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Post by lordb on Aug 25, 2024 8:43:30 GMT
Pay it We paid 12m for Tom Ince let that sink in A mere £10m for Ince We wisely spent £12m on Afobe £6m on Clucas Similar on MacLean Jones then spent £4m on Smith and £7m on Vokes |
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Post by jeycov on Aug 25, 2024 8:45:22 GMT
Pay it We paid 12m for Tom Ince let that sink in And sell 2 or 3 of our “peripheral” players All transfers are a gamble Could Liverpool recall Koumas? He could make a lot of difference to our overall standing this season |
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Post by suck_the_mop. on Aug 25, 2024 8:45:42 GMT
Love how some say spunk million here 6 million there We just CAN'T DO IT....
We can afford it but cannot do it.
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Post by Fred Merger on Aug 25, 2024 8:47:17 GMT
We paid more than that for Sam Vokes!
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Post by greenhoff on Aug 25, 2024 8:48:11 GMT
We should try and get Iversen too I remember lots criticising Iverson when he first came. Hopefully Johannson will settle down. Hope you’re getting better MC |
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Post by gogogadget on Aug 25, 2024 8:51:57 GMT
Can someone explain ffp, is it over a 3 year period? If so, if buying cannon tips is over the ffp once all other positions are filled, can’t we just go for it, then after 18 months or 2 years sell one of our assets, We all seem to think we only have Bae for more season, do that will balance it out easily. I’d rather have what the club deems are number one priority now, with all the other signings we have made. Ita a rolling 3 years. If we spend big it will go against the last 2 years and the 2 following too Is that why we are seeing more transfers with add ons ? If Leicester want 5-7 million, could we offer £3m with a further £3 million when he reaches 40 appearances, to help spread the outlay |
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Post by gogogadget on Aug 25, 2024 8:52:35 GMT
Pay it We paid 12m for Tom Ince let that sink in A mere £10m for Ince We wisely spent £12m on Afobe £6m on Clucas Similar on MacLean Jones then spent £4m on Smith and £7m on Vokes 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 |
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Post by shrewspotter on Aug 25, 2024 8:53:27 GMT
Pay it We paid 12m for Tom Ince let that sink in A mere £10m for Ince We wisely spent £12m on Afobe £6m on Clucas Similar on MacLean Jones then spent £4m on Smith and £7m on Vokes Batth was 3 and Woods 5 too What we'd do for that spare today. Probably spunk it on some has been |
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Post by baconburger on Aug 25, 2024 8:58:59 GMT
I haven’t seen enough of Cannon to say if he’s a great player or what we need. But if our scouts have identified him as being so and our number 1 target then we’ve got be ready to pay out 6/7m if we conceivably can. We’ve been desperate for a decent striker for so long and we’ve just got to accept you have to overpay for strikers. If we can get a young, decent striker in in a 4 year contract it will go a long way to sorting us out. If we want someone who can make a difference then you’ve got to pay out this sort of money. Otherwise we will forever be taking chances on cheaper alternatives which will be long shot gambles. And if we haven’t got it we shouldn’t have spent what amounts to most of it in other areas that could have been covered with frees, loans and our own promising youngsters. |
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Post by caine on Aug 25, 2024 9:01:55 GMT
Love how some say spunk million here 6 million there We just CAN'T DO IT.... We can afford it but cannot do it. Offer him a 5 year deal and pay 1m every year like Chelsea do haha. I suspect we can only pay it if we sell one of baker/ Laurent for 2m plus really to fund a down payment |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Aug 25, 2024 9:02:26 GMT
If we are spending that much then Stansfield is a better option from what I’ve seen and I’m sure there are others out there that represents far better value. We’ve pissed enough money up the wall on non scoring or injury prone forwards. Cannon scores goals though More than happy with Stansfield,either would cost that money If we can't pay that money then you are looking at someone no good in all likelihood Does he? He scored a few on loan at Preston then he’s barely played. |
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Post by premieraj on Aug 25, 2024 9:03:05 GMT
It seemed pretty clear Stansfield is a no go for whatever reason?
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Post by ashleyscfc on Aug 25, 2024 9:04:25 GMT
Pay it We paid 12m for Tom Ince let that sink in A mere £10m for Ince We wisely spent £12m on Afobe £6m on Clucas Similar on MacLean Jones then spent £4m on Smith and £7m on Vokes The sad part is. I think more emphasis should be paid to the attitude of the players once they’re here. Holiday camp Stoke still feels like it remains. “Little old stoke” is a tough thing to shake. How on earth we can buy so many players, and they all often start well and then fall into the mire. Or we let players go/they leave and all of a sudden they look like world beaters in another side. Delap, Bidace, Doughty, Brown, Sterling, Matondo, Harwood Bellis, Ostigard, Maja, Clarke, Smallbone. And I’m sure Campbell and Souttar will fall into that category. I don’t know what the answer is but the malaise is horrible. |
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Post by baconburger on Aug 25, 2024 9:06:51 GMT
Pay it We paid 12m for Tom Ince let that sink in A mere £10m for Ince We wisely spent £12m on Afobe £6m on Clucas Similar on MacLean Jones then spent £4m on Smith and £7m on Vokes You’re talking about transfers that are not even remotely in our FFP cycle. CF’s tend to be your most expensive ticket item yet we have a history of scrimping in that area that dates back to before relegation. We sold our biggest goal threat and replaced him with gimmicks. We bought in a good number of players last season quite a few of whom cost more than we spent on Mmaee our costliest forward acquisition at £1.75M. With a couple of notable exceptions we always seem to try to do the big ticket items on the cheap. |
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Post by ashleyscfc on Aug 25, 2024 9:07:24 GMT
Leicester will SELL Cannon New 2 hours ago By Alan Nixon Leicester City are looking to SELL striker Tom Cannon - with Sheffield United and Stoke City trying to raise the cash Foxes have decided to cash in on Cannon a year after signing him from Everton and they will seek a similar £7 million fee. Blades are finalising a takeover and had hoped to land Cannon on loan for their promotion push but the are working on a loan to buy offer. Stoke are also long term admirers of Cannon but may be reluctant to put the money down immediately for the forward. Cannon is still in contract for four more years but wants to play and in waiting for the right offer to consider. Meanwhile United are trying to beat off Burnley in the chase for Celtic winger Mikey Johnston. If they have to buy him that would cut into their budget for the rest of the window. www.patreon.com/ReluctantNicko/posts |
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Post by shakermaker on Aug 25, 2024 9:36:54 GMT
I was thinking during the game today that even if we bring a striker in this week there's absolutely no way Koumas should be dropped or shifted around to a wide position straight off going forwards. I've seen enough of Koumas today for him to reclaim his place in the next match without a doubt of whoever we'll hopefully be able to bring in this week. Priority now for me has to be CM and RB after yesterday. Boss the midfield and Koumas will score a fair few. I don't think our midfield requires too much tinkering. When all are fit, Lawal, Burger and Moran should be our midfield three - Burger as the conductor 6, Lawal the box-to-boxer running from deep and adding brawn to the midfield, and Moran the hybrid 8/10 linking midfield to the front three. Thompson should be no more than bench fodder and Laurent ideally sold - both have started all three of our league games which tells you everything you need to know about our current predicament. |
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Post by nonameface on Aug 25, 2024 9:59:49 GMT
So Leicester sign him injured with a stress fracture and within one year they are looking to sell him, despite him being only 21.
Could you get more of a red flag?
Walters and Schumacher will love him because he is from the Mersey, is awful in the air, an average finisher albeit he’s good at going past people and is Irish.
Koumas has shown he can lead the line so if we sign Cannon it should only be on loan.
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Post by Chewbacca the Wookie on Aug 25, 2024 10:08:31 GMT
Priority now for me has to be CM and RB after yesterday. Boss the midfield and Koumas will score a fair few. I don't think our midfield requires too much tinkering. When all are fit, Lawal, Burger and Moran should be our midfield three - Burger as the conductor 6, Lawal the box-to-boxer running from deep and adding brawn to the midfield, and Moran the hybrid 8/10 linking midfield to the front three. Thompson should be no more than bench fodder and Laurent ideally sold - both have started all three of our league games which tells you everything you need to know about our current predicament. Spot on. Sadly I don’t think SS sees it that way. |
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Post by lordb on Aug 25, 2024 10:20:12 GMT
Cannon scores goals though More than happy with Stansfield,either would cost that money If we can't pay that money then you are looking at someone no good in all likelihood Does he? He scored a few on loan at Preston then he’s barely played. Well yes there is a question mark If you want a sure thing then the price doubles and more |
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Post by Ron on Aug 25, 2024 10:23:34 GMT
I was thinking during the game today that even if we bring a striker in this week there's absolutely no way Koumas should be dropped or shifted around to a wide position straight off going forwards. I've seen enough of Koumas today for him to reclaim his place in the next match without a doubt of whoever we'll hopefully be able to bring in this week. Priority now for me has to be CM and RB after yesterday. Boss the midfield and Koumas will score a fair few. we have 11 midfielders …surely we can find the right mix? |
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Post by davejohnno1 on Aug 25, 2024 10:24:52 GMT
Does he? He scored a few on loan at Preston then he’s barely played. Well yes there is a question mark If you want a sure thing then the price doubles and more Buy cheap buy twice…or in our case a dozen times 😂 |
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Post by nottsover60 on Aug 25, 2024 10:26:56 GMT
Priority now for me has to be CM and RB after yesterday. Boss the midfield and Koumas will score a fair few. I don't think our midfield requires too much tinkering. When all are fit, Lawal, Burger and Moran should be our midfield three - Burger as the conductor 6, Lawal the box-to-boxer running from deep and adding brawn to the midfield, and Moran the hybrid 8/10 linking midfield to the front three. Thompson should be no more than bench fodder and Laurent ideally sold - both have started all three of our league games which tells you everything you need to know about our current predicament. So far this season Burger hasn't shown he can conduct himself nevermind orchestrate the midfield. He has been worse than Laurent. Yesterday he didn't win a challenge when he came on. Very powder puff at the moment. I don't know if he's trying to avoid bookings or just not bothered. Even last season he proved he wasn't a defensive midfielder losing his place to Thompson. |
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Post by premieraj on Aug 25, 2024 10:27:06 GMT
Pffftttt injury worries for Canon what’s up with you lot we’ve got Gallagher. 😃
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Post by cymap on Aug 25, 2024 10:27:22 GMT
So then ...is that it? Did we wait until the final week of the window just incase Cannon was available on Loan?
If so we are actually being run by morons and if not , what did/do we actually think Tom cannons value would be when leicester paid roughly 7.5m for him and are willing to sell him a year later?
£3m , 4, 5? They are in financial trouble aswell I suspect without taking a loss they couldnt sell for less than 6 anyway so the question is do/did Stoke realise this ? If so
why have we waited and if not, why not?
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Post by lordb on Aug 25, 2024 10:28:54 GMT
Well yes there is a question mark If you want a sure thing then the price doubles and more Buy cheap buy twice…or in our case a dozen times 😂 We haven't spent more than £2m on a striker in 5 years At some point we have to spend If £7m gets you Cannon or Stansfield then that's the price What,or rather who,is the alternative? If you can give me a name who will cost less and score goals then we should sign that guy |
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Post by lordb on Aug 25, 2024 10:30:30 GMT
So then ...is that it? Did we wait until the final week of the window just incase Cannon was available on Loan? If so we are actually being run by morons and if not , what did/do we actually think Tom cannons value would be when leicester paid roughly 7.5m for him and are willing to sell him a year later? £3m , 4, 5? They are in financial trouble aswell I suspect without taking a loss they couldnt sell for less than 6 anyway so the question is do/did Stoke realise this ? If so why have we waited and if not, why not? Because Leicester indicated he'd be available on loan as the press have said all summer Leicester have moved the goalposts Fair enough they must think someone will pay it |
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Post by cymap on Aug 25, 2024 10:40:15 GMT
So then ...is that it? Did we wait until the final week of the window just incase Cannon was available on Loan? If so we are actually being run by morons and if not , what did/do we actually think Tom cannons value would be when leicester paid roughly 7.5m for him and are willing to sell him a year later? £3m , 4, 5? They are in financial trouble aswell I suspect without taking a loss they couldnt sell for less than 6 anyway so the question is do/did Stoke realise this ? If so why have we waited and if not, why not? Because Leicester indicated he'd be available on loan as the press have said all summer Leicester have moved the goalposts Fair enough they must think someone will pay it Ahh ok , so my first sentence is the answer. |
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Post by Waggy on Aug 25, 2024 10:51:35 GMT
Pay it We paid 12m for Tom Ince let that sink in A mere £10m for Ince We wisely spent £12m on Afobe £6m on Clucas Similar on MacLean Jones then spent £4m on Smith and £7m on Vokes Terrible recruitment. Worst in the history of football. |
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Post by WorkingclassHero on Aug 25, 2024 10:54:32 GMT
So Leicester sign him injured with a stress fracture and within one year they are looking to sell him, despite him being only 21. Could you get more of a red flag? Walters and Schumacher will love him because he is from the Mersey, is awful in the air, an average finisher albeit he’s good at going past people and is Irish. Koumas has shown he can lead the line so if we sign Cannon it should only be on loan. We shoukd stay well away from this. |
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Aug 25, 2024 11:00:07 GMT
Because Leicester indicated he'd be available on loan as the press have said all summer Leicester have moved the goalposts Fair enough they must think someone will pay it Ahh ok , so my first sentence is the answer. If we could afford and had the opportunity to bring in a better striker than Cannon or Stansfield we would have done. A loan from a Premier Leaugue for a key player would always have been part of the strategy for every Championship side bar those just relegated because that's where the best value is. And those loans only happen at the end of the window when the Premier League sides have got their own squad sorted. If we don't get a Preier League youngster on loan I'll put money on there will being a left field B lister from abroad or a lower league who will come on at the last minute. That's not a failure of strategy it's the reality of being where we are in the pecking order. |
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