The Dolman Pragmatist Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 A good striker, albeit with some injury problems, but £14 million? Has the world gone mad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Alot for an injury prone player, but for Boro it isnt than much with parachute payments these days, plus on form he is one of better strikers in the Championship. But, yes, £14m is mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 26 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: A good striker, albeit with some injury problems, but £14 million? Has the world gone mad? I know I have . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 40 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said: A good striker, albeit with some injury problems, but £14 million? Has the world gone mad? parachute payments, that is what we are trying to compete with, it's creating a two tier championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRERE Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Boro have signed some quality players this season. Should win the league really but after what happened at Villa last season money doesn't buy success. Wouldn't surprise me if Assombalonga is the top scorer this season. Certainly one of the best strikers in the league in my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Just now, WRERE said: Boro have signed some quality players this season. Should win the league really but after what happened at Villa last season money doesn't buy success. Wouldn't surprise me if Assombalonga is the top scorer this season. Certainly one of the best strikers in the league in my opinion Easily one of the best, if he can keep clear of injury. Still only 24 years old, I believe.. in which case, in today's market, as we saw with Kodjia, that's the kind of money you can get for proven championship goal scorers if the ex prem clubs want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 8 minutes ago, Monkeh said: parachute payments, that is what we are trying to compete with, it's creating a two tier championship yes with us shedding the tears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Would have liked to seen him here but £14 million There again JK , McCormack ....... and there's an argument that he's as decent (Goalscorer) if not better than those two Football's gone truly nuts Another reminder what we are up against, even in this league If FD gets 15 or so goals this here he'll look a bargain !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 If FD gets 15 goals. I fully expect him to be sold for 15 million next summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddoh Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 48 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: I know I have . Don't worry Major, you were not the only one to know you had gone mad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 14 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said: If FD gets 15 goals. I fully expect him to be sold for 15 million next summer. The way it's going some relegated club with parachute payments would be in for £20 million Monopoly money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 87 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 14 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said: The way it's going some relegated club with parachute payments would be in for £20 million Monopoly money It's the only way clubs like City can make any progress. Hope you keep picking out the players that will make you a big profit, keep reinvesting in younger, not as proven players and hope that one day it all gels and you make it to the promised land. Then you come back down and become the ones spending £15m on a striker. I remember LJ saying in an interview that within the next 5 years anyone who hasn't made it to the prem before, will probably never get there (something along those lines), can see how that would be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Starting to make the 9 million quid bids for Gray and Gayle look almost sensible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 3 years younger and better scoring rate in this league than JK (marginally) Having only just signed a new contract I'm not surprised at the fee. He'll be a better player at Boro than he was at Forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 87 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 7 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: 3 years younger and better scoring rate in this league than JK (marginally) Having only just signed a new contract I'm not surprised at the fee. He'll be a better player at Boro than he was at Forest. And if he isn't, they will just splash another £10-15m on whoever is top scorer in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 31 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Starting to make the 9 million quid bids for Gray and Gayle look almost sensible It's amazing (and frightening) how the cost of players is escalating so quickly and I imagine the same is happening with wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 1 hour ago, BobBobSuperBob said: The way it's going some relegated club with parachute payments would be in for £20 million Monopoly money Take that BBSB. It's the only way we can compete in this crazy league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 44 minutes ago, Offside said: It's amazing (and frightening) how the cost of players is escalating so quickly and I imagine the same is happening with wages. Danny Kelly was discussing this issue this morning on TS in light of Asombalonga's transfer. He said that today's £20m fee is the equivalent of £750,000 only a few short years ago. 40 years ago Kenny Dalgleish , a great player, signed for Liverpool for £450,000 - a British record at the time. Adjusted for inflation that would today be £2,465,000. Bearing in mind Lukaku's transfer is now the British record at £95m(?) it makes you realise just how crazy the finances in football has become. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buster Footman's T shirt Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 On the upside...surely that means Forest are significantly weeker now. Definately looking like relegation candidates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calculus Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 23 hours ago, Monkeh said: parachute payments, that is what we are trying to compete with, it's creating a two tier championship Didn't stop Brighton or Huddersfield last year. Lack of parachute payments is a lame excuse trotted out by badly run football clubs. We've spent quite enough money to be in a better place than we are. Have a good scouting system, get the right players, coach and manage them well. Not simples, but it can be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 To think that SOD wanted to sign Assombalonga permanently from Watford but was told he couldn't due to finances and so we put in a loan bid. Assombalonga then signed for Peterborough for approx. £1.5m. The purse strings appear to be a little looser these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, Calculus said: Didn't stop Brighton or Huddersfield last year. Lack of parachute payments is a lame excuse trotted out by badly run football clubs. We've spent quite enough money to be in a better place than we are. Have a good scouting system, get the right players, coach and manage them well. Not simples, but it can be done. Huddlesfield is an exception I'll give you that, but brighton's squad was built up over a number of years, then Houghton was brought in in 2014, saving them from relegation, continueing to build and resulted in promotion, they had stability, Thats what we are trying to do, a period of stability, Johnson has 10 games for me, this is his squad now, there no more excuses and if we are really struggling after those 10 games he has to go, if we are mid-table and up then thats progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: To think that SOD wanted to sign Assombalonga permanently from Watford but was told he couldn't due to finances and so we put in a loan bid. Assombalonga then signed for Peterborough for approx. £1.5m. The purse strings appear to be a little looser these days. prob something to do with more finances coming in to the club with bigger crowd and corporate facilities and the high earners had gone, where as SoD still had loads of over paid player (alot he added himself) crowds were dwindling and we had no corporate facilities, If we had the ground we wanted back then (ashton Vale) then SoD would of got his player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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