Utah Owl Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 30 minutes ago, Animal said: no one in the championship will spend that much on one player this time of year with the FFP because nobody is certain to go up so its not worth the risk. I'd love us to loan him and after watching Nuhiu last night just shows how much were crying out for another striker. Really? Middlesborough did exactly that last year and guess what happened to them! Just saying like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest everydays_wednesday Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 They have just found th paperwork under the fax machine for him to sign.....problem is it is from last January so we have missed out....!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest domSWFC Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 I can confirm Rhodes will be at the Middlewood training ground TODAY! Andy that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevtheowl Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 1 minute ago, domSWFC said: I can confirm Rhodes will be at the Middlewood training ground TODAY! Andy that is. He'll be having New Year's Day dinner at his dad's then. UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_77 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) I would go all out for Rhodes, not £11 million but certainly up towards £8/£9 million. I get the impression we are trying to get up on the cheap when the reality is you have to spend fairly big now to be in with a shot. Rhodes would be a good long term investment, he's the right age and could possibly have good re-sale value. Look at McCormack FFP aside we should be thinking about how we are going to stay in the premiership when we eventually get there, 75% of this squad won't cut it and a fair few are punching above their weight in a top 6 championship side. Rhodes would love it here, he'd be worshipped, working with his old man and have very healthy competition in fletcher and hooper. i can't believe the club are paying out £5/£15k a week to some players who are nowhere near the first team. Going to upset a few but we are a 1 man team going forward with FF, teams are clicking on and winding him up and he's a marked man from the first minute. No better proven option out there at the minute than Rhodes. Edited January 1, 2017 by Mac_77 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 33 minutes ago, Mac_77 said: I would go all out for Rhodes, not £11 million but certainly up towards £8/£9 million. I get the impression we are trying to get up on the cheap when the reality is you have to spend fairly big now to be in with a shot. Rhodes would be a good long term investment, he's the right age and could possibly have good re-sale value. Look at McCormack FFP aside we should be thinking about how we are going to stay in the premiership when we eventually get there, 75% of this squad won't cut it and a fair few are punching above their weight in a top 6 side. Rhodes would love it here, he'd be worshipped, working with his old man and have very healthy competition in fletcher and hooper. i can't believe the club are paying out £5/£15k a week to some players who are nowhere near the first team. Going to upset a few but we are a 1 man team going forward with FF, teams are clicking on and winding him up and he's a marked man from the first minute. No better proven option out there at the minute than Rhodes. If we have that sort of money to spend, yes let's spend it, but not on someone like Rhodes please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_77 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Just now, S_W_F_C said: Woukd you take that gamble if I meant a transfer embargo if we didn't go up? I'm not 100% up on the FFP, but sooner or later we are going to have to spend big if we want to compete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_77 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Team spirit, sentiment and confidence alone is not going to get us to the premiership and keep us their, quality is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Copthorneowl Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 11 hours ago, Athelwulf said: I think the problem is not so much Rhodes' wages in isolation. Clearly Wednesday could afford to pay them, especially if they outed a player or too. The real problem would be Rhodes' wages compared to everyone else's. The ex-PL teams have the advantage that not only can they afford to pay Rhodes' wages, but they can afford to pay everybody else more than us too. At £60 thousand a week, Rhodes would be earning 50% more than anyone else at the club. We saw what happened when Fletcher was parachuted in on big wages, and how FF reacted to it. Rhodes' wages wouldn't dwarf Villa's squad's wages in the way that he would ours. Exactly this is a very important point which most of our fan base simply ignore. As I've said previously he would be on obscene amount more than our best player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_77 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 12 minutes ago, gurujuan said: If we have that sort of money to spend, yes let's spend it, but not on someone like Rhodes please Who would you go for? Genuine question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_77 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 1 minute ago, Copthorneowl said: Exactly this is a very important point which most of our fan base simply ignore. As I've said previously he would be on obscene amount more than our best player. But could you see Rhodes not playing against Preston because he fears getting roughed up and losing his rag? Cant work the club around not upsetting FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 33 minutes ago, Mac_77 said: Who would you go for? Genuine question Personally, Id bring in a Premier League youngster on loan, someone who offered something similar to what we lose if Forestieri isn't playing. Or maybe Teixeira on loan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViolaOwls Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 FFP rules only kick in if you get promoted don't they? Then the fine is a fraction of what you get. Unless it's changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_77 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Personally, Id bring in a Premier League youngster on loan, someone who offered something similar to what we lose if Forestieri isn't playing. Or maybe Teixeira on loan Maybe, loans are short term. Abrahams done well but what sort of price would Bristol be looking at paying now he's proven he is decent at this level. £8 million (ish) Rather we look long term. would be nice to strike lucky with a mahrez type (cheap, foreign and Unknown) but it's not worked in past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_77 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 6 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Personally, Id bring in a Premier League youngster on loan, someone who offered something similar to what we lose if Forestieri isn't playing. Or maybe Teixeira on loan Also no offence mate but remember Hallam Hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 1 minute ago, Mac_77 said: Also no offence mate but remember Hallam Hope Oh yes now applying his trade-in the champions league with Bury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jack Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Mac_77 said: But could you see Rhodes not playing against Preston because he fears getting roughed up and losing his rag? Cant work the club around not upsetting FF Ah so CC is a liar, despite the fact he told the media 100% injured and he said "I don't lie*???? Edited January 1, 2017 by Big Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 10 minutes ago, ViolaOwls said: FFP rules only kick in if you get promoted don't they? Then the fine is a fraction of what you get. Unless it's changed No, if you don't get promoted then you get a transfer embargo. The embargo has been utterly shït for all clubs who've had one so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac_77 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 2 minutes ago, Big Jack said: Ah so CC is a liar, despite the fact he told the media 100% injured and he said "I don't lie*???? Missing the point mate. We can't grow and improve as a team if every players wages/contracts are run past FF every time. He is good, don't get me wrong, but eventually better players on more money are going come in if we want to move upwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IstillhateSteveBould Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 20 minutes ago, gurujuan said: Personally, Id bring in a Premier League youngster on loan, someone who offered something similar to what we lose if Forestieri isn't playing. Or maybe Teixeira on loan I'm struggling to think of any PL young loanees who've fired teams to promotion from the championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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