Next two weeks will show us what ambition this club has.

[MillersJ81]

If no one comes in today, what does that tell us ?
1.We are skint,literally no money for extra players .
2.We can't spend any more cash because of the financial fair play roles ?
3.We have tried and failed to sign players ?
4.Richardson is happy with the squad ?
5.Mr Stewart wants us to go down, and so has not allowed any funds to be available ?
6.The club is cursed ?

Any or all of the above.

Always tomorrow.

[Feedthegoater]

7. Ambitious but flopped.

I'm sorry but laughter is the best medicine at such a time.

Like Derbymiller said,
"I'm still hopeful"

Also point No5-
I don't think Mr Stewart really wants us to go down.

[MillerBill]

The one that the club will say is number 3, however that is a very weak excuse in my opinion.
I do think we have funds, whether the club has decided to spend them is another matter. The only information we really have is the interviews that have been given and the stories in the press, so we have to take those on face value at the moment, because there is nothing else to contradict them. Until the window closes we don't know what the final outcome is and i am sure we will all have views to share at that point. I am still hopeful

I agree Derby, I do believe we have got the funds but have we got the will and knowhow that other clubs have?

[Derbymiller]

I agree Derby, I do believe we have got the funds but have we got the will and knowhow that other clubs have?

you raise a good question, i am sure people do work hard but there are other factors at play. What the recruitment team are allowed to do by the board and what they are capable of doing, based on their skills and ability. The market is the market, and nobody can say it is easy, but the constraints the club impose on the recruitment team and their skills are huge factors. As i said earlier I am still hopeful, I get criticised for being negative so trying to stay upbeat at the moment )

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

I still think it's number 1 and only number 1

[howdydoo]

I still think it's number 1 and only number 1

Don't be daft. We've got millions in reserve.

Haven't you been reading the posts?

[Citizen Erased]

I'd rather us keep the funds for next year.

To get level, we need 4 straight wins. It's not going to happen.

If threes a chance to offload one or two for six figures we should do it.

The club looses about £800,000.- £1.2M in league one usually, so that would offset that.

[MillerBill]

Last year Ogbene was offered a contract to stay and he said he wasn't far off signing it but the club wouldn't budge and he was allowed to run out his contract.Luton are now talking of a 20 million plus player. Rathbone is another player whose form has gone downhill due to the delay of a contract renewal.Whilever we pay the lowest wage we will never attract the best for us to go forward.This season was the prime time to invest and consolidate our position.A record number of eight thousands bought season tickets on the promise of"we have learnt from previous mistakes and significant funding will be made available".We just don't have a long term plan at this club.

[mellowmiller]

No suitable players are available to bring in..?

That's nonsense though isn't it.

[Brin]

Last year Ogbene was offered a contract to stay and he said he wasn't far off signing it but the club wouldn't budge and he was allowed to run out his contract.Luton are now talking of a 20 million plus player. Rathbone is another player whose form has gone downhill due to the delay of a contract renewal.Whilever we pay the lowest wage we will never attract the best for us to go forward.This season was the prime time to invest and consolidate our position.A record number of eight thousands bought season tickets on the promise of"we have learnt from previous mistakes and significant funding will be made available".We just don't have a long term plan at this club.

👏 👏 totally agree. We have always had a reactive approach to retaining any of our players when it’s too late hence the millions lost in saleable revenue.

After all these years in tenure, has no one really ever offered to buy a stake in RUFC from Tony Stewart or, has his stubbornness kept them away?