Salter or either Chair or Willock.I personally wouldn’t rule out completely transfer bids for a select few of our players from lower rated European clubs. I also saw just 2 days ago Newcastle sold 1 single share with a face value of 5p for £50m, so that along with last seasons £40m single share highlights how some clubs bypass FFP. Take a look at what Stoke did on their latest accounts that Swiss Ramble provided.
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Post by 1973ranger on Mar 12, 2023 17:07:27 GMT
Leave the recruitment to Ainsworth and we will have a hard working honest team with a couple of unearthed gems. Would keep Martin as clearly a good senior pro who could really help Sinclair's development. Want no nore bottle job show ponies in the team just good honest lads willing to give it a right go every game they play. If the aim is now to simply survive in the league for the next couple of years - a reasonable assumption given the accounts - I make you right. To get out of this division I think you do need some flair but to survive grit, fight and hard work go a long way in this division. That said we are likely saved this season by our form before Christmas. If we start off next season like we have played through 2023 we will go down. Am hopping Ainsworth can get enough of a tune out of them to avoid that. As others have said, its a bit of a return to the Holloway era. Not how I would like to have gone, but I guess needs must. Look at Rowett at Millwall lost Wallace but better without him. Just no need for anymore crocks or people who do not fancy being here.
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