Summer transfer, gossip, speculation and the usual butter ollocks thread

[PeterWithe]

It does sound expensive but thats the market, players aren't going to get cheaper.

[PaulWinch again]

I don’t think Callum Wilson is really the issue, it’s the lack of progress (perceived for some) getting much needed quality through the door. He’s just illustrative of the point.

[algy]

We're trying to buy Rhian Brewster, according to the ever-reliable Alan Nixon.

It'll take millions to get Brewster.

We've got Cash

[Risso]

I don’t think Callum Wilson is really the issue, it’s the lack of progress (perceived for some) getting much needed quality through the door. He’s just illustrative of the point.

Indeed.

[Dave]

Brewster? Jesus.  10 goals in the championship? I think we can safely forget this 100m transfer budget lark.

Well, ten goals since he signed for them in January.  That's comparable to the rate Abraham was scoring them for us.

Difference is
a) Abraham had already scored 20 odd in the championship for someone else and played in the premiership.
b) We were in the Championship.

Abraham scoring goals for us in the Championship and Brewster scoring goals for Swansea in the Championship isn’t a difference.

It's the same thing.

[sickbeggar]

I don’t think Callum Wilson is really the issue, it’s the lack of progress (perceived for some) getting much needed quality through the door. He’s just illustrative of the point.

yep, and if Wilson keeps them up with his goals for 3 years, then he's repaid the money many times over and Bruce can forget about his Joelinton fuck-up. Bottom line is we need a goalscorer or we're down and at the moment we seem to be in hopeful punt/promising youngster market.

[sickbeggar]

Brewster? Jesus.  10 goals in the championship? I think we can safely forget this 100m transfer budget lark.

Well, ten goals since he signed for them in January.  That's comparable to the rate Abraham was scoring them for us.

Difference is
a) Abraham had already scored 20 odd in the championship for someone else and played in the premiership.
b) We were in the Championship.

Abraham scoring goals for us in the Championship and Brewster scoring goals for Swansea in the Championship isn’t a difference.

It's the same thing.

but we're not in the championship. WE STAYED UP. honest.

[Drummond]

I'm not fussed about Wilson but its not that bad a deal  20m over 5 years is 4m a season, plus say 5m a season in wages. 9m a year? in 3 years time at 31 if he does what he's been doing, he'll still be worth a  decent chunk of a transfer fee rather than nowt if he signed a 3 year contract. In the great scheme of premiership wages, chicken feed.

Reading this again, it's even worse. £40m for Callum Wilson? Nooope.

I doubt that stands out too much in the premiership. I mean we paid 22m in transfers fees and wages for Hogan

And Wilson has just secured the last deal of his career. He'd have been mad not to take what was on offer and he can relax now.

We've been making that mistake for too long, signing players who don't need to progress and don't need to try and secure a future. We need younger, hungrier players. Not offering silly deals to the likes of McCormack, Hogan, Richards and Agbonlahor.

We should be signing players who need us more than we need them.

[john e]

I'm not fussed about Wilson but its not that bad a deal  20m over 5 years is 4m a season, plus say 5m a season in wages. 9m a year? in 3 years time at 31 if he does what he's been doing, he'll still be worth a  decent chunk of a transfer fee rather than nowt if he signed a 3 year contract. In the great scheme of premiership wages, chicken feed.

Reading this again, it's even worse. £40m for Callum Wilson? Nooope.

I doubt that stands out too much in the premiership. I mean we paid 22m in transfers fees and wages for Hogan

And Wilson has just secured the last deal of his career. He'd have been mad not to take what was on offer and he can relax now.

We've been making that mistake for too long, signing players who don't need to progress and don't need to try and secure a future. We need younger, hungrier players. Not offering silly deals to the likes of McCormack, Hogan, Richards and Agbonlahor.

We should be signing players who need us more than we need them.

Spot on Drum

[Ian.]

In some sense maybe we’ve learned our lesson and will not pay huge amounts of money on long term contracts and big transfer fees for players at the tail end of their career. We’ve been trying to shift players out of the club on these terms for the last decade. I just do hope they do have a plan, they must have surely!

[PeterWithe]

In some sense maybe we’ve learned our lesson and will not pay huge amounts of money on long term contracts and big transfer fees for players at the tail end of their career. We’ve been trying to shift players out of the club on these terms for the last decade. I just do hope they do have a plan, they must have surely!

But it seems pretty well accepted that we'd bid for him?

[Drummond]

In some sense maybe we’ve learned our lesson and will not pay huge amounts of money on long term contracts and big transfer fees for players at the tail end of their career. We’ve been trying to shift players out of the club on these terms for the last decade. I just do hope they do have a plan, they must have surely!

But it seems pretty well accepted that we'd bid for him?

Probably for a way shorter contract on less money.

[hilts_coolerking]

But evidently we rated his ability.

[aj2k77]

He was on £100k a week for Bournemouth and played for England in the not too distant past. Do you really think we phoned them up and offered him half his money for a few years? It would be a pointless waste of time.

[Drummond]

But evidently we rated his ability.

No, we probably thought he was shit but went up against that lot for the shits and giggles.

Of course we did, but not worthy of the contract he was given.