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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 20:54:10 GMT
What an over-reaction by most, especially GGMI. As the bloke said, Taylor only scored 4 of our last 20. Scoring has not been a problem for us, it's keeping them out the other end. We have recruited at that end and there's no reason why we can't still push on. The bloke is a knob, fact. Yeah he is. Edit - sh*t you meant Hamer.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 19:57:51 GMT
Bet the sh** win tonight-just to cap off a sh** day! It's pretty much a guarantee.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 17:16:45 GMT
I said "if the £300K is correct" Hamer has stated it and all the media,I hope I am wrong and you are right Highly unlikely! I've definitely missed any reference from Hamer to any price tag, let alone one of £300k. If you think that in the age of twitter and "breaking news" that any of the media to which you refer have taken the time to fact check that figure, or that they even have sources that could do so, then you are very much mistaken. I find it incredibly unlikely that it would have taken until today for anyone to come in for Matty if the figure was anywhere near as low as £300k.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 17:08:43 GMT
The £300k figure is unsubstantiated rumour, don't get so hung up on it.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 16:52:51 GMT
I cant help but think we will have the last laugh... Got a very good feeling that this is going to work out for the best. They’re really living on a wing and a prayer if this is their move to stay in the Championship. Massive gamble for them. If he’s happy to go there of all places then we’re better off without. The only person that’s benefiting from this is Lee Johnson as it’s taken him out of the frying pan. Lose to Sheffield Wednesday tonight and he and the club will be in the fire.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 16:25:07 GMT
It’s been a bit surreal more than anything but I’m glad it’s done.
I agonised over this one all day and it wasn’t until I saw the picture of him with the red shirt that I realised that I’ve been trying to like Taylor for more than just his goals for a long time. He’s scored some great ones, and plenty of them, but that’s all it will ever be now. He was here because we were the best option for him 2014-15, he was here because we were the best option for him in 2015-16, he was here for half a season in 2016-17 and now he’s there for the second half because he feels that’s the best option for him. For Matty Taylor, Matty Taylor will always come first and that’s ok. Hand on heart I can’t say I wouldn’t do something comparable if I was in his situation, so I can’t hold it against him.
No one ever got excited for a Matty Taylor post match interview and I don’t think he was ever really excited about playing for Bristol Rovers. We don’t know what’s around the corner and time will tell whether or not we miss his goals, but I don’t think we’ll miss him much. He’s a statistic now, nothing more.
Good luck to him I say, he’ll certainly need it.
UTG
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 12:25:50 GMT
Please can we ban all talk of that particular twitter user? He knows nothing. Never has and never will. I think this whole load of bollox was started by him last night It only really picked up steam when that hack Andy Stockhausen started tweeting about it. His first tweet sounded like a wind up but subsequent tweets seemed more genuine. It's interesting that he's seems to have been sacked by the Post very recently so part of me is still clinging to the idea that it's all an elaborate wind up. The thing that worries me is that Ali Durden has thrown his cap in to the ring and I really can't see him saying anything unless his source was concrete. On a slightly unrelated note it's worth noting that the Sh*thausen retweeted this about his former colleagues: So you get an idea of the calibre of bloke he is...
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 12:18:13 GMT
The chimpmeister general reckons Cardiff have put in a better offer than the teds at the eleventh hour. That would be delicious, if unlikely given the source. Please can we ban all talk of that particular twitter user? He knows nothing. Never has and never will.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 12:15:58 GMT
We've had our money's worth from Matty Taylor. Not convinced he's as good as Cureton, Stewart, Hayles, Roberts or Lambert and he won't be the next Vardy!Good luck to him - he'll need it!!! Lansdown has taken our ball and gone in for tea!!! 😀 Agreed, and I have always said that on here. Never rated him as highly as Lambert, Stewart, Hayles etc. I think a lot of fans would agree with you on that. Which I've always found odd as Taylor's goals to game ratio is the pick of the bunch.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 12:08:45 GMT
We've had our money's worth from Matty Taylor. Not convinced he's as good as Cureton, Stewart, Hayles, Roberts or Lambert and he won't be the next Vardy! Good luck to him - he'll need it!!! Lansdown has taken our ball and gone in for tea!!! 😀 Loooool it does smack of that. Always has come across as the kiddy that would pack up and sulk off home when things aren't going his way.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 12:00:08 GMT
I'll be joining the t bone club, all is forgiven! Tbone will be switching sides, too, so he can continue his support of Matty. We can but dream...
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 11:59:45 GMT
Just out the interest, how would people feel if the release clause was north of 1 million? Anything less than a mil will be gutting because of the silly money that floats about these days. If City have given us £1m+ then good luck to them because it obviously means they see him as a solution to their goalscoring woes and that is a big gamble considering their precarious position. If it's anything less then it smacks of Lansdown trying to chuck money at another problem, namely that the "gap" has been narrowed considerably of late.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 11:13:24 GMT
Rubbish. He's hardly struggled in League One, as is actually evidenced by his 16 league goals by January. You're kidding yourself if you think that he's definitely not Championship material because he's scored plenty at every other level he's played at so far. Anything less than £1.5m and City have done an unbelievable bit of business, face it. Rubbish? It's very very evident. Explain to me why no Championship club came in for him in the summer, when he was available for nothing? And this is a climate of unprecedented amounts of money floating around the second tier. Many clubs could have taken the gamble on him. They didn't. Now he's reportedly available for £300k and reportedly only one club has come in for him. Speaks volumes. We've seen DC get the very best out of his players over his near three seasons at the club. Taylor is a prime example where they have got everything out of him. In another system under another management, I genuinely don't think he'll make any kind of impact. Nowhere near the same class as the likes of Ellington, Roberts, Lambert, Stewart etc. You don't know that they didn't. 29 goals in his last 40 league games and you can say with absolute certainty he isn't good enough for the Championship? Ok Mystic Meg...
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 11:05:54 GMT
I think that's the sound of a large number of inbreds doing a copy/paste right now... We really don't help ourselves sometimes. Some of the stuff getting spouted on here and twitter is plain embarrassing.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 11:01:47 GMT
What the **** is WAQ and Hamer thinking; selling your best striker to the ******** ****, those two obviously know nothing about Bristol. I thought WAQ had money ? came into Bristol giving it the vision to the promise land speech. He has not spent any real money on the football team, he has become worse than Higgs with regards to communication. Clueless. We don not need a championship ground with this type of management. ******* gutted. Ah there we go! First proper meltdown. Time to grab some #snacks
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 11:00:03 GMT
Lets look at this realistically....
£300k to any of the Championship teams is peanuts. So, if his release clause was that small then I am sure there would be many more interested parties.
Of course, I could be totally wrong.....
Speaks volumes that clubs don't fancy him to be a Championship player. That was evident in the summer and evident now. Rubbish. He's hardly struggled in League One, as is actually evidenced by his 16 league goals by January. You're kidding yourself if you think that he's definitely not Championship material because he's scored plenty at every other level he's played at so far. Anything less than £1.5m and City have done an unbelievable bit of business, face it.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 10:57:33 GMT
I don't think it is either. I know he's not infallible but DC is no fool and would look daft joking about £10m knowing that Matty could walk for £300k. Lets look at this realistically....
£300k to any of the Championship teams is peanuts. So, if his release clause was that small then I am sure there would be many more interested parties.
Of course, I could be totally wrong.....
That was my rationale this morning when reports first started coming through. If it was £300k someone would have been in for him on January 1st. I have a feeling it will eclipse the Hayles to Fulham fee and that was £1.5m. Can't be as much as £5m because I don't think that would go down at all well south of the river. I have a feeling it will be about £2m but that's complete guesswork.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 10:51:55 GMT
Well, what if it's not £300k... I don't think it is £300k, I hope it isn't. That journo from the other week put that figure in his deleted tweet, I guess we'll never know. I don't think it is either. I know he's not infallible but DC is no fool and would look daft joking about £10m knowing that Matty could walk for £300k.
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 10:50:22 GMT
They did have a three page thread but as soon as it picked up a bit of momentum as it started to look like a real possibility he'd be going there it disappeared. Presumably it's been made visible to registered members only. I think they've got a few posters over there who have trouble controlling what comes out of their mouths/keyboard (shock) and rather than actually moderate anything they just... keep it in the family...
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Post by wiaww on Jan 31, 2017 10:45:40 GMT
Cos he would not sign in the Summer without a release clause, he would have gone to Oxford We should have let him walk then, £300k buys you nothing in terms of a top striker these days. Well, what if it's not £300k...
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