holdsteady
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Mousinho has started 2 league games in nearly 2 and a half years, 36 years old and virtually retired, he shouldn’t be considered an option.
£1.6m is peanuts to a club like Burnley. We should have said the price is £3m + add ons take it or leave it. But we have no ambition except to stay afloat at the moment.The best centre back in League One was just sold for £1.5m, I'm not sure what you expect to sell players for at league one level? Especially a player who has only had one promising season...
Some of the comments seem more extreme than normal?I honestly don't know how some posters deal with everyday life judging by the meltdown following a tweet or photo of a man bun!!
We've already turned down a big of £1.75m for McNally so the bid is either higher than that or has significantly better add ons. As has also been pointed out, this is about the going rate for a top end league 1 defender anyway, so anything extra is a bonus rather than a deal done on the cheap.
As for players like Mous or Jodi Jones being in the squad, this will likely be on top of a couple of younger players that won't count towards the 22. We saw last season that Mous can do a job if needed and he will complete the same rigorous fitness tests as everyone else.
Jodi Jones (if owner of said Man Bun) was fit to play last season but not selected. Of course he's had some bad injuries but they will be thoroughly tested, not just through a medical but through the rigours of a pre-season trial which is exactly what we would want. If fit, and anywhere near the form he had previously shown then he'll be a real asset for very little money.
Our transfer window will not be defined by untried youngsters or players off the scrap heap. Anyone thinking otherwise perhaps needs a head wobble themselves.
2nd time you compare apples with pears.
Clarke had 2 league two campaigns, two league one campaigns and a handful of games in the championship before that move. He may not have got the accolade of best player but he was outstanding. He played every minute of his last league season with Pompey which ended with a play off final. He also won an EFL trophy. He was instrumental for his clubs over a long period.
If you want to make your point, make it with a proper comparison. Find a player who moved for more than McNally after 30 games in this country. I haven’t looked - there might be one. But plucking out any old defender that went for more is meaningless.
If we finish mid table will you admit you were wrong? 4th season of regression in a row.Same. I’m going to compile all of the best ones into a single image, laminate a nice sheet of A4 paper, bang it on a 1980’s style dinner try, and eat my humble pie off of it!
Like I said before KR will be sacked by either a poor start or Christmas unless he pulls a few rabbits out of the hat
Talk about premature.
Let's see who we sign first?
Peterborough are arguably one of the best selling clubs in the country - perhaps behind Brentford.I was comparing Darling going from MK to Swansea, and supposedly the best defender last season. Clarke wasn’t the best defender when he went for £3m
Perhaps we are just not very good at selling our best players, like mediocre Pompey, and Peterborough etc.
Their recruitment campaign is a dam sight better than ours with the money they are making from this transfer windowPeterborough are arguably one of the best selling clubs in the country - perhaps behind Brentford.
I’m not sure what the situation was with Darling but that could easily have been a release clause because MK Dons are no mugs.
Bet McNally would have been delighted with this. It's so easy to say 'don't sell unless they offer x' without taking the player into account. It's a chance to add an extra 0 onto his wages, to work with Vincent Kompany and to be at a club that were recently in the Premier League.£1.6m is peanuts to a club like Burnley. We should have said the price is £3m + add ons take it or leave it. But we have no ambition except to stay afloat at the moment.
Peterborough are arguably one of the best selling clubs in the country - perhaps behind Brentford.
I’m not sure what the situation was with Darling but that could easily have been a release clause because MK Dons are no mugs.
If we finish mid table will you admit you were wrong? 4th season of regression in a row.
If you’re looking at money made from selling, Aston Villa (Grealish and Matt Targett, recently) and Liverpool (Coutinho and Minamino both made huge profits) could also be described as good selling clubs!Peterborough are arguably one of the best selling clubs in the country - perhaps behind Brentford.
I’m not sure what the situation was with Darling but that could easily have been a release clause because MK Dons are no mugs.
In fairness that’s a valid point and another reason to look at him properly. He may have been poorly looked after there and we may have the answers they didn’t.3 ACL’s in 4 years maybe Coventry City’s testing isn’t very good?
You never knowIn fairness that’s a valid point and another reason to look at him properly. He may have been poorly looked after there and we may have the answers they didn’t.
Once you get a structural weakness like that it is very unlikely to get better and far more likely to get worse.How is that a squad place “wasted”?
f**k me, the bloke hasn’t even signed for us yet, and we’ve got people writing him off!!!
YesHappily. But we won’t, so are you prepared to do the same?