Where's the money Phil.

Every other team down our end of the league have made multiple signings, be they freebies, loans or even fee paid, but Hursty is supposedly struggling to bring players here. It wouldn't surprise me if there are no incomings between now and Monday and then Hurst has a field day on Monday once he knows which players in higher leagues are not in their first team plans.

As much as we would love him to sign a couple of 'names' with multi year contracts, I can totally understand Hursts reasoning for only offering contracts and loans until the end of the season. They perform and save us from relegation, they get offered a new improved contract. We go down and they are released. No blight on their record. But how many players want that sort of contract?

We have to gamble. Losing our league status is at stake.

Pay them and they will come.

Quoted from RonMariner

We have to gamble. Losing our league status is at stake.

Pay them and they will come.

Definitely! Who cares if they are mercenaries, if they do the business? Needs must. Open the cheque book and fingers crossed start again and rebuild in the summer.

Quoted from RonMariner

We have to gamble. Losing our league status is at stake.

Pay them and they will come.

I'm with you Ron, money talks. How many £millions will the club lose if they slip into the poxy National league more than spending some cash now on decent players to keep us up. AS I keep on saying 1st question to a target player is how much followed by when can you start.

Niceties have gone it's now the start of desperation stakes. We waited from 1st week of Jan and are still waiting. WBJ said wait till Monday, this is just another day in the future. 21 games to go is all well and said but our track record is not good. 4 games in Jan and 1 point doesn't send us up the league.

So where's the money Phil; wages or transfers the cash is still in the bank. It is a sad indication of our plight when may on this site pray and hope for the NL to be made null and void.

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

Every other team down our end of the league have made multiple signings, be they freebies, loans or even fee paid, but Hursty is supposedly struggling to bring players here. It wouldn't surprise me if there are no incomings between now and Monday and then Hurst has a field day on Monday once he knows which players in higher leagues are not in their first team plans.

As much as we would love him to sign a couple of 'names' with multi year contracts, I can totally understand Hursts reasoning for only offering contracts and loans until the end of the season. They perform and save us from relegation, they get offered a new improved contract. We go down and they are released. No blight on their record. But how many players want that sort of contract?

Other teams at our end the league will only be attracting the same level of player as us. Just because they are signing them, doesn't mean they are an improvement on what they have. I'd also not be sure that we are offering contracts until the end of the season only. The players may only be willing to commit to the end of season and see how it goes.

I also think we already have a side capable of winning enough games to get us safe if we could only get a bit of momentum, confidence and belief, plus everyone fit and firing.

I may sound cynical but I've just read sca face on another thread about funding for the Nation League.:-

"Not sure the timescales are going to work. Clubs expected to meet tomorrow, have books open & inspected, apply for grants/loans, have whole process agreed and delivered in the next few days/week, with players expecting payment of Feb’s wages and fees from the 6th?

Can’t see it happening. Are clubs going to play on the 6th or will the vote happen early next week to scrub it?"

It made me think that if the National League becomes null and void then we won't be relegate, HOORAY. Phil and Fenty won't have to spend the alleged cash Phil said we have. It all seems to taste of the preseason lack of spending in which they hoped for covid to stop our season. Now their plan could have been to hope for the NL to stop their season

Quoted from DB

I may sound cynical but I've just read sca face on another thread about funding for the Nation League.:-

"Not sure the timescales are going to work. Clubs expected to meet tomorrow, have books open & inspected, apply for grants/loans, have whole process agreed and delivered in the next few days/week, with players expecting payment of Feb’s wages and fees from the 6th?

Can’t see it happening. Are clubs going to play on the 6th or will the vote happen early next week to scrub it?"

It made me think that if the National League becomes null and void then we won't be relegate, HOORAY. Phil and Fenty won't have to spend the alleged cash Phil said we have. It all seems to taste of the preseason lack of spending in which they hoped for covid to stop our season. Now their plan could have been to hope for the NL to stop their season

I don’t doubt that the current Board expected the season to fail to complete. I suspect they thought it would have been postponed pre-Christmas and then run out of time to complete the season.

Hurst may want to keep some to pay off players. He said he'd look at the squad Tuesday makes me think 🤔 some will be released by mutual.

Can only spend what we are allowed to spend within the remit of the rules based upon a % of income.

In any event Paul has now been allowed to bring in 5 players now, and possibly another couple ready to come in ahead of the deadline.

Quoted from Fillipe Noche

Can only spend what we are allowed to spend within the remit of the rules based upon a % of income.

In any event Paul has now been allowed to bring in 5 players now, and possibly another couple ready to come in ahead of the deadline.

This is not what Phil said. Money is not a problem means it's not a problem. Their was no reference to amount, budget limits or any other constraints. Therefore the cash must be there for Hursty to spend on wages and transfers how he wishes.

If the money wasn't their then Phil and JF would not pull such a stunt knowing what flak they would get.