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Author Topic: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions  (Read 1109298 times)

Offline pauliewalnuts

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8280 on: September 01, 2015, 10:06:14 AM »
Buying Dwight Gayle would send a very strong message that we're not as good as Crystal Palace.

I'm also wondering whether our transfer kitty for the summer was "everything you can raise in sales plus 10m".

Offline PaulWinch again

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8281 on: September 01, 2015, 10:07:43 AM »
Buying Dwight Gayle would send a very strong message that we're not as good as Crystal Palace.

I'm also wondering whether our transfer kitty for the summer was "everything you can raise in sales plus 10m".

Seems that way.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8282 on: September 01, 2015, 10:07:50 AM »
Buying Dwight Gayle would send a very strong message that we're not as good as Crystal Palace.

I reckon that frequently losing to them and finishing below them in the league sends an even stronger message!

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8283 on: September 01, 2015, 10:07:55 AM »
Facebook says that Gomis has a 7 million buy out clause,
so maybe we can start a bidding war there !

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8284 on: September 01, 2015, 10:08:59 AM »
Buying Dwight Gayle would send a very strong message that we're not as good as Crystal Palace.
Losing to them in a competitive league match sort of confirmed that

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8285 on: September 01, 2015, 10:11:08 AM »
Where is Pete Colley?

Replaced at Villa by some strange looking gimp with plastic hair.

I believe his name is Michael Fabricant

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8286 on: September 01, 2015, 10:12:01 AM »
They agreed a fee of £9 million for him with Bristol City so can't imagine him being any less than that. As a squad player for about £2 million he might be worth a punt, but for that sort of money it would be shit-flinging, Birmingham-supporting, U2-liking levels of stupidity.

£6 million.

Ah sorry. Was obviously looking at it upside-down.

Still too much though.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8287 on: September 01, 2015, 10:15:00 AM »
I find Gayle irritating too, for no obvious reason. I just don't like the cut of his jib.

He's alright as a player, has something about him, but wouldn't be one I'd like us to bring in. I wonder if this is our Clint Dempsey of the window?

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8288 on: September 01, 2015, 10:23:08 AM »
Gayle also looks like one of the Tweenies.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8289 on: September 01, 2015, 10:26:55 AM »
They accepted £6m from Bristol City for Gayle but now want £10 million from us........ Fuck that then.

smelling desperation

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8290 on: September 01, 2015, 10:42:27 AM »
I find Gayle irritating too, for no obvious reason. I just don't like the cut of his jib.

He's alright as a player, has something about him, but wouldn't be one I'd like us to bring in. I wonder if this is our Clint Dempsey of the window?

Clint Dempsey was far more exciting than Dwight sodding Gayle.

If we can't get Adebayor, we need to go for Austin. Can't believe there would be enough time to get a foreign genius over here now.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8291 on: September 01, 2015, 10:44:28 AM »
I find Gayle irritating too, for no obvious reason. I just don't like the cut of his jib.

He's alright as a player, has something about him, but wouldn't be one I'd like us to bring in. I wonder if this is our Clint Dempsey of the window?

Clint Dempsey was far more exciting than Dwight sodding Gayle.

I think he means that we didn't really want or expect to sign either of them - Dempsey was to get Genk to pull their finger our and finalise the Benteke deal, and Gayle is just being used to make Adebayor/Spurs get it sorted.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8292 on: September 01, 2015, 10:45:49 AM »
SSN...Baker to Bristol City, loan.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8293 on: September 01, 2015, 10:47:18 AM »
Facebook says that Gomis has a 7 million buy out clause,
so maybe we can start a bidding war there !

If true, he should be our man.

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Re: Summer 2015 - Transfer Rumours, Speculation & Suggestions
« Reply #8294 on: September 01, 2015, 10:47:53 AM »
I find Gayle irritating too, for no obvious reason. I just don't like the cut of his jib.

He's alright as a player, has something about him, but wouldn't be one I'd like us to bring in. I wonder if this is our Clint Dempsey of the window?

Clint Dempsey was far more exciting than Dwight sodding Gayle.

I think he means that we didn't really want or expect to sign either of them - Dempsey was to get Genk to pull their finger our and finalise the Benteke deal, and Gayle is just being used to make Adebayor/Spurs get it sorted.

Aye Jim lad. You have the long and short of it.

 


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