eric04 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 £800K !! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2345503/Wigan-Athletic-target-Bristol-Citys-Albert-Adomah-replace-Callum-McManaman.html Setting us up for a £1 million sale. First bid 800k, then 925k, then 1M so we feel like we've done well in negotiations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 £800k? I suspect that the Welsh team and the plastic cockneys will bid more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opeth67 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 It's time to cash in. Of course we would like to get +£3m for Albert, but in the football league things is changing and not too many mega deals are going to be done. That's for the dream world that is he Premier League. Albert has made me smile with pleasure many times, but also made me hang my head in frustration - for reasons that have often come up in this forum in the past from others. If we get near £1m then I think we will have done alright. I feel that a good balanced City side probably doesn't need the luxury of player like Albert. We are in League 1 and must face the slog and grind of a different type of football than that we saw in the Championship. If Albert wants to go let him. Keeping him will not guarantee promotion at all, and then might lose him at the end of the season and achieved nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Setting us up for a £1 million sale. First bid 800k, then 925k, then 1M so we feel like we've done well in negotiations. Good shout. Hopefully we won't cave in early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
City1970 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 How is that having a bad attitude though? He usually has 2 players on him every time he gets the ball. He does have faults to his game but has improved on tracking back. Every time he has the ball everyone expects him to skin 4 or 5 players and it just doesn't work like that. He is always a threat no doubt about it, even if his decision making needs to improve. For the record if he leaves he will become a better player than he is now by far. Surrounded by better players I think he will do very well at a higher level. Perhaps "attitude" is the wrong word. I would like to see Albert show more "desire" to get behind the opposing full backs. As other posters have said, he sometimes has 2 players marking him when he receives the ball. He has to show that he is not a 1 trick pony. I`d rather see Albert get behind the opposing defence by latching onto a telling through ball. Receiving the ball and then trying go past a number of players is not so effective. He must show more desire IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Perhaps "attitude" is the wrong word. I would like to see Albert show more "desire" to get behind the opposing full backs. As other posters have said, he sometimes has 2 players marking him when he receives the ball. He has to show that he is not a 1 trick pony. I`d rather see Albert get behind the opposing defence by latching onto a telling through ball. Receiving the ball and then trying go past a number of players is not so effective. He must show more desire IMO. Yeah I must admit that's one thing I can't argue with. Apart from his pace and direct dribbling he does need to be able to develop a little extra to be able to beat defenders when they double up. I must admit when he first arrived and was an unknown quantity he would always run in behind defences and was a little more direct. Now he does seem to drop a little deeper and want the ball from deep. Whether he has been instructed to do so I am not sure. One thing thing that's for sure though is he has carried us for far too long now. With the exception of Stead under Del and a few other decent performances every now and then we probably would have been down before now had it not been for Albert. I rate him highly, yes he needs to improve but if he goes he will go onto become a better player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Want Albert to stay. But with the right price, dont think we can keep him. 1 is to cheap I think. Wigan and CP have money, so let them bid. 2 at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbcfc Posted June 21, 2013 Report Share Posted June 21, 2013 Sorry unless we're going to get £1m after giving Barnet their share it isn't worth letting him go. He'll get us an additional 10-12 points by being in the team, potentially the difference between 10th and 5th. Therefore I would think we need bids of £1.4m+ before we should consider accepting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Eyed Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 Sorry unless we're going to get £1m after giving Barnet their share it isn't worth letting him go. He'll get us an additional 10-12 points by being in the team, potentially the difference between 10th and 5th. Therefore I would think we need bids of £1.4m+ before we should consider accepting. 8 max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_bristol Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 800k, laughable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpaul Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 If we're only going to get £1m (don't forget Barnet also get a percentage of this) I actually think we should keep him, he'll certainly tear a fair few teams apart in div 1 plus he could be the difference between finishing in the top 6 and not. Promotion will be worth more than the 5-600k we'll actually get. On his day £1Mil is good money. Unfortunately, In my opinion, he didn't have too many good days last season, and Mr O' Driscoll saw through him and played him as a bench warmer. Would suggest £500,000 would be too good to turn down? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 On his day £1Mil is good money. Unfortunately, In my opinion, he didn't have too many good days last season, and Mr O' Driscoll saw through him and played him as a bench warmer. Would suggest £500,000 would be too good to turn down? yeh, right ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 On his day £1Mil is good money. Unfortunately, In my opinion, he didn't have too many good days last season, and Mr O' Driscoll saw through him and played him as a bench warmer. Would suggest £500,000 would be too good to turn down? Its business, Albert is worth this and this. City have to get real paid for him. Debit and credit, simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbcfc Posted June 22, 2013 Report Share Posted June 22, 2013 On his day £1Mil is good money. Unfortunately, In my opinion, he didn't have too many good days last season, and Mr O' Driscoll saw through him and played him as a bench warmer. Would suggest £500,000 would be too good to turn down? If Zaha is worth £10m Albert must be worth £1.5m at least. I genuinely believe that if we only got offers of 500k the board would turn it down and let him see out the rest of his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIDER NOT CIDRE Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 IMO he dribbles past 1 or even 2 players then that is the end of it. When the full backs have the ball and looking for a runner, what is Albert doing? he is near the full back and not making the telling run. Not so long ago we had McIndoe who was far more intelligent and far more effective. At the end of the day I expect more from Albert. In my opinion Albert is our best player easily, but just didn't have a good enough team around him. He also sold tickets, because the right wing area of the Dolman and Williams always had more seats taken than the left wing area's! Albert also took players on whereas a lot of players were too 'afraid' to take them on and often passed on the responsibilities. With a good team around him Albert WILL flourish just like Yannick Bolasie has at Palace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpaul Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 yeh, right ! Its business, Albert is worth this and this. City have to get real paid for him. Debit and credit, simple. If Zaha is worth £10m Albert must be worth £1.5m at least. I genuinely believe that if we only got offers of 500k the board would turn it down and let him see out the rest of his contract The problem we have is that we have been relegated. 1) Clubs know we now have to cut our expenditure. They will be looking to offer as little as possible. 2) Adomah is out of contract at the end of the coming season (?) and surely can't let him walk away as a free agent. It's all very well saying he's worth £1.5 million, but he's only worth it if someone is prepared to offer that sort of money. I hope there is a club somewhere willing to pay that sort of money, but reality is, he'll go for nothing in 12 months! That's why I think anything from £500,000 is realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Eyed Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 800k max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_adam_no1fan Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I think Albert could become there Moses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted June 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I think everone knows what the fee will be.................................................................................................. Undisclosed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheddarReds Posted June 23, 2013 Report Share Posted June 23, 2013 I think everone knows what the fee will be.................................................................................................. Undisclosed haven't seen City give the actual amount since I've been going (admittedly shorter than most on here though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Tom Ince off to Cardiff. Interest in Albert gone now?? http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/409894/Cardiff-City-take-giant-step-to-landing-Blackpool-s-Tom-Ince-after-agreeing-fee?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-sport-news+%28Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Sport+Feed%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Tom Ince off to Cardiff. Interest in Albert gone now?? http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/409894/Cardiff-City-take-giant-step-to-landing-Blackpool-s-Tom-Ince-after-agreeing-fee?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+daily-express-sport-news+(Daily+Express+%3A%3A+Sport+Feed) Doesn't incr play left midfield? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor10 Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Doesn't incr play left midfield? He can play both, but prefers to play on the right wing so he can cut in on his left. To be honest I would be very surprised to see Ince end up at Cardiff. He will go for a big fee and will probably attract bigger clubs than Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 He can play both, but prefers to play on the right wing so he can cut in on his left. To be honest I would be very surprised to see Ince end up at Cardiff. He will go for a big fee and will probably attract bigger clubs than Cardiff. Ahh that's it, like Anderson then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 Doesn't incr play left midfield? He didn't against us last season, remember Bryan had a stormer against him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 He didn't against us last season, remember Bryan had a stormer against him. I was cidered up at the time all I remember was Davies scoring a screamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 I was cidered up at the time all I remember was Davies scoring a screamer You must have been, pretty sure that was the game Davies was brought on to take a penalty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 24, 2013 Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 You must have been, pretty sure that was the game Davies was brought on to take a penalty! That was it I remember him scoring but as I said I was cidered up :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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