Current Player Thread Nik Prelec

battman said:
Making his move permanent suits us well no matter what division we'll be in next season. If we're in League One, then him and Harris are two good options to have leading the line, and if we're in the Championship then he'll be a useful player to have in the squad.

I don't think we've been able to see him at his best what with Rowett playing him as a 10 at times, and him carrying an injury for a number of weeks, but from what I've seen so far I think he's a useful acquisition.
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I am almost wet with excitement already. Sign me up for my season ticket already!
 
billyturleyscurlywurly said:
They certainly haven’t been cheap. Infact I’d say they’ve spent millions poorly on BDK, McDonnell, Spencer, Jeon-Woo, Emakhu & Prelec. There’s over 6/7 million pounds of fees there minimum. Thats before you talk about the five thousand loans.
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I would say that if fit at least four of them would start on any given match day. BDK, McDonnell and Prelec already look good value for the fees paid, Spencer is young so will likely improve year on year, Woo looks like he's probably going to be worth the fee once match fit. Wouldn't expect to lose money on any of them.
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Makosso, Lankshear, Donley, Roosken - makes 4 (loanees on Saturday).

Who am I missing?
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Could be the case he is behind Vaulks and McDonnell in the pecking order or the decision to put an attacking player on the bench infront of him.
I still wouldn’t write him off yet. He is a 20 year old in a side fighting relegation.
 
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battman said:
I think it's too early to say, especially considering that doesn't look to be the case with BDK and McDonnell so far. You have to remember that if one of these signings comes off, then the resale value would be equal to how much the players you mentioned cost in total.
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I must of watched a different BDK to a lot of people. For a huge outlay & club record signing I expected a lot more. Be interested what sides show an interest this summer for him & what kind of fee is spoke about.
 
billyturleyscurlywurly said:
I must of watched a different BDK to a lot of people. For a huge outlay & club record signing I expected a lot more. Be interested what sides show an interest this summer for him & what kind of fee is spoke about.
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My predictions are as follows:

1) Multiple top half Championship clubs will be after him

2) He will go to Bristol City, where all our ex-players seem to move up to.

3) The fee from L1 will be far less than we’d command if we stayed up.
 
I think Prelec has shown signs of potential, but the question is, what’s his best position?

I quite liked him when he played off of the left, but felt he could do a good job in the no.10 role
 
 
uptheus said:
I think Prelec has shown signs of potential, but the question is, what’s his best position?

I quite liked him when he played off of the left, but felt he could do a good job in the no.10 role
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He’s looks like a child’s drawing of a centre forward ffs
 
OxfordBoy said:
I don’t think anything I said was especially negative about him, when he came into the team he did look pretty decent, but my original post on it was about signing him while he’s coming back from an injury when we haven’t had a chance to look at him when healthy, that’s the strange part
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It was the “seems a bonkers decision to me” that I was reacting to. I don’t think we can form such a solid opinion based on the circumstances so far.
 
billyturleyscurlywurly said:
I must of watched a different BDK to a lot of people. For a huge outlay & club record signing I expected a lot more. Be interested what sides show an interest this summer for him & what kind of fee is spoke about.
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For me, this is THE most interesting debate on this forum. Personally I think BDK has been, already, one of the most talented players to ever play for the club [in the 40 years I've been watching us]. He's Brock, Magilton and Brannagan rolled in one. What's not to fall in love with???
 
jaybeachjump said:
For me, this is THE most interesting debate on this forum. Personally I think BDK has been, already, one of the most talented players to ever play for the club [in the 40 years I've been watching us]. He's Brock, Magilton and Brannagan rolled in one. What's not to fall in love with???
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It’s just a shame that the debate on BDK is hidden in the Prelec thread
 
jaybeachjump said:
For me, this is THE most interesting debate on this forum. Personally I think BDK has been, already, one of the most talented players to ever play for the club [in the 40 years I've been watching us]. He's Brock, Magilton and Brannagan rolled in one. What's not to fall in love with???
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I wouldn't go that far - he's been good but he's been pretty bad as well. Really he and Currie are no more than 'OK' at this level, and they're probably our most promising players bar Tyler.
 
werthersoriginal said:
I wouldn't go that far - he's been good but he's been pretty bad as well. Really he and Currie are no more than 'OK' at this level, and they're probably our most promising players bar Tyler.
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Currie to me at least is far, far more promising than Tyler at this point
 
jaybeachjump said:
For me, this is THE most interesting debate on this forum. Personally I think BDK has been, already, one of the most talented players to ever play for the club [in the 40 years I've been watching us]. He's Brock, Magilton and Brannagan rolled in one. What's not to fall in love with???
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Wtf
 
jaybeachjump said:
For me, this is THE most interesting debate on this forum. Personally I think BDK has been, already, one of the most talented players to ever play for the club [in the 40 years I've been watching us]. He's Brock, Magilton and Brannagan rolled in one. What's not to fall in love with???
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BdK is a very classy player. Probably our best midfielder since Magilton. He's played well most weeks in a struggling team. He'll have most of the high end Championship teams after him in the summer- and possibly 1-2 of the smaller PL clubs. Probably £3-4M+. The only other one who will go for big money imo is Currie. Definitely high end Championship ability, possibly PL, but a slight lack of pace might prevent that. I could see him going for slightly more than BdK, due to (younger) age. January player recruitment has been pretty good imo. The only obvious dud (admittedly on a small sample size) is Konak. If he's the 'future of Turkish football ' they're in for a tough decade. I'd give January player recruitment 7/10. January management recruitment 1/10. But that's a different thread!
 
BDK has been up and down but he does give us creativity and the ability to create some space in the middle, something we really struggle with. You are not getting that from the other midfielders. I like McDonnell, he has some good qualities, but he is as basic as with the ball at his feet, you can't have two of them at this level, so its about finding players in combinations that work for us, we are unlikely to get someone who can do it all.
 
Northernyellow said:
BdK is a very classy player. Probably our best midfielder since Magilton. He's played well most weeks in a struggling team. He'll have most of the high end Championship teams after him in the summer- and possibly 1-2 of the smaller PL clubs. Probably £3-4M+. The only other one who will go for big money imo is Currie. Definitely high end Championship ability, possibly PL, but a slight lack of pace might prevent that. I could see him going for slightly more than BdK, due to (younger) age. January player recruitment has been pretty good imo. The only obvious dud (admittedly on a small sample size) is Konak. If he's the 'future of Turkish football ' they're in for a tough decade. I'd give January player recruitment 7/10. January management recruitment 1/10. But that's a different thread!
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wtf
 
Northernyellow said:
BdK is a very classy player. Probably our best midfielder since Magilton. He's played well most weeks in a struggling team. He'll have most of the high end Championship teams after him in the summer- and possibly 1-2 of the smaller PL clubs. Probably £3-4M+. The only other one who will go for big money imo is Currie. Definitely high end Championship ability, possibly PL, but a slight lack of pace might prevent that. I could see him going for slightly more than BdK, due to (younger) age. January player recruitment has been pretty good imo. The only obvious dud (admittedly on a small sample size) is Konak. If he's the 'future of Turkish football ' they're in for a tough decade. I'd give January player recruitment 7/10. January management recruitment 1/10. But that's a different thread!
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I really like BdK but this 'he is the best in 40 years etc' is way over the top.

Assuming we are limiting it to central midfielders, we've had Ray Houghton, Trevor Hebberd, Les Phillips, Robbie Mustoe in the team. After or contemporary to Jimmy Magilton, we've had the likes of Bobby Ford, John Lundstram, Joe Rothwell and I'd include the likes of Dave 'Smudger' Smith and Martin Gray as they were a key part of keeping us up (different skillset but nonetheless vital).

As I say, I really like him but I wouldn't be making such claims.
 
billyturleyscurlywurly said:
wtf
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Indeed! I would be 90%+ certain that BdK and Currie are our only permanent players who are of interest to high end Championship clubs. Maybe they're all wrong! I am also pretty sure that another poster (who presumably has links to another Championship club) confirmed those two are the only ones on the radar...
 
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