surreyred Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Various speculation on BBC football site that Antti NIEMI will be on the move from Southampton in January, with Charlton and Everton intrested.Given the contact between GJ and Southampton earlier in the year and BASSO suddenly getting games could it be that our Steve is on the move ?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Harry Dolman Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Given the contact between GJ and Southampton earlier in the year and BASSO suddenly getting games could it be that our Steve is on the move ??????What contact ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surreyred Posted December 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 What contact ???friendly game and, i think, i remember seeing a quote on this site that GJ had contacts at Southampton and had been seen there....i am sure if i have remember this wrong someone will correct me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh red Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 that one was doing the rounds a month or so back! about the same time as Stewart to millwall.......wouldn't be suprised to be honest, though with them not having a manager now I would say it was unlikely at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Boy Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Old rumour, although I think SP will leave for around 300k mark, despite the testimonial.GJ will need money to fund signings because they'll need to be much better than the loans to make an impact and take this club where it wants to be.I wouldn't be surprised to see a cut price exit for Wilkshire, another player who should have been transferred or signed a new contract a year ago.The £250k fee invested in him will be difficult to recoup with only months left on his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh red Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Old rumour, although I think SP will leave for around 300k mark, despite the testimonial.GJ will need money to fund signings because they'll need to be much better than the loans to make an impact and take this club where it wants to be.I wouldn't be surprised to see a cut price exit for Wilkshire, another player who should have been transferred or signed a new contract a year ago.The £250k fee invested in him will be difficult to recoup with only months left on his contract.well phillips did say he is looking for a premiership club for his testimonial.........so I wouldn't be suprised, if although he leaves part of the deal is that he has a testmonial game put in as part of the transfer, i.e.... who ever he joins agrees to a pre-season game next season.........kinda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CITY BOY DAVE Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 I hope GJ comes to his sences and keep phillps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Harry Dolman Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 I wouldn't be surprised to see a cut price exit for Wilkshire, another player who should have been transferred or signed a new contract a year ago.In principle I agree, but in the current ££ climate a lot of clubs let a players contract run out & then decide if they can renew/at what terms, depending on which league they're in.At the time we got Wilkshire in, we were looking up to the CCC, that combined with him coming from the Prem would suggest to me that he is on top dollar wages. I doubt if we could have enticed him to sign a new contract in the summer & as far as I am aware there has been no real interest in him.I like him as a player & he certainly has talent, but he does have a nasty habit of disappearing when things get tough, that combined with the prospect of him being unavailable when with Oz mean I won't be too disappointed if he goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest REDCIDERARMY Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 He would love to get the 400 games played for City,but I have a feeling he has seen his last days as te nos1 keeper unfortunately say good bye and good luck to Steve in the Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Phillips probably isn't good enough for the Championship and certainly not good enough for the Premiership. If the Saints pay good money for him then City should bite their hand off - but why would a club like S'hampton be interested in a 'keeper who can't get into his own club side and that in a lower division.Its all wild speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surreyred Posted December 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Phillips probably isn't good enough for the Championship and certainly not good enough for the Premiership. If the Saints pay good money for him then City should bite their hand off - but why would a club like S'hampton be interested in a 'keeper who can't get into his own club side and that in a lower division.Its all wild speculation.All true, but Southampton might see him as a good number two keeper, and he is still reasonably young and a diffrent coach might be able to improve his game.I agree this is wild speculation, but thats the whole fun of the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bemmie red Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 we will not get more than £50k for a keeper that cannot even get in the side that is second from bottom in league 1.£300k is daft. which keepers have gone for that kind of money at our level of the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fRed Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 £300k is daft. which keepers have gone for that kind of money at our level of the game?Billy Mercer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Billy Mercer now he was a good keeper. best i've seen for us (but i am young!)i agree phillips, if he leaves, will not be worth anything like 300K. most likely under 100K with something if he moves on elsewhere. personally would like to see him back in the side, but if basso continues to perform well into january, and/or another keeper arrives, i wouldn't be at all surprised if he moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rgr Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Didn't Paul Smith who is Southampton's number 2 command a reasonably large fee, i cannot quite remember it but I think it was larger than 300k. However he was in Brentford's first team and keeping them up almost single handedly at the time so probably not a good comparison with Phillips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bh red Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 nigel martyn??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Phillips probably isn't good enough for the Championship and certainly not good enough for the Premiership. If the Saints pay good money for him then City should bite their hand off - but why would a club like S'hampton be interested in a 'keeper who can't get into his own club side and that in a lower division.Its all wild speculation. Possibly, though i heard the Phillips to Southampton rumour from a mature City fan, not prone to rumour mongering, about a month ago. He had been told it first hand by someone connected to the club and he certainly wouldn't have made it up. The change of manager at Saints may alter thing of course, though Bassett is still there. Of course one reason for Phillips not playing could be that his transfer out of City is already a done deal, and this way it can't be scuppered by injury. If he goes City will benefit to the tune of at least 250-300k. plus add ons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 nigel martyn???The original question was at our level of the game - Not Premiership.If you're meaning when he left Rovers, then that was a time when high transfer fee's weren't an every day thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buanryoh Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Possibly, though i heard the Phillips to Southampton rumour from a mature City fan, not prone to rumour mongering, about a month ago. He had been told it first hand by someone connected to the club and he certainly wouldn't have made it up. The change of manager at Saints may alter thing of course, though Bassett is still there. Of course one reason for Phillips not playing could be that his transfer out of City is already a done deal, and this way it can't be scuppered by injury. If he goes City will benefit to the tune of at least 250-300k. plus add ons.If he goes for anything near that price tag, Southampton will have to have a scouting network much worse than city, and for an ex premiership club, i really doubt it. He will must likely go for an undisclosed fee, much like Tommy D. I cant see us getting more than 50k for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whale Eye Beef Hooked Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Phillips probably isn't good enough for the Championship and certainly not good enough for the Premiership. If the Saints pay good money for him then City should bite their hand off - but why would a club like S'hampton be interested in a 'keeper who can't get into his own club side and that in a lower division.Its all wild speculation.No it`s not. He has been told that he can go AFTER his testimonial - FACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 If he goes for anything near that price tag, Southampton will have to have a scouting network much worse than city, and for an ex premiership club, i really doubt it. He will must likely go for an undisclosed fee, much like Tommy D. I cant see us getting more than 50k for him. Perhaps they rate him more highly than you and have noted his position of being one of the most highly rated kepers at our level for some time. Can't see City selling at all unless it's convenient to us and that would mean a reasonable fee to reinvest. Doherty is a different matter altogether. Despite being transfer listed, nobody except Hollowhead ever contemplated paying a fee for him and his undiclosed (small) fee reflected that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGPHIL Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 With all speculation on Phillips, with Shaaban gone we would be in a situation giving us only one keeper. Phillips has served this club well, like it or not having saved us from humiliation on a number of occasions. So we would need to replace him at what cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Harry Dolman Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 With all speculation on Phillips, with Shaaban gone we would be in a situation giving us only one keeper. Phillips has served this club well, like it or not having saved us from humiliation on a number of occasions. So we would need to replace him at what cost?If you looked at many teams, their keeper "saved them from humiliation" a no. of times. Thats the keepers job really, to make saves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PapaLazarou Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Possibly, though i heard the Phillips to Southampton rumour from a mature City fan, not prone to rumour mongering, about a month ago. He had been told it first hand by someone connected to the club and he certainly wouldn't have made it up.well i don't know about all you lot. but i'm now convinced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nogbad the Bad Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 well i don't know about all you lot. but i'm now convinced Thumping yourself on the head seems like a good idea to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Didn't Paul Smith who is Southampton's number 2 command a reasonably large fee, i cannot quite remember it but I think it was larger than 300k. However he was in Brentford's first team and keeping them up almost single handedly at the time so probably not a good comparison with Phillips.paul smith was uselessthat was the game when leroy came on and got two headers both went right next to smithwhen i had heard about a week later that he moved to southampton i burst out laffin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon Hater Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 As Robbored says why would Southampton be interest in a goalkeeper whocan't get in a near the bottom league One side.They wouldn't, fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 paul smith was uselessthat was the game when leroy came on and got two headers both went right next to smithwhen i had heard about a week later that he moved to southampton i burst out laffin Bad in one game. Top quality keeper normally. Played some blinders for Southampton too when givent he chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buanryoh Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Perhaps they rate him more highly than you and have noted his position of being one of the most highly rated kepers at our level for some time. Can't see City selling at all unless it's convenient to us and that would mean a reasonable fee to reinvest. Doherty is a different matter altogether. Despite being transfer listed, nobody except Hollowhead ever contemplated paying a fee for him and his undiclosed (small) fee reflected that.But Doherty was also highly rated when fit, and it wouldn't be the first time someone with a bad history in the game to have turned up at a new club and done well. Obviously some continue on the same road, but a fair few do turn it around. Who would want a goalkeeper that gets dropped for a while, after playing constantly for about 2 years and more, starts to moan and call his manager bad names according to some eyewitnesses. I would love it if we got 300k for him, but sadly, i don't think we will.Whats more convenient than selling a player who doesn't get along with the manager, we see it at all levels of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrebel Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Various speculation on BBC football site that Antti NIEMI will be on the move from Southampton in January, with Charlton and Everton intrested.Given the contact between GJ and Southampton earlier in the year and BASSO suddenly getting games could it be that our Steve is on the move ??????Who is going to sign a keeper who has such poor control of crosses and instills panic in to his centre halfs like Steve Phillips does.Certainly not a team desperate to get back to the Premiership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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