fabio Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/28883426 States it will not prompt sammy exit but can't guaranty he will be here and there may be another club looking at sammy. Still has to be the right price to sell which is way to high for him bearing in mind we paid 750 ish for agard and want 3 mill for sammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brady bunch Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 hummmm, that does not sound too promising....... perfer the proven SB to the one season wonder (to date) of KB.... dont think many other city fars would want to swap either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fka dagest Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 hummmm, that does not sound too promising....... perfer the proven SB to the one season wonder (to date) of KB.... dont think many other city fars would want to swap either... Of course one could argue that last season was the first time that both players scored 20+ goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chivers88 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I think someone else has already made enquiries but city arnt going to let him go unless his value is met Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Sounds very much to me that the club expect someone to meet their valuation for Baldock and that he'd (Baldock) like to see the deal happen - hence why we have concluded the Agard deal now and not risked being on 1 September with various prospects such as: - Losing Baldock and no time to replace or replacements moved elsewhere; - Keep Baldock against his wishes (albeit with the expectation he'd be professional about it) - Have Baldock playing within himself due to the risk of injury and his being out of contract. If no-one meets the valuation I think the club see Agard as an astute insurance buy now, hence getting the deal done and would be happy to have them both on the books if it turned out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 I think someone else has already made enquiries but city arnt going to let him go unless his value is met Yeah, Brighton. Cotterill was guest speaker at today's Senior Reds lunch and he said pretty much what he said in his interview. He added that Brighton had made 6 bids for Baldock and all but the 6th one were derisory. He was an excellent speaker, punchy and to the point. Very amusing as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolman Block B Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 6 bids ????? What a piss poor effort by Brighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Stingy buggers. They got 7 million for Ulloa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aaron-Bcfc Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Even if we don't lose Baldock now, I think Cotterill has got us a potential replacement for next season. If we don't go up then Baldock (and JET) probably won't sign new deals and having Agard now guarantees us a goalscorer for the next couple of seasons at least, rather than potentially panic buying next season if we have no strikers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderbeans Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 The moment he said signing Agard was insuring us for the future, my immediate thoughts were that baldock would be gone. The attitude has gone from 'we will not sell him' to 'if his valuation is met we would consider it' and to me, that says they are expecting to lose him. If so, then so be it but it better be for a bloody good price and we best invest it in a bloody good keeper. I'm part resigned to losing baldock and we have actually got 7 points out of 9 without any influence from baldock so maybe there is life after him.... Who knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Having got a striker in now means we won't be held to ransom if Baldock does go for decent money. Good work, I imagine a lot of effort went into this signing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citywest30 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Even if we don't lose Baldock now, I think Cotterill has got us a potential replacement for next season. If we don't go up then Baldock (and JET) probably won't sign new deals and having Agard now guarantees us a goalscorer for the next couple of seasons at least, rather than potentially panic buying next season if we have no strikers. Said pretty much this on the Agard thread. Sure the preferred option is to keep all 4 strikers but realistically Sammy may go in this window or the next. The lack of a new signed contract speaks volumes and can't see Sammy here come February and getting in Agard now ensures we have the continuity of a proven League 1 goalscorer. Well done Cotts and SL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Yeah, Brighton. Cotterill was guest speaker at today's Senior Reds lunch and he said pretty much what he said in his interview. He added that Brighton had made 6 bids for Baldock and all but the 6th one were derisory. He was an excellent speaker, punchy and to the point. Very amusing as well. Reading between the lines of what he said in that interview i.e. to paraphrase "there might be a twist in the tale. We keep our business in house but I think someone else might be interested and, if he does go, we hope it'll be to a club that'll pay what he's worth" - I suspect he knows someone other than Brighton is going to bid for Baldock and that Baldock might be tempted by it. I could be wrong but I don't think SC expects him to be at the club come August 31st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RedRaw Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 The attitude has gone from 'we will not sell him' to 'if his valuation is met we would consider it' .. I'm not sure we've ever come out and specifically said "we will not sell him".....it's been more we don't want to sell him or we don't need to sell him but we have known all along that if the right offer comes in and sam's interested then he'll go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TRL Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 You offered 300k for league one top scorer! Britt Assombalonga went for 5-8 million!? Sam is still only 25, he's not even in his prime age yet. If you don't ask you don't get. I would do the same, offer low keep low and work the sellers down if you can. Makes sense, be it stingy or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Lincs Red Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Reading between the lines of what he said in that interview i.e. to paraphrase "there might be a twist in the tale. We keep our business in house but I think someone else might be interested and, if he does go, we hope it'll be to a club that'll pay what he's worth" - I suspect he knows someone other than Brighton is going to bid for Baldock and that Baldock might be tempted by it. I could be wrong but I don't think SC expects him to be at the club come August 31st. I wonder who it could be ? Leeds Utd anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I wonder who it could be ? Leeds Utd anyone ? would Sam want to go to Leeds though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrumpty Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Sammy will not sign a new contract and will be sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashtonphil Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Yeah, Brighton. Cotterill was guest speaker at today's Senior Reds lunch and he said pretty much what he said in his interview. He added that Brighton had made 6 bids for Baldock and all but the 6th one were derisory. He was an excellent speaker, punchy and to the point. Very amusing as well. I thought Chaterhouse rules applied at the Senior reds, sir. Naughty Naughty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Excess Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 would Sam want to go to Leeds though? Having been up there for the game on Tuesday, I'd find it hard to imagine Leeds would be that appealing. They're all a bit chaotic. Mind you, Billy Sharp went for it, so you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Having been up there for the game on Tuesday, I'd find it hard to imagine Leeds would be that appealing. They're all a bit chaotic. Mind you, Billy Sharp went for it, so you never know. Sharp is local to the area, not a surprise or a difficult decision for him really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
American Excess Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Sharp is local to the area, not a surprise or a difficult decision for him really. True. Very much the professional Yorkshireman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Worth bearing in mind there were any number of people wanting us to ship Baldock out and "I'll drive him myself if we get a bid" only in December?! If we end up with Agard and Wilbraham as a pairing I'll be more than happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kachina Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Don't think Sam will go in this window. I think much will depend we are at Xmas. If we are top or 2nd and looking good for automatic promotion I think he'll sign a 2 year extension, if we're not, he'll be sold for about a million in Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo II Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 Don't think Sam will go in this window. I think much will depend we are at Xmas. If we are top or 2nd and looking good for automatic promotion I think he'll sign a 2 year extension, if we're not, he'll be sold for about a million in Jan. That's a lot of certainties for something completely uncertain. So many 'what ifs' you could apply to that; I don't know where to start. Let's just see what happens over the next week and a bit before making such bold and wild predictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 That's a lot of certainties for something completely uncertain. So many 'what ifs' you could apply to that; I don't know where to start. Let's just see what happens over the next week and a bit before making such bold and wild predictions. I think Donald Rumsfeld summarised the Sam B situation perfectly: There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. That makes it a whole lot clearer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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