Summer 2025 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[PeterWithe]

I once had a summer job with a company owned by Plymouth Brethren. They accepted orders by fax but wouldn’t have a fax machine (let alone computers) on the premises. So, they paid the company next door to use their machine and one of us would go round every morning to collect the faxes.

Ha - I briefly worked with Plymouth Brethern - making there websites.

It wasnt the easiest. 

I cant seem to find any reason why they dont want technology on the premises? I take it they had phones, whats the difference?

[paul_e]

Fax machines and printers the baine of my life as an "it" professional.

The amount of times that I worked places and lost apparently dozens of sales because the fax had run out of paper or ink.  Last IT manager role I did finished in 2014 but the fax was still vital then.  Mind you it did finish cos we went out of business

At my last place, and again when I started where I am, 1 of the first things I did was convince them to replace the fax machine with a digital version. Took almost no time to do and only added a tiny monthly cost but means you effectively just turn them all into e-mails and get rid of loads of problems. It's been commonly available for over 20 years so I just don't understand why so many businesses held out for so long. I have the same problem with on-prem servers (in most cases), non-voip phones and printed payslips. All of them are signs that a business is stuck in the past and that any IT manager role with them is going to be a pain in the arse because "it just works" will be the excuse for everything.

[Villan For Life]

This has to be one of the best thread derailings in recent H&V history.

[LeeS]

Apparently Bournemouth value Illya Zabarnyi at £62m. They’ve rejected an offer of £42m already. Someone tell me how Newcastle think they are getting JJ for £40m.

[kippaxvilla2]

Because we are desperate for cash.

[Dave]

And Zabarnyi is one of the best young centre-backs in the world.

[MorrisNielson]

We still have ours. I last sent a fax that badboy about 5 years ago - KPI’s to the ONS. It sits in the corner of the office, all alone, a little bit dusty. Like a grandparent in a rocking chair, taking it easy now but many moons ago was once was a hive of activity, the workhorse of the office.
When I first started, a whole morning would be assigned to take it to task. Meeting minutes, information requests, all kinds of correspondence would go through it. I remember the finger dexterity needed when sending a 50 something page document without accidently letting 2 pages go through together. The dreaded phone call that page 17 was wonky and would need to be resent. And how could you forget the anticipation of the confirmation receipt, only to turn into despair when it turned out to be an advert/spam. Stop it, you’re using up all the toner on this bullshit, I just want my confirmation sheet.
I would handle 100s of pages per day, religiously checking the paper tray. Bollockings were dished out for this crime, to the point of having to fill it up before clocking out time. A fax machine should have paper in it at all times.
Then, emails came along and the fax was discarded almost instantly.
Good times.

[ozzjim]

Apparently Bournemouth value Illya Zabarnyi at £62m. They’ve rejected an offer of £42m already. Someone tell me how Newcastle think they are getting JJ for £40m.

Or how Valencia think Barronechea is worth £5m. We need to sell a hotel, car park, women's team or something to remove this nonsense.

[PeterWithe]

All the reports seem to suggest that the PSR shortfall is 'only' £15m or so, wonder why we don't sell a kid to one of our feeder clubs for that.

[ozzjim]

And Zabarnyi is one of the best young centre-backs in the world.

Their recruitment has been up there with Brighton recently.

[kippaxvilla2]

We will soon know.  If we don’t sell anyone by 30th June then we don’t have any issues!

[Stu82]

I once had a summer job with a company owned by Plymouth Brethren. They accepted orders by fax but wouldn’t have a fax machine (let alone computers) on the premises. So, they paid the company next door to use their machine and one of us would go round every morning to collect the faxes.

Ha - I briefly worked with Plymouth Brethern - making there websites.

It wasnt the easiest. 

I cant seem to find any reason why they dont want technology on the premises? I take it they had phones, whats the difference?

They have now adopted tech with controls with oversight of the elders.
However, going back they would have landlines but not mobiles, and radios and tvs were not allowed.

[PeterWithe]

Remember the rolls you used to put in fax machines, like school bog paper. You spent ages making the bloody thing flat, filed it away and then a few months later you took it out and all the ink had disappeared.

[PeterWithe]

I once had a summer job with a company owned by Plymouth Brethren. They accepted orders by fax but wouldn’t have a fax machine (let alone computers) on the premises. So, they paid the company next door to use their machine and one of us would go round every morning to collect the faxes.

Ha - I briefly worked with Plymouth Brethern - making there websites.

It wasnt the easiest. 

I cant seem to find any reason why they dont want technology on the premises? I take it they had phones, whats the difference?

They have now adopted tech with controls with oversight of the elders.
However, going back they would have landlines but not mobiles, and radios and tvs were not allowed.

Any idea why?

I used to do a bit of business with one of the Bretheren and I wasn't conscious of any technological no-no's from him.

[Stu82]

I once had a summer job with a company owned by Plymouth Brethren. They accepted orders by fax but wouldn’t have a fax machine (let alone computers) on the premises. So, they paid the company next door to use their machine and one of us would go round every morning to collect the faxes.

Ha - I briefly worked with Plymouth Brethern - making there websites.

It wasnt the easiest. 

I cant seem to find any reason why they dont want technology on the premises? I take it they had phones, whats the difference?

They have now adopted tech with controls with oversight of the elders.
However, going back they would have landlines but not mobiles, and radios and tvs were not allowed.

Any idea why?

I used to do a bit of business with one of the Bretheren and I wasn't conscious of any technological no-no's from him.

I used to deal with several companies, it's difficult to put into words, but a fear of things not understood,is perhaps the best way I can think.