Nick Proschwitze

[greyseagull]

According to Andy Naylor's recent tweet, Hull's new £2.5m German striker was on our radar but it was out of our price range.

That puts to bed the myth that some people have been suggesting we can afford £3m-£4m signature signings...

 

[Bridcutt]

According to Andy Naylor's recent tweet, Hull's new £2.5m German striker was on our radar but it was out of our price range.

That puts to bed the myth that some people have been suggesting we can afford £3m-£4m signature signings...

He was 2.5m

 

[El Turi]

Don't get me wrong, I love Gus but he seems incapable of going a day without moaning about our budget.

 

[pork pie]

According to Andy Naylor's recent tweet, Hull's new £2.5m German striker was on our radar but it was out of our price range.

That puts to bed the myth that some people have been suggesting we can afford £3m-£4m signature signings...

Worrying, very worrying! If we cannot even afford that, the ambition to get promotion is all bollox. Unless, it would not have been the "gem" signing.

 

[Aristotle]

Although it is unclear whether it was the fee or the wages that were out of our range.

 

[saafend_seagull]

Hence why we will offer CMS!

 

[B.W.]

Don't get me wrong, I love Gus but he seems incapable of going a day without moaning about our budget.

Agreed, he needs to shut the fcuk up about it, and concentrate on actually working towards signing a striker within our budget... heard it all before far, far too many times... and I love the guy too, a truly great manager, but still has a LOT to learn in his dealings with the media...

 

[greyseagull]

He was 2.5m

Exactly

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Worrying, very worrying! If we cannot even afford that, the ambition to get promotion is all bollox. Unless, it would not have been the "gem" signing.

There is a difference between what our available budget is, for the capital outlay on transfers, and the wage budget. A 'gem' signing might not cost any fee at all.

 

[Bra]

Even if it is fee or wages that are a problem, it would seem to put some doubt into our ability to afford Beckford as the rumoured target, he will surely cost as much and command wages of the level as the Hull striker.

I am concerned about this area of the team and will have been trying to sign someone for the last 2 season without success.

 

[macky]

Perhaps we just did'nt think that he was worth that much

 

[Ernest]

Or he wasn't worth £2.5million so we passed when Hull bid that figure ?

 

[Gazwag]

Yeah because it would sound better if it was reported "We had the money and the deal on the table but he chose Hull over us"

 

[pork pie]

Although it is unclear whether it was the fee or the wages that were out of our range.

Does that really matter if a player of that mediocrity is "out of our price range", who are we going to end up with?

Have the Club spent a lot of cash on the stadium upgrade, and have a tight playing budget for this season? Like Arsenal and The Emirates.

 

[pork pie]

Yeah because it would sound better if it was reported "We had the money and the deal on the table but he chose Hull over us"

Or maybe just keep quiet?

 

[Gritt23]

Don't get me wrong, I love Gus but he seems incapable of going a day without moaning about our budget.

Has he moaned about our budget today then?

I thought this came from an Andy Naylor tweet, so apart from not being from Gus, it also may not even be true.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Perhaps we just think that he was worth that much

Or he wasn't worth £2.5million so we passed when Hull bid that figure ?

Quite

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I am concerned about this area of the team and will have been trying to sign someone for the last 2 season without success.

We didn't sign CMS a year ago, then?

 

[B.W.]

Has he moaned about our budget today then?

I thought this came from an Andy Naylor tweet, so apart from not being from Gus, it also may not even be true.

Gus moaned about it for about the 2,000th time after the Swindon match...

 

[Bra]

Bloom has stated that the budget is competitive but we do seem to be priced out of a large number of signings. I find it difficult to believe that all the clubs that spend more than us are helped by paracute payments or owners prepared to bankroll. Don't get me wrong I think gus is doing a great job, but this has been a problem area for some time now and yet we never have enough left or in the budget to resolve it. Think this would have been my priority this summer.