Forest really splashing the cash

[cambridgeshire canary 6,720]

Fair enough for trying I suppose, but guess time will tell if they will 'pull a Fulham' regardless

[TIL 1010 4,748]

You just can't help yourself can you ?

 

 

[SwearyCanary 1,179]

Spending all this time posting threads means there’s no time to actually read any of them 😉

[CANARYKING 638]

Paying the going rate for average PL players, precisely why we'll never be able to compete.

[Wings of a Sparrow 1,415]

6 minutes ago, CANARYKING said:

Paying the going rate for average PL players, precisely why we'll never be able to compete.

Time will tell whether they compete or not.

[Canary dwarf 221]

I think they will stay up , good manager , good young players, promising signings, and they play good football.😄

[BigFish 1,987]

17 hours ago, TIL 1010 said:

You just can't help yourself can you ?

 

 

Fair play to @cambridgeshire canary, at least he can spell Forest

Edited July 12, 2022 by BigFish

[Gordon Bennett 783]

Good luck to them, they have an owner with a few bob and need to sign a few to replace last seasons loanees. My brother is a Forest fan through our maternal family, hope they have a good go at staying up.

[Sooty57 403]

[Keith Scott 244]

Big club mentality. Rewarding the fans by taking the Premier League seriously.

Good luck to them.

All the best. Big Keith Scott.

[Yobocop 1,099]

42 minutes ago, Keith Scott said:

Big club mentality. Rewarding the fans by taking the Premier League seriously.

Good luck to them.

All the best. Big Keith Scott.

As of yet have only spent the same as what we did last year 

all the breast Yobocop 

[Captain Holt 522]

Signing a load of unproven premier league players for decent money never hurt anyone did it?

[Rolf Harris 31]

They look like decent championship players. They will be competitively relegated.

[BarclayWazza 91]

1 hour ago, Yobocop said:

As of yet have only spent the same as what we did last year 

all the breast Yobocop 

Key difference of course is this is in addition to keeping their best player from last season, not selling him and poorly spending the proceeds.

But we'll gloss over that again.

[hertfordyellow 460]

10 minutes ago, BarclayWazza said:

Key difference of course is this is in addition to keeping their best player from last season, not selling him and poorly spending the proceeds.

But we'll gloss over that again.

Or gloss over the fact that 3 of their best players last season (and they wouldn't have been promoted without them) were loans that they had to replace before thinking of improving the squad.

[TheBaldOne66 682]

24 minutes ago, hertfordyellow said:

Or gloss over the fact that 3 of their best players last season (and they wouldn't have been promoted without them) were loans that they had to replace before thinking of improving the squad.

Last time we were promoted wasn’t one of our best players a loan too? 

[king canary 7,606]

4 hours ago, CANARYKING said:

Paying the going rate for average PL players, precisely why we'll never be able to compete.

This is basically it.

No, spending this money doesn't mean Forest will stay up, there is a very good chance they go back down. There is also a question of does this spending mean they'll be in trouble next season if they do go down. All valid points but also largely irrelevant to our attempts to stay up.

The fact is that Forest, despite having not sniffed Premier League money in the past 20 plus years, have already spent as much or more (depending on which figures you use) than we did in our most ambitious window ever, have a net spend of double ours from that same window and have signed two players for more than our record transfer fee. 

It spells out how much of a competitive disadvantage we we'll always be under in the Premier League.

[hertfordyellow 460]

2 hours ago, TheBaldOne66 said:

Last time we were promoted wasn’t one of our best players a loan too? 

Yes, they regularly had 4 in their team.

[PurpleCanary 5,562]

2 hours ago, king canary said:

This is basically it.

No, spending this money doesn't mean Forest will stay up, there is a very good chance they go back down. There is also a question of does this spending mean they'll be in trouble next season if they do go down. All valid points but also largely irrelevant to our attempts to stay up.

The fact is that Forest, despite having not sniffed Premier League money in the past 20 plus years, have already spent as much or more (depending on which figures you use) than we did in our most ambitious window ever, have a net spend of double ours from that same window and have signed two players for more than our record transfer fee. 

It spells out how much of a competitive disadvantage we we'll always be under in the Premier League.

Not if our American investors carry on funding record transfer fees...😎

[norfolkngood 1,087]

Wonder if Forest have bought them to make a impact this season in the PL

or did they buy players for the championship next season like we did 😉

 

[NFN FC 1,123]

Down the drain goes the cash

[astro 360]

Now there are rumours about Lingard, and Dennis from Watford. Crash and burn or glorious revival? 

[TheBaldOne66 682]

They have supposedly offered Lingard 200k a week! Whereas we only offer players Tesco vouchers in comparison 🤣🤣

[Terminally Yellow 2,448]

Just now, TheBaldOne66 said:

They have supposedly offered Lingard 200k a week! Whereas we only offer players Tesco vouchers in comparison 🤣🤣

Is that right? £200k a week?! **** me, that's ridiculous. 

[cornish sam 953]

So they'be had a net spend so far of c.€75 + loan fee for Henderson (another couple of mil?) with wages to go with them, most of this is on players unproven in the Prem, now they're adding an extra £12m in salary for lingard?!?! They are taking one helluva punt on staying up or they are going to be truly bu99ered when they come back down...

[hertfordyellow 460]

32 minutes ago, Terminally Yellow said:

Is that right? £200k a week?! **** me, that's ridiculous. 

Why aren't we Forest?

 

[Move Klose 303]

35 minutes ago, Terminally Yellow said:

Is that right? £200k a week?! **** me, that's ridiculous. 

Which was £50k more than West Ham were offering.

A 3 year deal on £200k a week, that's nearly £30m and he's probably getting a few million signing on fee as well. 

All that for a player who is 29 so his re-sell value isn't exactly going to be sky high.

As a player thats a very good signing for them, but that money is insane.

[Haus 259]

1 hour ago, Terminally Yellow said:

Is that right? £200k a week?! **** me, that's ridiculous. 

Yeah, no transfer fee though, so they save the money on buying someone 

[Danke bitte 965]

2 hours ago, astro said:

Now there are rumours about Lingard, and Dennis from Watford. Crash and burn or glorious revival? 

Glorious revival. They seem to be spending well and have a very good coach in Cooper. I’m green with envy tbh after last summer - but I do 5 Hail Delias morning, noon and night and it gets me through despite the self-flagellation wounds…

Think they’ll surprise a lot of people. Definitely the new Wolves. 
 

(P.s. If this blows up in my face I’ll happily eat my hat) 

[AJ 1,221]

59 minutes ago, Move Klose said:

Which was £50k more than West Ham were offering.

A 3 year deal on £200k a week, that's nearly £30m and he's probably getting a few million signing on fee as well. 

All that for a player who is 29 so his re-sell value isn't exactly going to be sky high.

As a player thats a very good signing for them, but that money is insane.

Football isn't a money making business though, if you break even and have success on the pitch you're doing well (in our case). Unless you can be bankrolled to success it is a very difficult place to be. Forest have obviously gone to the buying their way to safety model, which worked well for Newcastle last season. FFP could be rather interesting if they get relegated though!