Jones for me will be wanting far too much. He’s 29 so he’ll want his next deal to be a v.g. deal say 2-3 years to make a nest egg “then” after that he’d be affordable. Great player but not prepared to lower to a sensible L1 wage we can afford and were not prepared to up wages.
Maloney has said he’s already spent his budget on wingers so it’s a no go’er.
Rumours say Ramsey is on £6.5k at Liverpool so if we pay say 50% of that which is the norm he’ll stand us at over £150k for the loan period. Is he worth it ? jury’s out on that one.
With Ramsey though that’s like renting rather than buying, it’s dead money. Wouldn’t that £3k a week be better spent signing someone then we can start to build a squad ?.
We currently now have a 27 man squad, 16 of them are out of contract summer 2025 which for me again is utter utter madness. That’s not building that’s surviving hand to mouth.
Can you imagine if they all left in 2025 ? Couple that with last summers outgoings we’d had a turn over of over 30 players in the space of 12 months not even fookin Chelsea can match that.
I’m in no doubt were looking for an old No9 and a keeper. Stones will go out on loan and Tickles already got his clothes folded in prep on the bed like he’s waiting for a last minute holiday deal.
It’s sad, sad we can’t even compete against some L2 or Non League clubs financially. Again I understand you like a refurbishment you have to knock down first, tidy up then start building but I thought this summer would be when we’d say sign 8-10. When I say sign I mean actually sign not an army of very young loanees then we can gel a squad together this season then push on 2025-2026 but right now that’s a pipe dream.
I’m not Maloney’s greatest fan but he has to be given a chance in the transfer market this summer to show he can and start building but he’s not.
This season I fear more than any other start to a season. The way we conceded against Reading was schoolboy stuff and we attack the same toothless.
If Maloney can pull off a mid table with this squad I’ll be his biggest fan. He’s hands are tied,he’s got a blindfold on, ears plugs in plus a gag so he can’t express his thoughts to the media.
I’ll say it again, it’s the weakest squad I’ve seen since the kids in admin,
but at least they were ours
