MC RISK77 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Very happy with this piece of business ahead of the summer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, Galley is our king said: Only we could spunk out 2.5m on a player who isn't even going to play for us until he would have been out of contact anyway..... Absolutely ******* bonkers!! You really think we'd pay 2.5m and let him back on loan ? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galley is our king Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Just now, bcfc01 said: You really think we'd pay 2.5m and let him back on loan ? Bloody hope not, just replying to the post that said we were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ska Junkie Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 (edited) Who on earth is Smith? I read this as Bird was a player we wanted in the summer but would probably be outbid once he'sOOC, so we took a chance and went for it now. If that's the case, we'll done City for taking an opportunity. Edited February 1 by Ska Junkie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, bcfc01 said: You really think we'd pay 2.5m and let him back on loan ? Exactly, won’t be close to 2.5m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, Sandhurst Red said: Oxford and now Derby - niggle games due to player trading. Bit like I hope we batter Ballmuff next time we get the pleasure to visit their little crappy place. They still wind me up, as many in the media suggest they got into the premier league via hard work and a romance of good investment. The reality is that they went all in - Promotion or major FFP breaches and go backwards 10 years. They got lucky. Wish it had badly backfired on them, and the Russian funding was properly reviewed. Bournemouth fans do have a strange take. One I follow proclaims that they were merely levelling the playing field via their 2015 overspend then another said, I saw on my feed, or inferred that they accidentally overspent?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loco Rojo Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 12 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said: Derby fans in meltdown. Why Bristol City , ******* Bristol City etc etc. Love it Replace it with Bournemouth, and it could be us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cov 77 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Just now, Galley is our king said: Only we could spunk out 2.5m on a player who isn't even going to play for us until he would have been out of contact anyway..... Absolutely ******* bonkers!! There’s not a chance in hell we are spunking out anything like that , OOC in 5 months, just more know nothing people spouting crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 What is it with signing someone and loaning them back ffs! If he can benefit us now then why isn’t he staying with us. If we are doing this to ensure we get him before he is OOC in the summer, then he isn’t that bothered about signing for us to begin with surely if going elsewhere is a possibility??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 So we pay £2.5 million for a player we could get for free in the Summer? Take the risks of injury, loss of form etc. Am I missing something? His agent wouldn’t take off £2.5 million from his players wage demands to compensate. Bonkers. So, basically, it seems we go with what we had at the start of the window. Ideal. Top 6 here we come, whereas I thought we were going to push the boat out on transfers to clinch one of the auto places. 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Not really no. He is 23 so a good age yet with reasonable room for growth. He has League One plus solid Championship experience. I've been a critic of the current structure but this could be an impressive addition.. Bird and Knight back together another positive. Derby a Category One Academy too, all helps. The best way to look at it is, we’ve identified Max Bird to be Matty James’ successor, succession planning is good and something that should be praised. Derby were happy to risk waiting for the summer when they would have received a decent compensation package. We wouldn’t have been able to get the deal without the loan back being included so rather than risk losing someone that we clearly rate to a rival in the summer we’ve done a deal that suits both us and Derby. Had MB gone elsewhere in the summer, we could have ended up having to fork out more trying to get someone else to replace MJ. Edited February 1 by Betty Swallocks 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 2 minutes ago, Loco Rojo said: Replace it with Bournemouth, and it could be us! Very true LR. But not this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Just now, RedRock said: So we pay £2.5 million for a player we could get for free in the Summer? Take the risks of injury, loss of form etc. Am I missing something? His agent wouldn’t take off £2.5 million from his players wage demands to compensate. Bonkers. So, basically, it seems we go with what we had at the start of the window. Ideal. Top 6 here we come, whereas I thought we were going to push the boat out on transfers to clinch one of the auto places. We wouldn’t have got him for free in the summer. I’d be taking the £2.5m rumours with a huge pinch of salt. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 3 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said: What is it with signing someone and loaning them back ffs! If he can benefit us now then why isn’t he staying with us. If we are doing this to ensure we get him before he is OOC in the summer, then he isn’t that bothered about signing for us to begin with surely if going elsewhere is a possibility??? It's more that I don't think Derby would have done the deal or would have demanded a notably bigger fee without..that's my take anyway. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1t_ref_again Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/breaking-max-bird-bristol-city-9072675 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 5 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: It's more that I don't think Derby would have done the deal or would have demanded a notably bigger fee without..that's my take anyway. Then wait to the summer and pay nothing then given that’s when we will have him anyway? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 (edited) 2 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said: Then wait to the summer and pay nothing then given that’s when we will have him anyway? When we have competition and another club can come in and offer him £3k per week more? Edited February 1 by Numero Uno 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, formerly known as ivan said: Then wait to the summer and pay nothing then given that’s when we will have him anyway? I don't mean to sound like a broken record but we wouldn’t have been paying nothing in the summer. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC31 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Betty Swallocks said: We wouldn’t have got him for free in the summer. I’d be taking the £2.5m rumours with a huge pinch of salt. And so could about another 10 championship clubs city are obviously trying to steal a march on there rivals for him aren't they it's clever planning especially with James King and Williams leaving in the summer Edited February 1 by BCFC31 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Honestly the state of this thread. 5 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James54De Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 2 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said: Then wait to the summer and pay nothing then given that’s when we will have him anyway? How many times. He would not have been ‘free’ in the summer. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 12 minutes ago, RedRock said: So we pay £2.5 million for a player we could get for free in the Summer? Take the risks of injury, loss of form etc. Am I missing something? His agent wouldn’t take off £2.5 million from his players wage demands to compensate. Bonkers. So, basically, it seems we go with what we had at the start of the window. Ideal. Top 6 here we come, whereas I thought we were going to push the boat out on transfers to clinch one of the auto places. Who has actually said we are paying £2.5m. Just now, Super said: Honestly the state of this thread. People literally making stuff up so they can be angry. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 2 minutes ago, Numero Uno said: When we have competition and another club can come in and offer him £3k per week more? Hence my point, he either wants to come here or he doesn’t. If he does he will be happy to wait until the summer! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1t_ref_again Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Just now, Numero Uno said: Who has actually said we are paying £2.5m. Someone put a finger in their finger, put it on the internet and now repeated on here - so its a fact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC31 Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 (edited) 2 minutes ago, James54De said: How many times. He would not have been ‘free’ in the summer. Exactly! Derby would be owed compo Edited February 1 by BCFC31 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 (edited) 6 minutes ago, formerly known as ivan said: Then wait to the summer and pay nothing then given that’s when we will have him anyway? Well not quite nothing, a tribunal and compensation plus maybe as a sought after *free agent it pushes wages beyond us a bit. *-Not including tribunal fee. Edited February 1 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerly known as ivan Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 2 minutes ago, James54De said: How many times. He would not have been ‘free’ in the summer. Ok, minimal fee then… Do you think we are paying less now than they would get in the summer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 24 minutes ago, BCFCGav said: Smith?! From the Derby forum… Just posting it here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, formerly known as ivan said: Hence my point, he either wants to come here or he doesn’t. If he does he will be happy to wait until the summer! If we only signed players who were here for the love of playing for Bristol City we would be in a bit of a state. Even if he does WANT to be here which his signature would suggest he does if we were to get gazumped by say Middlesbrough in July and they offered him £30k per week have a guess where he would WANT to be then? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty Swallocks Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, formerly known as ivan said: Ok, minimal fee then… Do you think we are paying less now than they would get in the summer? That would depend on the fee. If we have paid around £1.5m then it wouldn’t be much less in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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