And Its Smith Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) A big IF right now but with a big day ahead of us it is certainly exciting to think that we could have this depth after today. People can dispute who would be in the first team or second team, and of course there are always injuries to contend with, but that is some pretty impressive depth if we pull everything off today that is allegedly intended. Haikin Tanner. Vyner. Atkinson. Pring James. Naismith Weimann. Scott. Mehmeti Wells O’Leary Wilson. O’Brien. Kalas. Currie Williams. Kadji Bell. Sykes. Cornick Conway Benarous as well and all of the up and coming youngsters. Swap Conway and Wells around and that first team has been put together for about £5m I think. Edited January 31, 2023 by And Its Smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 For once, God help me, I'm 100% with Robbored. Until I see it confirmed on the OS I'm not counting Chickens or getting any hopes up. That said maybe Joe Sims knows something 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 (edited) It will be a massive shock if we get all these rumoured deals over the line today. I was expecting it all to happen in the summer, not now. The semenyo money has clearly opened up some doors. With Scott probably going in the summer for 20 million + (or maybe a last minute deal today), the club are in a much better place financially. Bents, Palmer and maybe Dasilva going today gets rid of the top earners. Kalas will prob go in summer unless he agrees to a much lower salary like Nahki has already done With regards to Nige. Patience was always required in view of our financial situation. Most players that have played for him comment on his brilliant man management skills and portray him as a bit of father like figure. What you see in front of the camera in his interviews is not the same bloke the players see. Yes, he will fall out with some players who do not work to his plan. Good. Bust ups, ill feeling happens at every club.... Nige is getting people on his bus and if you dont like it, he will put you under it. Good... Edited January 31, 2023 by Tomo 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaw Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 50 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: A big IF right now but with a big day ahead of us it is certainly exciting to think that we could have this depth after today. People can dispute who would be in the first team or second team, and of course there are always injuries to contend with, but that is some pretty impressive depth if we pull everything off today that is allegedly intended. Haikin Tanner. Vyner. Atkinson. Pring James. Naismith Weimann. Scott. Mehmeti Wells O’Leary Wilson. O’Brien. Kalas. Currie Williams. Kadji Bell. Sykes. Cornick Conway Benarous as well and all of the up and coming youngsters. Swap Conway and Wells around and that first team has been put together for about £5m I think. Who would win that game? Answers on a postcard… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City oz Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 53 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: A big IF right now but with a big day ahead of us it is certainly exciting to think that we could have this depth after today. People can dispute who would be in the first team or second team, and of course there are always injuries to contend with, but that is some pretty impressive depth if we pull everything off today that is allegedly intended. Haikin Tanner. Vyner. Atkinson. Pring James. Naismith Weimann. Scott. Mehmeti Wells O’Leary Wilson. O’Brien. Kalas. Currie Williams. Kadji Bell. Sykes. Cornick Conway Benarous as well and all of the up and coming youngsters. Swap Conway and Wells around and that first team has been put together for about £5m I think. Sounds great but lets wait 24 hours to see what pans out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 9 minutes ago, RedRaw said: Who would win that game? Answers on a postcard… Wonder if we'd be awarded a penalty?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 44 minutes ago, Tomo said: It will be a massive shock if we get all these rumoured deals over the line today. I was expecting it all to happen in the summer, not now. The semenyo money has clearly opened up some doors. With Scott probably going in the summer for 20 million + (or maybe a last minute deal today), the club are in a much better place financially. Bents, Palmer and maybe Dasilva going today gets rid of the top earners. Kalas will prob go in summer unless he agrees to a much lower salary like Nahki has already done With regards to Nige. Patience was always required in view of our financial situation. Most players that have played for him comment on his brilliant man management skills and portray him as a bit of father like figure. What you see in front of the camera in his interviews is not the same bloke the players see. Yes, he will fall out with some players who do not work to his plan. Good. Bust ups, ill feeling happens at every club.... Nige is getting people on his bus and if you dont like it, he will put you under it. Good... And he has probably already outlawed any mention of Man City and concentrate on getting a good result at Deepdale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 My two observations would be: 1) Whether we get O'Brien, Currie, Cornick and Mehmeti all over the line or not, it is nonetheless very clear that the club have clearly identified the players they want to target and gone for them as soon as soon as we are in a financial position to do so. They might come off or might not but I get the sense they are all players the club has put thought into and, if we don't get them, we may or may not have one or two alternative targets but we're not going to be making a scattershot approach for any half-decent player that will come to us, which felt like the case after Webster left in 2019. 2) Whatever happens with Dasilva, Kalas, O'Leary or Vyner over the summer, we will go into next season with just one player who Pearson did not either sign, bring through from the youth team or make an active decision to offer a new contract. Next season will very much be Pearson's team and everyone should theoretically be on the bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted January 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 18 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said: My two observations would be: 1) Whether we get O'Brien, Currie, Cornick and Mehmeti all over the line or not, it is nonetheless very clear that the club have clearly identified the players they want to target and gone for them as soon as soon as we are in a financial position to do so. They might come off or might not but I get the sense they are all players the club has put thought into and, if we don't get them, we may or may not have one or two alternative targets but we're not going to be making a scattershot approach for any half-decent player that will come to us, which felt like the case after Webster left in 2019. 2) Whatever happens with Dasilva, Kalas, O'Leary or Vyner over the summer, we will go into next season with just one player who Pearson did not either sign, bring through from the youth team or make an active decision to offer a new contract. Next season will very much be Pearson's team and everyone should theoretically be on the bus. Excellent point on 2). All aboard the Pearson bus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 25 minutes ago, LondonBristolian said: 2) Whatever happens with Dasilva, Kalas, O'Leary or Vyner over the summer, we will go into next season with just one player who Pearson did not either sign, bring through from the youth team or make an active decision to offer a new contract. Next season will very much be Pearson's team and everyone should theoretically be on the bus. And this was the backbone of my “inheritance” thread. You have to wait for a contract cycle to near its end before you can really call it “Nige’s squad”. We are approaching that now….only Williams will likely remain this summer, and I think we will see a decision one way or another on him this summer. It’s been a helluva job, and Nige has had to compromise the playing side massively to get to this position. I’m no climber, but are we approaching “Base Camp” on the climb to the top of Everest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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