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    I''d take Gary Mackay-Steven (winger) and John Souttar (right centre half/right back) from Dundee United in a heartbeat.

    They are the type of youngsters that will develop into very good players in the near-future.

    Could take bids somewhere between £1.5 - 3m to get each player, but likely worth it in my opinion.

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    I prefer to look at Jackson''s goal as a moment of brilliance on both Fox and Jackson''s part, rather than a defensive error of a player who a) was on loan, and b) was playing for a Club that didn''t really have much to play for at that stage of the season. In addition, De Laet was also part of the defence that limited us to just the one (definitive) goal that night.

    I guess it all depends upon how you view the proverbial half full/half empty cup...

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    I personally believe the reason to be that prospective deals have been in discussion since we beat Portsmouth to go up, and that it''s only now with the football season being completed that Clubs are looking at their lists for next season and are now in a position to decide about who to keep, and who to let go, and at what price to sell.

    Bidding wars only really come about when two Clubs start bidding around the same time - McNally and Lambert have probably already laid the ground work for most of the deals they hope to conclude this pre-season, and in doing so have stolen a march on other Club''s managers/Chief Executives.

    An example would be the proposed Elliott Bennett deal - it wouldn''t surprise me if discussions concluded in January with a gentleman''s agreement to leave it until the Summer, with City given first refusal, as a softener for not signing him in January, allowing Bennett to stay and help Brighton get promoted.

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    I read the ""If Norwich were a Championship club, we wouldn''t be having this conversation" bit as Morison meaning that if instead of Norwich a Championship side had submitted the £2.8m bid, then he would have stayed at Millwall, thus backing up what he said earlier about wanting to move specifically to the Premiership as opposed to wanting to escape from Millwall. I can see the different intervetations others have suggested though.

    I don''t think it hurts to be reminded that as supporters we have a much greater vested interest in our Clubs than the average talented footballer. Sure, we have been blessed with some amazing talent at the Club who have fallen in love the Club, the City and the Norfolk area, but those players are few and far between, most players nowadays will nomadically circum-navigate the British Isles playing for whomever will pay them the most for as long a period as possible, and I think that''s the trade off we have to accept for prising promising talent from other Clubs, and alternatively selling on the ones that don''t meet the required standard.

    In short, I''d take a promising striker wanting to play football and muck in for the cause over a less talent who wants to play for us as he has a soft spot for the Club/City/area. Surely that ties in with Lambert''s "hungry" criteria for scouting players..?

    Ideally, a hugely talented City boy would be even more appealing, but where would we find such a person in this off-season..? 

  9. Posted

    Lansbury, he just seems to me to be a year or so ahead in terms of experience and British football know-how, therefore of more use to us in the Premiership next season. Pacheco, for all his undoubted ability seems still to be finding his feet and the rhythm of playing week in, week out.

    Let''s hope that this is all academic and that both are back in yellow and green next season in one guise or another...

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    Wiz, did you consider that the "no rush to spend or buy" message might not actually be for City supporters but for the Chairmen of other clubs that we have approached already with the the view to signing their players on loan? These Chairman may have inflated prices in their minds for what they want in return for sending us a player or two, and as such maybe City are playing hardball with said Chairmen. With most football clubs in debt, it could end up being that a few weeks of "no need to spend or buy" brings down these incurred costs to a more realistic level, and we get the loanees at a price that is mutually acceptable, rather than inflated and exaggerated.

    Also, you said that you hope that you''re not wrong - purely out of interest, but would you admit it if you were?

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    Maybe Korey and Henri being friends from years gone by may be a factor. I''d be happy to see Henri stay the remainder of the season and depending upon finances maybe take him on an extended loan for the duration of next season. He appears willing to give his all, which I believe is what was lacking from some of the previous loanees.
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