January Transfers & Rumours

[Elite_Pie]

He doesn't partner anyone, he is just a show boater.. And he was crap on Saturday....

A show boater or someone who often tries the unexpected to create something?

I'll go for the latter.

[queenslandpie]

Sustainable means that the owners can SUSTAIN the amount of money they need to put in. It does not mean and was never intended to mean the club was Profitable. Previous owners could not Sustain the amount of money require to be put in. The Bros are saying that the amount they need to put in this year is less than they budgeted because of the increased attendances.

As I keep saying, and falling on deaf ears, the two owners are paying about £3m/year for a very expensive season ticket, but it is their hobby. Just because £3m sounds a lot to you (and most of us) it is not a lot for those that are rich.

Stop panicking.

I am not panicking. Sustainable doesn't mean that to me and I doubt Notts will ever be very sustainable in terms of what I mean like most clubs. However we have good owners with a plan and that my friend is enough for me.

[Kent Magpie]

I am not panicking. Sustainable doesn't mean that to me and I doubt Notts will ever be very sustainable in terms of what I mean like most clubs. However we have good owners with a plan and that my friend is enough for me.

It is possible that they don't want to make a profit - they could be using the club to offset tax liabilities elsewhere. That could be sustainably in their eyes.

[matt_magpie]

At the fans forum our CEO said we weren’t that far off from being sustainable, maybe a year of which makes sense as they said we had underspent in the summer and crowds were over what we had budgeted for. The bit we’re missing is we haven’t made anything of note on players yet but obviously that could change.

[durhampie]

A show boater or someone who often tries the unexpected to create something?

I'll go for the latter.

But he didnt, he kept giving the ball away..

[Kent Magpie]

A show boater or someone who often tries the unexpected to create something?

I'll go for the latter.

I thought rather than showboating they were trying to make things happen. There were a couple of times when I thought Didzy, in particular, made a pass / flick on expecting someone to be in the space or moving into the space, but they weren't. Is this Didzy, or Jones / Crowley's (who I think it was that he was expecting to be there) fault, or just a function of a new manager tweaking systems and patterns. I suspect it's the latter as everything seemed slightly hesitant.

[kill_the_drum]

Ok then, it allows us to move on to plan B if a Didzy doesn’t quite work which on Saturday it didn’t. We could still be playing now and wouldn’t have scored again, bringing on like for like subs like Austin didn’t change the game. The fact that Sanderson has made some appearances suggests a striker is needed.
It’s a huge risk if no new striker is bought in. If Macca picks up any injury we are left with Didzy, Sanderson and Morias as our options.
Would you be comfortable with it that?

If Macca gets injured it will be an enormous blow, obviously. I’d love us to sign another striker but what ‘quality’ striker is going to come and compete with Langstaff for one position.
As I said, it’s much more probable we’d sign someone to compete with Didsy and Crowley and move Didsy up top if Langstaff got injured.

[Elite_Pie]

But he didnt, he kept giving the ball away..

It was far from his best game, but at least he tried things.

I thought you were a regular moaner about playing safe balls in our half!

[Kent Magpie]

It was far from his best game, but at least he tried things.

I thought you were a regular moaner!

Fixed that for you!

[Old_pie]

I am not panicking. Sustainable doesn't mean that to me and I doubt Notts will ever be very sustainable in terms of what I mean like most clubs. However we have good owners with a plan and that my friend is enough for me.

It does not matter what it means to you but even DownUnder the defintion surely remains the same "able to be maintained at a certain rate or level". If they'd meant profitable they would have said "profitable".

Most clubs as I understand it, outside of the top two divisions, are not profitable and rely on owners with deep pockets. If you've got information to the contrary I'd be please to see it.

Your last sentence is however correct.