Plymouth bid 750k for Jatta

[Chicken Balti Pie]

I can’t fathom as to why some folk seemingly have got there knickers in a twist over a rumour.
In an age where misinformation is rife some on here have lapped up rumours as reality. Whether it’s Jatta leaving, recruiting babies in nappies or the Saunders scenario over the past week, the reaction of some has been mind boggling.
Notts on the face of it are a brilliantly ran club. Certainly not a selling club that some will have us believe. Their are countless rumours of star players being sold, yet the reality is that we cashed in when necessary (Macca and DC wanted to leave) and in some cases didn’t cash in at all (Woots n Ruben).
If and for me it’s a big IF Jatta is sold, it will be because the club got a price that is more than they think he’s worth at this stage.
I don’t think he’ll be sold and recent history supports this.. Macca last Jan, Ruben the Jan before and Woots the Jan prior… all star players, all rumoured to be sold… none left in January.

The problem is, when was the last time we were this well run? Even with Pavis, we sold players and then dropped from what is now the premiership all the way back down to what is now league 2. It is in a Notts fan's nature to be pessimistic

[matt_magpie]

Our crowds have grown on the back of the incredible season we had in the National League and the euphoria of Wembley, some young fans have ridden the crest of that wave and crave more of the same. Surely, many of those fans will tire, if they haven't already, of the eternal, revolving door which sees our best players sold after what is often, fairly short service. Players can become heroes to many and it's hard to continually watch them leave.

Sustainability is not solely financial, the calibre of playing staff in order to 'sustain' our status on the next rung of the ladder is crucial as well so selling players who would be competent at a higher level is surely, counter intuitive? If we sold Jatta for a million and missed out on promotion, how would that balance out in the long run against what would be higher gates, probably more tv money and more sponsorship?

As I said before I don?t think financially we?d be much better off in L1, TV and sponsorship go up a but inevitably would get swallowed up by wages and gates would be driven by how well we were performing over a period of time.
I agree we gained some fans off the back of that NL season and we?re getting probably a lot of new younger fans now as they want to see live football and have no chance at forest.
The reason we are sustaining it now and through the NL I mainly believe is the product Notts offer. On the whole we play expansive attractive football, we win a lot, the set up looks and feels amazing with the sound system and pitch and we now have a new Fanzone.

I hear no end of people that have been down for the first time shocked how good it is at Notts.

I?ve seen us in all the leagues, turning up to 3k in L1 playing absolute turgid football and walking away absolutely hating it, it?s night and day now compared to those seasons what we see now and the division comes kind of irrelevant.

I desperately want us to go up, I want to see bigger crowds, bigger games and I?ll put my neck on the line and say Jattas going nowhere but we have to trust the process, it?s working.

[keldsyke]

I think the short term problem if Jatta is sold is getting someone in up and running at such short notice (the best option would be Langstaff on loan but that is very unlikely), any club wanting to sell a player of quality will jack up the price knowing Notts now have a bit of cash from a sale, the process of bringing someone in unknown is risky, for the Langstaffs and Jattas, there is a Kairo Mitchell and Lewis Knight. For me, I would resist there is a great chance of getting out of this league this season.

[Boomerangpie]

If anyone wants evidence that the *black and white traffic cone mob* exists - this thread is exhibit A.

I bet there are far more of the black and white traffic cone mob at the game today than the never happy fear the worst bedwetters. Call that exhibit B

[Boomerangpie]

Our crowds have grown on the back of the incredible season we had in the National League and the euphoria of Wembley, some young fans have ridden the crest of that wave and crave more of the same. Surely, many of those fans will tire, if they haven't already, of the eternal, revolving door which sees our best players sold after what is often, fairly short service. Players can become heroes to many and it's hard to continually watch them leave.

Sustainability is not solely financial, the calibre of playing staff in order to 'sustain' our status on the next rung of the ladder is crucial as well so selling players who would be competent at a higher level is surely, counter intuitive? If we sold Jatta for a million and missed out on promotion, how would that balance out in the long run against what would be higher gates, probably more tv money and more sponsorship?

I see your point and it?s a valid one. You have to try and get the balance between financial stability and footballing sustainability which isn?t easy and am certain the owners are debating in detail at times like this.

Is there any evidence of young fans tiring of the revolving door of our best players arriving and departing?

I would say that the our crowds have grown hugely because of the owners more than any one incredible season. It?s their appointment of head coaches, recruitment of players and investment in the club that has seen crowds grow to unbelievable levels for league two.

Because of the owners the young fans have got to enjoy
Wootton and Rodrigues
Langstaff and Jones
Jatta and Crowley

Not bad. Nobody is getting tired of watching those pairings. Why won?t that trend continue?

[MapperleyMagpie]

C’mon stop talking rubbish. We should keep Jatta at all costs, sell the Nest, sell the P?del courts, rip up the pitch and sell that, sell the fancy new wine glasses and padded seats in hospitality, borrow a load of money off some random investors, buy Rashford and pay him what he wants and go all in for the dizzy heights of League one and then ………

I or lots of others I on here have never said all that!! But we are entitled to say selling Jatta is not the right move now and that promotion this season is the daily within our grasp. We can then consider selling him post season and continuing on with all the good work the bros have done so far. Just because we question one decision or express a view different to others on here doesn't make us anti change or anti bros

[OP67]

We're sitting 5th in the league a point of automatic with less than a week of the transfer window. Who in their right mind would sell a player like Jatta if they're serious about promotion this season??? Lets get promoted first eh before doing something that silly.

[game_pie]

Plymouth have just got ?6m for one of their players, more spare cash perhaps to increase their offer?

[1955pie]

There is another issue that no one has mentioned. ?The Elephant in the room?
Unfortunately Florist are starting to look odds on for European football of some sort next season, even possibly Champions League. The local and regional media are already in overdrive.
The effect is that all other clubs around are already having much reduced coverage. What it might be like next season God knows?
We have to try and raise our profile and achieving promotion would be a big morale booster. Something for Notts fans to be proud of and happy about whilst the Red Dogs swagger around.
Keeping Jatta doesn?t guarantee promotion but losing him certainly doesn?t help. It has to be worth the risk.
Or we could settle for financial security and 4th tier mediocrity.

[GEZMAN]

There is another issue that no one has mentioned. ?The Elephant in the room?
Unfortunately Florist are starting to look odds on for European football of some sort next season, even possibly Champions League. The local and regional media are already in overdrive.
The effect is that all other clubs around are already having much reduced coverage. What it might be like next season God knows?
We have to try and raise our profile and achieving promotion would be a big morale booster. Something for Notts fans to be proud of and happy about whilst the Red Dogs swagger around.
Keeping Jatta doesn?t guarantee promotion but losing him certainly doesn?t help. It has to be worth the risk.
Or we could settle for financial security and 4th tier mediocrity.

Good point. Also, we've benefited over the past couple of seasons with floating fans unable to get tickets for Florist games, coming over to us. Red Dog tickets will be even harder to get the more successful they are, so the more successful we are as well, should see us picking up more support, maybe pushing us towards 15k over the next 2-3 seasons