2026/27 Ins & Outs Discussion

[mio]

As much as I liked Ward, £800k for a keeper who isn’t that great a keeper in his final year of contract….. when we got him for nothing…… is a decent bit of business.

[grizzlyg]

1 minute ago, mio said:

As much as I liked Ward, £800k for a keeper who isn’t that great a keeper in his final year of contract….. when we got him for nothing…… is a decent bit of business.

I agree, £800 k great business.  I fully get the distribution part but I am old fashioned and also like my keepers coming for crosses and saving shots.

Certainly done us a turn and very grateful but I feel we can get a replacement in just as good or even better

[Richie]

Obviously unlikely to re-invest all the cash in the team, let alone just on a GK, but we should have a bit more for wages in the GK position as a result of it.

We'll obviously have our targets and just need to trust the process.

On the face of it almost £1m for GK is decent, particularly when the stats can mask things a bit.

A solid GK, but certainly had a clanger or two in him.

[Orinoco]

Seldom easy to replace any player when they leave. Look at our attempts to sign a goalkeeper prior to Ward. 

Rather we had our strongest team  on the pitch to watch, especially against our next very important game.

Some incomming signings would be nice.

[mfc]

800k is good business and we should be in a decent position to find a suitable replacement and if we can get ox off the wage bill as well then even better.

[MJC]

As things stand we are going to be very, very short of options going into the new season, virtually having to rebuild the entire team under a new manager. Hopefully by the time the league season starts we will have got a few more on board but it’s a big ask for the new boss.

And I think we can safely write off the ‘Euro adventure’ as the usual anti-climax and exit at the first hurdle. That said I’m not too bothered about that, the real stuff starts on 2nd August at Easter Road.

[Kmcalpin]

46 minutes ago, mio said:

As much as I liked Ward, £800k for a keeper who isn’t that great a keeper in his final year of contract….. when we got him for nothing…… is a decent bit of business.

He has one year to go and we have  year's option in addition.

[Mccus28]

Not gona lie, im a glass moderately full kinda guy but this is turning into a full rebuild in almost every position given who has gone and going, a couple of weeks before europe starts with a new manager..........................

Less than ideal imo

[Kmcalpin]

5 minutes ago, MJC said:

As things stand we are going to be very, very short of options going into the new season, virtually having to rebuild the entire team under a new manager. Hopefully by the time the league season starts we will have got a few more on board but it’s a big ask for the new boss.

And I think we can safely write off the ‘Euro adventure’ as the usual anti-climax and exit at the first hurdle. That said I’m not too bothered about that, the real stuff starts on 2nd August at Easter Road.

Taking nothing for granted but we are good enough to beat Havnar, and in the unlikely event we can't, serious questions would need to be asked of the directors and to a lesser extent  Nick Daws. The next round is a slightly different matter. 

[Big Stall]

1 minute ago, Mccus28 said:

Not gona lie, im a glass moderately full kinda guy but this is turning into a full rebuild in almost every position given who has gone and going, a couple of weeks before europe starts with a new manager..........................

Less than ideal imo

Agree it feels like that however both jens & the chairman have said previously we wont be selling everyone at once. Could we end up keeping hold of the ones we thought were heading out the door......

[MJC]

Just now, Kmcalpin said:

Taking nothing for granted but we are good enough to beat Havnar, and in the unlikely event we can't, serious questions would need to be asked of the directors and to a lesser extent  Nick Daws. The next round is a slightly different matter. 

I’ve seen this movie too many times before to know not to expect anything other than disappointment. We have a great season, qualify for Europe, lose several players and by the time the games come around we just aren’t ready on or off the park. Either that or we just humiliate ourselves.

I am getting increasingly bad vibes about the upcoming season with us more or less having to build an entire team under a manger just in the door. It was always highly unlikely that we would get anywhere near last seasons levels but unless we get the recruitment spot on over the next month or so then we could be detached at the bottom of the league come the end of August.

[Mccus28]

3 minutes ago, Big Stall said:

Agree it feels like that however both jens & the chairman have said previously we wont be selling everyone at once. Could we end up keeping hold of the ones we thought were heading out the door......

Lets hope so and if Jens was still here id be more comfortable with the statement.

Just, Watt and Maswanhise will command the most money and the question remains............can we turn the sums down

[Mccus28]

3 minutes ago, MJC said:

I’ve seen this movie too many times before to know not to expect anything other than disappointment. We have a great season, qualify for Europe, lose several players and by the time the games come around we just aren’t ready on or off the park. Either that or we just humiliate ourselves.

I am getting increasingly bad vibes about the upcoming season with us more or less having to build an entire team under a manger just in the door. It was always highly unlikely that we would get anywhere near last seasons levels but unless we get the recruitment spot on over the next month or so then we could be detached at the bottom of the league come the end of August.

MJC on the other hand is a glass bone dry kinda guy 🤣