Kerching!
Oh how we laughed/cried/contemplated suicide when JQ announced, in the wake of Frodo’s move to Broadhall Way, that there was “no rush” to sign new players.
“There are loads of players about and there’s no rush to bring people in. I’m getting calls from players and agents all the time, and I won’t be rushing into anything. Why should I do any work until I’ve had another holiday,” opined our leader, sipping a glass of sangria while flipping through the latest edition of Parenting for Dummies.
Ok, so I may have made that last bit up, but it’s still quite a worrying statement coming from a man who had signed about eight players by this time last year. Admittedly our need was greater then than now, but the fact still remains that the later you leave it the less room for manoeuvre you have.
Still, he’s right that there are plenty of competent players out there, and it was a relief to see the great Cambridge United player buying operation swing into action yesterday, with bids for Southend’s ex-Gravesend and Ebbsfleet goal machine Charlie MacDonald and an unnamed player named Antonio Murray from an unnamed Blue Square Premier club named Histon being rejected. Presumably improved offers for either or both will follow.
It’s nice to see we have some money to spend, but we need to make sure we actually spend it on quality players. It’ll be no good if we get to the beginning of the season and Jimmy ends up having to sign some 40-year old Hinckley United reject, while bleating that we made offers for good players but they all went elsewhere. We’ll see what happens over the next couple of weeks.
Also, I think it’s a bit cheeky of the club to pin Boylan’s departure on the player himself. “Lee has made it clear that he wants to join Stevenage”, said George Rolls, neglecting to mention that the striker had been told he wasn’t wanted at the Abbey, only for Jimmy to change his mind we got some unexpected income from the sales of Wolly and Albrighton. Good luck at Stevenage Lee, I hope we won't miss your goals too much.
“There are loads of players about and there’s no rush to bring people in. I’m getting calls from players and agents all the time, and I won’t be rushing into anything. Why should I do any work until I’ve had another holiday,” opined our leader, sipping a glass of sangria while flipping through the latest edition of Parenting for Dummies.
Ok, so I may have made that last bit up, but it’s still quite a worrying statement coming from a man who had signed about eight players by this time last year. Admittedly our need was greater then than now, but the fact still remains that the later you leave it the less room for manoeuvre you have.
Still, he’s right that there are plenty of competent players out there, and it was a relief to see the great Cambridge United player buying operation swing into action yesterday, with bids for Southend’s ex-Gravesend and Ebbsfleet goal machine Charlie MacDonald and an unnamed player named Antonio Murray from an unnamed Blue Square Premier club named Histon being rejected. Presumably improved offers for either or both will follow.
It’s nice to see we have some money to spend, but we need to make sure we actually spend it on quality players. It’ll be no good if we get to the beginning of the season and Jimmy ends up having to sign some 40-year old Hinckley United reject, while bleating that we made offers for good players but they all went elsewhere. We’ll see what happens over the next couple of weeks.
Also, I think it’s a bit cheeky of the club to pin Boylan’s departure on the player himself. “Lee has made it clear that he wants to join Stevenage”, said George Rolls, neglecting to mention that the striker had been told he wasn’t wanted at the Abbey, only for Jimmy to change his mind we got some unexpected income from the sales of Wolly and Albrighton. Good luck at Stevenage Lee, I hope we won't miss your goals too much.
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