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Post by midlandgas213 on Jul 31, 2018 8:10:39 GMT
This guy and Devante Cole/Doidge and we have gone from weak to strong. Please let it happen. 😂more chance of getting Harry Kane Can we afford him then. And get joe hart in goal
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Post by stevek192 on Jul 31, 2018 8:13:55 GMT
With our defence playing like they did against Exeter we need Mr Blobby in goal!
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Post by paulpirate on Jul 31, 2018 8:14:35 GMT
😂more chance of getting Harry Kane Can we afford him then. And get joe hart in goal would rather have Roos back,better hair
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Post by Gas-Ed on Jul 31, 2018 8:16:58 GMT
This thread title is misleading. I thought we were signing Blissett.
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Post by paulpirate on Jul 31, 2018 8:18:53 GMT
This thread title is misleading. I thought we were signing Blissett. cant afford e
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Post by knowall on Jul 31, 2018 8:22:20 GMT
Even crazier was roughly about 4 or 5 years ago I was told that Stefan Moore (ex Aston Villa) was being paid close to £2,000 per week at a Southern League club and even pocketed a small fraction of the gate receipts. His goal record at that level was outstanding, but bloody hell. Bonkers! A mate of mine Aaron Cornwell signed for Halesowen a few years ago on 1.5k a week plus had a penthouse apartment in Birmingham paid for by the club. I think they were in Conference North at the time. Possibly even the league below. So they have gone from tier 5 to tier 7 in the football league - says it all
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Post by knowall on Jul 31, 2018 8:34:50 GMT
The position is that we are NOT in debt at all because we are owned by ALQ in a similar way to what City are not in debt because they are owned by Steve Lansdown. It would appear to me (but I could and probably am wrong) that a big difference is that ALQ has the Mem as protection against any money spent on all the bits and pieces done similar to Nick Higgs when he built Santas Grotto.They are not yet spending their own money in real terms. This will be the real tester and the big big difference that Steve Lansdown has proved again and again that he is prepared to put his own money into Bristol City whereas once the protection of the Mem is exceeded will Wael and his family be prepared to put their own money in? This time I imagine is not far away and will continue to get nearer and nearer as long as we stay at the Mem. The credit facility has already been increased above the value of the Mem as per the account to 30 June 2017 Some say that is the money he no longer pays in tax?
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Post by socrates on Jul 31, 2018 8:53:16 GMT
The wages being quoted are indeed outrageous £5k a week doesn't seem too much until you think that is £780K for a three year contract (plus bonuses). A person on the average wage in Bristol would take 36 years to earn the same. Some may say it is the going rate but also its the going bankrupt rate Much better I think to be looking at young hungry players on the fringes of the bigger teams or ones doing well in the lower league, who will play for £1000-£1500 a week and cost low six figures and are worth a gamble. Trouble is how do we find them, that's why we brought in a head of recruitment who now needs to deliver. The other part of the equation is to invest more and more into the the youth and under 23 teams in the hope that one or two players each season come through. The reason why I give Olly Clarke, Chris Lines, Tom Lockyer and Ellis Harrison the benefit of the doubt is that they are great adverts for investing in the clubs youth set up. Ellis repaid everything invested plus more. When we sold Lines it was the same and Lockyer will go in the future. I would like nothing more then to see Clarke regain his form of 18 months ago and cement a place back in the team. The issue I think for many people on this forum with Nicholls is that because we paid a lot of money relatively speaking for him we therefore expected him to be hitting the back of the net immediately. If instead he had come through the youth set up would he be subject to so much barracking or rather had been allowed more time, after all he is a young player with undoubted skill but a lack of confidence in front of goal. Paying £500K or £750K for a player will again raise expectations unrealistically so if the player doesn't deliver in the first five games then they become the subject of the angry mob, and they too will lose their confidence. As for Telford, two small, didn't work hard enough and not convinced he had a great touch. However he did get in the right place and clearly has a nose for goal. I agree with most of that but it’s not really Nichols lack of confidence in front of goal that bothers me it’s the way he strolls around putting next to no effort in and his crap movement which therefore leads to him hardly having any goal scoring opportunities anyway that bothers me.
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Post by Marshy on Jul 31, 2018 8:53:47 GMT
With our defence playing like they did against Exeter we need Mr Blobby in goal! Nick Day. WYHHB?
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Post by stuart1974 on Jul 31, 2018 8:55:21 GMT
The credit facility has already been increased above the value of the Mem as per the account to 30 June 2017 Some say that is the money he no longer pays in tax? You may think that, I could 't possibly comment 🤔 I don't think any direct comparison between SL and Dwane Sports' business models is realistic.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jul 31, 2018 8:56:16 GMT
The wages being quoted are indeed outrageous £5k a week doesn't seem too much until you think that is £780K for a three year contract (plus bonuses). A person on the average wage in Bristol would take 36 years to earn the same. Some may say it is the going rate but also its the going bankrupt rate Much better I think to be looking at young hungry players on the fringes of the bigger teams or ones doing well in the lower league, who will play for £1000-£1500 a week and cost low six figures and are worth a gamble. Trouble is how do we find them, that's why we brought in a head of recruitment who now needs to deliver. The other part of the equation is to invest more and more into the the youth and under 23 teams in the hope that one or two players each season come through. The reason why I give Olly Clarke, Chris Lines, Tom Lockyer and Ellis Harrison the benefit of the doubt is that they are great adverts for investing in the clubs youth set up. Ellis repaid everything invested plus more. When we sold Lines it was the same and Lockyer will go in the future. I would like nothing more then to see Clarke regain his form of 18 months ago and cement a place back in the team. The issue I think for many people on this forum with Nicholls is that because we paid a lot of money relatively speaking for him we therefore expected him to be hitting the back of the net immediately. If instead he had come through the youth set up would he be subject to so much barracking or rather had been allowed more time, after all he is a young player with undoubted skill but a lack of confidence in front of goal. Paying £500K or £750K for a player will again raise expectations unrealistically so if the player doesn't deliver in the first five games then they become the subject of the angry mob, and they too will lose their confidence. As for Telford, two small, didn't work hard enough and not convinced he had a great touch. However he did get in the right place and clearly has a nose for goal. I agree with most of that but it’s not really Nichols lack of confidence in front of goal that bothers me it’s the way he strolls around putting next to no effort in and his crap movement which therefore leads to him hardly having any goal scoring opportunities anyway that bothers me. Give him his due, he looked like he was prepared to get more stuck in against Exeter on Saturday. Still don't think he'll turn it around with us enough though.
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Post by titchthephot on Jul 31, 2018 9:09:50 GMT
I wonder if there would be any possibility of inserting an option to buy clause in their loans. I wouldn’t be against it if that was the case, both Nuttal and Cole have the potential to score quite a few at this level. Thanks for the info. I suppose the problem with that is if they score loads of goals then the parent club won't want to sell them!! The money involved in buying players (and wages) is totally ridiculous and is in danger of collapsing the lower leagues. If we are not careful we will be a country with only two leagues and dozens of really good Sunday morning pub teams!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 9:35:31 GMT
With our defence playing like they did against Exeter we need Mr Blobby in goal! I thought Gary Kenneth was a Centre Back not a Keeper
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 9:38:20 GMT
With our defence playing like they did against Exeter we need Mr Blobby in goal! I thought Gary Kenneth was a Centre Back not a Keeper I, sort of, know the bloke who actually played Mr Blobby. He now lives in New Zealand. That is my claim to fame anyway
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 9:55:31 GMT
I thought Gary Kenneth was a Centre Back not a Keeper I, sort of, know the bloke who actually played Mr Blobby. He now lives in New Zealand. That is my claim to fame anyway Did he play him in goal?
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Post by paulpirate on Jul 31, 2018 10:14:43 GMT
With our defence playing like they did against Exeter we need Mr Blobby in goal! Nick Day. WYHHB? nick Higgs wyhhb
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Post by gaelgas on Jul 31, 2018 10:32:05 GMT
Given that the rest of our signings this summer have been permanent, and decent quality to boot, having a couple of loanees in the mix isn't too bad, my only worry is that they would both be forwards and there's not much cover. Also if their clubs stipulate that they want them to play regularly where does that leave Reilly?
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Post by axegas on Jul 31, 2018 11:25:28 GMT
I wonder if there would be any possibility of inserting an option to buy clause in their loans. I wouldn’t be against it if that was the case, both Nuttal and Cole have the potential to score quite a few at this level. Thanks for the info. I suppose the problem with that is if they score loads of goals then the parent club won't want to sell them!! The money involved in buying players (and wages) is totally ridiculous and is in danger of collapsing the lower leagues. If we are not careful we will be a country with only two leagues and dozens of really good Sunday morning pub teams!! That’s why you insert the clause so they have no choice! Nuttall is highly rated and young so if we did get him on loan, there would be no chance of a permanent at the end of it unless things dramatically change ie Blackburn get promoted to the prem. Wigan are supposedly looking to get rid of Devante Cole to make room for other strikers so I’d expect an option to buy clause is very much a possibility.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2018 11:35:40 GMT
Hopefully two signings today to replace Ellis in an email from Steve Hamer today.
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Post by tylerdunnell03 on Jul 31, 2018 11:37:20 GMT
Hopefully two signings today to replace Ellis in an email from Steve Hamer today. What he said that to you in an email?
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