Stickied Confirmed Signings 2023/24

[GodsGift]

Do Mansfield have any players left?

 

[Luke Imp]

Every player they've offered contracts to seem to have gone elsewhere.

 

[Conker]

Because it's on reduced terms, this season has been one of the worst in many year hence the clear out.
Murray keeps mentioning that he offered players like Sutton, Rhead a contract that represents what he feels they are worth to the club, ie a squad player.

Plus we are not dishing out two year contracts.

Sutton is a good player at this level, but he's not league standard.

 

[Flaxman's Alibi]

Sutton is an excellent signing for Tranmere. I'm surprised he's slipped back to the Conference as he's Mr Consistency for us and plenty good enough for League 2.

He's zero finesse, zero ball skills, 100% defensive application and reliability.

He also lives in Crewe and has signed for 2 years instead of 1 year here, so that might explain something.

Good luck Sutts.

 

[WH_Stag]

Sutton has been massively over rated, he's not that good at all! He wasn't in the team when we came up and hasn't been that often since being in the league. He should be alright back in the conference. So glad we've got rid of all this dead wood.

 

[slaphead]

Dominic Vose has gone to Wrexham. Understand we and also Kidderminster had interest

We did, we offered a deal, but Wrexham offered slightly more money and a 52 week contract starting immediatly. We only offer 44 week deals.

 

[Gladders]

Amazing that when a player turns down a contract at his club and goes elsewhere it must be because he was offered reduced terms

 

[localhero]

Sutton has been massively over rated, he's not that good at all! He wasn't in the team when we came up and hasn't been that often since being in the league. He should be alright back in the conference. So glad we've got rid of all this dead wood.

According to Soccerbase he started 38 games this season and was only subbed off about 3/4 times, I'd say that was pretty often to be honest.

What was he sent off for last game of the season? I presume the one or three game ban will roll over to our first game/games next season.

Edit: Ignore the last part, it wasn't last game of the season and was only a one match ban so will be fine for the start on next season.

 

[Conker]

Amazing that when a player turns down a contract at his club and goes elsewhere it must be because he was offered reduced terms

Oh come on don't stop acting silly, nobody is suggesting it 'must be' but it's pretty clear from our end. The two year contract pretty much confirms it actually, considering hardly anybody if anybody at all is going to get a two year deal from us.

It's all similar to Matt Rhead turning down a contract and signing at Lincoln for two years, Murray quote "We offered a deal to Matt which we believed to be of good value for the football club and for what he brought to the team" Basically meaning we offered a one year deal with reduced terms.

Sutton/Rhead/Hearn/Beevers have dropped down to this level for a reason.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Will Evans and Jai Reason commit to Eastleigh. Signing till the end of the 2016/17 Season

 

[Gladders]

Sutton/Rhead/Hearn/Beevers have dropped down to this level for a reason.

All apart from Beevers were deemed good enough to be offered a contract at Lge 2 Mansfield

 

[Conker]

All apart from Beevers were deemed good enough to be offered a contract at Lge 2 Mansfield

Talk about clutching at straws, they were deemed good enough to be offered reduced terms to be a 'Squad player' by a inexperienced manager.

it's unbelievable to comprehend how rubbish we was this season, our squad was full of conference standard players. Hearn might of been a decent L2 striker if he managed to stay fit but nothing more.

If they were good enough for league football they would have got it.

 

[AdamStag]

Do Mansfield have any players left?

No point in keeping shit players who aren't good enough for the league, which beevers hearn or rhead aren't.

We offered them smaller deals as they would have been good backup players on maybe £200 a week. If you are being paid £300 or so by a club of a similar size to Mansfield in Lincoln who are close by and getting first team football why wouldn't you?

I hope they contribute well for Lincoln

 

[Gladders]

If they were good enough for league football they would have got it.

Or if they wanted a 1 year deal they would have got it, instead they took the security of a two year deal. Your manager thought they was good enough for league football otherwise he would have just released them, not offered them a new contract.

 

[Conker]

Or if they wanted a 1 year deal they would have got it, instead they took the security of a two year deal. Your manager thought they was good enough for league football otherwise he would have just released them, not offered them a new contract.

Well Murray is wrong, hence the reason they didn't any other offers at league football.

Once again, they are in the conference for a reason.

 

[Southern Shayman]

Or if they wanted a 1 year deal they would have got it, instead they took the security of a two year deal. Your manager thought they was good enough for league football otherwise he would have just released them, not offered them a new contract.

To be fair, there's a lot of players down here good enough to sit on the bench in League 2. Doesn't mean that if they're told that they'd take the offer.

 

[Gladders]

To be fair, there's a lot of players down here good enough to sit on the bench in League 2. Doesn't mean that if they're told that they'd take the offer.

I never said they would, I said Mansfield thought they were good enough for league football whether that's on the bench or not, Conker argues dropping to the conference proves they aren't good enough for league football, which is obviously not the case as they had a league football contract offer on the table. They have just chosen to take the security of a two year contract.

 

[Conker]

Just to make it absolutely clear, the Conference is indeed below League Two in the football pyramid.

The vast majority of free agents that are good enough for league football will almost certainly get it.

 

[AdamStag]

I never said they would, I said Mansfield thought they were good enough for league football whether that's on the bench or not, Conker argues dropping to the conference proves they aren't good enough for league football, which is obviously not the case as they had a league football contract offer on the table. They have just chosen to take the security of a two year contract.

They are good enough for league football just - as last season proved.

The difference is that they would be bench warmers on £200 a week for us whereas they might earn £300 a week and be first team for Lincoln, given Lincoln are a relatively similar sized club to us I don't see why they wouldn't choose them, I wish them well

 

[Gibber_McGee]

Looks like Mansfield and Newport could be heading back down to the conference again sooner rather than later just going on how many players they are losing. Fairly hefty cutbacks being made it seems?

 

[Southern Shayman]

I never said they would, I said Mansfield thought they were good enough for league football whether that's on the bench or not, Conker argues dropping to the conference proves they aren't good enough for league football, which is obviously not the case as they had a league football contract offer on the table. They have just chosen to take the security of a two year contract.

No, fair point.

 

[Luke Imp]

Beevers was always going to sign for us I think unless Mansfield made a silly, silly offer. If he still lives in the same place, next door to Marriott IIRC, he's only about 4 miles from SB.

He said at the time he left he'd end up back here but I can't believe he's only 31. I can still remember us signing him for £50k from Boston as an up and coming Welsh U21 player!

 

[Conker]

Looks like Mansfield and Newport could be heading back down to the conference again sooner rather than later just going on how many players they are losing. Fairly hefty cutbacks being made it seems?

This season just gone we halved our budget, from top 3 to bottom 3!

 

[Luke Imp]

How does that work when you get a slab of money as part of the TV deal? What do you think it is now?

 

[Conker]

How does that work when you get a slab of money as part of the TV deal? What do you think it is now?

It's very complicated to be honest, certain aspects was due with the club being sued by past owners and various other things. Definitely under a million, lowest mentioned is 700k (Apperantly Accy have smallest at 650k) I'd suggest somewhere inbetween.

I would imagine our first season back in the Football League we had a similar budget to our title winning season, around 1.5m.

Actually had some good news recently, Radford and Hymas agreed to a deal that wiped £1m worth of debt in to perference shares split between them.

 

[Luke Imp]

If you get, what, at least £500k from TV, plus the increased attendances, plus Radford putting in £30k/month (down from £100k/month?), I'm not sure how it's that low!

 

[AdamStag]

I understand our budget next season is about £900k.

Rochdale got promoted 2 seasons ago with that (or 1 depending on how you define it).

I'm pleased we gave beevers, rhead and hearn abother season with lower wages, they declined it and went to Lincoln, they can go there, get first team football and be good enough for the conference.

We worried last season because if we returned to this cesspit we would become another macc or Lincoln - similar sized clubs to us and have no chance of ever coming back up.

Thankfully we've offloaded that deadwood to Lincoln and get league standard players in

 

[Imp in Branston]

I understand our budget next season is about £900k.

Rochdale got promoted 2 seasons ago with that (or 1 depending on how you define it).

I'm pleased we gave beevers, rhead and hearn abother season with lower wages, they declined it and went to Lincoln, they can go there, get first team football and be good enough for the conference.

We worried last season because if we returned to this cesspit we would become another macc or Lincoln - similar sized clubs to us and have no chance of ever coming back up.

Thankfully we've offloaded that deadwood to Lincoln and get league standard players in

Not sure Macc are similar size to either us or Mansfield but it is a cesspit down here,

 

[The_Boss]

Not sure Macc are similar size to either us or Mansfield but it is a cesspit down here,

We're much bigger than both Lincoln and Mansfield. Put together.

 

[Mark kavanagh]

Mansfield were the only supporters who found it amusing to take to twitter and laugh at our demise.... Other then bolton i never wish relegation on anyone normally but next year i really hope you guys go down