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Post by macca100 on Jul 28, 2018 21:48:51 GMT
The sun reports
£500k
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Post by Gods on Jul 28, 2018 21:51:58 GMT
Crikey moses!
Not quite up there with 'Grant to Manchester United' in the surprise stakes but not far off.
You could make a case that while he may be as old as the hills he is still the only bloke we have on the books who knows where the back of the net is!
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Post by philb on Jul 28, 2018 21:51:59 GMT
Blimey it was Middlesbrough 6 hours ago!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 21:52:56 GMT
£500k lol
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Post by rawli on Jul 28, 2018 21:52:58 GMT
Long commute from London
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Post by philb on Jul 28, 2018 21:56:09 GMT
Agree. Ridiculously low transfer fee even for a bloke his age. Would easily score them 8-10 goals in a season. Would rather keep him. |
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Post by cobhamstokey on Jul 28, 2018 21:56:50 GMT
500k is very low you’d think we might get 2m. At least we should get his wages freed up to spend on a young striker.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 28, 2018 21:57:18 GMT
Agree. Ridiculously low transfer fee even for a bloke his age. Would easily score them 8-10 goals in a season. Would rather keep him. Nobody’s paying more than that for a striker who turns 38 in January. |
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Post by philb on Jul 28, 2018 22:01:10 GMT
Agree. Ridiculously low transfer fee even for a bloke his age. Would easily score them 8-10 goals in a season. Would rather keep him. Nobody’s paying more than that for a striker who turns 38 in January. Like I said keep him then. £500k is useless to us whereby Crouch coming off the bench over a 46 game season would no doubt be a lot more beneficial. |
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Post by scfcno1fan on Jul 28, 2018 22:03:23 GMT
Yeah for 500k what’s the point.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 28, 2018 22:03:52 GMT
Nobody’s paying more than that for a striker who turns 38 in January. Like I said keep him then. £500k is useless to us whereby Crouch coming off the bench over a 46 game season would no doubt be a lot more beneficial. If it’s that simple yeah. If the player wants to go it might not be as straightforward as that. |
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jul 28, 2018 22:04:54 GMT
Is this the "big" Nixon story?! Wow.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 22:05:57 GMT
Agree. Ridiculously low transfer fee even for a bloke his age. Would easily score them 8-10 goals in a season. Would rather keep him. Nobody’s paying more than that for a striker who turns 38 in January. We will see when Ronaldos contract at Juventus runs out in 4 years time  |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 28, 2018 22:06:07 GMT
Is this the "big" Nixon story?! Wow. Don’t think he said it was big to be fair. |
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Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 28, 2018 22:06:43 GMT
Nobody’s paying more than that for a striker who turns 38 in January. Like I said keep him then. £500k is useless to us whereby Crouch coming off the bench over a 46 game season would no doubt be a lot more beneficial. I don't know where we currently stand with financial fair play rules but if selling Crouch to Burnley means that it enables us to free up a wage, so we can stay within the rules and we can then bring in somebody like (say) Gayle, then it makes sense to me. |
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Post by GeneralFaye on Jul 28, 2018 22:06:52 GMT
Is this the "big" Nixon story?! Wow. Don’t think he said it was big to be fair. It's shite in any case. |
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Post by philb on Jul 28, 2018 22:08:47 GMT
Like I said keep him then. £500k is useless to us whereby Crouch coming off the bench over a 46 game season would no doubt be a lot more beneficial. If it’s that simple yeah. If the player wants to go it might not be as straightforward as that. Yes understand that he’d find it hard to turn down playing, perhaps what may be his last season in the PL again but I wonder if he’ll realise he’ll possibly get more game time with us than them. Here’s hoping anyway. Like I said if he goes for that amount we’d be the big loser in that deal. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 28, 2018 22:11:53 GMT
If it’s that simple yeah. If the player wants to go it might not be as straightforward as that. Yes understand that he’d find it hard to turn down playing, perhaps what may be his last season in the PL again but I wonder if he’ll realise he’ll possibly get more game time with us than them. Here’s hoping anyway. Like I said if he goes for that amount we’d be the big loser in that deal. Dunno, the lure of one more crack in the Prem and Europe might trump that for him. To be honest even for us he should be eminently replaceable at this stage. He’s third choice striker. |
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Post by nigerianstokie on Jul 28, 2018 22:12:45 GMT
He said there are stories on Stoke and Burnley. I assume that means there is a separate Stoke one.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 22:16:05 GMT
They have Wood and Vokes, would be a totally pointless signing....
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Post by lordb on Jul 28, 2018 22:19:01 GMT
They have Wood and Vokes, would be a totally pointless signing.... And Barnes However they also have Europa League. |
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Post by rawli on Jul 28, 2018 22:21:03 GMT
They have Wood and Vokes, would be a totally pointless signing.... Playing in Europe though. Unless Aberdeen surprise them. Going to need a big squad. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2018 22:23:04 GMT
They have Wood and Vokes, would be a totally pointless signing.... And Barnes However they also have Europa League. Until next week when Aberdeen sneak a 1-0 win at Turf Moor...... |
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Jul 28, 2018 23:17:11 GMT
Agree. Ridiculously low transfer fee even for a bloke his age. Would easily score them 8-10 goals in a season. Would rather keep him. Nobody’s paying more than that for a striker who turns 38 in January. The Pizza boys would. |
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Post by Gods on Jul 28, 2018 23:22:27 GMT
You have to think that of Crouch has the opportunity to finish his career in the Premier League he will take it. In the words of Neil Young, famously quoted by Kurt Kobain in his suicide note, 'It's better to burn out than to fade away'  |
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Post by turtlefox on Jul 28, 2018 23:29:04 GMT
Agree. Ridiculously low transfer fee even for a bloke his age. Would easily score them 8-10 goals in a season. Would rather keep him. Nobody’s paying more than that for a striker who turns 38 in January. Age isn't a factor for someone who can still score goals. Crouch is still worth 2 to 4 mil. Half a mil is laughable. |
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Jul 28, 2018 23:36:00 GMT
Nobody’s paying more than that for a striker who turns 38 in January. Age isn't a factor for someone who can still score goals. Crouch is still worth 2 to 4 mil. Half a mil is laughable. Find me some examples of a 38 year old outfield player who's signed for more than a million quid. In the real world, 2-4m is laughable for a striker his age. It doesn't happen. The world record fee for a 37-year-old is £2.13m. For a 38 year old it's £765,000. Both were for goalkeepers. |
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Post by turtlefox on Jul 28, 2018 23:49:38 GMT
Age isn't a factor for someone who can still score goals. Crouch is still worth 2 to 4 mil. Half a mil is laughable. Find me some examples of a 38 year old outfield player who's signed for more than a million quid. In the real world, 2-4m is laughable for a striker his age. It doesn't happen. The world record fee for a 37-year-old is £2.13m. For a 38 year old it's £765,000. Both were for goalkeepers. I don't give a shit about examples. Crouch has said that he wants to stay and he is a great addition to our squad, especially in this league. If another club wants him, fair enough but they need to be offering more than half a mil. He scores goals and goal scoreres cost money, if their club wants him to stay, which we do.
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Post by Scrotnig on Jul 28, 2018 23:49:55 GMT
Think the story is rubbish but getting half a mil for him at this stage is actually a good deal.
Do I want him to go? Hmmmm. Not really but that's for sentimental reasons and the fact he's actually a top bloke. I'm not sure football can afford the sentimentality though.
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Post by jezzascfc on Jul 28, 2018 23:53:07 GMT
Is this the "big" Nixon story?! Wow. Big - he's 6'7"! How big do you want? |
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