Sliding Doors moment?

[ncfcog]

It may have come from the bit at the fans forum where Burchnall said something along the lines of "Chesterfield made Calvin Miller and offer which was way above what we could offer him". If we can't compete with the big spenders in this league, 'relatively skint' might not be too far from the truth in the sense that we have money, but nowhere near as much as them.

I was buoyed by that statement. I don’t care what anyone says, breaking a wage structure for a player like Calvin Miller would have been ridiculous. Whether the owners are relatively skint or not means nothing as we can only go on what we know so far and what we know is we’ve not heard one thing relating to not paying suppliers, players, staff, HMRC etc and certainly haven’t heard a grumble about anything else from people within the club.

We don’t have a Mullin, a Tshimanga, a Madden or indeed a Miller but I’m not entirely sure we need them. We know we have a competitive squad, a squad that is much more balanced and sustainable than we’ve ever had for a long time. Time we stopped worrying about the ‘competition’ and just be grateful until proven otherwise that we have what on the face of it appears to be a sensibly run club.

[the_anticlough]

I was buoyed by that statement. I don’t care what anyone says, breaking a wage structure for a player like Calvin Miller would have been ridiculous. Whether the owners are relatively skint or not means nothing as we can only go on what we know so far and what we know is we’ve not heard one thing relating to not paying suppliers, players, staff, HMRC etc and certainly haven’t heard a grumble about anything else from people within the club.

We don’t have a Mullin, a Tshimanga, a Madden or indeed a Miller but I’m not entirely sure we need them. We know we have a competitive squad, a squad that is much more balanced and sustainable than we’ve ever had for a long time. Time we stopped worrying about the ‘competition’ and just be grateful until proven otherwise that we have what on the face of it appears to be a sensibly run club.

Agree with all you say.
Still, not sure IB should have been advertising 'our close competitor pays quite a bit more than us'...
Miller took their offer....say no more
Thought I saw Kyle craning his neck around Doyle when IB said that, ha ha

[ncfcog]

Agree with all you say.
Still, not sure IB should have been advertising 'our close competitor pays quite a bit more than us'...
Miller took their offer....say no more
Thought I saw Kyle craning his neck around Doyle when IB said that, ha ha

Yeah probably said too much but suppose it just goes to show the transparent nature of his character which is nice to see.

[queenslandpie]

Yeah probably said too much but suppose it just goes to show the transparent nature of his character which is nice to see.

I guess you need a sense of perspective. You of all people correct me if I am wrong but I read Miller in his 23 games had 3 assists and 1 goal for Notts. So hardly worth breaking the bank for on that basis. Kyle on the other hand....perhaps worth breaking the bank for.

[drillerpie]

Or maybe they have the money but aren't prepared to be held to ransom or play fiscal suicide looking at short term gain for long term pain...?

That would be my best guess too.

[Killerkline]

Agree with all you say.
Still, not sure IB should have been advertising 'our close competitor pays quite a bit more than us'...
Miller took their offer....say no more
Thought I saw Kyle craning his neck around Doyle when IB said that, ha ha

I have no issue with this and, as you’ve eluded too, Miller chose Chesterfield which suggests their offer was better. Additionally, Chesterfield paid more in this situation. That doesn’t suggest it’s an ongoing theme. The club believed they could get better value for money elsewhere.

[ncfcog]

I guess you need a sense of perspective. You of all people correct me if I am wrong but I read Miller in his 23 games had 3 assists and 1 goal for Notts. So hardly worth breaking the bank for on that basis. Kyle on the other hand....perhaps worth breaking the bank for.

Absolutely

[countygump]

It may have come from the bit at the fans forum where Burchnall said something along the lines of "Chesterfield made Calvin Miller and offer which was way above what we could offer him". If we can't compete with the big spenders in this league, 'relatively skint' might not be too far from the truth in the sense that we have money, but nowhere near as much as them.

Reedtz Bros must have SOME money, Eli? How much do Notts lose every year? A mill, a mill and a half? You could easily argue that we're just being sensible rather than actually being skint. Will sensible get us promo tho? Who knows.

[upthemaggies]

If Fword win tonight I'm going full on prophet of doom.

[PedroTheFisherman66]

If Fword win tonight I'm going full on prophet of doom.

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