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The team has been far from shit when doing it though. The most successful period in the club's history which culminated in our highest ever league position was achieved by selling players along the way.
I'm with Sandylaner1 on this, staggering if true, but not unexpected. The board say they are ambitious, they bring back Hill, back him to the hills with his signings, and once again (if proven true) leave him yet again having to replace one of his best players, in the worst time of the season. These are not the actions of an ambitious club, no matter what they say, the truth is that as soon as someone comes in with the first bid it gets accepted, year in year out.
We can have numerous threads about boosting attendances at the club etc, but at the end of the day, the potential fans will be looking at stories like this and thinking "typical rochdale" and it is these fans who we will lose to other clubs.
this club sometimes is so short sighted they need to go to specsavers...
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Peterborough bid for Hogan on 22:27 - Jan 8 with 2997 views
Well said, that post of Ken Boons is the complete opposite of mine.The finances of the club are always paramount and anybody who suggested real football fans dont care is talking stupid.
Regarding Scott Hogan from what i have seen he is an improving league two forward and all of a sudden he is the best thing since sliced bread, well he isnt. He is still very raw with a lot to learn and talk of half a million transfers is laughable. Some fans are over reacting and Hogan needs to get his head down and improve his allround game yet.
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Peterborough bid for Hogan on 22:36 - Jan 8 with 2893 views
Agree on a lot of that, finances are king. But, if a deal has been agreed, as per BBC Cambs, raw or not we have to have a figure in mind. As we're in the middle of the season, that figure has to be more than it might be in the summer.
If they offer enough money and the sell ons are good then lets do the deal. I would imagine Scott would want the deal to happen. You cant keep players if their heads have been turned, whats the point?
This is why we brought Hilly back, he brings on saleable assets and isnt daft enough to know we have to sell if the price is right. If the deal goes through then Dunphy has to help Hilly by financing him in recruiting a replacement. Only sell if the price and details are right though.
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Peterborough bid for Hogan on 22:53 - Jan 8 with 2685 views
Read all the thread. It surprises me sometimes how people think we can afford to keep the likes of Hogan etc no problem at all.
The reason we are a decently run club unlike the "buckets" down the road and the likes of County and Macclesfield are because we are a selling club and more importantly we have a FANTASTIC chairman that knows this.
We will be a selling club for as long as our average crowd remains the same. Just be glad that we have a manager who can spot a great player where other managers can't.
If we sell Hogan, and it is an if.... Then I'm sure KH will find a good enough replacement and we'll be just fine.
If you want my honest opinion, then I think Scott would be silly to move now to somewhere he's not guaranteed first team football and if not careful, he could end up being another Dawson.
But either way, I'm happy.
Up the Dale.
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Peterborough bid for Hogan on 22:55 - Jan 8 with 2660 views