Sheffield Wednesday Banter Archive January 04 2013

04 Jan 2013 14:23:34
Just a question for all those fans who won't hear a word said against MM :-
We are in bottom 3 and January is the last chance to bring players in to try to ensure we stay in Champs.
New rules say we have to stay within the balance sheet, but in addition owners can spend up to £3m this year. (£2m next, £1m year after)
MM has said that any players brought in this month have to be funded from outgoings.
So in effect we have to sell before we can buy and we are not going to take advantage of this £3m like a lot of the other clubs are. So by end of month some of our better players will have been sold to raise cash ? and all the better players will have moved anyway ?
If MM genuinely wants to take us forward, why wouldn't he put the money up now and get the players we need in now at start of month, and then sell others in rest of month to get some of that money back in?
Not a DJ fan by any stretch, but hes been saying all season we are starting from behind other clubs who have had seasons to build for this division and we just got promoted and have to catch them up, I for one would like to see evidence from MM that he plans to do that.
We haven't had one "flagship" signing this season, all the players we've signed have been promising youngsters, or players considered over the hill by other clubs.
You may say Antonio but he was identified by Megson last January and I would still put him in the promising youngster bracket.
I am talking about players tried and tested at this level who still have something to offer.

You do have some valid points, but I still chose to standby MM. Is that ok?

Me too

I'm a bit disappointed by MM.
I thought he wanted to make money by getting us into the premier or at least sell us as a club that was knocking on its door.
But it looks like he wont put enough money in for us to even be a mid table side.
2 or 3 quality signings and we'd have been a club in contention.
Instead we signed maguire, pecnic who for some reason aren't any good, except i've a feeling they actually are, wasted money on the bothroyd and rodri loans and tried to replace rob jones with players no better.
Got a keeper when we could have stuck with what we had and signed various full backs and wingers who never get a sniff.
Now we are playing most of last seasons team with a few loans chucked in.
I've spoken to megson since he got sacked.He's careful what he says but the jist is that MM is a **** and a money hungry one at that and he wouldn't work for him again.
I think he knows more than we do what MM is like.

Never mind eh at least we will be able to blood the young guns in when we are in league 1, McCabe Corry ext.

Raise funds by selling? Oh dear... that would leave about £50 in the transfer kitty then. Mind you Ray off of Eastenders looked quite sharp in the Queen Vic's team last year. He's packed a few pounds on since then though but he'd still look slim in Sheffield though lol!

The transfer has only just opened.

Maybe, but try reading the club statements MM has said selling must fund any buying ... no more money from MM.

Agree with the origional post MM isnt that bothered about wednesday at all by feb this will be proved

I will TRY. Give it some time FFS, before people start with the doom and gloom again.
Was amazed to see MM still in charge on Jan 1st.

Difference this time its MM whats kicked off doom n gloom .
were in bottom 3 and MM has said we have to sell before we buy.
Not a rumour thats fact so what does that say about MMs plans.
Im DJs biggest critic I would see him go tomorro but to be fair to him now what can he do?

I agree about DJ, but u fortunately it's what we have got.
I hear you about MM but why not save you pessimism until after the transfer window.
He has never given any clues before.

You've got to be grateful to MM but at the same time get a bit angry because the bloke is loaded and he just wants more money.
For the sake of a little investment we could be so much better.
And us being so much better has got to be better for his pocket in the long run.
I just wish he could sell up tomorrow to someone who wants to take us further.

I still can't blame a business man for wanting to make money.
Which Wednesday fan could take over and pump money into the club? Because before MM there was nobody.

You can't blame him.
I was happy he did take over.
But now he's not spending much money i'm thinking "come on pal at your age just retire and spend it while you can enhoy it"

Fair point.

04 Jan 2013 10:35:46
It's also about time Calamity Kirkland was dropped as well. He's let in some soft goals this season and that first one from Burnley was a joke. Had he got money on Treacy for the first goal? Time for Bywater to be given a run.

Agree agree agree agree agree finally sombody talking sense, agree! uto xxx

Absolute rubbish you cannot blame him for any goal hes let in CK has to be one one the best keepers in this division

Kirkland has something on DJ

Why else would he play every week, look at his recored and he is steadily going to the dogs

Bywater back ASAP