room0035 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Correct me if i am wrong but why would we buy a player for around £8m to £10m using up the majority of our transfer budget to then loan him to Sunderland or sell him to Wolves for £7m million making a loss. More likely this is basically paper talk and come Thursday if any players are sold - they will be sold for silly fees far more than they are worth. The guy Assomblalonga from Forest very injury prone who went for £15m or Sam Clucas a former Chessy player going for £15m+ after 1 season in top flight when they got relegated, Chris Wood £17m 1 good season at Championship level, Jacob Murphy £12m for a kid with his first full season finishing Mid-table in the championship, Tom ince £8m for a midfielder who has forgot how to score goals after a few good seasons ago. Then Preston over the week end turning down £8m for a player who arrive from Rochdale last year for £200k, or Cardiff after year after year of struggle thinking Zohore is worth £10m. The transfer market has gone mad, but if we are selling players at loss or signing players to send out on loan we are the chumps not them. Slap a 315m price tag on Fessi and Rhodes if they pay it great then have transfers lined up to replace them. Jota, £6m, Dean £2m, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Be very surprised if there are any players coming or going. People are getting to carried away with the press rumours. At the outside, we might sign that Dutch lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ron's Sovereign Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 27 minutes ago, lanzaroteowl said: I don't get all the fuss about this He was signed in January primarily to get us promoted to the Premiership Both he and the rest of the team failed in that goal He has not proven himself better than the other strikers we have We are well equipped with strikers without him We need a new impetus and injection of talent for this seasons tilt at the Prem So we cash in and move on to other targets Well equipped with whom?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twolaptops Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, room0035 said: Correct me if i am wrong but why would we buy a player for around £8m to £10m using up the majority of our transfer budget to then loan him to Sunderland or sell him to Wolves for £7m million making a loss. More likely this is basically paper talk and come Thursday if any players are sold - they will be sold for silly fees far more than they are worth. The guy Assomblalonga from Forest very injury prone who went for £15m or Sam Clucas a former Chessy player going for £15m+ after 1 season in top flight when they got relegated, Chris Wood £17m 1 good season at Championship level, Jacob Murphy £12m for a kid with his first full season finishing Mid-table in the championship, Tom ince £8m for a midfielder who has forgot how to score goals after a few good seasons ago. Then Preston over the week end turning down £8m for a player who arrive from Rochdale last year for £200k, or Cardiff after year after year of struggle thinking Zohore is worth £10m. The transfer market has gone mad, but if we are selling players at loss or signing players to send out on loan we are the chumps not them. Slap a 315m price tag on Fessi and Rhodes if they pay it great then have transfers lined up to replace them. Jota, £6m, Dean £2m, Edited August 29, 2017 by twolaptops ..315 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueOwl Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) 41 minutes ago, OwlofOliveGrove said: Rate deal this. The equivalent of buying a brand new car and then selling it privately the second you get it off of the forecourt. What if it was a Skoda dealership and you'd just heard a tip about a New Golf GTI you could get for half that price? Edited August 29, 2017 by TrueOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twolaptops Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Just now, twolaptops said: 315 million...........jeeeeeeeeesssssssss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chardron Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 If we sell Rhodes and keep Nuhiu and Joao I will lose my s**t. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robowl4life Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Chardron said: If we sell Rhodes and keep Nuhiu and Joao I will lose my s**t. Its ok mate, when Nuhiu plays we win - fact. Apparently! Edited August 29, 2017 by robowl4life 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@owlstalk Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, robowl4life said: Its ok mate, when Nuhiu plays we win - fact. Apparently! It's true! The stats show it Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costello 77 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 39 minutes ago, TrueOwl said: What if it was a Skoda dealership and you'd just heard a tip about a New Golf GTI you could get for half that price? Especially with tints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Rhodes recently bagged 2 goals vs Bolton. Needs to be part of our strike force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Owl 2 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 If we are stupid enough to do this then we don't deserve promotion. Just sack Carlos and get on with it. Keep Rhodes and try and score a few goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bing Cosby Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 54 minutes ago, StudentOwl said: For all those complaining about the transfer... yes it's bizarre and obviously if he were to leave us it would be a blow to our strength. But, I'm gonna try and put a positive spin on this (unusually for me): Rhodes was always going to be a Championship player this season. Whether for us or 'Boro or another club, he was always going to be in this league. Now for whatever reason, it hasn't really worked for him here yet... maybe it would in time, but we can all agree that right now it just hasn't clicked. Now say (hypothetically) we sell him to Sunderland for £14m. And say (hypothetically) we bought him for £10m. We've actually managed to make a multi-million profit on a player in the space of (technically) 2 months... someone who really currently living up to his price tag. The only way this is realistically a downside is the fact that by selling Rhodes we're strengthening a rival... which is obviously definitely a bad. But then it comes down to... what's the better scenario... us keeping Rhodes and having Sunderland a weaker team, or selling Rhodes and using that money to actually strengthen our team further rather than carry a multi-million player that hasn't hit it off yet. And I've got to go for the latter in that scenario. Once you remove the "ifs, buts and maybies" and look at the reality of our current situation, it would be a far more proactive and positive thing to do to sell him. That's assuming that if he did stay he wouldn't suddenly "click" and score 5 goals every month between now and May of course I could happily reconcile us selling Rhodes for 14million. As I've already said, I felt he was a bit of a luxury signing at the time and sadly (for both us and the player) he hasn't found his scoring touch (yet). If we were to make a tidy profit and reinvest it wisely, then I think most people could just about get on with that. But that's not what's being reported. The rumoured price is half of 14million or a loan; it would constitute a loss on the player and strengthening a rival. I think that'd be a very dubious decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RocketOwl Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Please be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 1 hour ago, twolaptops said: 315 million...........jeeeeeeeeesssssssss Sorry Keyboard on way out should have be £15m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRADDO Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 2 hours ago, Blue and white said: Not while ever we have Carlos will this team be promoted. I've always supported Carlos but I'm getting close to agreeing with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross owl Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 If he does go will it be the world record for ownership of a player . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indoor Owl Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 2 hours ago, Big Ron's Sovereign said: Well equipped with whom?? Is this a real question? Fletcher, Hooper, Winnall. If things work out, FF as well. We are very overstaffed at striker. Even Joao is a possible Rhodes replacement candidate, because although he's not nearly on the same skill level, at least when he was on the pitch for us he didn't turn completely invisible out there like Rhodes has a habit of doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Only this club could sign the best striker in the football league for a club record fee, not figure out how to use him (erm, you play him and supply him with the ball - it ain't rocket science) and then sell him to a rival. Not many things lessen my faith in the club but this, if it happens, will make me wonder about things. What things you ask? Well, - who signs the players? - who picks the team? - what is our vision, plan or long term strategy? - why should I pay premium prices for sub-par ambition and results? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Gayle has been frozen out at Newcastle. can see Sunderland signing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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