Ryan_BCFC Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 http://www.thesun.co...ier-League.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_Lemon Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Unless Maynard does not sign a new contract I would reject it. Unless it's a stupid money offer there would be no point in taking the offer. If we wish to progress to the PL you have to keep your best players, and Maynard is one of them. Unless he does not want a new contract then City would have to take the offer. Anyway I dont think The Sun are very good on rumours with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 More column filling ,lazy journalism. Typical of all redtops. I'll bet one junior hack was thinking between pints at his liquid lunch " Norwich will want to increase their firepower in PL, and they'll know all about Maynard at Bristol City with his impresive goal return so they must want to sign him, especially as he'll only cost around 5m" Complete made up bollox imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 More column filling ,lazy journalism. Typical of all redtops. I'll bet one junior hack was thinking between pints at his liquid lunch " Norwich will want to increase their firepower in PL, and they'll know all about Maynard at Bristol City with his impresive goal return so they must want to sign him, especially as he'll only cost around 5m" Complete made up bollox imo. Yes, but the fact is you don't know, do you? This notion of 'column filling, lazy journalism' is getting a bit irritating. Do you have any experience of working on the national dailies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanaticRed Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Get use to this sort of crap guys, its going to happen all summer! its only natural for our best players to get linked to bigger clubs, somthing would be wrong otherwise! Ofcourse it would help a great deal if Maynard would hurry up and sign a new contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Yes, but the fact is you don't know, do you? This notion of 'column filling, lazy journalism' is getting a bit irritating. Do you have any experience of working on the national dailies? I spent almost my entire working life woking in the NHS, so the answer is no I don't have any experience of working in the national dailies. That said, over the years I came accross several journalists as patients of mine who had and they all complained of the pressure they were under to come with articles on a daily basis. As I recall only one was a specialist sports journalist and he had become deeply depressed as a result of the pressure. He openly admitted that 2+2=5 and rumour 'embelishment' were common practice. It wasn't that long ago either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibor Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Yes, but the fact is you don't know, do you? This notion of 'column filling, lazy journalism' is getting a bit irritating. Do you have any experience of working on the national dailies? When there's an article with no quotes in, you can be assured it is completely made up. Particularly when it's in the Sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangers Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 would be mad to join them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 would be mad to join them. Massive pay rise, playing in the prem, full houses - yeah, mad.....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 would be mad to join them. Why? they are in the Prem and would probably double anything we could pay him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangers Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Why? they are in the Prem and would probably double anything we could pay him. And then what happens when they are relegated? You seriously sure Norwich can offer double what he's on now? Maynard is good enough to sign for a lower, established premier league side....not Norwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Ferret Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Some guy off their forum reckons he was in Norwich speaking to their manager on Sunday http://services.pinkun.com/FORUMS/PINKUN/CS/forums/1/2535090/ShowPost.aspx#2535090 Posted before The Sun article came about - although they may well have taken the story from the above link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 And then what happens when they are relegated? You seriously sure Norwich can offer double what he's on now? Maynard is good enough to sign for a lower, established premier league side....not Norwich. Who would you rather play for........ a new Premier League team who may go down OR a bottom half championship club?? Maynard may be better than norwich, but if only norwich come in for him, I'm sure he'll jump at the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 And then what happens when they are relegated? You seriously sure Norwich can offer double what he's on now? Maynard is good enough to sign for a lower, established premier league side....not Norwich. Yes, Norwich will be able to offer double what he's on here right now Agree on the last bit, but Norwich will be ok next season. I think we've seen enough examples of clubs going up and doing things correctly. I get the feeling Norwich will be one of those clubs. Would be a good learning curve for him, would rather he went there than QPR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 One thinks Maynard had retired and another thinks he's average league 1/championship!!!!!!!!!! haha inbreds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon uk Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 just read that forum, I dont really believe it, and they are saying he wouldnt add much, and is the same type of player as simeon jackson (funny enough I dont recall him scoring too many goals fo the season), I quite like Norwich though, probably since the Rob Newman transfer 20 years ago, and the fact they played good football against good teams back in those days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 He's worth more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_Red Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 He's worth more than that. if he signs a new contract he is. our position is pretty weak when he only has a year left though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_Lemon Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Is it ok to say that I think Paul Lambert is just another average manager who took an already good Norwich team who were too good for league one and just carried on that form and promotion wave into the PL? It's much like GJ did with us if only we did get promoted. A mate of mine is a Wycombe fan and said he was pretty glad Lambert went as he did not have the bottle to work his butt off to establish Wycombe in league one. Your see Norwich back in the NPC next season with Lambert gone after a few games, and there go back to an average NPC team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 As SC Red says with only a year left on his contract - 5m is a realistic amount we are likely to receive. Personally I think he's going.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 if he signs a new contract he is. our position is pretty weak when he only has a year left though. Our position would be weak if a) our chairman had no money and we had to sell by last week, and b) he was a player unlikely to be in demand If he doesn't sign a new contract (we'll know soon I guess) then we'll have some time to pimp his name about and I think a few clubs WILL want him. With more than one bidder, like ebay, the price will be nearer true value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC_Red Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Our position would be weak if a) our chairman had no money and we had to sell by last week, and b) he was a player unlikely to be in demand If he doesn't sign a new contract (we'll know soon I guess) then we'll have some time to pimp his name about and I think a few clubs WILL want him. With more than one bidder, like ebay, the price will be nearer true value. our chairman is leaving. Lansdown has said that as major shareholder the new chairman will have to present a business case for all transfers. a business case of: we can get £5m now or nothing in a year but its ok because your loaded, isnt a very strong one. more than one bidder is the only way I can see a club offering much above £5m but you have to ask which clubs will come in for a championship striker whose unproven at the next level and just missed most of a season with a knee injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman Block B Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 our chairman is leaving. Lansdown has said that as major shareholder the new chairman will have to present a business case for all transfers. a business case of: we can get £5m now or nothing in a year but its ok because your loaded, isnt a very strong one. more than one bidder is the only way I can see a club offering much above £5m but you have to ask which clubs will come in for a championship striker whose unproven at the next level and just missed most of a season with a knee injury That just about sums it al up!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdgifford64 Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Our position would be weak if a) our chairman had no money and we had to sell by last week, and b) he was a player unlikely to be in demand If he doesn't sign a new contract (we'll know soon I guess) then we'll have some time to pimp his name about and I think a few clubs WILL want him. With more than one bidder, like ebay, the price will be nearer true value. But what is the`true value` price ? Unfortunately there is no tried and trusted formulae that will give us a value on Maynard. Fact is that while any new contract remains unsigned the club will have a difficult decision to make if/when bids are made. I`ve no doubt they have a figure in mind but i`ve no doubt it`s a bit smaller than it would be if NM was to sign a new contract. PDG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Just spoken to a Naawrich supporting pal of mine and he says there were rumours at there end that we turned down a £4million bid from them last week, so there could be a grain of truth in it. To be fair, £5million plus a couple of healthy bonuses relating to appearances, Prem survival, etc and a sell on clause would be a reasonable bit of business at the minute. What we really want (presuming he's off) are 4 or 5 other clubs to bid on him, get a bit of an auction going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangers Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Who would you rather play for........ a new Premier League team who may go down OR a bottom half championship club?? Maynard may be better than norwich, but if only norwich come in for him, I'm sure he'll jump at the chance. Or wait for 6 months for a top, established team to offer you even more. If he had a brain he wouldnt go to Norwich.....serious potential that in 2/3 years time they will be a midtable championship club.... How many teams have we seen fail to last in the PL? Leicester, Coventry, Norwich, QPR, Reading, Forest, Leeds Burnley etc etc sign for a Newcastle, Bolton, Sunderland, Fulham, Blackburn and he is virtually guarenteed a long term career at England's highest level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 our chairman is leaving. Lansdown has said that as major shareholder the new chairman will have to present a business case for all transfers. a business case of: we can get £5m now or nothing in a year but its ok because your loaded, isnt a very strong one. more than one bidder is the only way I can see a club offering much above £5m but you have to ask which clubs will come in for a championship striker whose unproven at the next level and just missed most of a season with a knee injury. I wouldn't want to be the board member who approaches Lansdown saying we only have 2 options. Its nowhere near a case of just two 'black and white' options. The case for Lansdown being wealthy is there shouldn't be a need for a rushed decision where Maynard's value isn't realised. The job of the board is to maximise his sale value, not to take the first offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riaz Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Or wait for 6 months for a top, established team to offer you even more. Offer more?? are you crazy? in 6 months time he will worth ALOT less! Potential buyers arent going to fork out millions when they can wait for 6 months and get him for nothing! If he had a brain he wouldnt go to Norwich.....serious potential that in 2/3 years time they will be a midtable championship club.... How many teams have we seen fail to last in the PL? Leicester, Coventry, Norwich, QPR, Reading, Forest, Leeds Burnley etc etc sign for a Newcastle, Bolton, Sunderland, Fulham, Blackburn and he is virtually guarenteed a long term career at England's highest level. Of course, one of those clubs would be better - but I dont think he will wait. Norwich might stay up - and theres no gurantees that any of those 'established' teams will stay up.... newcastle anyone?? If he gets a chance in the prem, he'll take it - he'll want to make a name for himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangers Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Offer more?? are you crazy? in 6 months time he will worth ALOT less! Potential buyers arent going to fork out millions when they can wait for 6 months and get him for nothing! Of course, one of those clubs would be better - but I dont think he will wait. Norwich might stay up - and theres no gurantees that any of those 'established' teams will stay up.... newcastle anyone?? If he gets a chance in the prem, he'll take it - he'll want to make a name for himself. Not if he signs a new contract and requires a minimum fee Yes, if he gets a chance in the Prem he will take it.....but he would regret it. Norwich are a nothing team and not a long term step forward. If I were him, sign an extension for us with a minimum release fee, bang the goals in and NO DOUBT a BIGGER, MORE ESTABLISHED CLUB will sign in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted May 16, 2011 Report Share Posted May 16, 2011 Ok. is there clear evidence that a player is worth much less, simply because he has a year left? People say it all the time, but I'm not convinced. I keep banging on about competition in the bidding, but if I am the chairman of Premier League Club A and another chairman from Premier League Club B also wants the same player as me, what would make me think that I can have that player on the cheap? We both want him, he's under contract and the only way to guarantee his signature is to offer more than anyone else. I'm not entirely sure how 1 year or 2 years makes any tangible difference. If it was 6 weeks left I'd completely understand the argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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