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Post by kampucheagas on Jul 3, 2024 18:59:57 GMT
We never learn ! Imagine if it was Peterborough selling him - - - Meanwhile, they sell a defender for £3 million….. UTG |
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Post by lastminutewinner on Jul 3, 2024 19:00:24 GMT
We never learn ! Imagine if it was Peterborough selling him - - - Meanwhile, they sell a defender for £3 million….. UTG We'd have got £300k |
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Post by pirate on Jul 3, 2024 19:00:30 GMT
How long has the window been open for? Tough negotiators we are, for 5 minutes, before rolling over for our belly to be tickled and pants pulled down. Honestly, we should be used to this by now. No wonder it is 30 years since we last reached the League One playoffs. What should the club have done? Don't drop your knickers at the first person to give you the eye. |
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Post by percy on Jul 3, 2024 19:01:40 GMT
Huddersfield Town could see a second transfer hijacked by Birmingham City as a League One midfielder is on the move. Birmingham are reportedly attempting yet another swoop under the noses of Huddersfield, this time to sign Bristol Rovers attacking midfielder Antony Evans. Blues completed the acquisition of Alfie May from Charlton Athletic on Tuesday, hijacking the striker away from Huddersfield after the Terriers were in advanced talks. May, last season’s League One top scorer with 23 goals, has joined Blues on a three-year contract. Gazumping the Terriers by a few hundred grand would be good 🤞 Hope it’s true but all they have to do is match the offer to us and offer Evans more? |
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Post by eric on Jul 3, 2024 19:05:28 GMT
What should the club have done? Don't drop your knickers at the first person to give you the eye. That’s your comedy answer. What about the realities - you’re in charge of Rovers what do you do now to guarantee a much higher transfer fee? |
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Post by pirate on Jul 3, 2024 19:14:30 GMT
Don't drop your knickers at the first person to give you the eye. That’s your comedy answer. What about the realities - you’re in charge of Rovers what do you do now to guarantee a much higher transfer fee? He's worth more to us on the pitch than a pathetic derisory £450k. I'd have rejected the offer out of hand and told them to do one. |
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Post by kampucheagas on Jul 3, 2024 19:22:04 GMT
That’s your comedy answer. What about the realities - you’re in charge of Rovers what do you do now to guarantee a much higher transfer fee? He's worth more to us on the pitch than a pathetic derisory £450k. I'd have rejected the offer out of hand and told them to do one. Absolutely It’s a poor offer He’s our player for another year Tell him to get us firing and if a big offer comes in Jan we will consider. All this defeatist attitude is why our pants keep getting pulled. UTG |
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Post by SleepyGas on Jul 3, 2024 19:25:12 GMT
No wonder it is 30 years since we last reached the League One playoffs. May 1998 was when we played Northampton in the playoff semi final. 4 months before Antony Evans was even born  |
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Post by singupgas on Jul 3, 2024 19:32:17 GMT
Question needs to be asked, what needs to be done so we can compete with likes of Huddersfield. Is this it for us, continue to lose better players to clubs in the same league. Yeah I wonder why we can't compete with the likes of recently relegated Huddersfield.. with their parachute payments.. and their 25k capacity stadium.. who have been in either the Premier League or Championship for the last 12 years? Unfortunately this will happen. We will always lose our best players in the last year or at the end of their contracts to bigger clubs for little or no money. In the same way as we will continue to sign the best players of lesser clubs in the last year or at the end of their contracts. This won't change until our stature and resources improve. It is hardly good business model to sell your best player to direct competition in the same league as us for what is a very small fee. We are never going to get to the championship if we are strengthening the teams around us. I honestly thought the club had changed and were bringing in players to sell for a good profit. How many players would we have to sell for 450k to change the stature and improve the resources. Like others have said, the window is open for another 2 months, and after 3 days we have supposedly agreed to giving away our best player, we are so poor at negotiating. Could have held on, I'm sure a Championship club would have come sniffing. |
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Post by singupgas on Jul 3, 2024 19:40:26 GMT
He's worth more to us on the pitch than a pathetic derisory £450k. I'd have rejected the offer out of hand and told them to do one. Absolutely It’s a poor offer He’s our player for another year Tell him to get us firing and if a big offer comes in Jan we will consider. All this defeatist attitude is why our pants keep getting pulled. UTG Absolutely, the mindset "we always sell players for little or nothing in last year of their contract" drives me mad. Let's just keep selling players on the cheap then. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Jul 3, 2024 19:44:13 GMT
Yeah I wonder why we can't compete with the likes of recently relegated Huddersfield.. with their parachute payments.. and their 25k capacity stadium.. who have been in either the Premier League or Championship for the last 12 years? Unfortunately this will happen. We will always lose our best players in the last year or at the end of their contracts to bigger clubs for little or no money. In the same way as we will continue to sign the best players of lesser clubs in the last year or at the end of their contracts. This won't change until our stature and resources improve. It is hardly good business model to sell your best player to direct competition in the same league as us for what is a very small fee. We are never going to get to the championship if we are strengthening the teams around us. I honestly thought the club had changed and were bringing in players to sell for a good profit. How many players would we have to sell for 450k to change the stature and improve the resources. Like others have said, the window is open for another 2 months, and after 3 days we have supposedly agreed to giving away our best player, we are so poor at negotiating. Could have held on, I'm sure a Championship club would have come sniffing. How likely are we going to be competing for a top 3 spot with Huddersfield, probably as likely as the Tories winning the GE? AE seems to have made it clear he wants to leave this summer and Huddersfield appear to be the only club prepared to make a bid, so what are the owners supposed to do reject their final bid and hope another club comes in later in the window or take what's offered now and move on? I If Huddersfield are getting him on the cheap as suggested then why aren't the likes of Bham, Pompey and Posh now making higher bids??? |
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Post by singupgas on Jul 3, 2024 19:50:30 GMT
It is hardly good business model to sell your best player to direct competition in the same league as us for what is a very small fee. We are never going to get to the championship if we are strengthening the teams around us. I honestly thought the club had changed and were bringing in players to sell for a good profit. How many players would we have to sell for 450k to change the stature and improve the resources. Like others have said, the window is open for another 2 months, and after 3 days we have supposedly agreed to giving away our best player, we are so poor at negotiating. Could have held on, I'm sure a Championship club would have come sniffing. How likely are we going to be competing for a top 3 spot with Huddersfield, probably as likely as the Tories winning the GE? AE seems to have made it clear he wants to leave this summer and Huddersfield appear to be the only club prepared to make a bid, so what are the owners supposed to do reject their final bid and hope another club comes in later in the window or take what's offered now and move on? I If Huddersfield are getting him on the cheap as suggested then why aren't the likes of Bham, Pompey and Posh now making higher bids??? Uh, yeah, reject the bid. It's 450k. 3 days into the window. Not like there are 3 days left of the window. Do you honestly think AE isnt more valuable than 450k? |
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Post by yattongas on Jul 3, 2024 19:51:25 GMT
That’s your comedy answer. What about the realities - you’re in charge of Rovers what do you do now to guarantee a much higher transfer fee? He's worth more to us on the pitch than a pathetic derisory £450k. I'd have rejected the offer out of hand and told them to do one. He’s worth 10k a game for the rest of this season ? Hardly…..unless you think his staying would guarantee us promotion. |
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Post by eric on Jul 3, 2024 19:53:10 GMT
Absolutely It’s a poor offer He’s our player for another year Tell him to get us firing and if a big offer comes in Jan we will consider. All this defeatist attitude is why our pants keep getting pulled. UTG Absolutely, the mindset "we always sell players for little or nothing for players in last year of their contract" drives me mad. Let's just keep selling players on the cheap then. It’s not a defeatist mentality it’s the post Bosman reality. We can play hardball and demand higher fees but players can only be sold for what another club is willing to pay. I’m happy for us to dismiss the offer and will enjoy watching AE play another season in the quarters but will everyone accept us losing him for nothing next year? What will his performance be like for us next season, I’m not suggesting he’s the type to down tools but subconsciously will there be a drop when his heart might be elsewhere? |
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Post by kampucheagas on Jul 3, 2024 19:55:12 GMT
None of us object to selling him, but the offer itself is poor
For £450,000 what can we get for that? Not a lot and definitely not anyone to replace him like for like
Our starting, non negotiable stance should have been much firmer.
Anyway. If he is off I wish him well
Always gave it all for the shirt and a glimmer of light in a relatively poor midfield last season
UTG
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Post by biggles on Jul 3, 2024 19:57:11 GMT
same old,same old
its the same old story
im glad im no longer a season ticket holder
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Post by eric on Jul 3, 2024 20:03:00 GMT
None of us object to selling him, but the offer itself is poor For £450,000 what can we get for that? Not a lot and definitely not anyone to replace him like for like Our starting, non negotiable stance should have been much firmer. Anyway. If he is off I wish him well Always gave it all for the shirt and a glimmer of light in a relatively poor midfield last season UTG So you’d set a price (How much?) and not budge on that and be ok with him staying and see out his contract like Lockyer (Nothing wrong with that btw just interested). As I’ve said before I would keep him for the last year rather than take £450k but only if I thought he was going to be needed in a realistic promotion contending team. We are not that team and so I’d rather get the sale done early to give MT a fair chance with his rebuild if the club have established there is unlikely to be interest at a significantly higher amount. Btw the club don’t let much leak to the Evening Post these days. Is this leak a deliberate attempt to stoke a bidding war - may have spooked Birmingham into getting involved if reports are true? |
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Post by eric on Jul 3, 2024 20:04:40 GMT
same old,same old its the same old story im glad im no longer a season ticket holder And if we rejected the offer and AE left next season for nothing would that also be “same old, same old”? |
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Post by kampucheagas on Jul 3, 2024 20:07:57 GMT
None of us object to selling him, but the offer itself is poor For £450,000 what can we get for that? Not a lot and definitely not anyone to replace him like for like Our starting, non negotiable stance should have been much firmer. Anyway. If he is off I wish him well Always gave it all for the shirt and a glimmer of light in a relatively poor midfield last season UTG So you’d set a price (How much?) and not budge on that and be ok with him staying and see out his contract like Lockyer (Nothing wrong with that btw just interested). As I’ve said before I would keep him for the last year rather than take £450k but only if I thought he was going to be needed in a realistic promotion contending team. We are not that team and so I’d rather get the sale done early to give MT a fair chance with his rebuild if the club have established there is unlikely to be interest at a significantly higher amount. Btw the club don’t let much leak to the Evening Post these days. Is this leak a deliberate attempt to stoke a bidding war - may have spooked Birmingham into getting involved if reports are true? Yes I’d set a price. I’d laugh off £450,000 as an insult to be honest. He’s one of the leagues best midfielders, hope you are right about others coming in but won’t hold my breath!! UTG |
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Post by timsburygas on Jul 3, 2024 20:11:17 GMT
Don’t really know what people expect, Evans had a good spell with us,but he wasn’t a brilliant stand out performer, he often looked good in bang average league one side, he didn’t set the world on fire and was poor at times and he wouldn’t make my top 20 best midfielders to play for us.
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