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Post by stokie223 on Aug 8, 2019 22:07:56 GMT
Good, I’ve never wanted him in the first place. Another ageing striker on an enormous wage, we’ve had our fill of them. You know full well we’ll go straight back in for him in January like the unimaginative dickheads we are. Pretty much guarantees goals at this level though, which is invaluable. *IF* he took us back up, he's effectively paid for himself. None of the other strikers we've signed have been prolific over an extended period of time.
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Post by rickyfullerbeer on Aug 8, 2019 22:37:40 GMT
The old 'let's get the fans back on side by suggesting we were willing to spend a shit load of cash on a decent player, despite not doing it in the past 3 months when we actually could have done'. Classic.
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Post by tony1234 on Aug 8, 2019 22:59:50 GMT
Glad he didn't come and cost another 15m & big wages - presumably on a 3-4year deal.
No such thing as a guaranteed 20 goals:- At some point these strikers stop firing and then they hurt the club who shelled out a fortune on them - Jordan Rhodes, Ross McCormack, Chris Martin, Brett Asomolonga, Scott Hogan, Matej Vydra (and cought splutter Benik Afobe) were all bought with similar bombastic proclamations as the guy to fire their clubs to the PL. And as these 7 show, certainly no such thing as a striker that gets you promotion. Arguably, such a big investment comes at a cost to the team of getting the other players they need. Gayle and Andre Gray were rarer than those big money 'guarenteed goal' strikers, who failed to get their team up.
Saw Charlie Austin go for 4m today - he's a year older and a better PL record, along with a good Champs record. Thought that looked good business. WBA bought him AND Zahore for the price for Afobe.
DG was probably worth about 7m in the cold light of day, recognising you'd never see a penny of it again and - whether he scored 20 or not - he probably wouldn't have got us up.
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Post by skelman on Aug 8, 2019 23:02:29 GMT
Well if as reported it was £15m and £65k a week over 3+ years, that would've been utterly insane!
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Post by adi on Aug 8, 2019 23:05:37 GMT
We don’t want to commit to prem wages/transfers/risks anymore
Accept it and move on. It was ace but look at where we are fishing now and what we should expect. Not the same.
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Post by adi on Aug 8, 2019 23:06:08 GMT
Well if as reported it was £15m and £65k a week over 3+ years, that would've been utterly insane! For a championship club yea. Prem, not
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Post by skelman on Aug 8, 2019 23:18:46 GMT
Well if as reported it was £15m and £65k a week over 3+ years, that would've been utterly insane! For a championship club yea. Prem, not We're not Prem yet adi and he's not proven in the Prem either. I wanted him but 'a bridge too far' etc ............... Let's see what happens after he's perhaps hardly played up to Xmas and cost them 20 weeks x £65k a week = £13m in wages, aged ? and with 18 months left on his contract?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2019 0:14:06 GMT
Probably barely played anyway by then and 6 month older. Let him stay there and pocket his money if that's what's important to him . In the meantime let's do some proper scouting That's probably the best option Scouting? That's actually a thing?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2019 0:33:22 GMT
If we'd got rid of the Famous Five (Badou, Wimmer, Imbula, Bauer, Diouf) who are clearly never going to play for the club again, we may have been able to come up with a package. The wages for the se five guys would be anywhere from 125k to 200k per week....
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Post by boskampsflaps on Aug 9, 2019 2:13:12 GMT
The old 'let's get the fans back on side by suggesting we were willing to spend a shit load of cash on a decent player, despite not doing it in the past 3 months when we actually could have done'. Classic. That's not us is it?
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Post by sheds1862 on Aug 9, 2019 6:53:18 GMT
64 page thread for a player we hadn't a prayer of signing You seemed to think the loan option was viable a couple of months ago...? Think that the West Brom statement says it all. He is obviously on a Kings ransom at Newcastle. There is always the loan option ? Loan yes with his wages subsidised. Not a permanent deal, never going to happen.
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Post by ohbottom on Aug 9, 2019 7:30:33 GMT
That's probably the best option Scouting? That's actually a thing?
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Post by Davef on Aug 9, 2019 7:42:08 GMT
If we'd got rid of the Famous Five (Badou, Wimmer, Imbula, Bauer, Diouf) who are clearly never going to play for the club again, we may have been able to come up with a package. The wages for the se five guys would be anywhere from 125k to 200k per week.... I think it's pretty obvious that any kind of move for Gayle would've been dependent on getting at least one of that lot off the wage bill.
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Post by thevoid on Aug 9, 2019 21:13:29 GMT
Scouting? That's actually a thing? That publication looks like it should be on the Crewe thread.
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Post by neddy on Aug 9, 2019 21:28:25 GMT
He will be kicking himself sat at home for 5 months on £65k per week 🤦♂️
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Aug 10, 2019 7:20:23 GMT
He will be kicking himself sat at home for 5 months on £65k per week 🤦♂️ Don’t disagree but sadly I suspect he won’t be the only one kicking Himself Looking at our squad today it’s woefully short of goals and clearly in targeting Gayle management kneel that , for the process to switch from Gayle to Hogan says NJ has like those before him been let done by the process and The no better left back in the world endorses that . While not advocating a complete collapse to Gayle demands the fact we took it to the eleventh hour over and entire summer and came up with loan afoebe out and Hogan in as plan B will I suspect cost us dear
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2019 7:25:33 GMT
He will be kicking himself sat at home for 5 months on £65k per week 🤦♂️ Don’t disagree but sadly I suspect he won’t be the only one kicking Himself Looking at our squad today it’s woefully short of goals and clearly in targeting Gayle management kneel that , for the process to switch from Gayle to Hogan says NJ has like those before him been let done by the process and The no better left back in the world endorses that . While not advocating a complete collapse to Gayle demands the fact we took it to the eleventh hour over and entire summer and came up with loan afoebe out and Hogan in as plan B will I suspect cost us dear Nothing like giving someone a chance. I sincerely hope Hogan is a success, not just because it means we ought to be at the right end of the league, but to shut all off the you negative doom mongers up.
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Post by biglad180 on Aug 10, 2019 7:51:16 GMT
i like everyone on this messageboard would have loved Dwight Gayle to have joined.but he like many is a typical modern day footballer greedy. with no desire to play has long has he can keep drawing is money he is quiet happy bench warming at newcastle.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Aug 10, 2019 8:56:15 GMT
Don’t disagree but sadly I suspect he won’t be the only one kicking Himself Looking at our squad today it’s woefully short of goals and clearly in targeting Gayle management kneel that , for the process to switch from Gayle to Hogan says NJ has like those before him been let done by the process and The no better left back in the world endorses that . While not advocating a complete collapse to Gayle demands the fact we took it to the eleventh hour over and entire summer and came up with loan afoebe out and Hogan in as plan B will I suspect cost us dear Nothing like giving someone a chance. I sincerely hope Hogan is a success, not just because it means we ought to be at the right end of the league, but to shut all off the you negative doom mongers up. So do I but his record simply dowsnt stack up v Gayle And if the process says there is nothing in between it’s flawed see QSF to lambert in 48 hours
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Post by karl on Aug 10, 2019 10:20:02 GMT
I am sure we will be back in for him in January when the price will be lower
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2019 10:21:31 GMT
I am sure we will be back in for him in January when the price will be lower I hope not, the right time to buy him was last season when he was turning 28, now's too late.
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Post by karl on Aug 10, 2019 10:22:51 GMT
I am sure we will be back in for him in January when the price will be lower I hope not, the right time to buy him was last season when he was turning 28, now's too late. Not if its just a loan until the end of the season to give us that extra firepower
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Post by dadofsam on Aug 10, 2019 11:13:52 GMT
How on earth will we bring a player like DG to the club in January - Carto will have gone, we're doomed I tell you.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 10, 2019 11:16:13 GMT
How on earth will we bring a player like DG to the club in January - Carto will have gone, we're doomed I tell you. Carts was an issue and had to go. Scholes is a bigger issue and has to go.
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Post by clarkeda on Aug 10, 2019 11:27:40 GMT
How on earth will we bring a player like DG to the club in January - Carto will have gone, we're doomed I tell you. Carts was an issue and had to go. Scholes is a bigger issue and has to go. The best thing this club can do is replace our recruiting structure and personnel with Brentford’s.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Aug 10, 2019 11:28:44 GMT
Carts was an issue and had to go. Scholes is a bigger issue and has to go. The best thing this club can do is replace our recruiting structure and personnel with Brentford’s. Yup. Far too advanced for our owners though. Which is ironic.
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Post by benjaminbiscuit on Aug 10, 2019 15:47:50 GMT
As I said we will regret this every week , different game today if we take our chances
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