Gary Baldi
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A local journo in that area refuted the Reading rumour yesterday.
Reading keen to bring defender back to his boyhood club but face competition
There is plenty of competition for his signature after an impressive seasonwww.getreading.co.uk
Report: Middlesbrough and Fulham want £600k captain Cowley said has 'real potential'
The Championship is calling for Oxford United's Rob Dickie with Reading, Fulham and Jonathan Woodgate's Boro all linked.www.hitc.com
back to Reading, or Middlesbrough or Fulham?
and Danny Cowley has his say too
The coveted League One defender Danny Cowley knows all about
Rob Dickie has been linked with a move to the Championship next seasonwww.examinerlive.co.uk
Oxford defender Rob Dickie eyed for potential Championship transfer
Defender Dickie has impressed for the U's during the League One season and a number of Championship clubs have been keeping tabs on his progress with a view to a summer switchwww.mirror.co.uk
Unfortunately Dickie only having 1 year left will more than half his actual value to us, Matt Clarke went from Portsmouth for 3.25M (in L1 team of the season last year & I can see Dickie being in this season TOTS) but think had 2 years or 1+1 add on left on his contract as that would of been a bench mark figure we should of been looking to get.
Hopefully the more clubs which are interested like Southampton, Burnley on top of that we could still get a decent price if it goes to a bidding war
yes to Browne but not Johnson. attitude was bad wasn’t it? anyway we’ve got Ruffels at left back ?I personally think he will go in the summer to Boro - a swap for Browne (and maybe Marvin Johnson if the stakes get high)
Would make sense especially with sell on deals for all 3 parties
It might all come down to survival in the coming months. Progress means nothing if the club dies.We can’t keep selling 2-3 of our best players every season, we will never progress
I hope we do sell him, we can always get some big guy in to replace him. We need the money more than we need to progressWe can’t keep selling 2-3 of our best players every season, we will never progress
We can’t keep selling 2-3 of our best players every season, we will never progress
100% agree, as frustrating as it is seeing so many good players come and go so frequently, for a club in our current situation to have any success, there really is no other way.Its a win win scenario for OUFC. Since our well discussed model of buying quality, increasing their value and selling them for good bucks, the club has only gone one way - UP.
OUFC is now a club that players want to join, so fear not fellow yellows. Selling Fosu and Baps gave us the room to do real damage in L1...and we were doing just that before Covid. I try to be a little philosophical about things. I like to think the likes of Lundstrum, Baldock, Roofe, Ledson, Nelson, Taylor, Brannigan and Dickie had/have a genuine soft spot fo the club and the fans - like I had a soft spot for them. But they made no secret of wanting to play as high as possible. That desire and ambition has given me Wembley visits, giant killings, spectacular football and has heightened the reputation of the club I love.
Make no mistake - if we are not in the second tier next season then players will be sold. It simply has to work like this, but we already have a good idea of who their replacements will be. And something tells me that they will improve us once more.
Totally agree. If I’m looking to move jobs and know someone who works for a prospective employer, the first thing I do is ask that person for an honest view of that employer. Footballers will do the same, look at Whyte and Sykes.And while it may seem counter-intuitive, allowing our better players to move on to improve their careers higher in the pyramid is actually good for more than our bank balance.
It is good for success on the pitch too, because it means that good, ambitious players who are in demand are likely to look at those players who have gone on and choose to come to Oxford over other clubs who determinedly hang on the players by hook or crook. So we end up with better players albeit for a shorter time.
The sales help keep the club afloat, the club gets a good reputation with players (including potential loanees) and we get to see a whole load of exciting talent. Of course that *does* make the manager job a lot more difficult as he is always rebuilding, but the higher we get in the leagues the more likely we are to see them play for us for longer. If those players give their all when wearing the yellow shirt and then get a decent move, I find it very hard to criticise them.
But yes, it's a bit frustrating sometimes!