bcfc01 Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said: Is he not requesting any wages then? Is any player ? Do we count that for every player or just Albert ? FREE transfer - wages to pay just like any other player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontaineofallknowledge Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 No but paying £20k pw of precious budget on a declining player for sentimental reasons is utter madness. He was shocking last season! we want to invest in players with growth (brownhill, O’Dowda, elliason etc) who will have a an increased sell on value or invest in proven quality that will improve the team. Albert is neither of those so can fans please change the record on this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said: No but paying £20k pw of precious budget on a declining player for sentimental reasons is utter madness. He was shocking last season! we want to invest in players with growth (brownhill, O’Dowda, elliason etc) who will have a an increased sell on value or invest in proven quality that will improve the team. Albert is neither of those so can fans please change the record on this one! Sentimental reasons ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 If we keep on developing and improving our players THEN sell them on to other sides we are actually improving their sides not ours. Are we aiming to be the wealthiest side who never played in the Prem? We should be building around our best players not selling them. Every year we rebuild. Surely we should strengthen not rebuild. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Don Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Spike said: No thanks, big wages, no chance to turn a profit in the future. I think we're doing the right thing by buying young and developing players, that way we get good players who we make money from when they leave. Buying Adomah would hit our wage budget and we'd not be able to sell him. Agree with the sentiment, but surely we should be using this money from the conveyor belt of talent to get the experience to get us promoted also? We can still continue to buy cheap and sell high in terms of youngsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontaineofallknowledge Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, marmite said: If we keep on developing and improving our players THEN sell them on to other sides we are actually improving their sides not ours. Are we aiming to be the wealthiest side who never played in the Prem? We should be building around our best players not selling them. Every year we rebuild. Surely we should strengthen not rebuild. Well it’s very difficult to keep players if premier league or massive wages are on offer, the aspect we have improved on the most recently is selling players! Remember when we refused to sell Maynard for £6m then he ran his contract down? We have sold kodjia (head turned by wages then refused to play) Bryan (1 year on contract lest) Flint (gentleman’s agreement in previous year) Reid (1 year on contract) and now kelly (massive fee for a squad player). All sales we have achieved top dollar and all for very good reasons-meaning we are now in a good place with FFP to have a go. you would have a team of disgruntled players and then let them all leave for free at end of their contract? keep up the good work Mark Ashton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 21 minutes ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said: No but paying £20k pw of precious budget on a declining player for sentimental reasons is utter madness. He was shocking last season! we want to invest in players with growth (brownhill, O’Dowda, elliason etc) who will have a an increased sell on value or invest in proven quality that will improve the team. Albert is neither of those so can fans please change the record on this one! He wasn’t shocking last season. He was a regular part of a team that got promoted. I’m fine if you don’t want him (I'm probably of the same view, in that he’s not gonna get better), but you can’t say he was shocking. That’s just not true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontaineofallknowledge Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, Davefevs said: He wasn’t shocking last season. He was a regular part of a team that got promoted. I’m fine if you don’t want him (I'm probably of the same view, in that he’s not gonna get better), but you can’t say he was shocking. That’s just not true. Four goals and 2 assists in 39 matches (in a promotion side) is shocking imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said: Four goals and 2 assists in 39 matches (in a promotion side) is shocking imo 22 starts. 5 ninety minute games. Just for balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontaineofallknowledge Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 2 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: 22 starts. 5 ninety minute games. Just for balance. If he was so good why only 22 starts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said: If he was so good why only 22 starts? I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 51 minutes ago, Spike said: Not at all, the wages are costly and he's hardly going to be sold for money unless we only have him for one season. Either way we're not going to get as much out of him as we can a younger, more promising youngster. We can’t include wages apparently; got pelters for suggesting in Eisa after wages and signing on fee we almost certainly broke even at best - as unlikely as even that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC1959 Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Never a good idea to take someone back in whatever profession - in my opinion. Although Adomah is an experienced Championship player, I would suggest with respect that he is not the type of player City would be interested in if we are to progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRed Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 52 minutes ago, BCFC1959 said: Never a good idea to take someone back in whatever profession - in my opinion. Although Adomah is an experienced Championship player, I would suggest with respect that he is not the type of player City would be interested in if we are to progress I would entirely agree. We need to look forward not back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stortfordred Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 2 hours ago, BCFC1959 said: Never a good idea to take someone back in whatever profession - in my opinion. Although Adomah is an experienced Championship player, I would suggest with respect that he is not the type of player City would be interested in if we are to progress Murray and Carey being exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redrascal2 Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Go and get somebody!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 4 hours ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said: No but paying £20k pw of precious budget on a declining player for sentimental reasons is utter madness. He was shocking last season! He played 36 league games last season for a team that got promoted to the premier league .... is that shocking?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 4 hours ago, BCFC1959 said: Never a good idea to take someone back in whatever profession - in my opinion.... We took Terry Cooper back after he left us for the gas - one of the best decisions in our club’s history ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 14 hours ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said: No but paying £20k pw of precious budget on a declining player for sentimental reasons is utter madness. He was shocking last season! we want to invest in players with growth (brownhill, O’Dowda, elliason etc) who will have a an increased sell on value or invest in proven quality that will improve the team. Albert is neither of those so can fans please change the record on this one! Not sentimental. He's a top winger in this division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontaineofallknowledge Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 24 minutes ago, Riaz said: Not sentimental. He's a top winger in this division. *Was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 4 minutes ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said: *Was Play off final was only weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontaineofallknowledge Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 5 minutes ago, Riaz said: Play off final was only weeks ago And what did he contribute? He’s not played well for a while and won’t get any better-move on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 3 minutes ago, Fontaineofallknowledge said: And what did he contribute? He’s not played well for a while and won’t get any better-move on And yet he started for Villa, who have by far the strongest squad, in their biggest game. He has been playing well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fontaineofallknowledge Posted June 10, 2019 Report Share Posted June 10, 2019 16 minutes ago, Riaz said: And yet he started for Villa, who have by far the strongest squad, in their biggest game. He has been playing well Piffle. How many goals/assists did he produce last season compared to previous ones? We want signings with growth in them not ones in decline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutstandingMixer Posted June 12, 2019 Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 On 09/06/2019 at 20:10, bcfc01 said: I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordofthebling Posted June 12, 2019 Report Share Posted June 12, 2019 Him, Basso and Noble. Get them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 We're interested apparently. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/exclusive-bristol-city-nottingham-forest-2990615 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, Riaz said: We're interested apparently. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/exclusive-bristol-city-nottingham-forest-2990615 According to the post...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 6 minutes ago, Riaz said: We're interested apparently. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/exclusive-bristol-city-nottingham-forest-2990615 Yeah, the Bristol Post. That very reputable publication that NEVER does clickbaitey articles and absolutely never uses OTIB or Twitter as a source. Just think of all the exclusives they have had over the last 4-5 seasons (actual exclusives- not rehashing an OTIB thread and calling it an exclusive because no other paper has found themselves desperate to post every OTIB suggestion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted June 18, 2019 Report Share Posted June 18, 2019 What's the latest @Knighty?? Seems to be taking longer than expected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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