Ex-Player Curtis Nelson

[Oxford84]

Hes a good player but he makes plenty of mistakes that people dont often see.Would like to keep him but I think we can get someone as good on less money.

 

[uptheus]

Hes a good player but he makes plenty of mistakes that people dont often see.Would like to keep him but I think we can get someone as good on less money.

If so, I haven’t seen one for years.

 

[Oxford84]

If so, I haven’t seen one for years.

Saturday!

 

[uptheus]

Saturday!

No, I meant someone as good.

 

[greatunclekip]

Got to love the people saying we can do better! What planet are these people on?!

 

[Big Ronaldo]

Ridiculous!
The guy has proven quality.
Show me a defender who doesn’t make mistakes? Whoever they are?
No, a ball carrying centre-back like Curtis Nelson will be difficult to replace.

 

[Foley]

Got to love the people saying we can do better! What planet are these people on?!

Agree. All of the average CBs we have had over the years.
Maybe we will pull a rabbit out of the hat but Nelson will not be easy to replace.

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

With 18 months of his contract remaining (December 2017) he was still in a cast, one month into a six-month layoff for a season-ending injury. Without hindsight, would you seriously have slapped down a long contract in front of him then?

Not a 'long' contract no, but I'd argue that would have been the perfect time to tack another year on

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

Mmm not quite as simple as that.
It seems clear that the club have regularly been trying to get him to sign a new deal.
The difficulty was that he had a nasty injury at the end of last season. I doubt if this helped us get top dollar for him.
There was no way that we could afford to let him go at Christmas as in all likelihood we would have been relegated.

So Dickie. Do we sell him in the summer to get money for him as well as Nelson going if Dickie refuses to sign an extension?

1. Do you know when the club offered him a new deal? How much? Unless you have inside information, nothing is 'clear'
2. The injury could have been an opportunity to get him to extend his contract for another year
3. We could have brought in another player using the fee, and freed up wages, so it wouldn't have been a case of being a centre back down
4. Dickie isn't as good a player with as much potential as Nelson. But yes, if he only has a year left, makes it clear that he will not sign a new contract no matter what, and a club comes in with a decent bid I would sell him - wouldn't you?

 

[Foley]

There have been numerous comments from the club about zelson and his contract

1. Do you know when the club offered him a new deal? How much? Unless you have inside information, nothing is 'clear'
2. The injury could have been an opportunity to get him to extend his contract for another year
3. We could have brought in another player using the fee, and freed up wages, so it wouldn't have been a case of being a centre back down
4. Dickie isn't as good a player with as much potential as Nelson. But yes, if he only has a year left, makes it clear that he will not sign a new contract no matter what, and a club comes in with a decent bid I would sell him - wouldn't you?

Oh come on. You suggested it a 'crime' to have not offered him a new contract.
It is clear he has had offered a new contract. FFS he was stripped of the captaincy for not signing one!
Nothing is more clear m Ri inson also suggested a number of times that he was negotiating with Nelson.
So to suggest that it was a crime to have not offered him a new contract in my view was well off the mark.

 

[AbbeyOx]

There have been numerous comments from the club about zelson and his contract

Oh come on. You suggested it a 'crime' to have not offered him a new contract.
It is clear he has had offered a new contract. FFS he was stripped of the captaincy for not signing one!
Nothing is more clear m Ri inson also suggested a number of times that he was negotiating with Nelson.
So to suggest that it was a crime to have not offered him a new contract in my view was well off the mark.

who is this Zelson you speak of and is he as good as Nelson? ?

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

There have been numerous comments from the club about zelson and his contract

Oh come on. You suggested it a 'crime' to have not offered him a new contract.
It is clear he has had offered a new contract. FFS he was stripped of the captaincy for not signing one!
Nothing is more clear m Ri inson also suggested a number of times that he was negotiating with Nelson.
So to suggest that it was a crime to have not offered him a new contract in my view was well off the mark.

I didn't mean they hadn't offered him a new contract at all, just too little, too late. Unless you're saying that as soon as signing his last one, he would never ever have signed another one?

 

[Foley]

I didn't mean they hadn't offered him a new contract at all, just too little, too late. Unless you're saying that as soon as signing his last one, he would never ever have signed another one?

I am saying that how on earth do you know that it is too little too late.
You referred to it as 'a crime'
I am suggesting that he may well have been offered a good contract but simply wants to play in the Championship where he can get a massive pay rise

 

[Isle of Wight Yellow]

I am saying that how on earth do you know that it is too little too late.
You referred to it as 'a crime'
I am suggesting that he may well have been offered a good contract but simply wants to play in the Championship where he can get a massive pay rise

Well, that's true. I guess we will never know. They may have offered him an improved extension one year into his contract and he turned it down. It just feels annoying to have a valuable, young player leave because his contract expires. Maybe we should have given him a longer one when he signed from Plymouth - or maybe this was inevitable, no matter what the club did?

 

[holdsteady]

Once players realise they have the chance to earn north of 10k a week in the championship by letting a contract run down then they are unlikely to sign a deal with us for much, much less and affect their future earning potential. It’s worth the gamble when it comes to injuries when you consider the pay off, Nelson is probably looking at a £2.5-£3 million over the course of his next contract with a championship club when you take in a big signing on fee and bonuses, we would all take a gamble for that pay off.

He has been professional and played a big part in us staying up, so selling him cheap in January (if he would of even gone) could of ended up costing us more if we had been relegated.

Been a good player and a good pro for us, a little unlucky with injuries else we would of probably sold him for good money when we could of actually got it but that couldn’t really be helped.

 

[RCYellowRC]

Wouldn't be surprised to see him sign for Luton. Realistically they are going too have to sign free agents and players who are from league 1. You won't get much better then Nelson at centre back.

 

[Oxford84]

Got to love the people saying we can do better! What planet are these people on?!

Says the man who loves it when we lose!

 

[Shosho]

Wouldn't be surprised to see him sign for Luton. Realistically they are going too have to sign free agents and players who are from league 1. You won't get much better then Nelson at centre back.

Luton spent over 1million on players to get promotion out of league 2. They have assets such as Stacey, Justin and turnt a profit last year. I think they are in a decent position and won’t be relying too heavily on free transfers (championship spending is obviously bonkers in comparison)

 

[RCYellowRC]

Luton spent over 1million on players to get promotion out of league 2. They have assets such as Stacey, Justin and turnt a profit last year. I think they are in a decent position and won’t be relying too heavily on free transfers (championship spending is obviously bonkers in comparison)

It's more the wages of players in the championship. 75% of the players in the championship probably earn more then there top earner.

 

[North Wales Yellow]

Dunkley hasn’t done too badly since moving on. Surely no one on here can say that they would take Dunkley over Nelson. Using that logic, I think he could easily go to a mid table Championship club.

Wouldn’t surprise me if he went Stoke. It is where he is originally from and I think Nathan Jones will know/rate him from his time at Luton.

 

[greatunclekip]

I would agree with Luton too. Ambitious, investing, solid financially, new stadium. Definitely an appealing prospect. Everything were not at present.

 

[beyondthefourth]

Out of interest, are there any L2 players in a similar situation who we should be looking at this summer?

 

[Shosho]

Out of interest, are there any L2 players in a similar situation who we should be looking at this summer?

There are plenty in league 1 also ?. Decent cbs out of contract this summer

 

[beyondthefourth]

There are plenty in league 1 also ?. Decent cbs out of contract this summer

Excellent. Care to name your favourite handful of options?

 

[Northernyellow]

Excellent. Care to name your favourite handful of options?

Demi Oshilaja, AFC Wimbledon captain.

 

[Shosho]

Excellent. Care to name your favourite handful of options?

Curtis tilt would be my pick. Both defensively decent and good in attack. Also Kelly (Bristol rovers) and Bola (Blackpool) - both not CBs.

Every League One player who is set to be a free agent this summer

Would you like to see any of these names at the Memorial Stadium?

www.bristolpost.co.uk

Plenty of other familiar names in there also!

 

[beyondthefourth]

Having checked TransferMarkt, I think Adam Jackson, Patrick Bauer and Jordan Willis are worth looking at

 

[Victor1986]

Agree with Tilt & I would also snap up Chris Long (Blackpool) & our friend Danny Hylton - both know where the goal is!

 

[yellowbow]

I think people might have to keep expectations in check. Dan Harris has already hinted that financially, we might be hitting challenging times for next season. A young squad aiming at holding its own in league 1 next season should be the aim. Anything else will be a bonus.

 

[Oufcrealist]

I think people might have to keep expectations in check. Dan Harris has already hinted that financially, we might be hitting challenging times for next season. A young squad aiming at holding its own in league 1 next season should be the aim. Anything else will be a bonus.

But will Tiger try to sell us another 'pup' ?