J_Boro_Clock
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If we spend 5 million in the summer I would be shocked no chance are we pumping 30 million needed into the team
Cheers for your thought out replyIf Carrick stays he risks his reputation if we get nowhere near. There is a real chance that West Ham sack Moyes and it could be soon and when they do, Carrick will be top of the list. He has a strong reputation already and may decide its too good to turn down, especially with promotion almost certainly not happening.
We have but i don't see that £18.6m being used solely for new signings, do you?
Hackney, like Carrick is highly thought of. He is a big part of the current England U21s and is constantly linked with a move, i think this summer he will be snapped up and we wont stand in his way.
Agree re Howson but like everything, its who comes in. This is the risk, whatever budget we have, whatever loans we have, every player is a risk at this level and you need a lot of things/luck to line up for it be successful - like we had in January last season. This season, the opposite.
I hope i am wrong on all points by the way, just my feelings right now
Not at all I’m the biggest optimist there is.
But what evidence have you seen that makes you think we’ll make these changes.
support the club. Whilst things look grim at the moment, I am proud that we still have a club that we all love and whatever league we are in.
I think our spending will very much depend on who leaves - for example if Hackney and McGree were to move on there’d be perhaps £20m + going into the coffers. We are already in a pretty good position in terms of FFP, we also have the money from Rogers and Crooks sales, so there could be some fairly hefty incomings this summerI think we will spend more than £5m and less than £30m.
To be fair, I don’t think anyone in the league will be spending £30m
The incomings wouldn't compensate for the loss of McGree and HackneyI think our spending will very much depend on who leaves - for example if Hackney and McGree were to move on there’d be perhaps £20m + going into the coffers. We are already in a pretty good position in terms of FFP, we also have the money from Rogers and Crooks sales, so there could be some fairly hefty incomings this summer
I agree - it’s highly unlikely we’d be able to find better or even the equivalentsThe incomings wouldn't compensate for the loss of McGree and Hackney
Scouts are different to fansIf there have been any scouts watching Hackney recently, he isn’t going to the Premier League.