Arthur Whittle

[quote user="Tom NCFC"] Personally I think a large number of Leicester''s signing are utter crap! While Kishishev may make good additions to the backline, I think Leicester are wasting there money with signings like Shaun Newton and Carl (Where''s the fish in ASDA) Cort! It''s all about quality, not quantity.... Quality is stamped all over the Norwich Signings! [/quote] Your post on Dave striker- Reading the pinkun fact file on him makes good reading, he''s a former Under 19 Czech international, was the highest scoring in the Czech Republic and he''s only 24, on top of the fact he''s signed a 4 year contract will us, i''ve think he''s blossom into something pretty damn amazing..... maybe the next Jan Koller! I know its wikipedia but they liken him to Dimitar Berbatov! This is going to one of the best signings in recently times for us! On the Ball City! We probably know more about the leicester players, you havent seen Dave striker play yet compare him to Jan Koller and  Berbatov, because Dave joined us hes marvellous, i bet Freddy Eastwood, Varney and Sharp are crap because they didnt sign for norwich. Take a reality check. I cant believe i get slagged off for being realistic. Unbelievable!

[quote user="lappinitup"] A letter appeared in tonights EEN accusing the board of NCFC of telling lies. No proof was offered nor were there any examples of that accusation given. The writer then ''calculated'' that Peter Grant had £6m to spend in his transfer budget but instead chose to spend money on ''''third choice benchwarmers''''. The letter was ended with the threat of a protest !! Arthur Whittle. You entered this forum saying you were going to take over the protest from Lee Oliver then you grandly announced Part 1 and part 2 of your grand scheme to have the board removed which quite frankly was a total joke. Since then you have mellowed quite a bit and have joined in with football related posts while still  holding your anti-board views (which you are entitled to) and views which I respect even though I don''t particulary agree with them. But the letter in tonights paper suggests to me that there is more to your efforts to de-stabilize this club than meets the eye. There is no point in me asking you what evidence you have of the board ''lying'', or of the proof of available funds or how you are so sure that the new signings will fail because you never answer questions do you arthur, you only ask them !! I''ll ask you a question anyway. As a self acclaimed success in business, have you a vested interest in having this board removed or...... Are you simply a senile old git looking for a little bit of glory !! Either way you do not come across as a Norwich City supporter Arthur. I, along with a lot of others believe the corner has been turned, and that there are better times ahead. I have faith in this board, manager and team and believe that Norwich City are on the way back to the top. It might not be this season but it will come. Letters like the one in tonights evening news simply show the futility of your campaign. If you must continue asking questions you must also provide answers Arthur. lappinitup       [/quote] Yes i believe the board have lied. The figures bandered about are not being spent. We have signed 6 players and let 7 go in the process-if safri goes 8. We havent turned a corner more like a bend on a roundabout.  If you think wanting success at our club makes me a "senile old git" then yes i am, i take you are happy to remain as a mid table championship outfit. It makes me laugh that people are having a pop at leicester saying there signings are crap and unknown, because we all know about our new signings dont we, oh yes we watch czech tv and scottish footy all the while and everyones an expert on crewe and rochdale are they not? Its a prime example of the yellow and green rose tinted glasses brigade and how they operate on this site. As for being being called a senile old git i could quite easily call you a sheep who believes everything they hear but lets stop the name calling shall we? As for having a vested interest in removing the board well yes i have, do you mean in respect of investing money or pure ambition. You point out my business success well this is due to me taking risks and having ambition. Delias money has been invested how i see it is as a play thing, and as for the Turners its still hard to see what there main purpose is so we cant really call this fresh investment. Personally if i was them with there finances i would have invested a hell of a lot more. On another note-Freddy Eastwood, because we didnt pull off his signing everyone is now saying hes crap and overated and will be back at southend in 18 months yet if we had signed him he would have been labelled the new fleck. To question my Norwich fan status because im not fooled by the patronising board is unbelievable.You say theres no proof  that the transfer funds are 6m well yes there is Marshall bid was 500,000 and Sharp 2m plus before the Earnshaw transfer which we were promised would go into the team, the prof is in the Delias pudding-that makes 6m for christ sake, are you seriously questioning that fact. Give me a good reason why we dont have 6m and why we cant spend it. Grant has his tied by the board and has to wheel and deal and settle for 2nd best. Please prove me wrong! Maybe Doncaster should not have come out and said all the earnshaw transfer fee would go in the kitty!

[quote user="Tom NCFC"] Personally I think a large number of Leicester''s signing are utter crap! While Kishishev may make good additions to the backline, I think Leicester are wasting there money with signings like Shaun Newton and Carl (Where''s the fish in ASDA) Cort! It''s all about quality, not quantity.... Quality is stamped all over the Norwich Signings! [/quote] But whats to suggest the likes of Ostembor,Gilks,Brellier,and big Dave the striker are any better? If we had now signed 10 new players i get the impression people on herewould be going nuts about how the board are showing ambition. Im not for one minute suggesting our signings are''nt better than leicsters its just a little double standards. Players like Maybury and De fries have played for leicster and didnt make the grade so whats to suggest Brellier is any better? Newton has played in the prem has Otembor? [a spell in the reserves at liverpool hardly counts] Izzy Mcleod or big dave? who knows? By all means be positive but im still keeping my feet on the ground.It pains me to say it but with the loss of Earnie and now safri no doubt, this could still go horribly t@ts up.

[quote user="mbncfc"] Day-v the str-eye-ker But, if you want to call him his unofficial name, I think the one above is right: Stree-hav-ka. I imagine it wouldn''t be too good an idea to rely on the Canaries World pronounciation [:P] [/quote] LOL im with you on this one.

[quote user="Shack Attack"][quote user="Arthur Whittle"] Ive moderated my stance with regards to the board [Pictures of delia in a scum scarf ect ect] because i realised it wasnt the way things are done on here, Also with regards to the anti board demo leader or wharever it is you call me, i think you will find im merely saying im prepared to take over where Lee left off if and when a campaign is needed as Lee is unable to do it now. Ive made mistakes on here when i first started posting but most people have got over it and reply in a civilised manner, you on the other hand are intent to carry on going over old ground. So i would suggest that you should ignore my posts as they clearly irritate you to an extent that you have to reply to them in such a manner. [/quote] Fair enough Arthur, consider the slate wiped clean. I got quite annoyed with your reluctance to answer the questions asked of you by various posters in the threads that you started but I guess there''s no point raking over old ground. My disappointment came from the fact that at the time I thought your threads detailing your problems with the board could be quite beneficial for everybody. No hard feelings....but I reserve the right to make sarcastic comments about you if the mood so takes me! [/quote] Ditto and slate wiped clean.

[quote user="a1canary"][quote user="Cobain18"]Completely agree with this post, however i think that the club will not raise teir bid because lappin is capable enough to cover for drury in that position, we need to concentrate on a new centre back more.[/quote] "We need to concentrate on a new centre back more" - Agree "Lappin is capable enough to cover Drury" - Disagree! If we can get him for 150k, i think we should. [/quote] I agree left back is a position we seriously need to look at for cover and if we could get him for 150k i would take him, failing that what about the young ex man city player Stephen Jordan? is he still available on a free? rated very highly at one stage. But the really big issue in my opinion is '''' WHY ARE WE NOT GOING FOR A NEW CENTRE BACK PG''''? AARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

Simple question.... Where do you believe we will end up this season if we stick with the current signings added to the squad ie..Big Dave,semmy,Cureton,gilks,marshall and the judge? And who do you think will be the hidden jem amongst them? Im going for around 10-12th and i reckon Marshall will be the boy,and brellier will be the new fans fave purely for his up and at em attitude.

[quote user="mbncfc"] I might do a survey of all 92 professional clubs, and see if any of them feel they''re not a player short in a position somewhere. It''s always the way. Personally, I expect us now to have around £3m which could be loosely described as a transfer budget, with any players who now leave (not loans) to be replace. I also think we need to bring in another centre back before the season starts. I''m not sure whether to be depressed or impressed by the rest of the thread. [:D] [/quote] I agree a big CB is a must in my opinion. If like you say we have 3m i believe we should be looking at spendig half that on a proven CB or at very least a quality loan in the Callum Davenport mould. I  understand the point about being a player short and most fans will always say there team could do with more depth here or there,but have we signed players/replaced the older ones with better talent? Time will tell i suppose thats why im not going to say the team will be competing for honours this season and like the last few before it.

[quote user="kevin brighton"]Fine! Now there is some substance to your point. Now ask the board the questions, ask Neil Doncaster who is open to receiving emails. At the end of the day its all about making decisions. Personally I believe we were one player short of staying in the premier league. Was that the board or the manager’s fault? I believe the manager was responsible. He put together the team for the premier league, he let Malky and Ewan go too early in my opinion. Malky would have prevented a goal and possibly scored one or two. Ewan would have notched a goal or two in my opinion. A couple of extra points in my opinion. But its all about decisions not unsubstantiated allegations or recriminations. The board have invested the money where they believe it should have been invested maybe not to our liking. The fact is that we have obtained some talented players for free by exploiting Bosman that does not mean that the players are no good does it? The issue I have with many posts is that they are full of unfounded allegations because the board will as some suggest hide the money.      [/quote] Maybe your right mate but how many times are we going to be short of a player here or there. People have suggested we are 3 players short of a play off team this season. no doubt they thought that the year before and the year before that. The point is how long do you give it until one day you realise we are always going to be that player short? I personally have given up and i blame the board for that,but it doesnt mean i dont want PG to prove me wrong.

[quote user="Bigmarkcanary"][quote user="Arthur Whittle"][quote user="Bigmarkcanary"][quote user="Millo"] [quote user="lobster catcher"]Has anyone been on a leeds forum recently,bet they are all pleased with the success they had by spending big,is 4 years of success worth maybe 20 years of nothing or even no club at all,all you anti board people should put up or shut up,i defy anyone of you to find a billionaire to buy them out[/quote] How many times are people going to use leeds as a reason we shouldnt spend money. Im all for debate but this "look what happened to Leeds" is really p''ssing me off. [/quote] Is that because it''s true and cannot be argued with? lobster made a very good point in my opinion. [/quote] Fulham? [/quote] Is that the best reply you can muster? Oh dear Arthur, and there was me thinking that it was actually to do with the performance on the pitch during the Fulham game - particularly the ill-fated second half [:''(] Obviously I am very much mistaken [:|] [/quote] I was using Fulham as an example of what can happen if you spend big as a point against the Leeds debate.

[quote user="lobster catcher"]Has anyone been on a leeds forum recently,bet they are all pleased with the success they had by spending big,is 4 years of success worth maybe 20 years of nothing or even no club at all,all you anti board people should put up or shut up,i defy anyone of you to find a billionaire to buy them out[/quote] in my opinion you really are scrapping the barrel by constantly using Leeds, for heavens sake they spent a 100m under O,leary! No one in there right mind are suggesting we do the same. I would like to use Derby as an example- 5 different investers all investing 5m each, sraight up to the prem,didnt go OTT in the transfer market and now the lucky owners of our ex best player. For every Leeds,Oxford ect ect you could argue there is a Deby,Portsmouth. This current prudence with ambition outllook is in my opinion total folly and you only have to look at the last few seasons to see that.

[quote user="Bigmarkcanary"][quote user="Millo"] [quote user="lobster catcher"]Has anyone been on a leeds forum recently,bet they are all pleased with the success they had by spending big,is 4 years of success worth maybe 20 years of nothing or even no club at all,all you anti board people should put up or shut up,i defy anyone of you to find a billionaire to buy them out[/quote] How many times are people going to use leeds as a reason we shouldnt spend money. Im all for debate but this "look what happened to Leeds" is really p''ssing me off. [/quote] Is that because it''s true and cannot be argued with? lobster made a very good point in my opinion. [/quote] Fulham?

[quote user="Shack Attack"][quote user="Arthur Whittle"] Firstly this whole debate was for peoples opininions not for the likes of you to get personal. [/quote] But that''s the problem Arthur. When people like you, and Mr Oliver before you, come on here full of their own self importance it''s difficult to resist having a couple of digs. When your first act is to introduce yourself as the new leader of an anti-board group and you then invite questions from people that you have no intention of answering then you''re asking for it. What I said about your business was a little joke, if you find that too ''personal'' then I suggest you stop taking yourself so seriously. Or alternatively stop posting ''personal'' information. [/quote] Ive moderated my stance with regards to the board [Pictures of delia in a scum scarf ect ect] because i realised it wasnt the way things are done on here, Also with regards to the anti board demo leader or wharever it is you call me, i think you will find im merely saying im prepared to take over where Lee left off if and when a campaign is needed as Lee is unable to do it now. Ive made mistakes on here when i first started posting but most people have got over it and reply in a civilised manner, you on the other hand are intent to carry on going over old ground. So i would suggest that you should ignore my posts as they clearly irritate you to an extent that you have to reply to them in such a manner.

[quote user="Shack Attack"][quote user="Millo"][quote user="Shack Attack"][quote user="Millo"] If Grant wasnt interested in Eastwood why did he make an offer last week? I read it on the home page we had entered the bidding? [/quote] In PG''s most recent interview on the subject he was quoted as saying that he had not enquired about Eastwood, are you calling him a liar? Newspapers always claim that clubs have ''entered the bidding'' for certain players but that doesn''t necessarily mean it''s true. Unfortunately some people are more susceptible to this kind of ''spin'' than others, it''s a good job us ''realists'' are here to set you straight! [/quote] Southend United claim they have rejected a £1.5million offer from Norwich City for striker Freddy Eastwood. “Norwich have made a bid for Freddy but I have told them that they are not offering enough,” club chairman Ron Martin said yesterday. City''s Eastwood bid rejected - claim- 22/06/2007 13:51:00 Southend United today claimed they had rejected a £1.5million offer from Norwich City for striker Freddy Eastwood. “Norwich have made a bid for Freddy but I have told them that they are not offering enough,” club chairman Ron Martin told the Southend Echo. From the evening news 24 archives, unless you are calling them liars? [/quote] Mmm, Southend knew they had no chance of keeping Eastwood so clearly it is in their best interests to start a bidding war. Were they perhaps using us to help with this? They certainly had more to gain from spinning the truth than our manager does. [/quote] I think you will find it is illigal for Southend to say we''ve put a bid in for a player when we actually havent. Its also a bit naive to suggest a clubs chairman would actually do that. If it was the case surely our board would of set the record straight. Either way its not good, in one case we have a board who bottled it in the transfer in the other case we have a board who will let the clubs name be attached to something it has nothing to do with.

[quote user="blahblahblah"][quote]Couldnt agree more, The board seriously lacks the balls to get things done. During our last prem season we gave the impression we were one happy awe struck family just happy to have the likes of Sir Alex grace our little friendly stadium. I bet you all my money that most of the managers walked away from the Carrow road experiance wishing they could do it every week![/quote] Nothing there but hyperbole and rhethoric.  I''m fairly certain that if any of the players who were here at the time read that, they''d feel that their integrity as professionals was being questioned. And didn''t we beat Man Utd 2-0 at home, making them look pretty ordinary in the process ? [/quote] And the paying supporter doesnt have the right to feel aggrieved after walking away from Craven Cottage at the end of the season? Im not questioning any of the players during that season, the manager and the board signed them and ultimatly they were not good enough. Im not just refering to on field activities, i was refering to the whole day in Norwich experience. I dont want people coming here with that kind of mentality,id rather the clubs came here win lose or draw and then cant wait to get the hell out of CR, i want the place to be a cauldron of passion and make other clubs feel worried [not in an aggresive manner] about coming here. As for the Man utd result, in my opinion it somes up the poor season we had when all we can remember about it was that one result as good as it was.

[quote user="Say Hello To The Angels"] Many posters on here want us to spend big money on players in order to give us a realistic chance of getting back to the premiership, what many of them fail to consider is the consequences of large investment in the playing side if promotion attempts consistenly end in failure. You don''t need much imagination, take a look at leeds utd, yes they had some glory years but go and ask thier fans if it was all worth it? They may very well go out of business for doing the very thing many posters on here are adamant we should be doing, it makes little sense to me. Regarding transfers people need to realise that just because we have received X amount of money from transfers does not mean it will all be automatically available to spend on reinforcements, norwich city has always been a selling club players have always had to be sold to balance the books and this goes back way before delia got involved. It''s a hard truth to swallow but when clubs spend big in the pursuit of success they are basically gambling if they loose they become another leeds utd. NCFC is far too important to me to ever want to gamble with! [/quote] I understand the point you make with regards to Leeds but fo every Leeds you could argue there is a Derby,Portsmouth,ect ect. Would you be happy with mid table again this season? i for one think we have been stuck in this rut far to long and believe we must take some form of risk unfortantly i believe we should of done that a few seasons ago and maybe just mabe we would be in a better position finacially and as a football club. Its clear from the last few years and certainly since we were in the prem that the prudence with ambition style of management hasnt worked as the league and finacial situation would suggest.

[quote user="Rob Speck"] People need to realise that our boards ambition is far outstripped by the fans. The Premiership year came as a pleasant surprise for those crones who oohhed and ahhed whenever Thierry or another star turned up and delivered some skill, we gave far too much repect to teams that year and that is the reason we are where we are. The reason we don''t make ''big name'' signings is often cited as the geographical location of ''little sleepy Norwich'' but I find it hard to see how a player, unless he is a really big name, cannot fail to be impressed with Norwich, as a club and a city. If this is the case why have we had Huckerby here for so long? Why did Dion opt for another year? There cant be many nicer areas for a person to move to in this isle?! We need someone on the board who has a bit of balls and nouse, who wants to get deals pushed through, the amount of time Sharp had was rediculous and the Dave the Striker deal is dragging its heels. I seriously believe we have the manager with the right attitude and hunger, but fear the boards failure to match it could lead to another ''Martin O''Neill''. I long for Norwich to grow into the club it really should be for this area! ON THE BALL CITY!!    [/quote] Couldnt agree more, The board seriously lacks the balls to get things done. During our last prem season we gave the impression we were one happy awe struck family just happy to have the likes of Sir Alex grace our little friendly stadium. I bet you all my money that most of the managers walked away from the Carrow road experiance wishing they could do it every week!

[quote user="CambridgeCanary"] Bang on BP.  Truth is that no one knows outside of a small circle in the club and there are very good reasons for them to keep quiet. Turning to the point of this thread : "Where''s the Money Gone" Who says it has gone anywhere?  Surely the money is still with the club.   If I go shopping with £100 and spend £20 then I''ve still got £80 in my pocket.  Why is the club any different? Whether the Club should or will spend the money remains to be seen.  We have had enough of buying any old rubbish after all.  There is a legitimate debate over what acquisitions would strengthen the team and what expendiure would be appropriate. To suggest that the money has "gone" is to suggest some duplicity by the Club.  There is no evidence for that .  Apart from anything else, Mumby was careful not to put a figure on the transfer budget. This thread is mischievous by asking a conspiracy type question without any justification and I question Arthur''s motives. [/quote] You said you question my motives well read my origanal thread. Im asking the people who bandied out theses figure only a few weeks ago in defence of the board to explain to me where the money is. Yes it is a little mischievous but when myself and certain others dear suggest that we have no money as its been squandered on poor buisness dealings over a period of time, we are shot down and called binners,trouble makers ect ect. I for one dont believe we have anywhere near the amount that was mentioned in my first thread and PG has had to wheel and deal inthe transfer market.

[quote user="Shack Attack"][quote user="Arthur Whittle"] Ive taken it what you have said but ultimately we are languishing in the bottom half [/quote] Funny that, I was under the impression that the season hadn''t started yet. If we change our name to AFC Norwich will you stop the endless whingeing? [quote user="Arthur Whittle"] Cureton WAS third choice and we have to except that. [/quote] I don''t think you''ll find that we do have to accept this Arthur, it is merely your opinion. You''re entitled to it but I think you''re wrong. Blah x3 has posted a link to an interview given where PG states that he never enquired about Eastwood, are you calling him a liar? [quote user="Richard Branson"] By the way i was made redundant in the 80s from bouton and pauls and invested my money  into a company that now has outlets in 3 European countries. I would rather die knowing i had tried insted of plodding along wondering what could of been! [/quote] Whoopee doo, am I the only person who is thoroughly bored of people using this forum to boast about their business acumen. I''ve worked for the same company for seventeen years, always making enough money to keep me in booze and reasonably fashionable clothes and latterly feed and clothe my two kids. My jobs pretty dull (the amount of time I spend on here when I should be working bears witness to this!) but I''m happy. The thing is Arthur, I don''t think anybody''s remotely interested in my employment history so I''ve never mentioned it before. Perhaps we should all post our CV so that we can distiguish the workshy plodders like me from the entrepreneurs such as yourself? [/quote] Firstly this whole debate was for peoples opininions not for the likes of you to get personal. Yes, the season has yet to start but we ended up 16th last season and we all have yet to be convinced that the players we have signed are better then the current squad. Do you actually believe Cureton was his first choice? if so why didnt PG go for him straight away? Im not calling anyone a liar, i was under the impression we had put bids in for Eastwood so please dont put words in my mouth. Its a very naive outllook to think that PG has had it all his own way in the transfer market in my opinion. We have alot of money sitting there if you believe what has been stated by the pro board fans and the board itself, if thats the case surely the manager would have signed more players. It seems to me that if someone dear suggests the moneys not there the usual suspects come out saying so and so has lent us this and the board has bid this much for him plus the cash from earnie ect ect, and  then when nothing actually comes from it the same people will say ''''why do we need to buy him?im glad we got so and so insted. would you rather we do a Leeds [yawn] ect ect. I bet if we had signed some of the players we have mentioned everyone would be sayin ''''Now thats ambition Arhur, Smudge, Cluck,Ricky ect ect.. As for your last piece i really couldnt give a monkeys if you thought i worked as a binman, why would i want to shout about my buisness on here, i doubt if ive ever met any of you. I was using it as a point that some people take risks in life because they want to get to the top, thats were me and you differ and thats why no doubt we have a different opinion on how the club should be run,personally i admire the go getters insted of the ones who like to stair out of the window watching life pass them by.

[quote user="Old Shuck"] "Grant has came out and said he wanted Eastwood, why didn''t he better the Wolves bid?" Because Eastwood wasn''t interested in joining Norwich- or Charlton come to that- he wanted to join Wolves, end of story. What is the club meant to do, put him in a sack and make him sign a contract at gunpoint? Do we really want a player playing for us who clearly would prefer to be at another club? Do we even want to be chasing a player who has made it clear which club he wants to join? You talk about our ambition, what about Eastwoods? If he wanted Prem football, shouldn''t he have joined Charlton who have a far better chance than either us -or Wolves- of promotion next season. What is he motivated by, therefore-football or money? Do we want a player who is in it more for the money than to achieve anything in the game? Same with Sharp. He wanted to join Sheffield United. End of, as above.  Varney. Charlton offered him silly money, its supposedly over £20k a week-want us to pay an ex-Crewe player that much money, want us to break the existing pay structure and have the rest of the squad demanding parity? Dressing room unrest? Cureton WANTED to join Norwich. And, argue away, he was the highest goalscorer in the CCC last season, Eastwood was no where. Cureton was half the cost of Eastwood, transfer fee and I would imagine, wages. I know who I''d prefer. Where has the money gone? Well, I hope some of it has gone on paying off some debts. Or should the club run at a loss, year after year after year? Is that acceptable to you? It isn''t to the people that the club owe money to, what are they going to do in 3,4,5 years time if the debts keep on going up, laugh and say "never mind, you keep the money and spend it on lots of players" or are they going to take action to get their money back, look what happened at Leeds, they are where they are because their Chairman was a supporter and was in a position to do what all of you think we should do, spend money we haven''t got and will never have. The way some people go on, you''d think that is what we should be doing. Bet you aren''t so cavalier with your own incomes and expenses-yet its OK to sit there and make unrealistic demands of someone elses? OK, I can play that game, lets do it with all of yours-got a house worth £200''000? Hell, what sort of ambition is that, go on, get out there and buy one for £400''000, you earnt £40''000 last year alone, wheres the money gone? Only driving a Ford Focus? God help us all, you''re happy with that and so-and-so up the road is swanning about in a Lexus, why didn''t you make a bid for that Lexus? Lack of motoring ambition, get out there and buy one. Only going to France on holiday? See you''re accepting the cheap option again, you and the wife have bottled it, why can''t you go for three weeks in New Zealand like some others are? Can''t afford it-thats got nothingn to do with it, go anyway, wheres the ambition and where has all the money gone...?   [/quote] Ive taken it what you have said but ultimately we are languishing in the bottom half of a league we shouldnt be in if the club was managed in the right way. Cureton WAS third choice and we have to except that. As for the Leeds example....well what about Derby,Wolves,Portsmouth ect ect? By the way i was made redundant in the 80s from bouton and pauls and invested my money  into a company that now has outlets in 3 European countries. I would rather die knowing i had tried insted of plodding along wondering what could of been!

[quote user="A Load of Squit"][quote user="Arthur Whittle"] [quote user="Mr_Chimp"]Hang on - we''re now bemoaning the fact that the manager hasn''t spent big to get the players he thinks will make our team better? [/quote] Grant has came out and said he wanted Eastwood, why didnt we better the wolves bid,Grant came out and said he wanted Sharp, why didnt we better the Sheff utd bid? Grant came out and said he wanted Varney, why didnt we better Charltons bid? Grant ends up with Cureton, why didnt he come out as soon as Cureton made it cear he wanted out of Colchester and sign him straight away? answer me that? in my opinion poor PG has ended up with his last Choice because the Board bottled it. [/quote] Fortunatley for us all your opinion does not count as it based on nothing more than supposition.   [/quote] Agreed i have no evidence other than what has been suggested on here and what Grant stated when questioned if he was interested in such players but surely if Grant had said he wanted those players and we had the money from the Earnie sale plus the cash that was bid for Sharp/Marshall we could of got at least Eastwood. Im wondering if the sale of Earnie will ever be invested into the squad. I very much doubt it to be honest.

[quote user="Mr_Chimp"]Hang on - we''re now bemoaning the fact that the manager hasn''t spent big to get the players he thinks will make our team better? [/quote] Grant has came out and said he wanted Eastwood, why didnt we better the wolves bid,Grant came out and said he wanted Sharp, why didnt we better the Sheff utd bid? Grant came out and said he wanted Varney, why didnt we better Charltons bid? Grant ends up with Cureton, why didnt he come out as soon as Cureton made it cear he wanted out of Colchester and sign him straight away? answer me that? in my opinion poor PG has ended up with his last Choice because the Board bottled it.

[quote user="paint_me_yellow"] I thought the Turners £2m was to balance the books, not for transfers? And I''ve no idea what the original transfer kitty was. All I heard is they wouldn''t need to sell Earnie to raise funds. Did they ever actually say what they had to start with? [/quote] We put in bids of 2m plus for Sharp and 500.000 for Marshall prior to the Earnshaw transfer which would suggest we had somewhere in the region of 3m before his departure. As for the Turners 2m loan, i am only quoting what some have said on here that it is actually for on field investment.

[quote user="UEA Graduate Canary"][quote user="Arthur Whittle"] 3m original transfer kitty 2m from turners 3.5m Earnshaw =8.5m  [/quote] Firstly its pure speculation on the 3m transfer fund, and the 2m Turners money was to balance the books so no sales were necessary, that did not go into the transfer fund and that was made very clear. Personally I make the transfer fund at about 5-6 million with 2 million already gone I reckon we''ve got 2.5-3 milion left realistically. I find it particularly funny you think we had 8.5 million to spend on transfers [:P] [/quote] Yes it is pure speculation, Speculation on behalf of people who are saying the board are going to be more ambitious this season as quoted from the pro board posters. These are not my personal calculations of the transfer kitty, i was merely asking where the money had gone with regards to the people who thought we ever had it in the first place.

Dont know if you all remember Lee Oliver{ theolster }, but i met him yesterday and he asked me to pass on his kind regards to all the pink un users and web team. hes ecently become a grandfather and has less time to spend on the club.