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Press department simply expressing the absurdity of all existencePermamant Deal...until the end of the season. Seems like a contradiction. Is it me ?
Press department simply expressing the absurdity of all existencePermamant Deal...until the end of the season. Seems like a contradiction. Is it me ?
It's good deal for the player in my opinion. If he does well for us he will attract interest higher up...... with him just signing to the end of the season, gives the player the power to decide where he would like to go. Providing he does well for us.No such thing as a permanent deal for players and others in the game. Short term deal seems fair to both parties here. Sure if he does well something better will be forthcoming.
I remember when Eastwood signed on a permanent deal, and then 3 years later he was gone ... Hate it when the club lies to us ?It's not a permanent deal, then
We're fighting a short term fire with a limited budget at the wrong time of year for re building for the long term.
Hmmmm. Different times, especially 1991/92.Completely disagree. Let’s look at the two most successful Southend sides of all time
Sansome- signed midseason
Austin - signed midseason
Powell - signed off-season
Prior - youth team
Clark - signed off-season
Tilson - signed midseason
Ansah - signed midseason
Butler - signed midseason
Martin - signed off season
Angell - signed off-season for big money
Benjamin - signed midseason
That’s 6/11 signed midseason.
Flahavan - signed midseason
Jupp - signed off-season
Wilson - signed off-season
Prior - signed off-season
Barrett - signed off-season
Maher - signed mid-season
Guttridge - signed mid-season
Bentley- signed mid-season
Gower - signed off-sesson
Eastwood - signed mid-season
Gray - signed off-season
That’s 5/11 signed mid-season
Good players can be got mid-season and without breaking the bank.
The season before we got our first of consecutive we were relegated for Webby’s team and in a relegation battle for Tilly’s team.
The reason we’re in such a mess is because we were taking short term decisions and not building for the long term. We have to start taking long term decisions, even if there isn’t an immediate pay-off. Otherwise we’re doomed to repeat the mistakes of Brown.
Based on the logic you are applying then no deal is permanent
ok that confirms that thenThought Kensdale was till 2024. Not on official site but has been mentioned on social media.
but has been mentioned on social media. -
ok that confirms that then
The large number of players we already have on our books would surely prevent us from bringing in too many newcomers.Completely disagree. Let’s look at the two most successful Southend sides of all time
Sansome- signed midseason
Austin - signed midseason
Powell - signed off-season
Prior - youth team
Clark - signed off-season
Tilson - signed midseason
Ansah - signed midseason
Butler - signed midseason
Martin - signed off season
Angell - signed off-season for big money
Benjamin - signed midseason
That’s 6/11 signed midseason.
Flahavan - signed midseason
Jupp - signed off-season
Wilson - signed off-season
Prior - signed off-season
Barrett - signed off-season
Maher - signed mid-season
Guttridge - signed mid-season
Bentley- signed mid-season
Gower - signed off-sesson
Eastwood - signed mid-season
Gray - signed off-season
That’s 5/11 signed mid-season
Good players can be got mid-season and without breaking the bank.
The season before we got our first of consecutive we were relegated for Webby’s team and in a relegation battle for Tilly’s team.
The reason we’re in such a mess is because we were taking short term decisions and not building for the long term. We have to start taking long term decisions, even if there isn’t an immediate pay-off. Otherwise we’re doomed to repeat the mistakes of Brown.
This is what my Cambridge United mate has to say about him:-He was with Cambridge from the age of 10(!) until the end of last year when his contact ran out. Went out on some loan spells, last one with Weymouth, was injured for some time, mainly a peripheral player. He's 22 now. Has he signed up with Southend then?
I imagine that info. comes from Moosenet,which is their eqivalent of SZ.He also watches their games on iFollow (very happily after listening to radio coverage for 9 seasons) !Please thank your friend for his thorough and comprehensive assessment.
The flip side is we hand a 2 year deal to another crock. He has time to earn his new contract, makes sense to me given our recent abysmal history of big long term contracts to injury prone players.That's my concern, according to the OS post we don't, we have a free agent who may choose to renew but if so at what terms?
It'll probably work out fine, but a 6 month deal to me can't be seen as long term planning.
Providing he does well. And if he doesn’t? Risks being thrown on the scrap heap and a proper job. I’d think most players at this level would like a bit of assurance, barring the most confident / best ones.It's good deal for the player in my opinion. If he does well for us he will attract interest higher up...... with him just signing to the end of the season, gives the player the power to decide where he would like to go. Providing he does well for us.
Hmmmm. Different times, especially 1991/92.
As for 04/05 squad, will give you Bentley and Guttridge. Maher was signed in 97/98 when, again, times were different and there wasn't a transfer window inflating fees and wages. Eastwood was signed relatively early on, at the beginning of October, but the race for his signature had been happening for a good month before that. Flahavan was also an October signing so again, relatively early on and not in a January transfer window.
There is no doubting that the January transfer window makes it increasingly difficult to make the kind of wholesale changes that we need, and the window has a knock-on effect at our level even if we're not directly restricted by it.
Now is the time for serious recruitment. If Kensdale and Davies end up as lynchpins of our 2022/23 and 2023/24 promotion winning sides then they will be serious recruits.The large number of players we already have on our books would surely prevent us from bringing in too many newcomers.
As many have previously posted the time for serious recruitment will be during the off season. In the meantime it is all about survival with what we have and a tweak here and there.
Calm down Webby - it's the 11th of January.Post of the year