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Tommy
January 23, 2019, 5:58pm
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I took MJ's comments on that to mean that he doesn't need to offload someone first, but might do if he wanted to offer the incoming player more money than the remaining capacity of the budget.

Which will attract lots of "urgh, the board need to get their wallets out" comments, but really it's the same reality of a situation for any team operating with a set playing budget.


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Quoted from Tommy
I took MJ's comments on that to mean that he doesn't need to offload someone first, but might do if he wanted to offer the incoming player more money than the remaining capacity of the budget.

Which will attract lots of "urgh, the board need to get their wallets out" comments, but really it's the same reality of a situation for any team operating with a set playing budget.



But surely you know by now that the generally held opinion on here is that the only reason we have a Board is to constantly prop up the club with large cash donations.


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But surely you know by now that the generally held opinion on here is that the only reason we have a Board is to constantly prop up the club with large cash donations.


As the loan account has reduced quite substantially over the last three years,  I think we are clearly aware that that isn't the case  
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I don't think you have an understanding on the 3-5-2 formation.


If you read the quote fishboy you may realise we were talking about the games we'd lost  'before' the switch to 3-5-2.
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It was mainly centre-backs we were missing though at that time, not full-backs.

So when we got more centre backs available, we switched from a system with 2 CB's to a system with 3 CB's.


Fair point Tommy, but for me I don't understand why the sudden switch in formation.  We had done so well in December with our first choice defenders available playing 4 at the back and they were operating well in that system to suddenly switch to a formation that so far we've failed at.  Even more so when you consider we try it out away against two of the best teams in the division. As has been said on here by others, something to try when we have reached the magical 50 points rather than taking the risk now.  
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Quoted from Tommy
I took MJ's comments on that to mean that he doesn't need to offload someone first, but might do if he wanted to offer the incoming player more money than the remaining capacity of the budget.

Which will attract lots of "urgh, the board need to get their wallets out" comments, but really it's the same reality of a situation for any team operating with a set playing budget.


When I heard his interview I took it that way.

When I though “who” Collins has a short time left on his deal, struggling to come back, still commutes I think and l would imagine us one of the biggest earners. With the latest CB additions maybe he’s one to say “thanks for your service to”?


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But surely you know by now that the generally held opinion on here is that the only reason we have a Board is to constantly prop up the club with large cash donations.


Perhaps someone could list the large cash donations made by the directors over the last couple of seasons so that we can put this myth to bed.

Anyway another very good reason to have a board is to decide what to do with any unexpected £250.000 windfall that a cup run might bring...... ( as I said last night my money is on buying floodlight bulbs and reducing those pesky benign loans)
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Perhaps someone could list the large cash donations made by the directors over the last couple of seasons so that we can put this myth to bed.

Anyway another very good reason to have a board is to decide what to do with any unexpected £250.000 windfall that a cup run might bring...... ( as I said last night my money is on buying floodlight bulbs and reducing those pesky benign loans)


Directors loans account stood at £2.24 million in May 2015, in May 2018 £1.8 million
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Just another 9 years scraping by as loan's being paid back 200k each year then we back on an even keel. Going to be fun
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January 23, 2019, 8:37pm

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Just another 9 years scraping by as loan's being paid back 200k each year then we back on an even keel. Going to be fun


Supposedly lesser clubs are catching up with us all the time.....I see David Beckham has just bought a 10% stake in Salford City.


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