http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/l...ail/story.html
It's mostly fair comment, but the usual sloppy journalism leads to the implication that Shola Ameobi was already here before Kevin Nolan replaced Sheridan. Hawkridge and Allesandro are seen as very good signings, and I agree with that.
The verdict? We're good for somewhere between mid-table and the play-offs. Personally, I think that would be a disappointing outcome.
That thread is quite funny, the couple of guys mentioning the Bogle topic should probably read it, they'd realise everyone in it is saying he's way out of our reach with that price tag, it was thought originally that he was available without a transfer fee and considering Stead is/was probably on close to £4k a week I would say we could definitely have matched his 4k wage. That's not a stupidly high number imo.
Absolutely hilarious that that thread begins: "They (Notts) are absolutely obsessed with us (Stags) and who we are signing. All day on twitter it's been "he's crap", "only spending this money to keep evans", "it'll all turn sour when they don't go up".
"Huge amounts of jealously coming from them, they are obsessed!"
And there then follows 296 posts proving the obsession is, in fact, the other way.
Very few WOW signings rather sensible tried & tested Pro's that will improve their team & squad who are all probably on a decent wage which is why they are among the favourites for promotion but it could be risky on their crowds. Radford seems to be a steady owner & Evans has a proven record & they are obviously targeting this season as a chance to move up. I have a soft spot for Stags but much like we see Forest as a competitor for fans they see us as the team that they can pinch "floaters" from, if we have another poor season & they get involved in a promotion race it could become interesting ( although they always had slightly smaller gates they weren't far behind us in the 70s) however if either we have a better season than predicted or they struggle it could have serious consequences in the long term.