Much better mate,??This would be better
In -
Mykolenko for ~17m
Patterson for ~12m
Brennan Johnson for ~12m
Out -
Benitez
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Much better mate,??This would be better
In -
Mykolenko for ~17m
Patterson for ~12m
Brennan Johnson for ~12m
Out -
Benitez
I'm assuming by 'get our money back' you mean in any future sale price for Longstaff, but whose to say anyone would buy him? Iwobi was bought for £35m and the only "saving grace" seems to be the notion we might get a third of that back in any sale, but no one is interested in him. Obviously a £1m transfer fee with sensible wages is hardly a club-killer, and might not be the worst bit of business in the world, but chances are -like Iwobi- he could be just another deadwood player we're stuck with, giving contract renewals to because we can't shift them and we don't want to let them go on a free despite adding nothing to the squad/team.
Yeah I hear you, I get your point, but you just know the minute this turnip is on a decent contract, he's going to sit it out for every penny and would not take a significant step down. (Hard to sell players who don't want to be sold).Totally agree mate, just trying to work out a positive to what is really a very poor acquisition, if he comes here, but as noted doesn't kill the bank account, and someone like Forrest Green or Plymouth would buy him for a million in 18 months time
If we pay £7m for Longstaff we might as well pack it in.If at the end of the window our business is:
In -
Mykolenko for ~17m
Patterson for ~12m
Brennan Johnson for ~12m
Longstaff for ~7m
Out:
Holgate for ~7m
Digne for about 25m
Are we content? Obviously nobody wants to lose Digne but that ship has sailed. Coming in we have 3 young players with potential and Longstaff all on fairly reasonable fees.
We paid 30m for donkey Keane with 1 year left on his contract and didn't pack it in!If we pay £7m for Longstaff we might as well pack it in.
BOBA = Benitez Out Barmy Army.I'm not going to trawl through dozens of back pages, so could you tell me what BOBA stands for?
You dont have to listen to him constantly to know he's an utter bellend.How do you know he’s an idiot if you don’t listen to him? He may be a genius, he may be a total tosser, I don’t know, because I don’t listen to him either. Therefore I am unable to hold an informed opinion of him. Isn’t that how it works?
I'm inBOBA = Benitez Out Barmy Army.
Bit of a difference in the transfer fees for players probably at the same level. At least there may be some improvement in longstaffI'm assuming by 'get our money back' you mean in any future sale price for Longstaff, but whose to say anyone would buy him? Iwobi was bought for £35m and the only "saving grace" seems to be the notion we might get a third of that back in any sale, but no one is interested in him. Obviously a £1m transfer fee with sensible wages is hardly a club-killer, and might not be the worst bit of business in the world, but chances are -like Iwobi- he could be just another deadwood player we're stuck with, giving contract renewals to because we can't shift them and we don't want to let them go on a free despite adding nothing to the squad/team.
You're chairman.I'm in
Maybe Longstaff might improve. Maybe we'll be stuck with yet another bang-average Championship level player on the books for 4-5 years. Freebie or £35m, we should be avoiding garbage, not signing it.Bit of a difference in the transfer fees for players probably at the same level. At least there may be some improvement in longstaff
It’s Dave’s latest attempt at making something into a “thing”. cf carpetbaggerI'm not going to trawl through dozens of back pages, so could you tell me what BOBA stands for?
Wouldn’t disagree but was merely making a comparison. Would much prefer we bought 2 fifty million pound quality players but not happening !Maybe Longstaff might improve. Maybe we'll be stuck with yet another bang-average Championship level player on the books for 4-5 years. Freebie or £35m, we should be avoiding garbage, not signing it.
Yeah I get your point. I'm not sure there's much more indicative of just how far we've fallen than debating whether or not signing a squad player from a [currrently] 19th placed and previously relegated team is a good idea or not. Jesus wept.Wouldn’t disagree but was merely making a comparison. Would much prefer we bought 2 fifty million pound quality players but not happening !