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Post by Gas_Quarters on Dec 27, 2016 11:31:47 GMT
Akinde was dreadful for us in his loan spell there's no disputing that. But he was only 21(??) and still learning the game.
Since the start of the 2013 season he's scored 49 goals in 2 years in the conference, and 39 goals in a year and a half in League Two. That is an impressive goalscoring record. Us taking a punt on him would be like a championship team taking a punt on MT because he's unproven at that level, but I bet the majority of championship teams would snap your hand off if he was offered to them.
Just to clarify, I'm not saying we should sign him because I'd still have my doubts, but it's certainly a valid argument. UTG!
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Post by paulpirate on Dec 27, 2016 11:34:52 GMT
Oh deary me! Theres's a reason for that you know!!! the other thing with akinde is with his goal record of recent times he would cost a lot of money i wonder if his release clause is more than Marty's 350k
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Post by yategas78 on Dec 27, 2016 12:07:45 GMT
Is this release clause figure for Matty Taylor correct seems awfully low considering he is a more than proven goal scorer surely Wael and company are gonna get a good fee when he leaves next month?
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Post by paulpirate on Dec 27, 2016 12:27:21 GMT
Is this release clause figure for Matty Taylor correct seems awfully low considering he is a more than proven goal scorer surely Wael and company are gonna get a good fee when he leaves next month? thats what I thought but as mentioned on here before it isn't a big release clause,if he does go can't see it being a lot based on the last few months With talks of Brighton being interested I can't see it myself,he's not a top end of the championship player for me he's top end of league 1 at best so should stay where he is Coventry even mentioned on their forum if we had a good striker could've been 4 or 5 at ht
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Post by adrian301 on Dec 27, 2016 12:33:28 GMT
I remember we paid £100,000 for Stuart Barraclough back in the 70s?? How much would that be in today's money? So we haven't really come that far, have we!!
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2016 12:50:36 GMT
So we spend £250K/500K to buy Akinde now just to see what he can do until the end of the season? What happens if he struggles do we just write off his transfer fee, what happens to the 2 or 3 contract we also had to offer him to get him to agree to returning to Bristol? It could cost anywhere form £500K to £1m+ in total to sign him, so DC would need to be pretty sure he could do a job not just take a, Blisset like, punt for 6 months. isnt it the same with most proven players,might be sh** or might be the opposite You can compare him with blisset haha look at his goal scoring record,and he can hold the ball up and he trap a ball I was just responding to your post saying DC should just sign him for the rest of the season. I'm surprised no other team has come in for him already. Given MT's made the transition from Conference to Div 2 to Div 1 there's no reason Akinde can't, although he could well be beyond our reach now unless we get big money for MT in January.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2016 12:52:10 GMT
Oh deary me! Theres's a reason for that you know!!! the other thing with akinde is with his goal record of recent times he would cost a lot of money Isn't that stating the obvious?
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Post by gasandelectricity on Dec 27, 2016 12:57:07 GMT
Is this release clause figure for Matty Taylor correct seems awfully low considering he is a more than proven goal scorer surely Wael and company are gonna get a good fee when he leaves next month? thats what I thought but as mentioned on here before it isn't a big release clause,if he does go can't see it being a lot based on the last few months With talks of Brighton being interested I can't see it myself,he's not a top end of the championship player for me he's top end of league 1 at best so should stay where he is Coventry even mentioned on their forum if we had a good striker could've been 4 or 5 at ht He hasn't been great recently, his goal tally has been helped a lot by penalties. I'm sure he'll pick up again but most disappointing has been his effort off the ball. If he can refund that form he's ready to give the Championship a go but who's going to stick him in the first team?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2016 12:57:57 GMT
I remember we paid £100,000 for Stuart Barraclough back in the 70s?? How much would that be in today's money? So we haven't really come that far, have we!! I remember him, from Newcastle. Around 77/78 ish. A proper winger.
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Post by paulpirate on Dec 27, 2016 13:11:59 GMT
isnt it the same with most proven players,might be sh** or might be the opposite You can compare him with blisset haha look at his goal scoring record,and he can hold the ball up and he trap a ball I was just responding to your post saying DC should just sign him for the rest of the season. I'm surprised no other team has come in for him already. Given MT's made the transition from Conference to Div 2 to Div 1 there's no reason Akinde can't, although he could well be beyond our reach now unless we get big money for MT in January. swap with Ellis and a bitof money 250k
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Dec 27, 2016 13:40:26 GMT
I was just responding to your post saying DC should just sign him for the rest of the season. I'm surprised no other team has come in for him already. Given MT's made the transition from Conference to Div 2 to Div 1 there's no reason Akinde can't, although he could well be beyond our reach now unless we get big money for MT in January. swap with Ellis and a bitof money 250k
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Post by paulpirate on Dec 27, 2016 13:57:19 GMT
swap with Ellis and a bitof money 250k whats all the loling about,were talking about Barnet here not a championship club Good deal for them,l1 striker and money
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 27, 2016 15:13:33 GMT
Why would any club pay money for Ellis given his present barren spell in front of goal? We'd be lucky if we found a club just willing to take over his contract at the moment let alone pay a fee.
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Post by perryfenwick on Dec 27, 2016 16:53:47 GMT
£400k would be a good transfer budget. As for the talk of 'peanuts', how many players are signed by L1 clubs for more than say £250k?
OP needs to remember that the debts are being dealt with and a training ground is being built. Ignoring infrastructure while spunking money on big wages was the reason everything went wrong.
That said, if we sign John Akinde I'll demand the resignations of manager, chairman and president.
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Post by bs9trymer on Dec 27, 2016 17:32:01 GMT
Coventry seem to have had the right idea in the late 90s by planning an out of town new stadium and getting things right off of the pitch. Ok they went down in 2001 after 34 years in the top division,and things have been a bit bumpy since then,hopefully they will stabilise next year in division 2. Yes thats the answer get a stadium and forget about strengthening the team and attracting fans to games,they would rather go to a stadium with better facilities,remember evolution not revolution and think Coventry.
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Post by UpTheGas on Dec 27, 2016 18:07:56 GMT
Coventry seem to have had the right idea in the late 90s by planning an out of town new stadium and getting things right off of the pitch. Ok they went down in 2001 after 34 years in the top division,and things have been a bit bumpy since then,hopefully they will stabilise next year in division 2. Yes thats the answer get a stadium and forget about strengthening the team and attracting fans to games,they would rather go to a stadium with better facilities,remember evolution not revolution and think Coventry. I'm not sure what you don't understand about the situation. As we are at the moment at The Mem, it is absolutely not sustainable to spend loads of money on transfer fees and wages. We have to build the infrastructure in order to maximise our revenue streams and get more money into the club all-year round. Once we are doing that, we can spend larger amounts of money because we will have that money to spend. The training ground and stadium work isn't at the expense of 'strengthening the team' as you imply. Wael will back DC in January and the summer to improve the squad significantly I'm sure, but we aren't going to go OTT at this point because it is unsustainable. The last time the club spent big on wages, contracts and transfer fees we started falling down a slippery slope from League One all the way down to the Conference because it was money the club didn't have. We don't want that again.
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Post by yategas78 on Dec 27, 2016 21:21:38 GMT
Don't think Akinde is the right fit for the Gas falls over too easy for my liking just my opinion
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2016 21:36:38 GMT
I'd rather we signed Akinde (pen) to be honest. Scores a lot more goals than Akinde.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2016 21:56:27 GMT
A little bird told me the main bit of business we are doing involves a swap.
You heard it here first.
No idea who but I would guess at MT with a Swansea player?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2016 22:03:29 GMT
Just realised mcburnley is Swansea.
I would put money on a Taylor Mcburney swap with some cash. I wonder how much.
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