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Post by warehamgas on Jul 5, 2024 16:15:32 GMT
Well, I suppose you could but tbh it’s a bit of a stretch!! 🤔. (But I know what you mean.) A good ‘goodbye’ message imo. And yatton, it’s always been the case hasn’t it? Can’t expect players to feel the same as supporters, we'll be here next year some players won’t. I’m sure Tom L considers himself a gashead in some ways and Evo earned us more than he did. So fair play to Evo, wish him success in the future, at least for 44 games next season! UTG! UTG! Yes, a really big stretch, but it's Friday afternoon and i'm in a good mood. Very good point about Tom Lockyer. I think it’s a stretch!! But you are right insofaras doing it this way is the way to do it. It’s the way to sustainability, get players free or very cheaply and sell them a year before the contract ends for a good price. Posh have been doing it for years as we did back in the 90s and 00s. Do it this way with another 3/4 players and we’ll almost look as if it’s planned! 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 5, 2024 15:17:35 GMT
“Once a Gashead always a Gashead”…… until a bigger club that pays more comes along ! 😂 You could take the view that in re-signing when we got promoted (when many thought he wouldn't) his transfer fee has paid his last two years wages at the Gas and so he has effectively played for us for nothing for the last two years. Well, I suppose you could but tbh it’s a bit of a stretch!! 🤔. (But I know what you mean.) A good ‘goodbye’ message imo. And yatton, it’s always been the case hasn’t it? Can’t expect players to feel the same as supporters, we'll be here next year some players won’t. I’m sure Tom L considers himself a gashead in some ways and Evo earned us more than he did. So fair play to Evo, wish him success in the future, at least for 44 games next season! UTG! UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 5, 2024 15:01:28 GMT
SPAIN V GERMANY. 1-1
PORTUGAL V FRANCE. 1-1
ENGLAND V SWITZERLAND. 2-0
NETHERLANDS V TURKEY. 2-1
Blimey, these deadline times I need to remember are testing me!! I nearly forgot.
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 5, 2024 14:16:14 GMT
Well done percy, you’ve kept us up to date with the new squad.👍 Now AE has gone we need to add to that area. I’ll be more confident about the season once I see wingers and strikers being added. Well done everyone so far but it’s been a theme over the past few years that we recruit defenders and midfielders and then stop. Ruel S is a very good signing, I think, but we need others up front.
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 4, 2024 11:30:05 GMT
Yep ,good to see a Gas Head doing so well again, think confidence took a knock following his deserved but disappointing venture into test cricket, just gotta beat Somerset in the T20 coming up! they had an astonishing win yesterday by the way! James Bracey did very well. After a few lean seasons he’s having a very good one with bat and behind the stumps. Dropping down the order has suited him. And a great catch to finish a remarkable tie. Kept his nerve when all around him players would have been wishing that the ball never came anywhere near them! The Somerset win was remarkable. Watched all four days of it. Warwickshire were effectively 230-0 on Tuesday afternoon but we bowled well and yesterday the Toms all did well. Was confident of the win from just after lunch. Would have been the most amazing match of this year’s championship but you lot and Glamorgan must have had the most incredible match ever. Well done everyone! What an effort from Glamorgan, when they were 8 wickets down with plenty to get Gloucestershire had it won but Mason Crane nearly did it. I doubt anyone who watched the match will ever forget it. Incredible. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 3, 2024 21:14:24 GMT
Not too keen on these untested defensive prem kids coming to us , they might be good players in the making but we seem to pay for their mistakes as they learn the ropes. Give me an experienced defender every time thanks. No. I like them yatton. In four years time we'll be making threads about all the former BRFC loan players who are playing for England. 😉 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 3, 2024 21:10:19 GMT
Some considerations: (i) Is Antony Evans able and willing to sign an updated contract from BRFC beyond this season? (ii) Does Antony Evans/his agent wish to remain a BRFC player beyond this season? (iii) Have BRFC received concrete offers for Antony Evans that are NOT sizeable/acceptable? (iv) Would Antony Evans be a fully committed player for BRFC in 2024/25 if he is not allowed to move now? (v) Would BRFC obtain a higher fee for Antony Evans if he is sold at the end of the 2024/25 season? There are other considerations in addition. In this process there are significant variables and stakeholders. Unless YES can definitely be answered to the key considerations a sale should be progressed. A seller's worth is the price the prospective purchaser is prepared to pay. The price of anything cannot easily be determined. It is an outcome of the process of negotiation. I guess the question nobody can answer is whether we've been too quick to accept an offer, I'm not sure if this is already a done deal, if not, then perhaps the club are alerting Huddersfield's rivals that a fee has agreed and they need to move fast if they want to make any better offers? Although what's the betting if Huddersfield now put out of the deal the same posters saying £450K isn't enough will then be saying the club were negligent in not accepting the offer! Good points. Have we been too quick? Wasnt Pompey’s interest known 4/5 weeks ago? So there may well have been talks going on during that time that we were unaware about and no one was going above that has been accepted (if it has.) This window some of our signings have been very quick and unknown until they happened. It may have been similar with this deal. Perhaps rumours and leaks under the current regime have been kept quiet. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 3, 2024 21:02:05 GMT
I guess if he’s worth more and as much as some think he is then the other clubs interested in him could come back in. There appears to be plenty of gazumping going on in League 1 so if he is worth more we will find out. If they don’t come back in then we’ll know that MT/GF/ BRFC know more than Gaschat !
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 3, 2024 20:42:11 GMT
For those saying we “had our pants pulled down” what did our options look like? Huddersfield had an earlier offer rejected and presumably came back with a best and final offer of £450k. I’d guess we sounded out other interested parties and their agents (Pompey and Birmingham widely reported and probably others?) to see if anyone was planning an offer - effectively trying to start a bidding war. Once it was clear there were no other offers at this time we had a few options, 1) Accept the offer which allows MT time to continue his squad rebuild bearing in mind preseason has already started and the season is little over a month away. 2) Call Huddersfield’s bluff, reject the offer and play a waiting game hoping someone offers more as the transfer deadline approaches, thus making MT’s planning in limbo. 3) Reject the offer outright and keep a player who we never paid a fee for but lose him at the end of the season on a free. Personally, I think £450k was a bit light and was hoping for nearer £750k+. I think he’s one of the best two or three in his position in league one but at the end of the day he’s only worth what someone is willing to pay and at least we are avoiding a drawn out saga that will harm our preparation. I’d love to know what others on here would have done to get us a higher fee?
Your summary of our position is spot on eric. I think he’s a very good player but I’m not sure he’s worth the £750k+ you’ve suggested and ultimately, as you’ve said, he’s only worth what someone is prepared to pay. If the money is put into team building we could be stronger at the end of the window. But, it’s a big ‘if’ as ever. Fingers crossed. 🤞🏽 UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 3, 2024 16:45:53 GMT
Nothing we can do if Evans wants a move sadly. I think £450k is abit low to be honest. Perhaps but tbh it will be ‘undisclosed’ anyway. I doubt we’ll ever know the exact fee, just a Gaschat fact!! 😉 And in the end we will get what the buyer is prepared to pay, no more. If no one is prepared to pay £600k then he isn’t going to go for that. I suppose we could hold out but I bet MT wants a real positive vibe around the place not a cloud waiting to rain on us. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 2, 2024 20:09:50 GMT
Not sure if this a joke or not given JB signed Wilson last summer. These just don’t seem to be JB type players. They are mostly failures. My friends at the City have been laughing at us all day and putting money on us to go down. They reckon at least when Barton was here he didn’t sign soft touches. The City will not let us rest when we root through their turd nuggets. I wouldn’t expect them to be. JB is no longer our manager. Who cares? Are you really worried about that, seriously? Do you really think they will give you an objective view of BRFC signings? 🤔 Just make a judgement on them once they start playing and say what you think, don’t worry about getting permission from that lot. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 2, 2024 19:53:45 GMT
Shame if he doesn’t sign but he’s had long enough to decide. I’d have thought that he’d have been at training this week if he was going to stay. He may well find it’s a difficult few weeks until he gets another contract. Doesn’t sound well-served by his agent. Good luck to him.
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Post by warehamgas on Jul 2, 2024 8:03:23 GMT
Don’t think we’ll be getting promoted but it would be great to have a season when we challenge, when we’re looking up and not down. And if we can be competitive, try and play attacking football I’ll be happy. Promotion? No idea but if we get the chance we have to take it. None of this talk about ‘waiting until we’re ready.’ COYB!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 30, 2024 14:31:14 GMT
Spot on Dr F. I think recruitment so far is ok. But we need strikers or we’ll be in the same position as ‘20. UTG! Given the signings so far I'd be surprised if GF/MF now fail to sign the strikers to complete the job. The fear the wage budget was being drastically cut and we had no money now looks totally unfounded and you have to question why Pirate and co were spreading such misinformation. Yes, I’d be surprised if we didn’t sign the strikers as well. Fingers crossed! UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 30, 2024 11:41:01 GMT
With a completely new defence, presumably Connolly will be off (on loan or let go) and Hoole won't re-sign. Anyone know any incoming strikers? 🏴☠️ Spot on Dr F. I think recruitment so far is ok. But we need strikers or we’ll be in the same position as ‘20. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 29, 2024 6:47:37 GMT
witzerland v Italy 1-1 Germany v Denmark 1-0 England V Slovakia 2-0 Spain v Georgia 2-0 France v Belgium 1-1 Portugal v Slovenia 2-0 Romania v Netherlands 1-2 Austria v Turkey 1-1
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 28, 2024 15:41:23 GMT
I like our business so far. Said the same with Garner and that didn’t go well but so far so good IMO Yes. Whenever the signings appear to be good we always refer back to 2020 and say what great signings we made. Unfortunately we never finished the squad did we? We signed Hanlan but no direct replacement for JCH and without that balance our midfield and defence was always under pressure. I like what we’ve done so far as well but never any guarantees with transfers. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 28, 2024 8:35:44 GMT
And Hinchliffe, current keeper, was their POTS last season. Keeping two no.1s happy will be a test. Seems a strange set of transfers out at Crawley. UTG! Now Bolton have snapped up Klaidi Lolos from Crawley That will make it 3 in and 5 out plus a couple of re-newed contracts. Owners trying to make some money perhaps? The ‘ins’ have been from non league. Do you know what’s happening there pirate? UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 27, 2024 18:59:23 GMT
And Hinchliffe, current keeper, was their POTS last season. Keeping two no.1s happy will be a test. Seems a strange set of transfers out at Crawley. UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Jun 27, 2024 13:04:34 GMT
I don’t think we’ve been that poor, it’s just we’ve been ordinary, mediocre, nothing special. Defence has been largely untroubled, with Marc G a very good player who’s making his mark. Pickford hasn’t had to do much. Denmark and Slovenia put 10 players behind the ball and we found it hard to break them down. Despite all their critics England miss the threat that Jack Grealish brings with his close control. He was a game changer last time. And he would still have beeen this time imo. I think this squad is weaker overall than the past few tournaments and we’ll do well to get to the final. I like GS but I get the overall feeling that perhaps he’s had enough and that the spat with Sheraer and Lineker and now the fans throwing cups at him a sign that it will be over soon. A shame given what he’s done but inevitable perhaps. UTG! I would rather see Shearer and Lineker consigned to the scrapheap before Southgate. Between them their managerial record is P8 W1 D2 L5. Southgate's is P286 W131 D71 L84... Exactly. And when it’s pointed out to them…… UTG!
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