Jools 584 Posted June 3, 2016 [quote user="BroadstairsR"]I would have expected him to do even better for us in the coming Championship campaign than he did in the last and see this as a dent in our chances of a quick return.[/quote]A bigger dent in our promotion chances would be Klose leaving. Any monies accrued from the sale of Redmond should be spent on securing the former''s services and strengthening the defence [Y] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted June 3, 2016 [quote user="Ricky Spanish"]PL clubs have just recieved 33% more finance this year. All other selling clubs will be jacking up their prices accordingly. 8 Million, 4 years ago would have been about right. Since then PL income has pretty much doubled making the 8 million being banded about even more ridiculous.It doesn''t matter what we think of him, he''s young, English, has plenty of experience, his best years ahead of him, is at a debt free club with no need to sell and he''s highly rated in professional circles. Irrespective of how inconsistant he''s been for us ( and remember our lack of mainstream exposure means most people aren''t aware how flaky he actually is) he''s easily a 15 Million player in today''s market.[/quote][Y] Yes, spot on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
havemyhowsonit 0 Posted June 3, 2016 £10 million! I hear wrists breakingThe Murphys will fill his boots easy enough. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 3,661 Posted June 3, 2016 I''d have thought £15m was a little high (that''s more than Townsend who is (somehow) on the verge of the England team), but we definitely ought to be getting a decent whack for him, £10m should be quite a bit short. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie Borkins 1 Posted June 3, 2016 Look at what Raheem Sterling went for, and then take £1m off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hank shoots Skyler 2,094 Posted June 3, 2016 £15m is optimistic considering it''s the last year of his contract imo, think we''ll get £10-11m. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Edwards 2,237 Posted June 3, 2016 [quote user="JF"]I''ve been told that the stories about the clubs finances are true so don''t expect the fee to be ploughed back into the team[/quote]I''ve heard this too. Any money for new players will have to be raised from sales and even then a huge amount will be put aside in order that we remain debt free whatever the outcome from the coming season. The bank has refused us an overdraft facility after a meeting with McNally ended in drunken fisticuffs in Spearmint Rhino. At this point the Football League already have a contingency plan to promote MK Dons back to the Championship in the event that we cannot give assurances that we''ll be able to fulfil our seasons fixtures. This would also prevent the inevitable pitched battle between the Dons and Wimbledon in League One. The Academy is already being scaled down, planning permission for an Aldi on Colney has been submitted. Club''s in turmoil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katie Borkins 1 Posted June 3, 2016 Frankly Duncan, and I have no reason to doubt you, then this just shows why appointing Ed Balls to the club''s Chairman role was such a poor decision which could only be made by socialist scum who should be crushed under the jackboot of history.If we were out of the European Union at least we would be able to field a team made of UK citizens and all our furriners would have to f*ck off back to Brussels. Bye Ricky, Martin, no not Ricky Martin, he''s still f*cking here the useless twunt. I mean the Van and the Olsson.Maybe Van Olsson could be a heavy metal tribute band, if Ricky could lift a guitar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 3,661 Posted June 3, 2016 I''ve been told it''s actually worse, we''re having to sell the ground and play on Thorpe rec, where the local council will let us put up a small stand for the couple of hundred people who''ll stick it''s the side.If our finances are a bit wonky, but we have offered Redmond a new contract, and (supposedly) expect Klose to stay, that doesn''t really tally. I don''t expect us to buy that many players tbh, and if we only reinvest (most of) what comes in for sales we will merely be doing what we did under Adams, which makes sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dibbler 0 Posted June 3, 2016 So we if we only get 10m for our prized asset what must the rest of our squad be worth.10m is peanuts to a Prem club for a under 21 international. Selling short yet again.It''s most probably worth keeping him and forfeit the 10m to push for promotion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
morty 0 Posted June 3, 2016 [quote user="dibbler"]So we if we only get 10m for our prized asset what must the rest of our squad be worth.10m is peanuts to a Prem club for a under 21 international. Selling short yet again.It''s most probably worth keeping him and forfeit the 10m to push for promotion.[/quote]Calm down, it hasn''t happened yet.I bet McNally would have been able to get maximum £ for Redmond though.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Donkey dangler 0 Posted June 3, 2016 Redmond will be sold once the new financial year starts on the 1st July 2016. However £10m is a joke. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,220 Posted June 4, 2016 Redmobd is a tactical liability at the top level, unless played at 10 (or 9) as per the U21''s.With the preferred methodology of high, aggressive full backs and a W in the Champs, he is still something of a liability at that level.Given that we never found a suitable tactical solution for his skills and given that his form remained consistently erratic, a £7m profit on a player due to leave in a year looks sound business.Conversely selling our Football-Manager-stats MVP might well not actually weaken us at all. He did not play regularly because his flaws were repeatedly exploited by the opposition thus negating his obvious strengths. He became something of a (at best) zero equation.Parma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted June 4, 2016 Or not playing him as much as we could/as best we could cost us the ability to win games.The "liability" is going to be the one player from our squad that the Prem teams want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,676 Posted June 4, 2016 Last time we compared, the Murphys were a long way from Redmonds level. Im not sure too much has changed although Josh has proven himself useful in the championship. On the plus point, theyre home grown so i doubt our fans will boo and kick off every time Redmond doesnr take on and beat a player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,220 Posted June 4, 2016 Prediction: Redmond will be bought by a team like Stoke who will use him as an impact substitute when they are chasing a game.At this point the tactical liability is offset by the need to create something against the odds and the gamble is worth it. Or they''ll play him at 10. He will not start regularly, unless or until his impact performances demand it. Premier clubs can more than afford to take the Redmond''s of this world as a valued (English) part of the squad, more or less at any cost. He represents a cost-free hit.What it will not be is a decent premier league taking him to be a 1st XI starter in a wide position.Parma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZLF 274 Posted June 4, 2016 Its all about the priceand inevitable he will leave. If Pritchard is £8m then £10m for him is almost laughable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted June 4, 2016 There won''t be any Prem teams wanting to sign Howson to play on their right wing. You can be sure of that.Not playing Redmond hurt our chances of survival. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
93vintage 16 Posted June 4, 2016 [quote user="JF"]I''ve been told that the stories about the clubs finances are true so don''t expect the fee to be ploughed back into the team[/quote]It wouldn''t surprise me if this was true, and there might be something of a re-appraisal of the McNally & Bowkett years if both the team and finances underperform.I''m not worried about Redmond leaving given our situation. What worries me is the ''business as usual'' atmosphere. There''s no inquest on where it''s all gone wrong, no re-evaluation, no sense of changing direction and no leadership.If we haven''t got rid of several players by the end of the month then we''ll be in big trouble. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,562 Posted June 4, 2016 [quote user="93vintage"][quote user="JF"]I''ve been told that the stories about the clubs finances are true so don''t expect the fee to be ploughed back into the team[/quote]1) It wouldn''t surprise me if this was true, and there might be something of a re-appraisal of the McNally & Bowkett years if both the team and finances underperform.I''m not worried about Redmond leaving given our situation. What worries me is the ''business as usual'' atmosphere. 2) There''s no inquest on where it''s all gone wrong, no re-evaluation, no sense of changing direction and no leadership.If we haven''t got rid of several players by the end of the month then we''ll be in big trouble.[/quote]1) It would not surprise me if this wasn''t true, and not just because the chairman has said it isn''t true.2) You know this how? The only public comments I have seen on the subject were from Neil, to the very opposite effect, that he would indeed be evaluating his own performance and - in what looked like a significant aside - the performance of others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Essjayess 307 Posted June 4, 2016 Its completely pointless to compare Redmonds selling fee to any other player, anyone can say oh hes worth this value or that value, the reality is, if he goes for 10 million, then City will have made a few mill profit, and Brum will get a modest slice to. As Parma so correctly described, without denying Nathans talent and potential, he does have liabilitys, both for NCFC and potentially other clubs to.Another thing to remember, is the wages Reddders gets, it will help with the necessity of lowering the clubs wage bill. While the TSF Twitter report of doom and gloom for City financially was rightly spoken of as garbage by our Chairman, there is no doubting the logical necessity of trimming a hefty Premier wage bill now we are Championship, so seeing guys like MBok and Redders going helps of course. In the same vein, not expecting City to be buying any players in the 8 mill or higher bracket now, any signings will likely be much more modest. This rules out a lot of the silly links to players, such as Patrick Roberts, its just not going to happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 3,661 Posted June 4, 2016 There''s been little news coming out of CR, so I guess we''re going to be getting these ''scare'' stories. There are some slightly odd signs (CEO leaving, no kit announced yet, no sponsor, have we announced our ''released'' list?). Then again, it is still the start of June and only a couple of weeks since the end of the season; at our choosing, we have ended the jarrold sponsorship so clearly have something else lined up. IMO it''s patently obvious that we will have less money than we''d have had in the PL, but to imply/say we''re skint will be overstating things - and compared to many in the Champs we will surely be pretty flush. We will have planned for the possibility of relegation, as all clubs like us will have done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland Canary 76 Posted June 4, 2016 So we sell our best striker for £3m and now our only attacking ''threat'' for a measly £10m. We''ll be lucky to finish mid-table if the answer to our defensive fragility and/or our attacking ineptitude is a new contract for Whittaker. It''s looks like last August''s transfer fiasco is set to be surpassed by this year if that is possible. Let''s hope for new investment before we find ourselves, once again, set for a decade, or worse, of championship medicroity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,170 Posted June 4, 2016 [quote user="PurpleCanary"]1) It would not surprise me if this wasn''t true, and not just because the chairman has said it isn''t true.[/quote]There''s 4 negatives in that statement, can you re-write it so that it makes sense? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,562 Posted June 4, 2016 [quote user="A Load of Squit"][quote user="PurpleCanary"]1) It would not surprise me if this wasn''t true, and not just because the chairman has said it isn''t true.[/quote]There''s 4 negatives in that statement, can you re-write it so that it makes sense?[/quote]A pedant[8-|] would say there are only three negatives, since "...not just..." is a positive.[:D]But if you are really looking for negatives I recommend reading Highland''s[:@] apocalyptic disaster-movie vision just above... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
93vintage 16 Posted June 4, 2016 [quote user="PurpleCanary"][quote user="93vintage"][quote user="JF"]I''ve been told that the stories about the clubs finances are true so don''t expect the fee to be ploughed back into the team[/quote]1) It wouldn''t surprise me if this was true, and there might be something of a re-appraisal of the McNally & Bowkett years if both the team and finances underperform.I''m not worried about Redmond leaving given our situation. What worries me is the ''business as usual'' atmosphere. 2) There''s no inquest on where it''s all gone wrong, no re-evaluation, no sense of changing direction and no leadership.If we haven''t got rid of several players by the end of the month then we''ll be in big trouble.[/quote]1) It would not surprise me if this wasn''t true, and not just because the chairman has said it isn''t true.2) You know this how? The only public comments I have seen on the subject were from Neil, to the very opposite effect, that he would indeed be evaluating his own performance and - in what looked like a significant aside - the performance of others.[/quote]1/ I doubt we''d be in big financial trouble. But any degree of over-exuberance, of which there have been a few rumours, won''t help further down the line with the need to replace aging players and generally rebuild. Something will have to give somewhere, probably the transfer budget as opposed to eg going into debt. Selling Redmond might both mask and alleviate any financial hangover from last season.2/ I never claimed to know about what''s going on inside the boardroom, but at least publically nothing much seems to be being said or coming out via the usual channels (leaks, rumours etc). If there was a big re-evaluation, along the lines of sitting down and consulting with staff, then I''m sure we''d have heard about it by now. I doubt we''ll hear anything from the club about lessons learned over the previous four years resulting in a significant change of strategy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland Canary 76 Posted June 4, 2016 Purple, I wouldn''t regard my view in any sense as ''apocalyptic, but simply a measured, realistic assessment of our ongoing predicament. Certainly, I could offer a less upbeat future scenario... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,562 Posted June 4, 2016 [quote user="93vintage"][quote user="PurpleCanary"][quote user="93vintage"][quote user="JF"]I''ve been told that the stories about the clubs finances are true so don''t expect the fee to be ploughed back into the team[/quote]1) It wouldn''t surprise me if this was true, and there might be something of a re-appraisal of the McNally & Bowkett years if both the team and finances underperform.I''m not worried about Redmond leaving given our situation. What worries me is the ''business as usual'' atmosphere. 2) There''s no inquest on where it''s all gone wrong, no re-evaluation, no sense of changing direction and no leadership.If we haven''t got rid of several players by the end of the month then we''ll be in big trouble.[/quote]1) It would not surprise me if this wasn''t true, and not just because the chairman has said it isn''t true.2) You know this how? The only public comments I have seen on the subject were from Neil, to the very opposite effect, that he would indeed be evaluating his own performance and - in what looked like a significant aside - the performance of others.[/quote]1/ I doubt we''d be in big financial trouble. But any degree of over-exuberance, of which there have been a few rumours, won''t help further down the line with the need to replace aging players and generally rebuild. Something will have to give somewhere, probably the transfer budget as opposed to eg going into debt. Selling Redmond might both mask and alleviate any financial hangover from last season.2/ I never claimed to know about what''s going on inside the boardroom, but at least publically nothing much seems to be being said or coming out via the usual channels (leaks, rumours etc). If there was a big re-evaluation, along the lines of sitting down and consulting with staff, then I''m sure we''d have heard about it by now. I doubt we''ll hear anything from the club about lessons learned over the previous four years resulting in a significant change of strategy.[/quote]Yes you did. You said there wasn''t any kind of inquest or re-evaluation going on. In fact Neil has said there is, at least as far as his view of the football side is concerned, and when Balls became chairman he said he was drawing up a 10-year plan for the club as a whole. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites