2024 January transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[coreyfeldman]

Analysis of Rogers

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah but that’s placing our view of value, as opposed to their actual value. With Ramsey, maybe we set a lower value in the acknowledgment of wanting a buy back clause? Azaz, I don’t know but could easily be clauses within that. Philogene did seem odd, but £30m seems a lot.

They're not my valuations, Im comparing market value in regards to other players sold for more, who did less...

And then I see Boro standing their ground & trying to fleece us for Rogers after we practically just gave them a player in Azaz. (Not to mention Archer & A. Ramsey).

Which is their right of course.

I just find the fee discrepancies frustrating & I don't understand that when they wanted Azaz & we wanted Rogers, why we didn't do a deal when we had a little leverage to play with...

Yeah I can see the timing of the Azaz deal, as it would have seemed helpful. On the likes of Archer and Ramsey, yes they probably got them free but on the flipside without their time at Boro we’re probably not getting £12m and £18m for them respectively.

[Sexual Ealing]

Any chance you could take all this 'signings' bollocks to Off Topic?

[AV82EC]

Any chance you could take all this 'signings' bollocks to Off Topic?

Hear hear. We’re trying to have serious discussion about the vagaries of the British (and Irish) Post code systems and people seem to think the potential value of Aaron Ramsey is in anyway a suitable topic for transfer speculation. Pfft.

I blame those bureaucrats at the Post Office myself. If only we had some explanation for their seemingly random deciding of Post Code areas. Probably crap IT systems.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I know H&V likes to meander, but I was under the impression that this was the postcodes thread.

I live 30 miles and 40 minutes drive away from Altrincham, but its only a few numbers up the WA list. Neither place is Warrington which is WA1. There is almost certainly a conspiracy going on.

I used to live in Altrincham. It’s never quite got over the fact it’s not in Cheshire anymore and the final insult was them getting a WA postcode. Many people still refuse to use Greater Manchester as part of their postal address.

I think some denizens of Sutton Coldfield still think of themselves as Warwickshire in a similar example.

It’s as if 1974 never happened.

Hang on, as a part time WA14 I've never heard of this Greater Manchester thing. WA15 may fall under Manchester but that's their problem. I always use and will continue to use Cheshire or if push comes to shove, Cheshire East.

[AV84]

I used to deal a lot with mail order and it always amazed me with Irish address how many were just the person's name and town/village/city. No house number/name or even a street name.

The local postie will know where everyone lives in a more rural area and you could probably just put a name or a brief description of someone on an envelope and they'd get it. Outside of towns/villages there's no street names, and the roads are usually known by where they go. This can obviously change from person to person. They are numbered, but who knows what those numbers are. So for all of these reasons, and more, the individual postcodes do work really well, for some areas.

[AV82EC]

I know H&V likes to meander, but I was under the impression that this was the postcodes thread.

I live 30 miles and 40 minutes drive away from Altrincham, but its only a few numbers up the WA list. Neither place is Warrington which is WA1. There is almost certainly a conspiracy going on.

I used to live in Altrincham. It’s never quite got over the fact it’s not in Cheshire anymore and the final insult was them getting a WA postcode. Many people still refuse to use Greater Manchester as part of their postal address.

I think some denizens of Sutton Coldfield still think of themselves as Warwickshire in a similar example.

It’s as if 1974 never happened.

Hang on, as a part time WA14 I've never heard of this Greater Manchester thing. WA15 may fall under Manchester but that's their problem. I always use and will continue to use Cheshire or if push comes to shove, Cheshire East.

You’re in denial.

I also used to use Cheshire.

 <local govt reorganisation pedant> But it isn’t Cheshire East as that only came into existence in 2009. </local govt reorganisation pedant>

[VILLA MOLE]

I think I prefer a pun fest please

[Scott Nielsen]

Aston Villa have sent a formal bid to sign 22-year old Icelandic goalkeeper, Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson who plays for Swedish side IF Elfsborg. The bid is in excess of €2m while Copenhagen have offered around €1.7m

He was very good last season. FCK are savvy at spotting talent and them wanting him is a good indicator of his potential.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I know H&V likes to meander, but I was under the impression that this was the postcodes thread.

I live 30 miles and 40 minutes drive away from Altrincham, but its only a few numbers up the WA list. Neither place is Warrington which is WA1. There is almost certainly a conspiracy going on.

I used to live in Altrincham. It’s never quite got over the fact it’s not in Cheshire anymore and the final insult was them getting a WA postcode. Many people still refuse to use Greater Manchester as part of their postal address.

I think some denizens of Sutton Coldfield still think of themselves as Warwickshire in a similar example.

It’s as if 1974 never happened.

Hang on, as a part time WA14 I've never heard of this Greater Manchester thing. WA15 may fall under Manchester but that's their problem. I always use and will continue to use Cheshire or if push comes to shove, Cheshire East.

You’re in denial.

I also used to use Cheshire.

 <local govt reorganisation pedant> But it isn’t Cheshire East as that only came into existence in 2009. </local govt reorganisation pedant>

Bloody communists! No surprise as Altrincham must have the highest Guardian readership per capita in the country. The country's gone to the dogs I tell you!

[AV84]

Aston Villa have sent a formal bid to sign 22-year old Icelandic goalkeeper, Hákon Rafn Valdimarsson who plays for Swedish side IF Elfsborg. The bid is in excess of €2m while Copenhagen have offered around €1.7m

He was very good last season. FCK are savvy at spotting talent and them wanting him is a good indicator of his potential.

Marschall possibly going on loan to MK Dons. Might mean there's something in this. He was 2nd choice while Olsen was out, so if we're letting him go out on loan I'd assume we have someone else lined up?

[charlatan]

Re post codes.......

Why don't London postcodes start with 'L' ?

There's villages three miles from me that have Newport postcodes, despite being five miles inside England

I can field this. (Oh my giddy God, I fucking love postcode chat) London was the first place that needed postcodes, because it was so big, hence the E, SE, SW, W, N etc.

As for Newport, I DON'T DO PROVINCIAL POSTCODES.

Seems jarring that much of this area (the bits where you'll struggle to find a bus to not talk to people on) has even a nominal connection to Paisley. Would take me less time to get to Birmingham than much of the Paisley postcode area.

[enigma]

Re post codes.......

Why don't London postcodes start with 'L' ?

There's villages three miles from me that have Newport postcodes, despite being five miles inside England

I live in Cornwall with a PL postcode. Plymouth is in a different county about 18 miles away.

[pablo_picasso]

Yeah but that’s placing our view of value, as opposed to their actual value. With Ramsey, maybe we set a lower value in the acknowledgment of wanting a buy back clause? Azaz, I don’t know but could easily be clauses within that. Philogene did seem odd, but £30m seems a lot.

They're not my valuations, Im comparing market value in regards to other players sold for more, who did less...

And then I see Boro standing their ground & trying to fleece us for Rogers after we practically just gave them a player in Azaz. (Not to mention Archer & A. Ramsey).

Which is their right of course.

I just find the fee discrepancies frustrating & I don't understand that when they wanted Azaz & we wanted Rogers, why we didn't do a deal when we had a little leverage to play with...

Yeah I can see the timing of the Azaz deal, as it would have seemed helpful. On the likes of Archer and Ramsey, yes they probably got them free but on the flipside without their time at Boro we’re probably not getting £12m and £18m for them respectively.

That is a fair point...

Any chance you could take all this 'signings' bollocks to Off Topic?

Hear hear. We’re trying to have serious discussion about the vagaries of the British (and Irish) Post code systems and people seem to think the potential value of Aaron Ramsey is in anyway a suitable topic for transfer speculation. Pfft.

I blame those bureaucrats at the Post Office myself. If only we had some explanation for their seemingly random deciding of Post Code areas. Probably crap IT systems.

Apologies.

Plymouth is PL, so nothing fancy & out of the ordinary down here...

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

Sorry postcode people but Marschall going on loan to MK Dons and Sanson has apparently met his loan conditions for Nice to pay £4m to sign him permanently.