Thomas/Brock/Jones
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Too green !!Oh, God no! Olympiacos Piraeus, mate! Thank you!
Too green !!Oh, God no! Olympiacos Piraeus, mate! Thank you!
Yep they got 133 million pounds for those players compared to our 10 to 15 million? They then spent money on ready made replacements that meant they not only made money but the club progressed. We on the other hand buy cheap sell cheap and look miles away from being able to gain promotion and stay in the championshipJust go and look at Brentford’s departures over the last 5 or 6 seasons and their subsequent league finishes.
Couldn’t be much further from a fact if you tried.
???Ruffels gone to Hull.
Actually it came up on my Dutch football app. No idea if it's true. But if it is then I'm ITK.Sometimes I'm also ITK.
The simple fact is we don’t have players worth £133m - you’re comparing apples and pears. Comparing their resources today vs ours is not a fair fight - but they started somewhere and it was not with £133m in the bank.Yep they got 133 million pounds for those players compared to our 10 to 15 million? They then spent money on ready made replacements that meant they not only made money but the club progressed. We on the other hand buy cheap sell cheap and look miles away from being able to gain promotion and stay in the championship
The players we are selling aren’t going for enough money,it’s just that 1 to 2 million pound every year which means we can’t progress.The simple fact is we don’t have players worth £133m - you’re comparing apples and pears. Comparing their resources today vs ours is not a fair fight - but they started somewhere and it was not with £133m in the bank.
One thing you got right is they have bought SOME ready replacements such as Pontus Jansson etc. But they earned the money for those by developing and selling players plucked from relative obscurity like Ollie Watkins or abroad such as Benrahma. We too have recruited established pros like Williams which seems to still upset people and rookies to build up which when sold is panned.
There really is no pleasing some people. We are a baby Brentford - or at least aspiring to be.
Ruffels gone to Hull.
Well is Rob Atkinson really worth any more than that? He’s only played one season in league one and whilst he was very good, you can’t expect him to sell for any more than 2mil. Correct me if I’m wrong but only 7 league one CBs have sold for over 2 million (one of which being rob dickie). I believe owning a player for just over a year and making profit of well over 1mil is good business and will help us move forwards.The players we are selling aren’t going for enough money,it’s just that 1 to 2 million pound every year which means we can’t progress.
I’m afraid nothing is ever worth more than someone is prepared to pay and that’s lots of things not just football. Even so, we have attracted some of the largest fees in the league’s history and still this isn’t enough money in the eyes of some… You’re calling for record breaking fees - so we need record breaking players from somewhere.The players we are selling aren’t going for enough money,it’s just that 1 to 2 million pound every year which means we can’t progress.
Keep the player then,Bristol city don’t want to pay it we don’t sell.I’m afraid nothing is ever worth more than someone is prepared to pay and that’s lots of things not just football. Even so, we have attracted some of the largest fees in the league’s history and still this isn’t enough money in the eyes of some… You’re calling for record breaking fees - so we need record breaking players from somewhere.
We won’t be moving forwards with bids accepted of 1 or 2 million.Well is Rob Atkinson really worth any more than that? He’s only played one season in league one and whilst he was very good, you can’t expect him to sell for any more than 2mil. Correct me if I’m wrong but only 7 league one CBs have sold for over 2 million (one of which being rob dickie). I believe owning a player for just over a year and making profit of well over 1mil is good business and will help us move forwards.
So simple…. What could possibly go wrong?!Keep the player then,Bristol city don’t want to pay it we don’t sell.
The player wants to go.So simple…. What could possibly go wrong?!
The players we are selling aren’t going for enough money,it’s just that 1 to 2 million pound every year which means we can’t progress.
So we've replaced two championship-level wingers (Lee & Barker) with two L1 wingers (Williams & Bodin, and that's being generous to Bodin). And now we've lost Ruffels & Atkinson and will have to play Elechi & McNally, or maybe Long & Mous, in their place in the pre-season games. Doesn't look too ambitious to me.