pongo88 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 13 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: What concerns me is the type of player who would want to come to a struggling second division side . We are in a much worse negotiating position than the summer . Agents will know we are desperate and are n't in the business to help the buying clubs but to maximise the deal for their clients . This window will be make or break for City . I agree with you major. Perhaps City will have to go for players like Taarabt - i e those whose career has gone off the rails a bit and who want to play first team football again. Risky strategy as we could get a bargain or we could get a dud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 20 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: What concerns me is the type of player who would want to come to a struggling second division side . We are in a much worse negotiating position than the summer . Agents will know we are desperate and are n't in the business to help the buying clubs but to maximise the deal for their clients . This window will be make or break for City . Hopefully we will be operating in a different market. Functional players this window please, stuff the £9m vanity targets (I realise how that sounds out of context...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 17 minutes ago, pongo88 said: I agree with you major. Perhaps City will have to go for players like Taarabt - i e those whose career has gone off the rails a bit and who want to play first team football again. Risky strategy as we could get a bargain or we could get a dud. Well according to this http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/qpr-stars-65k-a-week-wages-set-7357808 he was on well over £2m a year over a year ago...could be a stumbling block! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 27 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Well according to this http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/qpr-stars-65k-a-week-wages-set-7357808 he was on well over £2m a year over a year ago...could be a stumbling block! Cripes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 1 hour ago, Major Isewater said: What concerns me is the type of player who would want to come to a struggling second division side . We are in a much worse negotiating position than the summer . Agents will know we are desperate and are n't in the business to help the buying clubs but to maximise the deal for their clients . This window will be make or break for City . I share your concern. The summer was a complete failure and we are a less attractive proposition than we were then, while the wage limitations remain. Any permanent signing now would have to accept the now-increased risk of dropping into League One at the end of the season, or having to find another club in 5 months. It doesn't bode well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 14 hours ago, BRISTOL86 said: I'm struggling to think of less of a 'Cotterill type player' than Adel Taarabt. Um , perhaps he's being bought in to be reunited with Colin ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 24 minutes ago, pongo88 said: Cripes! Less of that foul language on here please Pongo . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fodbarmyarmy Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 3 hours ago, Super said: I can hardly wait till Jan and 31 days of transfer rumours... You are obviously a bit late with that my friend..... "Creeping Transfer rumours" are akin to "Creeping Christmas"...... Christmas now starts around end of October likewise our January transfer rumours start around September.... sometimes even before the summer window is even closed ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 17 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: Here he is taking an abysmal corner for the reserves couple of days ago: http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/adel-taarabt-reminds-everyone-why-qpr-released-him-with-dreadful-corner-for-benfica-reserves-a6764531.html Hasn't even played for Benfica since being there. If he's not good enough for Benfica then why would we want him.?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldRed Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 25 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: If he's not good enough for Benfica then why would we want him.?! I'm guessing the belief is that he is good enough, so long as his head is right. Far too big a risk in terms of cost and disruption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 When he joined Benfica he signed a 5 year deal, so can't be cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 2 minutes ago, alexukhc said: When he joined Benfica he signed a 5 year deal, so can't be cheap Good God. They gave him that long? Didn`t bother too much with due diligence then or just a bloody good agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tully Bascomb Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 People keep banging on about Jet, who I agree was a great talent when he wanted to be. Can someone please tell me if his contract was up? and if he wanted to move back to London? Because the way some people go on, you would of thought the club had put a gun to his head and told him to run for his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolcitysweden Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Very interesting. Kind of supportive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 7 hours ago, alexukhc said: When he joined Benfica he signed a 5 year deal, so can't be cheap Not at all, from everything I've read, Benfica would be happy to drive, fly, or carry this clown to anyone who will have him. Benfica have a great scouting network but they occasionally just buy someone who is apparently out of favour and under valued in a big league. Like this waster. These are routinely hit and miss and in this case, spectacular miss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 12 hours ago, BoneyardTIM said: People keep banging on about Jet, who I agree was a great talent when he wanted to be. Can someone please tell me if his contract was up? and if he wanted to move back to London? Because the way some people go on, you would of thought the club had put a gun to his head and told him to run for his life. I thought his contract was up and would imagine qpr would offer more money and of course are where he's from. But whatever the reasons for him leaving, I'm glad we havent got him. He plays well against rubbish teams and when he feels like it. Imagine his lack of effort for us this season. We need a team of players fighting to keep us in this league. With JET at times it was like playing with 10 men. He didn't even chase balls when coming on and fresh. A liability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 56 minutes ago, Jonbristol said: I thought his contract was up and would imagine qpr would offer more money and of course are where he's from. But whatever the reasons for him leaving, I'm glad we havent got him. He plays well against rubbish teams and when he feels like it. Imagine his lack of effort for us this season. We need a team of players fighting to keep us in this league. With JET at times it was like playing with 10 men. He didn't even chase balls when coming on and fresh. A liability. Because we're doing so well with a team of grafters at the moment arnt we! At this level you need something a bit more than someone prepared to run after every lost ball for a clap off the fans, JET is a great footballer and I will never be convinced we were right in not offering a contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cottsciderarmy Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 7 minutes ago, Rob k said: Because we're doing so well with a team of grafters at the moment arnt we! At this level you need something a bit more than someone prepared to run after every lost ball for a clap off the fans, JET is a great footballer and I will never be convinced we were right in not offering a contract Does anyone know we didn't offer a contract however ? Yes he was released but personally I get the feeling what JET wanted and what we were prepared to offer was light years apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 6 hours ago, Olé said: Not at all, from everything I've read, Benfica would be happy to drive, fly, or carry this clown to anyone who will have him. Benfica have a great scouting network but they occasionally just buy someone who is apparently out of favour and under valued in a big league. Like this waster. These are routinely hit and miss and in this case, spectacular miss. I still can't see us getting him though, prob end up at Celtic or something, big team, can pay the wages, will score loads and a shite league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 1 hour ago, Jonbristol said: I thought his contract was up and would imagine qpr would offer more money and of course are where he's from. But whatever the reasons for him leaving, I'm glad we havent got him. He plays well against rubbish teams and when he feels like it. Imagine his lack of effort for us this season. We need a team of players fighting to keep us in this league. With JET at times it was like playing with 10 men. He didn't even chase balls when coming on and fresh. A liability. Congratulations on the biggest load of bollocks I've read on this site in a long time. Really some achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 2 hours ago, Jonbristol said: I thought his contract was up and would imagine qpr would offer more money and of course are where he's from. But whatever the reasons for him leaving, I'm glad we havent got him. He plays well against rubbish teams and when he feels like it. Imagine his lack of effort for us this season. We need a team of players fighting to keep us in this league. With JET at times it was like playing with 10 men. He didn't even chase balls when coming on and fresh. A liability. Absolute rubbish, JET is one of the most talented players I've ever seen in a city shirt. The lack of effort thing is a myth, do you really think SC would have tolerated a lack of effort? I bet you don't rate Marlon Pack either, thought Lee Johnson was rubbish and didn't like Trundle's "fancy flicks" and wished he'd "close his man down"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TETBURY MASSIVE Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 On 12/9/2015 at 21:47, CITYAREREDANDWHITE said: May be absolutely nothing, but seems like we've been linked with him. If anyone can read whatever language this is, what does it say? https://twitter.com/pucelafichajes/status/674661241894367232 In 'My Opinion' this is laughable..... £50k a week at Benfica, think that's enough said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 36 minutes ago, bearded_red said: Congratulations on the biggest load of bollocks I've read on this site in a long time. Really some achievement. In line with this thread in fairness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 A superior version of Jet, still a waste of time and money me thinks, certainly not the type of player we need at the moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 On 11/12/2015 at 07:55, bearded_red said: Congratulations on the biggest load of bollocks I've read on this site in a long time. Really some achievement. He was behind wilbs and agard in the pecking order last season. So would be 4th choice striker this season behind 2 that are considered by most to not be up to it. So I'd rather have better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 On 11/12/2015 at 08:12, Phileas Fogg said: Absolute rubbish, JET is one of the most talented players I've ever seen in a city shirt. The lack of effort thing is a myth, do you really think SC would have tolerated a lack of effort? I bet you don't rate Marlon Pack either, thought Lee Johnson was rubbish and didn't like Trundle's "fancy flicks" and wished he'd "close his man down"! No I don't rate pack. Not sure what that has to do with saying jet didnt put effort in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 From a tribal football article quoted on qprdotorg. Sounds the likeliest outcome; well-paid cushy life for him. The midfielder has offers from the Middle East and Benfica officials believe a move to Asia will be his most likely next destination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAman08 Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 1 hour ago, Eddie Hitler said: From a tribal football article quoted on qprdotorg. Sounds the likeliest outcome; well-paid cushy life for him. The midfielder has offers from the Middle East and Benfica officials believe a move to Asia will be his most likely next destination. Exactly. He'll be in the Saudi League or Chinese. Think he'd be a good draw for the MLS as well. Don't see him dropping to a second division in any country if I'm honest. Doesn't come across as that type of person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 12, 2015 Report Share Posted December 12, 2015 3 minutes ago, JoeAman08 said: Exactly. He'll be in the Saudi League or Chinese. Think he'd be a good draw for the MLS as well. Don't see him dropping to a second division in any country if I'm honest. Doesn't come across as that type of person. He strikes me as the type who could start a fight in an empty room so I wouldn`t want him anywhere near AG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redordead1 Posted December 13, 2015 Report Share Posted December 13, 2015 Not suggesting we should sign him, but just saw this; https://twitter.com/accatrackertm/status/676064628556890114 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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