Bristol Rob Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 11 minutes ago, 95red said: Bet lansdowns happy more value for when he's sold next season. Why wouldn't he be? Surely it makes sense to pin players with potential down so that if he does go on to attract bids, we are in the strongest negotiating position. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 Off to Bournemouth next summer then, good on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 Bit of a difference accent to his dad, bet he’s proud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 19 minutes ago, Davefevs said: You have to extend him at some point this season, or summer 24 he only has one year left. Might as well be now…and you wanna get it done before January too, as you start to open yourself up to interest getting more serious, agents and even player getting itchy. Need to do the same with Conway now. Signed his deal similar time to Bell and his profile greater. edit: congrats to Sam btw. Needs to keep his upward trajectory I'll be extremely surprised if Conway signs again unless he can't remain fit He fully broke through last season, his mate has gone to the Prem and I am still expecting a 15 goal season ahead followed by a summer 2024 move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95red Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 7 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said: Why wouldn't he be? Surely it makes sense to pin players with potential down so that if he does go on to attract bids, we are in the strongest negotiating position. Yep it's great we will get value for money ,but pointless when it's not put back into the squad, it's steading the finances for the sell of the Club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 5 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: I'll be extremely surprised if Conway signs again unless he can't remain fit He fully broke through last season, his mate has gone to the Prem and I am still expecting a 15 goal season ahead followed by a summer 2024 move But he signed before he’d broken through, so I suspect we will want to a contract in line with his standing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 OS: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/new-deal-for-bell-2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlastonburyRed Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 6 minutes ago, Jerseybean said: OS: https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/new-deal-for-bell-2/ 'Bagsman' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Sturny said: Are the stats correct that he’s scored more than he did last season already? could hit 10+ this season In the league (4 as opposed to 3) yes, but he got 3 goals in the cup last season too, so not overall yet. For a side that appears to rely heavily on the front three for the majority of our goals, if he could get 10 & Sykes around 7 that would help a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuffle Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: You have to extend him at some point this season, or summer 24 he only has one year left. Might as well be now…and you wanna get it done before January too, as you start to open yourself up to interest getting more serious, agents and even player getting itchy. Need to do the same with Conway now. Signed his deal similar time to Bell and his profile greater. edit: congrats to Sam btw. Needs to keep his upward trajectory Good player that Sam Bell 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: You have to extend him at some point this season, or summer 24 he only has one year left. Might as well be now…and you wanna get it done before January too, as you start to open yourself up to interest getting more serious, agents and even player getting itchy. Need to do the same with Conway now. Signed his deal similar time to Bell and his profile greater. edit: congrats to Sam btw. Needs to keep his upward trajectory Good player that Sam Bell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 1 hour ago, petehinton said: Badge is almost turned 45 degrees on the shirt he’s wearing in the announcement video they’ve just put out. Looks so ******* amateur. Glad I wasn’t the only one that noticed this. First thing I saw! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Shuffle said: Good player that Sam Bell Will be even better in a front two with TC…like Ajax’s Academy duo Kanu and Kluivert! Edited October 3, 2023 by Davefevs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 Surely the I won't call it upside but silver lining of selling Scott and getting as many key players here a possible is that we now no longer need sell for 2024-25 and maybe summed 2025 at minimum. Conway and of course NP onto 3 year deals now please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 52 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Surely the I won't call it upside but silver lining of selling Scott and getting as many key players here a possible is that we now no longer need sell for 2024-25 and maybe summed 2025 at minimum. Conway and of course NP onto 3 year deals now please. That would be superb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elhombrecito Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 1 hour ago, GlastonburyRed said: 'Bagsman' What does that even mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 3, 2023 Report Share Posted October 3, 2023 27 minutes ago, elhombrecito said: What does that even mean? Sells bags down the market! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 It does fill me with that little bit extra joy when homegrown, son of a popular former player, Sam Bell scores. I'd like to think that in 25 years time we'll be watching Sam's son break through into the team to make it three generations of Bell at City. I do think, however that both Bell and Conway could move on in the not too distant future if they can keep scoring goals. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 10 hours ago, Davefevs said: Will be even better in a front two with TC…like Ajax’s Academy duo Kanu and Kluivert! Tommy & Sam up top together is a nice thought and something I think the club had been planning for. How would you set up the rest of the side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNQ Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 41 minutes ago, mozo said: It does fill me with that little bit extra joy when homegrown, son of a popular former player, Sam Bell scores. I'd like to think that in 25 years time we'll be watching Sam's son break through into the team to make it three generations of Bell at City. I do think, however that both Bell and Conway could move on in the not too distant future if they can keep scoring goals. I think Bell and Conway are in the same basket as Pring and Vyner.. very good championship players but nowhere near good enough for the premier league. Unlike Alex Scott who clearly was good enough for the EPL why wouldn’t they sign their new contracts? TC for example could run his contract down and end up at somewhere like Coventry or even worse the SPL.. why would he? Their best chance of getting to the promised land is probably with us as long as we retain our manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, Betty Swallocks said: Tommy & Sam up top together is a nice thought and something I think the club had been planning for. How would you set up the rest of the side? 8 defenders, a keeper and those two….sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 21 minutes ago, Davefevs said: 8 defenders, a keeper and those two….sorted You've gone a bit gung ho there. I'd have picked two keepers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, FNQ said: I think Bell and Conway are in the same basket as Pring and Vyner.. very good championship players but nowhere near good enough for the premier league. Unlike Alex Scott who clearly was good enough for the EPL why wouldn’t they sign their new contracts? TC for example could run his contract down and end up at somewhere like Coventry or even worse the SPL.. why would he? Their best chance of getting to the promised land is probably with us as long as we retain our manager. I think any player in their early 20s that guarantees goals at Championship level is a valuable asset. As you say, they're not Premier League ready right now, but ai could see a club going up (Ipswich for example), or coming down (Luton, Burnley, Sheffield Utd) fancying Bell or Conway. I reckon we could list a fair few Championship level strikers that have played at least one season in the Prem if not more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 13 hours ago, cidercity1987 said: I would have liked to see him give us two more years for the extra money. As it is, no doubt he will be 2025s big income, with Conway being 2024s injury permitting Seems somehow inevitable doesn't it, if only we could break this cycle of having to sell our best players to the likes of Bournemouth or Burnley, Chicken and egg springs to mind, we don't get promotion so have to sell our best players and because we sell our best players of course we don't get promoted and so it all starts again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hinsleburg Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 Fair play to him. Was one that I didn't think would breakthrough and thought his spells at wing back would shatter his confidence and belief as he looked truly lost. However, in a weird way and the same with Scott, long term it might actually have worked wonders for his development. Physically he looked small and even with his pace couldn't beat a man or got done by a winger, now he's able to run in behind and beat a man which he couldn't do before. Mentally, he would have learned what he needs to do at this level and rose from the challenge instead of shirking it, now he's established he hopefully has the belief he can keep improving. He's made that Left Wing spot his own so far this season, huge credit to him along with the coaching and medical team to get him in this position. I know we say it a lot at the moment, but I don't think we will properly appreciate the talent crop we've just had until they're all gone, even with the best academy and coaching in the world you can't guarantee success or development. This pipeline isn't guaranteed forever so while enjoy it whilst we've got it, one thing I will add, if we get a reputation it will naturally increase our ability to get bigger fee's especially if Scott takes off this year. Look at Peterborough with strikers, it's just accepted you have to pay 3x their value just because it's Peterborough, but people still do it as there's this perception of success. If we can begin having that sort of impact in the market then that will help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 15 minutes ago, pillred said: Seems somehow inevitable doesn't it, if only we could break this cycle of having to sell our best players to the likes of Bournemouth or Burnley, Chicken and egg springs to mind, we don't get promotion so have to sell our best players and because we sell our best players of course we don't get promoted and so it all starts again. If we've got Palmer-Houlden and Yeboah banging the goals in by then I guess we can't complain too much, but it would be nice to have these players age 25 to 30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) There is no FFP need to sell Bell, or any prized assets this coming summer. Then you can add the TV deal rise, EFL Championship up by £5m next season is it...£5m off the Operating Losses/Cash input by SL. Edited October 4, 2023 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, Barrs Court Red said: The Nest Egg welcomes his sacrifice this summer. Edited October 4, 2023 by Major Isewater 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon bristol Posted October 4, 2023 Report Share Posted October 4, 2023 4 hours ago, mozo said: You've gone a bit gung ho there. I'd have picked two keepers. We havent got 2 keepers? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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