JCH to Ipswich?

Do you honestly think clubs think “Oh we signed someone who didn’t work out from club x so we won’t sign anyone from them again”?

IT certainly didn't stop us buying a bunch of lemons from Peterborough.

Fry and McAnthony must have been rubbing their hands in anticipation every time they got a call from us.

Nothing to stop that at all, it’s all down to him at the end of the day - although those who think real life mirrors their computer games believe you can just sell a player whenever you like!

Peterborough have an interesting strategy with this sort of thing, which is ballsy but effective in the main. They simply will not sell unless they get stupid fees for their players. Its almost like a ransom.

They've done very well out of it to be fair over the years, which means they can swallow their losses when the likes of Maddison leave for nothing at the end of their contract.

No I’d given up all hope by then, I apologise.

Probably, but it was still bad news. 😁

I have been reliably informed JCH returned to pre season training post lockdown, resembling Giant Haystacks.

We need to understand what promotion to the Championship is worth to us (and for that matter Relegation as well). Most clubs and fans dream of promotion to higher levels and that should be the main objective bar survival as a club.

Once we have a rough, monetary idea of what promotion and relegation is worth to us, we should then plan to achieve / defray it respectively. Then we need to consider any restraints on us, e.g. spending cap, wage limits, etc. 

I am sure I have missed other things out but that gives an idea of what promotion is worth to us, over a year, longer, etc. We can then plan for it and one of the key factors are the players that will help us to achieve this.

Talking of JCH, I would say that, season before, he was the main player who kept us from relegation with priceless goals at Scunny, Gills, etc. Where does £700,000 fit in wrt promotion and relegation assuming that is the lowest price we are prepared to accept for him? If we keep him for the 1 year left and achieve promotion, would it be worth it? Most fans would say YES. If we sell him, we have to replace him so we may be looking at only half his sell fee?

Personally, promotion to the Championship would be worth millions to us when taking into account everything including TV money, etc. At present, City get all live TV League matches in the West Country because they are the sole team there in the Premier League or Championship and broadcasters do want to represent regions to get people in those regions interested in their offerings.

I do not think selling JCH for less than a few million makes sense unless we need the money or he does not want to stay. We generally do not get in the way of players who want to progress.
A £1K increase a week would cost £50K, £2K more per week would cost £100K. An equivalent of 333 season tickets at ~ £300 per ticket. Cheap by all accounts to keep him here. Also, why sell to a rival L1 Team?

I personally would like him to stay because he is one of the best players I have seen at the club for some time. If anything, I would almost put him in the same league as Ollie Watkins, although Ollie seems less injury prone and more savvy but he does play for a team that has gifted players and creates far more chances for their forwards. Their work rates are amazing. Watkins looks likely to become a very good Premier League striker for years to come and I think JCH would definitely succeed at Championship level.

UTG

Weird thing to say, here. Do they really think we got nothing in return for our investment in TL?

"The former captain progressed over eight years with the Gas, becoming a Wales international, but left in the summer of 2019 for absolutely nothing, providing no return on Rovers’ investment or the time they had put in developing him."