General Radox 5 minute Forum

[RyanioBirdio]

Shame about Singha, thanks Ka$$am you c**nt.

Kassam had no obligation to let us do whatever we wanted in his stadium. Perhaps we shouldn’t have oversold what we could do for Singha before we had confirmed it in writing with the people whose decision it is, and maybe we shouldn’t have started stomping about saying we wanted to play somewhere else and pissing him off to the point that we couldn’t even get into the stadium on match days. We took the guy to court over money we owed him, started kicking him in the balls in public over it, and then people want to moan that he didn’t let us sell someone’s beer in the ground when we never even sorted it out with him in the first place? If there was a deal signed with the stadium company over Singha being sold and they then broke it, that would be different. As it is we assumed it would all be fine and easy, couldn’t fulfil our end of the bargain and came unstuck. Nothing to do with our beloved ‘custodian’. There are plenty of things to hate the bloke for, but this ain’t one of them. Under promise and over deliver, not the other way around. Business 101.

Good to hear we have another sponsor lined up, anyway, and that there are plans to get players in soon. We rarely get players in when we’re told the deals are done and that they’ll be announced any day now, but hopefully on this occasion we’re not far off.

 

[yellowbow]

Kassam had no obligation to let us do whatever we wanted in his stadium. Perhaps we shouldn’t have oversold what we could do for Singha before we had confirmed it in writing with the people whose decision it is, and maybe we shouldn’t have started stomping about saying we wanted to play somewhere else and pissing him off to the point that we couldn’t even get into the stadium on match days. We took the guy to court over money we owed him, started kicking him in the balls in public over it, and then people want to moan that he didn’t let us sell someone’s beer in the ground when we never even sorted it out with him in the first place? If there was a deal signed with the stadium company over Singha being sold and they then broke it, that would be different. As it is we assumed it would all be fine and easy, couldn’t fulfil our end of the bargain and came unstuck. Nothing to do with our beloved ‘custodian’. There are plenty of things to hate the bloke for, but this ain’t one of them. Under promise and over deliver, not the other way around. Business 101.

Good to hear we have another sponsor lined up, anyway, and that there are plans to get players in soon. We rarely get players in when we’re told the deals are done and that they’ll be announced any day now, but hopefully on this occasion we’re not far off.

Please god, not another ‘Animalbloodylates’

 

[OX14]

Please god, not another ‘Animalbloodylates’

Caraboa energy drink I reckon. Doesn't tiger have shares in the company. They are no longer the main sponsor of Chelsea.

 

[Thomas/Brock/Jones]

A real shame to lose Singha tbh, thought they might invest into the club more if things went ok.

. Hope its someone decent lined up .

 

[BarrySpang]

I understand we could be signing 2 players from the same team this week

Richards & Bogle...?

 

[DavidB]

Both Irish?

Can they count to two?

 

[bazzer9461]

Grigg was definitely on the cards in January, but he'd almost certainly be a huge club record fee unless Sunderland are more desperate than we think. We might get him on loan to get him off their books, and that would be on big wages, but Tiger implied that these were more likely to be permanent deals.

Stephen O'Donnell and Jazz Richards are on the radar, but not sure either would warrant record wages, and Joel Cooper would be on even less.

So if we are looking at a deal that has happened so quickly, with top wages, I think that it will be Matty Taylor. He's on a free, and we know what we're getting so we can throw a few extra quid his way.

But he’s out of favour and Sunderland might cut their losses especially if there is a wage cap

 

[Scotchegg]

But he’s out of favour and Sunderland might cut their losses especially if there is a wage cap

He is, but I would guess that they'd still want best part of £1m, which is huge money for the current climate - especially if he's on top wages.

I do think Grigg would do a job here, but I would be equally happy with Taylor without the transfer fee.

 

[bazzer9461]

Caraboa energy drink I reckon. Doesn't tiger have shares in the company. They are no longer the main sponsor of Chelsea.

Bet the sponsorship would be pittance in comparison ?

 

[bazzer9461]

He is, but I would guess that they'd still want best part of £1m, which is huge money for the current climate - especially if he's on top wages.

I do think Grigg would do a job here, but I would be equally happy with Taylor without the transfer fee.

I agree with what your saying over them wanting nr a million but with the current climate and talk of transfer fees being less as a result, and being talked about Ivan Toney values up to 12 million by the posh but now only about 6 million, that’s what I would call a loss where as750k is not much for a club the size of Sunderland who knows. But as has been alluded to it could be Matty Taylor.

 

[werthersoriginal]

I understand we could be signing 2 players from the same team this week

Bristol City?

 

[Shosho]

Both Irish?

Not from what I’ve been told. Will be addition to Cooper

 

[Canterbury exile]

Bogle and Richards from Cardiff???

 

[OX14]

Bet the sponsorship would be pittance in comparison ?

Also sponsored Reading. When tiger owned them.

 

[GeneralLee]

I wonder if one of the signings will be Sammie Szmodics or Hakeem Adelakun...

 

[Scotchegg]

I wonder if one of the signings will be Sammie Szmodics or Hakeem Adelakun...

We're looking for big name signings and they don't get much bigger than

Hakeeb Adeola Abiola Ayinde O. O. J. Adelakun

You need broad shoulders with a name like that!!!

 

[Pillox]

Kassam had no obligation to let us do whatever we wanted in his stadium. Perhaps we shouldn’t have oversold what we could do for Singha before we had confirmed it in writing with the people whose decision it is, and maybe we shouldn’t have started stomping about saying we wanted to play somewhere else and pissing him off to the point that we couldn’t even get into the stadium on match days. We took the guy to court over money we owed him, started kicking him in the balls in public over it, and then people want to moan that he didn’t let us sell someone’s beer in the ground when we never even sorted it out with him in the first place? If there was a deal signed with the stadium company over Singha being sold and they then broke it, that would be different. As it is we assumed it would all be fine and easy, couldn’t fulfil our end of the bargain and came unstuck. Nothing to do with our beloved ‘custodian’. There are plenty of things to hate the bloke for, but this ain’t one of them. Under promise and over deliver, not the other way around. Business 101.

Good to hear we have another sponsor lined up, anyway, and that there are plans to get players in soon. We rarely get players in when we’re told the deals are done and that they’ll be announced any day now, but hopefully on this occasion we’re not far off.

Its a fair point, but many people would take the moral high ground on the basis that a successful tenant is good for business.. its supposed to be a mutually beneficial relationship. If the deal is lucrative, approve in return for a fair cut

Not tit for tat recriminations that don't help anyone.

 

[androidyellow2]

I wonder if one of the signings will be Sammie Szmodics or Hakeem Adelakun...

Either of those and Taylor would be a terrific double coup.

 

[battman]

I wonder if one of the signings will be Sammie Szmodics or Hakeem Adelakun...

I think if they both sign Nick Harris might have an aneurysm.

 

[Wallop]

We're looking for big name signings and they don't get much bigger than

Hakeeb Adeola Abiola Ayinde O. O. J. Adelakun

You need broad shoulders with a name like that!!!

That full name in a song please!