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Post by pirate on May 30, 2017 13:39:34 GMT
Especially as they'll probably sell Watkins for £3m. They can afford to let Wheeler's contract run down unless they get a big offer. Cantankerous - 3 million Watkins and 500,000 Wheeler - come on - this is crazy crazy money for L2 - can you think of some comparable fees for L2 players in recent seasons ? i'd say more likely 200/300,000 for Watkins and half that for Wheeler. After all, Taylor went for 300,000 and he was 2nd top scorer in L1 !! Exeter sold Matt Grimes for £1.75mil. Oxford sold Kemar Roofe for £3million.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 13:42:01 GMT
Especially as they'll probably sell Watkins for £3m. They can afford to let Wheeler's contract run down unless they get a big offer. Cantankerous - 3 million Watkins and 500,000 Wheeler - come on - this is crazy crazy money for L2 - can you think of some comparable fees for L2 players in recent seasons ? i'd say more likely 200/300,000 for Watkins and half that for Wheeler. After all, Taylor went for 300,000 and he was 2nd top scorer in L1 !! Matt Grimes to Swansea in Jaunary 2015 for a fee believed to be £1.5 - £1.75 million. Exeters record fee to date.
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Post by markczgas on May 30, 2017 13:47:45 GMT
Roofe was going up with Oxford so was in effect a L1 player - and where do you get these figures from guys ? Watkins going for 3 million ? Not convinced, he's not even prolific.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 13:56:03 GMT
Roofe was going up with Oxford so was in effect a L1 player - and where do you get these figures from guys ? Watkins going for 3 million ? Not convinced, he's not even prolific. Phoned my mate Chimp up!
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Post by pirate on May 30, 2017 14:06:13 GMT
Roofe was going up with Oxford so was in effect a L1 player - and where do you get these figures from guys ? Watkins going for 3 million ? Not convinced, he's not even prolific. Watkins does more than just score goals. He has 16 goals this season, but also got 13 assists. He was named the English Football League Young Player of the Year too. I'd be surprised if he doesn't leave for a fee similar to Grimes and likely more IMHO. There are rumours (I don't believe everything I read) in various news outlets of a fee anything up to £4mil. the72.co.uk/81549/leeds-united-will-stump-4m-16-goal-striker/
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Post by GasAttacK on May 30, 2017 14:15:22 GMT
Difference is Matt Grimes was 19 at the time. He was only going to get better and Swansea clearly saw the potential that he could have a long career as a Premiership player. Similar situation with Watkins who is 21. At the very least any club paying out on young stars will hope to recoupe their money.
Wheeler turns 27 in October and prior to signing for Exeter at 22 he'd only played for Lewes. Since signing for Exeter he's made 93 league starts in 4 seasons and never played above L2. He hasn't even be a regular for the Grecians until the past couple of seasons. Different situation to Grimes and Watkins.
He has 1 year left on his contract and with Exeter losing out in the play off's might me looking for a move to L1 because he probably has about another 2-3 years playing at his peak. If he doesn't move this summer he might never play in L1.
I personally think we could get him for 250-350k and based on what I've seen I'd say he's worth it. He's reasonably quick, scores goals and is superb in the air. He would fit perfectly into our style of play.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 16:43:17 GMT
Wheeler and Watkins are both good players , but if they were £500,000 and £3million players Exeter city would have won the league. Wheeler £150,000 tops and Watkins maybe £750,000 with sell ons and appearance bonuses thrown in.
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Post by axegas on May 30, 2017 17:04:35 GMT
Wheeler and Watkins are both good players , but if they were £500,000 and £3million players Exeter city would have won the league. Wheeler £150,000 tops and Watkins maybe £750,000 with sell ons and appearance bonuses thrown in. They may be £150,000 and £750,000 players but the amount of money that the clubs have, especially at the top it means they are worth more than they should be. With watkins being 21, there is hope that he might still develop to be a £10,000,000 player in the future, wheeler on the other hand is in his prime and I reckon exeter would take £500,000 as he would probably want to make a step up to a higher level whilst he still can.
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Post by long john silver on May 30, 2017 17:05:19 GMT
Roofe was going up with Oxford so was in effect a L1 player - and where do you get these figures from guys ? Watkins going for 3 million ? Not convinced, he's not even prolific. Exeter turned down 2 million for him in January.
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Post by GasAttacK on May 30, 2017 17:17:08 GMT
A lot might depend on the players and whether they want to leave to play at a higher level. Watkins has plenty of time but Wheeler is 27 in October and if he has aspirations of playing in L1 or the Championship he probably needs a move this summer.
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Post by WeAreTheGas on May 30, 2017 17:18:08 GMT
Especially as they'll probably sell Watkins for £3m. They can afford to let Wheeler's contract run down unless they get a big offer. After all, Taylor went for 300,000 and he was 2nd top scorer in L1 !! Only because that was a clause that he insisted on so he'd sign a contract for us last summer. If the clause hadn't been there then I'd have been surprised to see us accept less than £2m or so for him.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 17:21:10 GMT
Roofe was going up with Oxford so was in effect a L1 player - and where do you get these figures from guys ? Watkins going for 3 million ? Not convinced, he's not even prolific. Exeter turned down 2 million for him in January. Not bad for a club that had a transfer embargo on them three years ago. The council are paying for their new stand...lucky them. They must be far better run than Rovers were in the past as Rickie Lambert was let go for a million.
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Post by Topper Gas on May 30, 2017 17:24:44 GMT
Wheeler and Watkins are both good players , but if they were £500,000 and £3million players Exeter city would have won the league. Wheeler £150,000 tops and Watkins maybe £750,000 with sell ons and appearance bonuses thrown in. Can anybody honestly see us paying even £150K for an untired at Div 1 level left winger?
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Post by yategas78 on May 30, 2017 17:47:57 GMT
Wheeler and Watkins are both good players , but if they were £500,000 and £3million players Exeter city would have won the league. Wheeler £150,000 tops and Watkins maybe £750,000 with sell ons and appearance bonuses thrown in. Can anybody honestly see us paying even £150K for an untired at Div 1 level left winger? I would hope 150K is well within our budget even if it is a bit of a risk if not what bloody hope have we got!,
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Post by pirate on May 30, 2017 17:49:49 GMT
Wheeler and Watkins are both good players , but if they were £500,000 and £3million players Exeter city would have won the league. Wheeler £150,000 tops and Watkins maybe £750,000 with sell ons and appearance bonuses thrown in. Can anybody honestly see us paying even £150K for an untired at Div 1 level left winger? I don't see why not. We payed the same for a conference defender in the past and the same figure for a ryman league striker. If anyone has watched Wheeler a couple of times they should be able to see he is worth taking a punt on.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2017 18:37:54 GMT
One issue i have with the op and signing wheeler is that he is a right-winger. You have a guy who has done really well and scored lots of goals in that position so for me the last thing you want to do is play him out of position! Who do you support bluebutterfly? Not sure what your reply means? if we pay good money for wheeler either him or bodin will have to play in a different position to where they have scored lots of goals and been outstanding so it is a genuine problem.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on May 30, 2017 18:53:35 GMT
Wheeler and Watkins are both good players , but if they were £500,000 and £3million players Exeter city would have won the league. Wheeler £150,000 tops and Watkins maybe £750,000 with sell ons and appearance bonuses thrown in. Them not winning the league does not mean they are not worth £500k and £3mil.
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Post by Topper Gas on May 30, 2017 19:03:45 GMT
Can anybody honestly see us paying even £150K for an untired at Div 1 level left winger? I don't see why not. We payed the same for a conference defender in the past and the same figure for a ryman league striker. If anyone has watched Wheeler a couple of times they should be able to see he is worth taking a punt on. If DC's given a transfer budget I hope his priorities are a striker or possibly two, goalie, CH & CM in that order, buying a LW, or is it RW, are well down my priorities unless fans think DC's going to be given a £1m transfer fund to spend this summer.
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Post by pirate on May 30, 2017 19:14:38 GMT
I don't see why not. We payed the same for a conference defender in the past and the same figure for a ryman league striker. If anyone has watched Wheeler a couple of times they should be able to see he is worth taking a punt on. If DC's given a transfer budget I hope his priorities are a striker or possibly two, goalie, CH & CM in that order, buying a LW, or is it RW, are well down my priorities unless fans think DC's going to be given a £1m transfer fund to spend this summer. I agree there are other positions that are more of a priority, but if the chance to sign Wheeler for a reasonable fee was there, I'd certainly take the opportunity.
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Post by axegas on May 30, 2017 19:16:56 GMT
Wheeler and Watkins are both good players , but if they were £500,000 and £3million players Exeter city would have won the league. Wheeler £150,000 tops and Watkins maybe £750,000 with sell ons and appearance bonuses thrown in. Can anybody honestly see us paying even £150K for an untired at Div 1 level left winger? Joe partington?
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