They hear things directly from Oxford United. One of the Radio Oxford team technically works for the club as the stadium announcer. I know how close they get.
It’s merely interesting that they’ve gone out of their way to mention that the figures punted around on here might be a little hopeful rather than realistic. So let’s wait and see, but it’s telling that their message is one of “settle down for now”.
They hear things directly from Oxford United. One of the Radio Oxford team technically works for the club as the stadium announcer. I know how close they get.
It’s merely interesting that they’ve gone out of their way to mention that the figures punted around on here might be a little hopeful rather than realistic. So let’s wait and see, but it’s telling that their message is one of “settle down for now”.
I'll leave this forum for ever if the fee is even close to a million!Scotchers : I hope we are not being softened up !
I think we might have been talking things up a bit to try to get clubs biting / bidding. We’ll find out soon enough how many clubs came in and what it meant for the fee.It doesn't really tally with Oxford's previous comments about Rob Dickie though.
Robinson saying post match that Dickie had a touch of Callum O'Dowda flu!!!
And a bit more I'd guess."Negotiated fees are getting relatively aggressive for a player with 9 months left on his contract."
So probably 2 million plus addons then.
I’m sorry a move to QPR would be backward move
Why on earth would a move a side that been in danger of going down for the last 5 seasons appeal to a young man who could be playing for a side with the players to get up . With that said he would get a nice pay increase but I don’t think QPR will be paying the kind money he could be getting in 12 months time . Rob think long and hard sign a new 2 year deal with Oxford and then go in 12 months time where you will get big money (far more than QPR are offering ) I think you are better than QPR )
Don’t fall into the trap of so many players that have left us in the past ten years and then have progressed like they should have .
Agreed. In my view a significant minority of our fans have always been a bit deluded about where we sit in the pyramid that is football. Before the playoff final I saw one article where a fan was saying we are as big as a Derby or Swansea. Yeah right! QPR is not a backwards step!Joining QPR, a Championship club who were recently in the Premier League and have just sold a player for £17m isn't a 'backward move'. If he signs for them, he'll be playing in the league above, and even if he does outgrow QPR then he'll just get another move, he doesn't have to stay with us to do that.
Dickie will leave. He did sign a two year deal, but that was a year ago. The part of his development where he signs on with the aim of moving on next season has already been and gone. Bringing in young players to develop them and sell them on for profit is part of our model and has been for pretty much the last five years. How can some fans be so unwilling to see Dickie leave when we've seen Roofe, Lundstram, Johnson, Rothwell, Ledson, Fosu and Baptiste all leave for a profit in recent seasons?
To be fair, Jim Smith once said, autobiography I think, that Oxford could have been as big as Derby if they had maintained momentum in the 1980s. And Swansea were a bog standard 3rd or even 4th division outfit for most of their history.Agreed. In my view a significant minority of our fans have always been a bit deluded about where we sit in the pyramid that is football. Before the playoff final I saw one article where a fan was saying we are as big as a Derby or Swansea. Yeah right! QPR is not a backwards step!
We are nowhere near the size of Derby even if the late great Jim Smith thought we had the potential to be once upon a time. As for Swansea, you are correct in terms of their past history but in recent years they have grown massively. When you look at the population of the wider area compared to Oxon you can see why. We are not as big as either Derby or Swansea in my view!To be fair, Jim Smith once said, autobiography I think, that Oxford could have been as big as Derby if they had maintained momentum in the 1980s. And Swansea were a bog standard 3rd or even 4th division outfit for most of their history.
Surely the opposite is true. Yes, Derby and Swansea are much bigger cities than Oxford. But throw in the population of the wider counties and Oxon, at c700K, is twice the size of West Glamorgan and pretty much on a par with Derbyshire.We are nowhere near the size of Derby even if the late great Jim Smith thought we had the potential to be once upon a time. As for Swansea, you are correct in terms of their past history but in recent years they have grown massively. When you look at the population of the wider area compared to Oxon you can see why. We are not as big as either Derby or Swansea in my view!