New signing - Pyke on loan

[Birdy]

Originally Posted by wxmdoug

better than last season

Blind hope there. Pyke is Massanka MK II

[pagl]

Originally Posted by Junior Shabadoo

It's all a bit meh but that doesn't mean it's doomed to failure. Boden was a sure thing and someone like Kayden Jackson wasn't so anything can happen. But the whole thing seems a bit half arsed; we're going to start the season with no more than 16 professionals owned by the club and surely no full time club will have so few. I've got no major issues with anyone who has signed, but the big sell for a tiny squad was meant to be the quality in it and that really doesn't match what we've got.
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I guess it depends if Sam is now finished on the forwards recruitment or of we still have scope to bring in someone that has or can score goals at this level.
If as we are led to believe loan players 'don't cost us that much' as vindicated by some then I would expect the budget is still there for the 'star attraction'.

[red under the bed]

Originally Posted by NedStarksGhost

Ridiculous theory...

Sign the youth player without a senior goal. Works both ways.

Also, signing strikers who have a good goals to game ratio across multiple seasons at this level seems a pretty good idea to me (and most).

How would you have felt if we signed Cook last season instead of Massanka? Surely getting the youth Prem player on loan is the smarter move as Cook is just a 'pub player'?

We could not afford Cook...Hewas probably lined up for football league club already.
As already pointed out previously this is a loan and will be covered by parent club...
Aside from this is Pyke a creator ,sets them up ,stretches defences player ? Yet
Does anyone know ? He may do some of that as a striker

[NottsRed]

Originally Posted by Omni

He may be uninspiring but I'd hardly call getting a young striker on a development loan a huge risk. It's more than likely he costing us nothing, so it's not like we're wasting money on him.

If he's costing us nothing then that raises some serious questions about what our budget is this season. We were promised quality signings and we have what three permanent signings, one of which is his first contract.

How many full times did we release last season?

[dixienormous]

Originally Posted by Omni

He may be uninspiring but I'd hardly call getting a young striker on a development loan a huge risk. It's more than likely he costing us nothing, so it's not like we're wasting money on him.

If that's the case then I expect to see a quality frontman come in, otherwise we need to sell the club to the most suitable buyer or change something ffs

[subbuteorob]

Originally Posted by pagl

I guess it depends if Sam is now finished on the forwards recruitment or of we still have scope to bring in someone that has or can score goals at this level.
If as we are led to believe loan players 'don't cost us that much' as vindicated by some then I would expect the budget is still there for the 'star attraction'.

At this rate the star attraction with be Callum Powell !

[welshian]

Originally Posted by dixienormous

If that's the case then I expect to see a quality frontman come in, otherwise we need to sell the club to the most suitable buyer or change something ffs

You're beginning to sound like foxy. Nobody wants to buy an assetless money drain. get used to it.

[Birdy]

Originally Posted by Funny_Old_Game

We are absolutely skint, clearly.

Makes you question where the £600k from season ticket sales has gone?

[Birdy]

Originally Posted by Ooh aah Paskin

Or Ricketts is holding some back for January?

I hate this excuse why would any manager wait till January its harder to sign players then than the summer!