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Afobe
May 28, 2020 9:15:49 GMT
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Post by sd22 on May 28, 2020 9:15:49 GMT
Personally I would keep. Offload Gregory and keep Vokes as the ‘plan B’
Play Campbell on the right as an inside forward rather than a winger, a la Huddersfield New Years Day. Although not ideal, this is a more threatening lineup than having Ince on the right.
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 28, 2020 9:21:38 GMT
Ideally I agree but surely two from Afobe/Vokes/Gregory have to go? And I just can't see us shifting Vokes at all. We surely can get better than all three! That's not the point. Who's going to have these 3 off us first?
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Afobe
May 28, 2020 13:03:02 GMT
Post by nott1 on May 28, 2020 13:03:02 GMT
We surely can get better than all three! That's not the point. Who's going to have these 3 off us first? Job centre?
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Afobe
Jun 1, 2020 5:26:48 GMT
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Post by gutreaction on Jun 1, 2020 5:26:48 GMT
He seems very happy and settled in the West Country. £6m Pre agreed fee is the consensus.
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Afobe
Jun 2, 2020 15:57:16 GMT
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Afobe
Jun 2, 2020 16:24:43 GMT
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 9:18:53 GMT
Post by FullerMagic on Jun 12, 2020 9:18:53 GMT
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 9:25:56 GMT
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 9:27:48 GMT
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Post by greystokie on Jun 12, 2020 9:27:48 GMT
If there is any truth in the reported interest in a number of Scottish strikers and Stoke's willingness to continue loaning the player out you would have to conclude that Afobe does not fit in to the plans on MON, particularly if we can get a half decent tra sfer fee for him.
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 10:45:48 GMT
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Post by toppercorner on Jun 12, 2020 10:45:48 GMT
Sell.
Not that i didn't like him, he was scoring quite a few for us when he joined.
He's had a terrible year personally, with his daughter, an injury and getting booed by the stoke fans, and by keeping him, i think he'll be miserable with us.
Get the money off Bristol, and wish him well, a fresh new start. We have money off the wage bill and can concentrate on shaping the squad as MON wants it.
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 10:50:14 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 10:50:14 GMT
Sell. Not that i didn't like him, he was scoring quite a few for us when he joined. He's had a terrible year personally, with his daughter, an injury and getting booed by the stoke fans, and by keeping him, i think he'll be miserable with us. Get the money off Bristol, and wish him well, a fresh new start. We have money off the wage bill and can concentrate on shaping the squad as MON wants it. This. Good move for all parties especially if the fee is decent....
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 11:21:51 GMT
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Post by lordb on Jun 12, 2020 11:21:51 GMT
£6m been touted hasn't it? Presumably that's the figure required to keep it level re FFP?
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 11:26:40 GMT
Post by robwahlmann on Jun 12, 2020 11:26:40 GMT
Could we hope we will get around £6M for him? Butland £8-10M Afobe £6M Etebo £6M Badou £6M Woods £2-3M Indi £2M Bauer £1-2M Gregory £1M Diouf, free Federici, free Ward, free Wimmer, we need to strike a deal to reduce our outlay as much as possible! If not he will see out his whole contract! Chester, let go! If this happens we could get as much as £35M, where we certainly could spend some of it on new signings. We would also reduce our total outlay on saleries considerably. We would certainly need a new left back, and another goalkeeper I guess? Maybe another winger, a central midfielder and a striker too.
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Post by biglad180 on Jun 12, 2020 13:41:39 GMT
i think for 6 million we should keep him. we will not get a decent striker for that amount of money,play him and tyrese, the goals will come,from what i have red Bristol are playing the corona virus card to get him even cheaper than 6 million. we should not fall for that one,
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 15:20:46 GMT
Post by drfootball on Jun 12, 2020 15:20:46 GMT
i think for 6 million we should keep him. we will not get a decent striker for that amount of money,play him and tyrese, the goals will come,from what i have red Bristol are playing the corona virus card to get him even cheaper than 6 million. we should not fall for that one, What's the Coronavirus card ?
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Post by greystokie on Jun 12, 2020 18:05:04 GMT
i think for 6 million we should keep him. we will not get a decent striker for that amount of money,play him and tyrese, the goals will come,from what i have red Bristol are playing the corona virus card to get him even cheaper than 6 million. we should not fall for that one, What's the Coronavirus card ? I don't know, but I wouldn't touch it, if I was you!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2020 18:32:25 GMT
i think for 6 million we should keep him. we will not get a decent striker for that amount of money,play him and tyrese, the goals will come,from what i have red Bristol are playing the corona virus card to get him even cheaper than 6 million. we should not fall for that one, Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it's worth remembering Afobe never wanted to play for Stoke. Even when he came at first he was almost here in protest, but at least he was playing for a manager who had signed him in Rowett. Then when Jones came and introduced ideas which were very foreign to Afobe's liking, he was picked, but he was almost on strike, as he refused to do whatever Jones barked at him. Of course that can now be seen as a healthy protest against a madman, but you should still do what your manager tells you to do. On opening day this season he made a very strange performance (if that's even the word) and was booed. Then he left, and that should have been it. Do we really want a player with his attitude? Only things since then have turned out very strange and despite agreeing a fixed sum BC now are trying to avoid paying for him. Is that reason enough to take him back? I empathise with his personal problems, but business is business and he wants no part of ours.
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 18:53:27 GMT
Post by bolders on Jun 12, 2020 18:53:27 GMT
i think for 6 million we should keep him. we will not get a decent striker for that amount of money,play him and tyrese, the goals will come,from what i have red Bristol are playing the corona virus card to get him even cheaper than 6 million. we should not fall for that one, we can play the same card though
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 19:35:18 GMT
Post by datguy on Jun 12, 2020 19:35:18 GMT
i think for 6 million we should keep him. we will not get a decent striker for that amount of money,play him and tyrese, the goals will come,from what i have red Bristol are playing the corona virus card to get him even cheaper than 6 million. we should not fall for that one, Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it's worth remembering Afobe never wanted to play for Stoke. Even when he came at first he was almost here in protest, but at least he was playing for a manager who had signed him in Rowett. Then when Jones came and introduced ideas which were very foreign to Afobe's liking, he was picked, but he was almost on strike, as he refused to do whatever Jones barked at him. Of course that can now be seen as a healthy protest against a madman, but you should still do what your manager tells you to do. On opening day this season he made a very strange performance (if that's even the word) and was booed. Then he left, and that should have been it. Do we really want a player with his attitude? Only things since then have turned out very strange and despite agreeing a fixed sum BC now are trying to avoid paying for him. Is that reason enough to take him back? I empathise with his personal problems, but business is business and he wants no part of ours. Where have you got that from? Callum Davidson, Jones' assistant, said he was a brilliant player to work with. He wouldn't be saying that about someone not willing to play for the manager. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/callum-davidson-stoke-city-relegation-21772271Seems like an odd thing to make up so I'm interested to see where you got it from!
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Afobe
Jun 12, 2020 19:48:48 GMT
Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Jun 12, 2020 19:48:48 GMT
Could we hope we will get around £6M for him? Butland £8-10M Afobe £6M Etebo £6M Badou £6M Woods £2-3M Indi £2M Bauer £1-2M Gregory £1M Diouf, free Federici, free Ward, free Wimmer, we need to strike a deal to reduce our outlay as much as possible! If not he will see out his whole contract! Chester, let go! If this happens we could get as much as £35M, where we certainly could spend some of it on new signings. We would also reduce our total outlay on saleries considerably. We would certainly need a new left back, and another goalkeeper I guess? Maybe another winger, a central midfielder and a striker too. Butland only has a year left on his contract I think. I can't see him going for £8-10m. £6m would be decent for Afobe, if O'Neill isn't considering him in his plans.
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Post by BristolMick on Jun 12, 2020 20:22:11 GMT
Meanwhile on the Bristol CITY forum there’s no mention of Benik or the backing out of the deal to sign him. Absolutely Zip, for someone who is supposedly such a hero to them you’d think he’d at least get a mention, but no they are more obsessed that Bristol ROVERS might be getting a new stadium near Temple Meads than they are about their own players.
Imagine if we were that obsessed with the Vale!
BM
PS - Just noticed that their forum has a 1,297 page thread about Bristol Rovers! Jeez, if the Vale get a mention once a week on here apart from the thread that’s appeared just now, it’s a lot!
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Post by StokieBoy31 on Jun 13, 2020 2:28:24 GMT
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it's worth remembering Afobe never wanted to play for Stoke. Even when he came at first he was almost here in protest, but at least he was playing for a manager who had signed him in Rowett. Then when Jones came and introduced ideas which were very foreign to Afobe's liking, he was picked, but he was almost on strike, as he refused to do whatever Jones barked at him. Of course that can now be seen as a healthy protest against a madman, but you should still do what your manager tells you to do. On opening day this season he made a very strange performance (if that's even the word) and was booed. Then he left, and that should have been it. Do we really want a player with his attitude? Only things since then have turned out very strange and despite agreeing a fixed sum BC now are trying to avoid paying for him. Is that reason enough to take him back? I empathise with his personal problems, but business is business and he wants no part of ours. Where have you got that from? Callum Davidson, Jones' assistant, said he was a brilliant player to work with. He wouldn't be saying that about someone not willing to play for the manager. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/callum-davidson-stoke-city-relegation-21772271Seems like an odd thing to make up so I'm interested to see where you got it from! Callum Davidson was the assistant of Rowett not Jones
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Afobe
Jun 13, 2020 12:27:46 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2020 12:27:46 GMT
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it's worth remembering Afobe never wanted to play for Stoke. Even when he came at first he was almost here in protest, but at least he was playing for a manager who had signed him in Rowett. Then when Jones came and introduced ideas which were very foreign to Afobe's liking, he was picked, but he was almost on strike, as he refused to do whatever Jones barked at him. Of course that can now be seen as a healthy protest against a madman, but you should still do what your manager tells you to do. On opening day this season he made a very strange performance (if that's even the word) and was booed. Then he left, and that should have been it. Do we really want a player with his attitude? Only things since then have turned out very strange and despite agreeing a fixed sum BC now are trying to avoid paying for him. Is that reason enough to take him back? I empathise with his personal problems, but business is business and he wants no part of ours. Where have you got that from? Callum Davidson, Jones' assistant, said he was a brilliant player to work with. He wouldn't be saying that about someone not willing to play for the manager. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/callum-davidson-stoke-city-relegation-21772271Seems like an odd thing to make up so I'm interested to see where you got it from! Where did you get it from that Davidson was Jones' assistant? They never even worked together...
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Afobe
Jun 13, 2020 12:41:37 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2020 12:41:37 GMT
as he refused to do whatever Jones barked at him. Seems like an odd thing to make up so I'm interested to see where you got it from! I'm not making anything up. I drew my own conclusions from watching his on pitch interaction with Jones - whose assistant was Paul Hart, btw.
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Afobe
Jun 13, 2020 12:57:18 GMT
Post by datguy on Jun 13, 2020 12:57:18 GMT
Seems like an odd thing to make up so I'm interested to see where you got it from! I'm not making anything up. I drew my own conclusions from watching his on pitch interaction with Jones - whose assistant was Paul Hart, btw. I was mistaken, my bad! A player that never wanted to play for Stoke described as a brilliant player to work with... at Stoke. Just doesn't add up.
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Afobe
Jun 13, 2020 13:53:38 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2020 13:53:38 GMT
I'm not making anything up. I drew my own conclusions from watching his on pitch interaction with Jones - whose assistant was Paul Hart, btw. I was mistaken, my bad! A player that never wanted to play for Stoke described as a brilliant player to work with... at Stoke. Just doesn't add up. He was signed by Rowett - weeks after he had signed for another club - so Davidson naturally speaks highly of his boss' signing. He does the same about Clucas (who hardly played for us while Rowett was there) and Ince who were also signed by Rowett. He scored a few goals for us that autumn, but when Rowett was sacked, it was really the last straw for Afobe. It probably still doesn't add up for you. Then tell why did he want to leave?
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Afobe
Jun 13, 2020 14:51:49 GMT
Post by datguy on Jun 13, 2020 14:51:49 GMT
I was mistaken, my bad! A player that never wanted to play for Stoke described as a brilliant player to work with... at Stoke. Just doesn't add up. He was signed by Rowett - weeks after he had signed for another club - so Davidson naturally speaks highly of his boss' signing. He does the same about Clucas (who hardly played for us while Rowett was there) and Ince who were also signed by Rowett. He scored a few goals for us that autumn, but when Rowett was sacked, it was really the last straw for Afobe. It probably still doesn't add up for you. Then tell why did he want to leave? Davidson has worked first hand with Benik. Said he was a brilliant player to work with. Wasn't directly asked about him but earmarked him along with other players that were already here as a good professional. And did he want to leave? Bristol came in last minute; we were happy for him to go in what I would imagine was a cost cutting exercise. Benik was shite under Mad Nathan! I just don't think it's fair to tarnish a player for not trying or caring about Stoke, and presenting that as a fact, when it's formed on what would appear to be a distorted observation. So no, it still doesn't add up.
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Afobe
Jun 13, 2020 14:55:56 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2020 14:55:56 GMT
He was signed by Rowett - weeks after he had signed for another club - so Davidson naturally speaks highly of his boss' signing. He does the same about Clucas (who hardly played for us while Rowett was there) and Ince who were also signed by Rowett. He scored a few goals for us that autumn, but when Rowett was sacked, it was really the last straw for Afobe. It probably still doesn't add up for you. Then tell why did he want to leave? Davidson has worked first hand with Benik. Said he was a brilliant player to work with. Wasn't directly asked about him but earmarked him along with other players that were already here as a good professional. And did he want to leave? Bristol came in last minute; we were happy for him to go in what I would imagine was a cost cutting exercise. Benik was shite under Mad Nathan! I just don't think it's fair to tarnish a player for not trying or caring about Stoke, and presenting that as a fact, when it's formed on what would appear to be a distorted observation. So no, it still doesn't add up. I've made my call on Afobe based on my own observations. There's nothing distorted about that. You may disagree if you wish.
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Afobe
Jun 13, 2020 15:11:10 GMT
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Post by Bramolini on Jun 13, 2020 15:11:10 GMT
In the first game of this season against QPR he was atrocious . Laughing and joking with an opposition player on the half way line when we were getting beat . When he was taken off I've never seen a player run off as quick when subbed . In another game ( can't remember who we were playing )he was brought on as a sub , he'd been on a couple of minutes if that .Their centre half had the ball for a good ten seconds on the half way line and Afobe never even made an attempt to close him down even though he was only 5 yards away. Don't want him back .
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Afobe
Jun 28, 2020 11:09:11 GMT
Post by FullerMagic on Jun 28, 2020 11:09:11 GMT
Making his first start since 31st August.
On Sky now
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