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Post by chewbacca on Oct 22, 2020 13:14:17 GMT
We were very good at turning over players under DC;
Matty Taylor - Signed £0 - Sold c£300,000 Billy Bodin - Signed £0 - Sold c£500,000 Rory Gaffney - Signed c£100,000 - Sold c£150,000 Ellis Harrison - Signed Youth - Sold c£750,000
£1,600,000 profit. Admittedly with better contract management it could have been a lot more and included a profit for Tom Lockyer as well.
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Post by Westy on Oct 22, 2020 13:15:45 GMT
Hanlan, in January, after 15 goals and a second place spot in the table.... What fee you accepting? "Undisclosed" a.k.a nothing!
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Post by goodnightirene1883 on Oct 22, 2020 13:17:23 GMT
We were very good at turning over players under DC; Matty Taylor - Signed £0 - Sold c£300,000 Billy Bodin - Signed £0 - Sold c£500,000 Rory Gaffney - Signed c£100,000 - Sold c£150,000 Ellis Harrison - Signed Youth - Sold c£750,000 £1,600,000 profit. Admittedly with better contract management it could have been a lot more and included a profit for Tom Lockyer as well. Also i think it was DC that brought in TW who then went on to set up the scouting department / structure
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Post by chewbacca on Oct 22, 2020 13:20:58 GMT
We were very good at turning over players under DC; Matty Taylor - Signed £0 - Sold c£300,000 Billy Bodin - Signed £0 - Sold c£500,000 Rory Gaffney - Signed c£100,000 - Sold c£150,000 Ellis Harrison - Signed Youth - Sold c£750,000 £1,600,000 profit. Admittedly with better contract management it could have been a lot more and included a profit for Tom Lockyer as well. Also i think it was DC that brought in TW who then went on to set up the scouting department / structure Realistically we should be looking at turning over one of our main assets once every year or so to reinvest in the squad and club as a whole. Until DC we'd be sporadic in our big sales since the heyday of the 90's. I do hope the new scouting structure increases our ability to do it, as well as in house development of our own youngsters. That's an area I've been disappointed with so far this season.
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Oct 22, 2020 13:22:59 GMT
We were very good at turning over players under DC; Matty Taylor - Signed £0 - Sold c£300,000 Billy Bodin - Signed £0 - Sold c£500,000 Rory Gaffney - Signed c£100,000 - Sold c£150,000 Ellis Harrison - Signed Youth - Sold c£750,000 £1,600,000 profit. Admittedly with better contract management it could have been a lot more and included a profit for Tom Lockyer as well. Not getting a penny for Lockyer was criminal considering the years of development we’d given him.
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Post by goodnightirene1883 on Oct 22, 2020 13:47:36 GMT
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Post by markczgas on Oct 22, 2020 14:07:12 GMT
I can see Cian Harries being sold for good money, it won’t be long before the Welsh national side have a look at him. Only 23 but has all the attributes of a top defender, impressed me so far. I wouldn't say he's stood out - his passing is dodgy - think he needs to hold on to the ball a bit longer or go shorter with his passes.
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Post by phillistine on Oct 22, 2020 14:10:06 GMT
if you look at the bookies favourites for the top scorer in Div1 this season - it is JCH followed by the snake. They dont even quote odds for any of the current team so i have asked for a figure for Daley
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Post by axegas on Oct 22, 2020 14:12:39 GMT
I can see Cian Harries being sold for good money, it won’t be long before the Welsh national side have a look at him. Only 23 but has all the attributes of a top defender, impressed me so far. I wouldn't say he's stood out - his passing is dodgy - think he needs to hold on to the ball a bit longer or go shorter with his passes. He’s impressed me more than Baldwin and Kilgour have so far. Fair play to the guy for taking his opportunity, hopefully he can keep up the good form.
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Post by LJG on Oct 22, 2020 14:40:27 GMT
Not just ages, most of our big sales were quite a while ago. Not sure it is coincidence that our money issues become so prominent when we stopped selling for big fees. Our money issues arose because not only did we stop selling players for big money, we also carried on paying stupid money to journeyman players, more than most other clubs in our league. Who can forget the immortal words of Geoff Hughes, who, in answer to the question “Why did you sign for Bristol Rovers”? said “Because they pay big money” I also recall Dave Penny stating his amazement at the money we were paying, and telling Higgs he was paying well over the odds. We didn’t seem to learn either, judging by the breath taking salary and contract length offered to Bennett. The big price tags for a few players only masked the problem. I’m heartened by BG’s comment that we are below last seasons budget, and look at the raw talent and potential at our club now. I have to say ‘well done’ to Wael, the manager and our recruitment team. How much was Bennett on?
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Oct 23, 2020 5:41:20 GMT
Our money issues arose because not only did we stop selling players for big money, we also carried on paying stupid money to journeyman players, more than most other clubs in our league. Who can forget the immortal words of Geoff Hughes, who, in answer to the question “Why did you sign for Bristol Rovers”? said “Because they pay big money” I also recall Dave Penny stating his amazement at the money we were paying, and telling Higgs he was paying well over the odds. We didn’t seem to learn either, judging by the breath taking salary and contract length offered to Bennett. The big price tags for a few players only masked the problem. I’m heartened by BG’s comment that we are below last seasons budget, and look at the raw talent and potential at our club now. I have to say ‘well done’ to Wael, the manager and our recruitment team. How much was Bennett on? Around 4 grand a week
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Post by goodnightirene1883 on Oct 23, 2020 6:50:31 GMT
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Post by oldgas on Oct 23, 2020 7:32:46 GMT
I don't think we'll be paying Ozzie's full salary, probably a proportion. If we keep him next season hopefully he's been made fully aware his contract will be for the money we're contributing now. Surely the club has learned to cut its cloth after the salary disasters of the past.
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Post by goodnightirene1883 on Oct 23, 2020 7:46:43 GMT
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Post by chewbacca on Oct 23, 2020 7:53:18 GMT
Haha, they've pulled those figures out their ass.
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Post by neilv93 on Oct 23, 2020 8:43:59 GMT
Haha, they've pulled those figures out their ass. They're very similar to the salaries noted on the Football Manager games, which are usually pretty damn accurate given their research and development team have access to salary info. That said, there's no way in hell we were paying the full £12k/w for Blackman - not a chance in hell. If I had to guess with Turkish Messi, us and Charlton probably paying £2.5k/w each. Also, a lot of those salaries will have changed now with inflation increases, annual rises and new contracts (Kilgour, Hargreaves, etc.).
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Post by LJG on Oct 23, 2020 9:10:12 GMT
Haha, they've pulled those figures out their ass. You mean they read them on Gaschat?
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Post by LJG on Oct 23, 2020 9:13:05 GMT
Haha, they've pulled those figures out their ass. They're very similar to the salaries noted on the Football Manager games, which are usually pretty damn accurate given their research and development team have access to salary info. That said, there's no way in hell we were paying the full £12k/w for Blackman - not a chance in hell. If I had to guess with Turkish Messi, us and Charlton probably paying £2.5k/w each. Also, a lot of those salaries will have changed now with inflation increases, annual rises and new contracts (Kilgour, Hargreaves, etc.). Oh so THAT'S why people on here think they're salary experts! That's bollocks by the way. There's no way they have access to salary info. It would be an absolute fundamental breach of GDPR, the Data Protection Act not to mention the contractual obligations between the parties. I call bullshit on that.
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Post by LJG on Oct 23, 2020 9:14:57 GMT
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Post by chewbacca on Oct 23, 2020 9:24:24 GMT
Haha, they've pulled those figures out their ass. They're very similar to the salaries noted on the Football Manager games, which are usually pretty damn accurate given their research and development team have access to salary info. That said, there's no way in hell we were paying the full £12k/w for Blackman - not a chance in hell. If I had to guess with Turkish Messi, us and Charlton probably paying £2.5k/w each. Also, a lot of those salaries will have changed now with inflation increases, annual rises and new contracts (Kilgour, Hargreaves, etc.). It's guestimates on FM, absolute nonsense to claim they have details of payroll.
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