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Cantoffee wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2026 10:43 pm I dont think we're spending 20 million on him.

I dont even know if he'd be a good buy, certainly not the level that the club has been talking about.

But we have people in here saying hes worse than Obrien or Patterson which is absolutely incorrect.

Toddacelli wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2026 8:29 am I feel like Canadians and Scots are almost the same thing.
I feel like the English went to America and the Scots went to Canada.

Gash wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2026 8:17 am Like myself with Scottish players, we need to remember that you'll have a bit of Canadian bias in this.

You're probably right in that he's an upgrade on Patterson and O'Brien but it's marginal and I don't think it's worth us spending any decent money on him for what would be a limited improvement. It smacks of a fairly short term 'band aid plaster' signing in the hope it's enough to put the problem to bed for a year or two. It's just kicking the can down the road for me.

777Kidnappings wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2026 10:37 am Feels like theyve realised its got to the point of ridiculous and we wont stand for it so they've just thought anything will do. Feels like a year of scouting never happened

Audrey Horne wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2026 12:41 pm It's just absolutely shit at the moment.

I also don't understand why we have like a tenner to spend??

I thought we had money now....and also making money with the stadium and extortionate prices

AjaxAndy wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2026 12:30 pm Does just suggest we have very limited spending ability unfortunately.

We've spent £16m on Hackney, had to complete the Rohl signing due to the obligation, and most likely signed George in case Ndaiye leaves and Grealish doesn't come back.

The George one is sensible as really we could be extremely short out wide come the start of the season if things fall a certain way. So I don't disagree with getting that done instead of spending the money on an RB.

If Ndaiye really isn't leaving for Saudi though, and we don't get a decent bid elsewhere, we might well be almost at our limit for purchases, which would make the Johnson one, providing the fee is max £15m, unsexy but maybe all we can do

I don't really think anyone at the club is to blame necessarily if this is what happens, we just can't spend money unless we sell someone. However we have so little actual quality that doing so hampers us unless it's for serious money.

This is just the product of a decade of mismanagement, and whilst the new owners may be better they're still suffering from a historical hangover from the previous regime.

777Kidnappings wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2026 12:44 pm We spent 35m on dibling last summer. Even forgetting what a disaster thats been we spent 35m on what was intended to be a substitute. If weve no budget for a right back its absolutely the fault of people at the club for not budgeting properly. Well unless its come as a surprise to them that we need 1

Audrey Horne wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2026 12:41 pm It's just absolutely shit at the moment.

I also don't understand why we have like a tenner to spend??

I thought we had money now....and also making money with the stadium and extortionate prices

Audrey Horne wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2026 12:41 pm It's just absolutely shit at the moment.

I also don't understand why we have like a tenner to spend??

I thought we had money now....and also making money with the stadium and extortionate prices

Toddacelli wrote: ↑Sat Aug 01, 2026 1:47 pm Relax - we’ll get megadosh for Ndiaye at the last second and then spunk it all on an overpriced January window panic buy.

It’s the master plan and it’s never failed us before, has it?