Jan transfer window

[Gremlin]

I heard it was marginally longer

That was only during the summer months.

 

[Gremlin]

we will have to play donnelly as we can not get any more players in due to being skint,

Are you going to explain how we've managed to sign Laird on a permanent deal then?

 

[jamesmut2000]

we will have to play donnelly as we can not get any more players in due to being skint, hence the appearence yesterday and dont be surprised to see him start on saturday, hope he comes in and smashes it

Apart from the fact he's cup tied and even if he wasn't his loan spell has ended.

 

[McNasty]

And Anthony Grant had one leg that was only marginally shorter than both of the others. Apparently.

I heard it was marginally longer

I was chatting to a girl on-line the other day and she said "what are you called ?"

I said "they call me tripod" and she replied "is it because you have a big knob?" ----- I said "no -- it's because I smell of tripe and I'm a bit odd !"

 

[Shrimper]

Worth looking at Barnes-Homer?

 

[kentblues]

Apart from the fact he's cup tied and even if he wasn't his loan spell has ended.

He will sign before the end of next week now he is a free agent- assuming his wage demands are fully adjusted to reality. Aldershot could not afford to keep him.

 

[undercovershrimper]

He will sign before the end of next week now he is a free agent- assuming his wage demands are fully adjusted to reality. Aldershot could not afford to keep him.

Thought Sturrock said on BBC Essex that he had left

 

[shrimperjon]

Im a tad confued re Donnelly. PS says that he likes him, Donnelly says he wants to stay, yet this morning PS said that he cant sign him unless someone leaves, yet Donnelly was here whilst Tam was and he has now left. Also PS says he hopes to sign someone before Saturdays game...am i the only one confused about this?

 

[essexshrimper]

Im a tad confued re Donnelly. PS says that he likes him, Donnelly says he wants to stay, yet this morning PS said that he cant sign him unless someone leaves, yet Donnelly was here whilst Tam was and he has now left. Also PS says he hopes to sign someone before Saturdays game...am i the only one confused about this?

its called..... manager mind games :smile:

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Im a tad confued re Donnelly. PS says that he likes him, Donnelly says he wants to stay, yet this morning PS said that he cant sign him unless someone leaves, yet Donnelly was here whilst Tam was and he has now left. Also PS says he hopes to sign someone before Saturdays game...am i the only one confused about this?

I don't think it's inconceivable that we operated at a higher budget over the busy Christmas period with the intention to drop back down afterwards. It's a slightly strange use of funds though.

Also Laird has also signed permanently - were we paying 100% of his wages when he was on loan? Ditto Assombalonga - are we paying the same amount of his wages now he's been extended? Did we have to pay a signing-on fee or a loan-fee respectively?

 

[Bromley Blue]

Im a tad confued re Donnelly. PS says that he likes him, Donnelly says he wants to stay, yet this morning PS said that he cant sign him unless someone leaves, yet Donnelly was here whilst Tam was and he has now left. Also PS says he hopes to sign someone before Saturdays game...am i the only one confused about this?

Perhaps Millwall were paying Tam's wages and they were literally allowing us to borrow him just to get him fit and back into form. If this were the case then Tam's departure wouldn't make a difference.

The fact that we could afford to pay him whilst Tam was here and not now though is a little confusing. Perhaps the permanent signing of Laird has added to our wage bill meaning we can't now afford Donnelly?

 

[EastStandBlue]

Im a tad confued re Donnelly. PS says that he likes him, Donnelly says he wants to stay, yet this morning PS said that he cant sign him unless someone leaves, yet Donnelly was here whilst Tam was and he has now left. Also PS says he hopes to sign someone before Saturdays game...am i the only one confused about this?

I'd imagine this has everything to do with the Wage Cap, which stands at 60% of turnover. We probably weren't paying everything of Mkandawire's wage when he was here, whereas we've now taken on Laird's wage in its entirety. For Donnelly to sign full-time we'd have to make room within that 60% figure, so someone else will have to leave - either permanently or on loan - to make that room.

There may be room in the budget to sign someone on loan, paying something like 30-50% of his wage.

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Not sure we need Donnelly. A defensive centre mid and another wide player would seem all we need, and clear out Benyon and maybe a couple of others.

 

[essexshrimper]

Not sure we need Donnelly. A defensive centre mid and another wide player would seem all we need, and clear out Benyon and maybe a couple of others.

martin and spicer??

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Benyon to Cheltenham according to AllAtSea on twitter.

 

[EastStandBlue]

Benyon to Cheltenham according to AllAtSea on twitter.

Think that was BenSon :winking:

 

[Shrimper]

Sturrock said he wants to sign someone by Saturday.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Think that was BenSon :winking:

*Ahem* oops :blush: wishful thinking.

 

[Shrimp Curry]

Potential big signing in next few days

 

[shrimperjon]

Potential big signing in next few days

Not exactly news, PS said yesterday that he hoped to sign someone b4 the wend. Need more info really.