Redmycolour Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Johnson claims he tried to sign Marriott, but failed, financial reasons, bullsxxt, Marriott stated he didn't want to come down South with his family, and other clubs wouldn't pay his wage demands, speak the truth for once Johnson and stop hiding behind Landsdown, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmissionImpossible Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Hmmm I think you contradicted yourself a little there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 I don’t know if this is true or not but we should have spent a couple of hundred grand on him when he was at Luton (At the time we signed Hinds and Bakinson from them ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big C Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Surely it must be Johnson fault that Bristol is down south and not in the East Midlands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 What a strange thread 2 minutes ago, EmissionImpossible said: Hmmm I think you contradicted yourself a little there Absolutely, he would have "come South" if we or others had met his wage demands I am sure. Other footballers do it all the time. 3 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said: I don’t know if this is true or not but we should have spent a couple of hundred grand on him when he was at Luton (At the time we signed Hinds and Bakinson from them ) I wonder what his "demands" were then. So many other variables in these deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 7 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: I wonder what his "demands" were then. So many other variables in these deals. Not too taxing I’d imagine He wasn’t even a regular at Luton Somewhat irrelevant now and despite how I rated him , I don’t know the figures , but I wouldn’t have been throwing silly money (In our terms) at him in the Summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Bring back the rubbish emoji. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmycolour Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 32 minutes ago, Big C said: Surely it must be Johnson fault that Bristol is down south and not in the East Midlands! Marriott didn't want to move his family down South Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 39 minutes ago, Redmycolour said: Johnson claims he tried to sign Marriott, but failed, financial reasons, bullsxxt, Marriott stated he didn't want to come down South with his family, and other clubs wouldn't pay his wage demands, speak the truth for once Johnson and stop hiding behind Landsdown, Where have you read this? Johnson's said this week we were never in for him and Peterborough were the ones linking us to him in the press to get Derby to bid higher.. https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-derby-county-transfer-2346256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBFC II Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 10 minutes ago, Redmycolour said: Marriott didn't want to move his family down South And you’re blaming Johnson for that? Right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 At the time it sounded to me like Marriott had made his mind up that not only did he want a move, but that he wanted to go to Frank Lampard's Derby County. This is reinforced by the fact that the fee Derby paid was quite a bit less than being banded about when Posh were trying to get us interested. Suggests that they knew Derby was his choice, so tried to get a bidding war in place to drive up the price. I would guess that when Posh's, and the player's, demands were beyond what we regarded as reasonable, Posh were left with no option but to accept Derby's "derisory" offer, as otherwise they'd have no sale and a want away player still on their books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 16 minutes ago, Redmycolour said: Marriott didn't want to move his family down South Where's Luton ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southport Red Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Big C said: Surely it must be Johnson fault that Bristol is down south and not in the East Midlands! Yeah! Bloody Johnson! If only we’d got Warnock, Bristol would easily be in Mayfair by now grrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bs20ciderarmy Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 What a bizarre thread... Johnson literally came out this week and said we were never in for him and fry was using us to get the most out of Derby? You alright bud? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturny Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Can’t tell if you’re having a go at LJ or saying you wish we were more open about why transfers didn’t work out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 The OP would accuse LJ of lying if he said that today is Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmycolour Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, hodge said: Where have you read this? Johnson's said this week we were never in for him and Peterborough were the ones linking us to him in the press to get Derby to bid higher.. https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-derby-county-transfer-2346256 Where have I read this? Look on BP interview with Johnson, speaking about fail transfers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmycolour Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, Sturny said: Can’t tell if you’re having a go at LJ or saying you wish we were more open about why transfers didn’t work out? BOTH, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 16 minutes ago, Northern Red said: The OP would accuse LJ of lying if he said that today is Thursday. Yeh but tomorrow, today won’t be Thursday....lying b@stard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 17 minutes ago, Redmycolour said: Where have I read this? Look on BP interview with Johnson, speaking about fail transfers, Yeah I've read the article and just re-read it to get this quote, no where does it say we were in for him "No, we were never in the race [for Jack Marriott in the summer]," explained Johnson. "It wasn’t because Jack’s not a good player because he clearly is but the level of finance available and I think Barry Fry - god love him - was using as a bit of a stalking horse potentially for other clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Redmycolour said: Johnson claims he tried to sign Marriott, but failed, financial reasons, bullsxxt, Marriott stated he didn't want to come down South with his family, and other clubs wouldn't pay his wage demands, speak the truth for once Johnson and stop hiding behind Landsdown, Baffling post imo. So if we offered him 50k per week he wouldn't have moved? The bottom line is it IS all down to finance for most transfers that do, or do not happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmycolour Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 13 minutes ago, hodge said: Yeah I've read the article and just re-read it to get this quote, no where does it say we were in for him "No, we were never in the race [for Jack Marriott in the summer]," explained Johnson. "It wasn’t because Jack’s not a good player because he clearly is but the level of finance available and I think Barry Fry - god love him - was using as a bit of a stalking horse potentially for other clubs. Then why? Did Bristol City state at the time, they made a bid of £3m but it was refused, by the chairman, then Marriott stated he didn't want his family moving down South, when he moved to Derby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 What's his nickname amongst the lads: is it "Hotel," or just "Steve"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterrimes Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 1 hour ago, Loon plage said: Where's Luton ? The North of course as it is North of Watford where the North starts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, Redmycolour said: Then why? Did Bristol City state at the time, they made a bid of £3m but it was refused, by the chairman, then Marriott stated he didn't want his family moving down South, when he moved to Derby I don't remember us putting out anything saying we'd bid. But perhaps we made an enquiry/initial bid, realised we were well out of the range to sign him because of what Derby could offer and ceased our interest. Fry then using our initial interest as a tool try and and jacking up the price for Derby. Going by the quote I put above we'd never have been in the race to sign him because of being unwilling to compete with what Derby could offer, we wouldn't have spoken to Marriott so wouldn't have got to any part of him not wanting to move his family to Bristol being a reason for turning us down. Anyway his reason for joining Derby was largely down to Frank Lampard (JM is a big Chelsea fan and used to watch FL on tv growing up) once they showed interest that's where he wanted to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Redmycolour said: Johnson claims he tried to sign Marriott, but failed, financial reasons, bullsxxt, Marriott stated he didn't want to come down South with his family, and other clubs wouldn't pay his wage demands, speak the truth for once Johnson and stop hiding behind Landsdown, And the winner of worst post of 2018 is.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coach Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 I don’t think it matters if we signed Marriot or not. He would of not developed as well here as he has at Derby. He would of been another hot/cold average player for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 13 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: And the winner of worst post of 2018 is.............. It ain't over til it's over . There's still time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturny Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 18 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: It ain't over til it's over . There's still time . The Maynard rumour post was my favourite so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redmycolour Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 52 minutes ago, Sturny said: The Maynard rumour post was my favourite so far Yeh, and mine,told the mate in the South Stand on Saturday he was talking bollocks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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