Martin interview in the build up to Boxing day game

[Swansea93]

:lol:

That’s just laughable at this stage, yeah hate on the owners by all means but to wish your club loses a match is ridiculous, doesn’t he write articles on Swans Indy? :shock:

 

[JackSomething]

It's going to be carnage on here boxing day post game. Wonder if wuss will fist the east stand after the game.

One at a time? Will take him a while...

(I appreciate playing away ruins this joke, but I'm ignoring that)

 

[Fbreath]

It's going to be carnage on here boxing day post game. Wonder if wuss will fist the east stand after the game.

It’s ok Swans fans will be singing “we love our manager” at him.

Forgot we haven’t got one

 

[Swanjaxs]

It's going to be carnage on here boxing day post game. Wonder if wuss will fist the east stand after the game.

 

[Magic_Michu]

Christie was poor for us after the first few weeks, and he's on far more than we could afford at Hull. I can definitely understand the argument that a player his age with no sell-on value wasn't worth what he was asking. Could have fielded a whole team of Latibeaudieres for the same money.

There has to be a balance between giving a manager what he wants, and a manager working with what he's given to the long term benefit of the club. The average manager spends such a short length of time at a club these days that putting everything in their hands is just not sensible, most players will work under multiple managers during their time at a club. Plenty of blame to go around when money is spent poorly. Mark Allen was justifiably sacked after the Finley Burns and Ogbeta debacles. Martin originally wanted to sign Sorinola on a permanent but the board wouldn't back him.

But to go from spending ZERO in January to the amount we gave Duff was unbelievable - just think of what Martin could have done with just half of that.

O’Riley who went to Celtic for started for just £1.5 million.

 

[magicdaps10]

But to go from spending ZERO in January to the amount we gave Duff was unbelievable - just think of what Martin could have done with just half of that.

O’Riley who went to Celtic for started for just £1.5 million.

There wasn't any income coming in to allow signings in January, we work with outgoings first and then use a % from that to replace.
They kidded the fans in the summer that we were spending first before we sold, Obafemi money coupled with Whittaker, Benda and Joel Lat money allowed us to do early business.......only to then take the money from the sake of Piroe.

The money from Piroe should really allow us to be proactive in January but the manager situation is going to work for the owners come the window.......the eye is now on the manager and the delay in that appointment will be the excuse for a poor January I am sure.

They think they are being clever.

 

[jasper_T]

There wasn't any income coming in to allow signings in January, we work with outgoings first and then use a % from that to replace.
They kidded the fans in the summer that we were spending first before we sold, Obafemi money coupled with Whittaker, Benda and Joel Lat money allowed us to do early business.......only to then take the money from the sake of Piroe.

The money from Piroe should really allow us to be proactive in January but the manager situation is going to work for the owners come the window.......the eye is now on the manager and the delay in that appointment will be the excuse for a poor January I am sure.

They think they are being clever.

We've done "early business" like that every summer. Some fans got carried away after seeing the new investment in February/March, hoping for signs of dramatic change in direction. If anything we were slower to spend than when we brought in Darling, Wood and Allen a year before, when we only had the prospect of Downes' departure and no meaningful movement otherwise.

Realistically we're a £20m income club with operating costs of £30-40m a year, and need to be selling a Piroe every season just to tread water let alone have disposable income to splurge during transfer windows. A few multi-million pound flops and sacking a manager puts us into a tough situation even with millions in new investment from Cravatt and the LLC this year.

Not selling Wood when we had the chance a costly blunder. Not many assets being created, so where is the cash to spend meant to come from (now or down the line)? Martin wanted O'Riley but he had Whittaker, who is on course for a 20 goal season elsewhere after a discount sale. Injuries have prevented most of our summer signings from really getting up to speed so far. If Liam Walsh can stay fit and have a few decent games then surely anything is possible.

 

[magicdaps10]

We've done "early business" like that every summer. Some fans got carried away after seeing the new investment in February/March, hoping for signs of dramatic change in direction. If anything we were slower to spend than when we brought in Darling, Wood and Allen a year before, when we only had the prospect of Downes' departure and no meaningful movement otherwise.

Realistically we're a £20m income club with operating costs of £30-40m a year, and need to be selling a Piroe every season just to tread water let alone have disposable income to splurge during transfer windows. A few multi-million pound flops and sacking a manager puts us into a tough situation even with millions in new investment from Cravatt and the LLC this year.

Not selling Wood when we had the chance a costly blunder. Not many assets being created, so where is the cash to spend meant to come from (now or down the line)? Martin wanted O'Riley but he had Whittaker, who is on course for a 20 goal season elsewhere after a discount sale. Injuries have prevented most of our summer signings from really getting up to speed so far. If Liam Walsh can stay fit and have a few decent games then surely anything is possible.

So when the owners said in the summer that they didn't need to sell anyone, that was another lie?!

The club is rotten and it comes from the top.

 

[Nocountryforoldjack]

Well he could try but seeing as the game is at Southampton, that might be difficult

Yeah I was talking about the east stand at saint Mary's honest

 

[A4Jack]

Imagine if we had kept Whittaker, played him to his strengths and O'Riley.

£30m worth of talent...

 

[Swanjaxs]

Imagine if we had kept Whittaker, played him to his strengths and O'Riley.

£30m worth of talent...

O'Riley off to Inter Milan in January is the rumour at Celtic Park

 

[jasper_T]

So when the owners said in the summer that they didn't need to sell anyone, that was another lie?!

The club is rotten and it comes from the top.

If they're happy to keep pouring cash in to the till either as debt or by printing shares then we don't "need" to sell short term. Is the club profitable/sustainable long term without regular big sales or investor largesse? Far from it, Championship football isn't across the board. They clearly felt comfortable turning down good money for Wood, and have done similar before like pricing Piroe out of a move a year earlier, so their runway is evidently longer than a single transfer window.

The accounts for Martin's final season will be interesting.

 

[A4Jack]

O'Riley off to Inter Milan in January is the rumour at Celtic Park

Saw that mate. Crazy

 

[waynekerr55]

If they're happy to keep pouring cash in to the till either as debt or by printing shares then we don't "need" to sell short term. Is the club profitable/sustainable long term without regular big sales or investor largesse? Far from it, Championship football isn't across the board. They clearly felt comfortable turning down good money for Wood, and have done similar before like pricing Piroe out of a move a year earlier, so their runway is evidently longer than a single transfer window.

The accounts for Martin's final season will be interesting.

For people who are allegedly savvy in business they really didn't understand how much of a money pit football is