Can’t compete or won’t compete?

[MillersTime]

i hate to say but TS may be tempted

And give Newcastle 50k. So we take home 50k? No way would TS be tempted by that. Only a fool would.

[gru]

So if someone offers 100k for barlaser your selling?

No for a realistic fee!

[Masbroughstreet]

No for a realistic fee!

Why would other teams pay that fee for somebody they can get for nowt in the summer?

[gru]

Why would other teams pay that fee for somebody they can get for nowt in the summer?

Might be more competition then to sign Barlaser or Chieo.

[CAMiller]

Why would other teams pay that fee for somebody they can get for nowt in the summer?

I think it's actually the other way around. Anyone who has a real interest in a player would be willing to pay something now but obviously not as much as they would have paid if the player had say 2y left on their contract. However, there is no real incentive for the player to agree a deal now when they more than likely would get a better one as a free agent. However, if the deal is good enough and secures their future for say 3.5 years then I could see it happening as insurance against either a loss in form or the potential of a bad injury in the next 6 months.

[Masbroughstreet]

I think it's actually the other way around. Anyone who has a real interest in a player would be willing to pay something now but obviously not as much as they would have paid if the player had say 2y left on their contract. However, there is no real incentive for the player to agree a deal now when they more than likely would get a better one as a free agent. However, if the deal is good enough and secures their future for say 3.5 years then I could see it happening as insurance against either a loss in form or the potential of a bad injury in the next 6 months.

I’d agree with that, I just meant that other clubs probably won’t be prepared to pay anywhere near the ‘realistic fee’ that gru is wanting. If clubs were I think they’d have been gone before the season started.

[Godsend.F.C.]

So taylor say it isgoing to be loans and out of contract players FFS, coming in. so the scenario i see is ogbene going barlaser possibly jan defo in summer unless they increase the offer. and we will replace them with players who will be less committed to the club we are going down and fast.

my only complain is how we have gone from a pressing side to what we have now

Matt Taylor actually said and I quote " The number of signings we need, it's probably going to be a collection of loans, possibly a couple of free signings and possibly a couple of fees involved."

Note the word - possibly, it's not a promise like some on here keep quoting.

[caytonmiller]

Matt Taylor actually said and I quote " The number of signings we need, it's probably going to be a collection of loans, possibly a couple of free signings and possibly a couple of fees involved."

Note the word - possibly, it's not a promise like some on here keep quoting.

Not what he said. The quote was

"We were always looking between four and six to start with. Now on the back of losing one for definite (Wiles) and two potentially tonight (Ogbene and Bramall) the physios will have to inform me"



The paper opening line was

Rotherham United boss Matt Taylor has confirmed that he wants to sign up to six new players in January to help their survival bid.

[caytonmiller]

The type of players were quoted by the tizer

Taylor, three months into his job at AESSEAL New York Stadium, expects to be focusing on loan deals and free-agent recruitment and would like to bring in proven performers rather than untested youngsters.

"We've got to get sure things," he said

[The Hillsborough Miller]

In reality, we will only know what the club aspirations are when the window has closed, with who has left and who we got to replace and the quality of the additions we have brought in