❔Score, scorers and attendance predictions v Walsall [H] 09.12.2023 [EFL L2]

[upthemaggies]

Just going by what they said, if they expect Notts to run at a profit next season then there's no way they lay out x millions on 8 new players which we need. Palmer, Jones, Bostock, Macca, Scott and maybe Baldwin are the only players who would hold their own so maybe 10 players plus a couple on loan. That amount of investment wouldn't happen and I'm talking to be competitive in the league, not be battling relegation all season. I'd love it to happen but that's not how they're running the club.

Everything is a gamble in this game, to the point that it's a gamble not to gamble.

If it's correct that we only have a top 8-10 budget then I wouldn't expect too much to happen in January. It's often said that it's the worst time to buy because clubs are desperate and the prices are higher.
All well and good if the team is improved but it would be somewhat out of character for the owners to make significant moves for players you would need to slot straight in, rather than take time to settle in and be coached into our way of playing over a pre-season at least, or several months.

Adam Hassel describing fans "pouring out of the ground" prior to the final whistle and the boos that greeted it would suggest it's more than just a few on here who are becoming restless. I'd tend to agree that it's way too early to start rocking the boat, but that's easy to say if you're not travelling up and down the country in all weather to watch it every weak seeing the obvious problems with your own eyes.

[nw6pie]

Everything is a gamble in this game, to the point that it's a gamble not to gamble.

If it's correct that we only have a top 8-10 budget then I wouldn't expect too much to happen in January. It's often said that it's the worst time to buy because clubs are desperate and the prices are higher.
All well and good if the team is improved but it would be somewhat out of character for the owners to make significant moves for players you would need to slot straight in, rather than take time to settle in and be coached into our way of playing over a pre-season at least, or several months.

Adam Hassel describing fans "pouring out of the ground" prior to the final whistle and the boos that greeted it would suggest it's more than just a few on here who are becoming restless. I'd tend to agree that it's way too early to start rocking the boat, but that's easy to say if you're not travelling up and down the country in all weather to watch it every weak seeing the obvious problems with your own eyes.

I think the top 8-10 budget is something of a misnomer (and my recollection of the forum night is that Rich Montague queried Sky Sport’s description of us having a “top 10” budget, so we could have something more like the 12th).

From my understanding, when the club set the 2023/24 budget, it wasn’t because that was all the money they had available. It was because the ethos is always to have a competitive budget in the respected league, but definitely not the highest. They underestimated how much quite a few others were going to spend, though, so the overall budget probably wasn’t as competitive as they assumed it would be.

I guess that’s one of the consequences of being out of the league for four seasons. Our income is also higher than was budgeted for, so that’s another reason to expect us to sign a few improvements on the current team.

[Elite_Pie]

Adam Hassel describing fans "pouring out of the ground" prior to the final whistle and the boos that greeted it would suggest it's more than just a few on here who are becoming restless. I'd tend to agree that it's way too early to start rocking the boat, but that's easy to say if you're not travelling up and down the country in all weather to watch it every weak seeing the obvious problems with your own eyes.

The home support was as bad as I've known it for a few years in the second half on Saturday, especially with 10,000 home fans in the ground. For a long time it's been a mutual thing at Meadow Lane - give us something to cheer and we'll oblige, give us nothing to cheer and we'll sit quietly. I know that as fans we should become the 12th man and sing even louder when things are tough, but that defies human nature. It's not just us, I've seen it many times home and away. The 'You only sing when you're winning' chant is a valid one for most clubs.