by Hound » 20 Jul 2022 16:48
by Snowflake Royal » 20 Jul 2022 17:14
Hound We look stable by comparison
by Mid Sussex Royal » 20 Jul 2022 19:31
YorkshireRoyal99 Seems the O'Brien and Toffolo deal has collapsed now, due to personal reasons with the latter. Forest are now looking to resurrect a deal for just O'Brien but, unless Huddersfield's stance changes, it seems unlikely right now.
by tidus_mi2 » 20 Jul 2022 20:46
by NathStPaul » 20 Jul 2022 22:21
Mid Sussex RoyalYorkshireRoyal99 Seems the O'Brien and Toffolo deal has collapsed now, due to personal reasons with the latter. Forest are now looking to resurrect a deal for just O'Brien but, unless Huddersfield's stance changes, it seems unlikely right now.
They've signed according to BBC. Hudds look quite weak all of a sudden
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 21 Jul 2022 09:42
NathStPaulMid Sussex RoyalYorkshireRoyal99 Seems the O'Brien and Toffolo deal has collapsed now, due to personal reasons with the latter. Forest are now looking to resurrect a deal for just O'Brien but, unless Huddersfield's stance changes, it seems unlikely right now.
They've signed according to BBC. Hudds look quite weak all of a sudden
Their previous manager certainly knew he'd be losing all of his better players. Im guessing the parachute payments must be stopping for them this season? They simply had to win that playoff final didn't they?
by Sutekh » 21 Jul 2022 14:02
YorkshireRoyal99NathStPaulMid Sussex Royal
They've signed according to BBC. Hudds look quite weak all of a sudden
Their previous manager certainly knew he'd be losing all of his better players. Im guessing the parachute payments must be stopping for them this season? They simply had to win that playoff final didn't they?
I think they do and I think that's the case.
I know it was in the news at the back end of last calendar year that they were looking for investment from somewhere, so might be struggling for cash again. It might be the case where they lose their better players, but don't have much to reinvest. Only time will tell though.
by blythspartan » 21 Jul 2022 15:00
by SouthDownsRoyal » 21 Jul 2022 15:05
blythspartan oxf*rd me Lingard likely to go Forest and a salary of almost £200k per week.
https://twitter.com/Transferzone00/stat ... gr%5Etweet
by PATRIQT » 21 Jul 2022 15:34
blythspartan oxf*rd me Lingard likely to go Forest and a salary of almost £200k per week.
https://twitter.com/Transferzone00/stat ... gr%5Etweet
by Ascotexgunner » 21 Jul 2022 18:35
blythspartan oxf*rd me Lingard likely to go Forest and a salary of almost £200k per week.
https://twitter.com/Transferzone00/stat ... gr%5Etweet
by Stranded » 21 Jul 2022 19:25
PATRIQTblythspartan oxf*rd me Lingard likely to go Forest and a salary of almost £200k per week.
https://twitter.com/Transferzone00/stat ... gr%5Etweet
Mental money. He isn't worth half that.
He's got more baggage than Heathrow!
by Hendo » 21 Jul 2022 19:30
StrandedPATRIQTblythspartan oxf*rd me Lingard likely to go Forest and a salary of almost £200k per week.
https://twitter.com/Transferzone00/stat ... gr%5Etweet
Mental money. He isn't worth half that.
He's got more baggage than Heathrow!
Telegraph now reporting its a 1 year deal on 80k pw. So just over 4m. So likely to cost about 6 or 7m all in with signing on fee, bonuses etc. 1 year deal means they aren't straddled with him if they do drop.
Actually beginning to think it might be a decent deal.
by Hound » 22 Jul 2022 06:07
by Franchise FC » 22 Jul 2022 09:40
by Simon's Church » 22 Jul 2022 09:47
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 22 Jul 2022 10:07
Hound Really surprised he accepted a 1 year deal. He must be being compensated for that in terms of salary, expect it’s more than 80
Not a bad piece of business but Forest are certainly burning through that prem league bonus very quickly. Suppose acceptance their squad was no where near up to prem levels
by PATRIQT » 22 Jul 2022 10:11
StrandedPATRIQTblythspartan oxf*rd me Lingard likely to go Forest and a salary of almost £200k per week.
https://twitter.com/Transferzone00/stat ... gr%5Etweet
Mental money. He isn't worth half that.
He's got more baggage than Heathrow!
Telegraph now reporting its a 1 year deal on 80k pw. So just over 4m. So likely to cost about 6 or 7m all in with signing on fee, bonuses etc. 1 year deal means they aren't straddled with him if they do drop.
Actually beginning to think it might be a decent deal.
by WestYorksRoyal » 22 Jul 2022 10:38
YorkshireRoyal99Hound Really surprised he accepted a 1 year deal. He must be being compensated for that in terms of salary, expect it’s more than 80
Not a bad piece of business but Forest are certainly burning through that prem league bonus very quickly. Suppose acceptance their squad was no where near up to prem levels
To be fair, it wasn't really, they did finish bottom half the season before (probably more down to Hughton not getting more from the squad admittedly) and I can't remember the last time they reached the play offs bar last season?
I know they've been there or thereabouts previously but, it's not like Brentford where they were consistently pushing for promotion and making the play offs, so they probably had a squad that didn't need a major overhaul like Forest's.
I think, no matter which side from the play offs got promoted last season, they'd have all needed massive investment and probably 6+ new first team players to have any chance or survival.
by Dirk Gently » 22 Jul 2022 13:11
WestYorksRoyalYorkshireRoyal99Hound Really surprised he accepted a 1 year deal. He must be being compensated for that in terms of salary, expect it’s more than 80
Not a bad piece of business but Forest are certainly burning through that prem league bonus very quickly. Suppose acceptance their squad was no where near up to prem levels
To be fair, it wasn't really, they did finish bottom half the season before (probably more down to Hughton not getting more from the squad admittedly) and I can't remember the last time they reached the play offs bar last season?
I know they've been there or thereabouts previously but, it's not like Brentford where they were consistently pushing for promotion and making the play offs, so they probably had a squad that didn't need a major overhaul like Forest's.
I think, no matter which side from the play offs got promoted last season, they'd have all needed massive investment and probably 6+ new first team players to have any chance or survival.
That's why they'll still struggle. If you get promoted without a team that's ready, you can try to give them a chance and bank the money, and hope that spirit and a good team can do the trick (spoiler: it very rarely does and will typically last only a year even then). Or you can do the QPR approach and bet big, but the team will take time to gel and lose cohesion. Forest are going for the latter but at least seem to be focusing on character and not just yesteryear talent (I.e., not going full QPR).
If you want to survive in the PL, your best bet is to wait for promotion until you have a spine of a team to compete, so you can focus on 3 or 4 high quality signings. Though even that is tough; I'd say Brentford and Leeds followed that model and both will struggle next season in my view.
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