Frank Lampard in Bedworth (27 Viewers)

alexccfc99

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Must have spent a good two hours at the supporters club last night - Nothing off limits, everyone in the room who wanted one got a photo/quick one on one convo

For a global superstar a really down to earth, humble and funny bloke - We are lucky to have him represent our club, PUSB
 

Jamesimus

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Frank after leaving Bedworth…

Rona Hazmat GIF by KING OF THE ROAD
 

MTK

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I think you’re right. We are lucky to have him representing us. He seems a great balance of passion with reason, modern and forward thinking but with a footballing history himself that is the equal of anyone’s. I really hope he can achieve his ambitions with us and we keep him. Well done to Doug as well for making what was clearly massively the right choice from the m m managerial options available at the time as well
 

torchomatic

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House hunting?
 

Bad Boy

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And that Kitch was banging on his door asking why he couldn't get a game before Xmas - But said it was in a positive way as opposed to kicking up a fuss and a strop and he really respected him for it and he hasn't let him down since

I would also hedge your bets on Grimes being our captain next season he absolutely loves him
Sheaf stripped of the captaincy and or sold??
 

nunchuckas

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Sheaf stripped of the captaincy and or sold??
Sheaf is almost certainly going to be sold. He'll be in the last year of his contract, and was rumoured to be wanting to leave last summer.

With his injury record this season, we probably can't even afford to offer him a decent contract, he's 27, so we'll try to get as much as we can for him.
 

chiefdave

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I would also hedge your bets on Grimes being our captain next season he absolutely loves him
Said this when he came in, he's the obvious choice as one of only a handful of players who won't often be rotated out of the squad.

Suspect the only reason is didn't happen immediately was to make sure it didn't piss off the rest of the squad with someone walking through the door and immediately being made captain.

Become a bit of a joke this season with the constant changing.
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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Sheaf is almost certainly going to be sold. He'll be in the last year of his contract, and was rumoured to be wanting to leave last summer.

With his injury record this season, we probably can't even afford to offer him a decent contract, he's 27, so we'll try to get as much as we can for him.
Trouble is I think the options of how he could go to will be severely limited and the price much lower than we'd normally want/expect.

Supposedly last year he only attracted interest from Southampton and Luton, and this year he's been injured a lot and not exactly dominating games when he has played.
 

Viktor17

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Sheaf is almost certainly going to be sold. He'll be in the last year of his contract, and was rumoured to be wanting to leave last summer.

With his injury record this season, we probably can't even afford to offer him a decent contract, he's 27, so we'll try to get as much as we can for him.
We have a year option on him, which I suspect we will enforce so he could yet stay.

Suspect hes earmarked to go as we will need money to do stuff with squad.
 

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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Did anyone in the audience at Bedworth last night ask if Frank is going to sign a new goalkeeper in the summer.
 

nunchuckas

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Trouble is I think the options of how he could go to will be severely limited and the price much lower than we'd normally want/expect.

Supposedly last year he only attracted interest from Southampton and Luton, and this year he's been injured a lot and not exactly dominating games when he has played.
Yeah, he's definitely gone down in value since last summer. But it may still be the last chance age-wise to get a reasonable return for him.

Last summer we would have been holding out for between the 8m - 12m - if there's any truth in the rumours.

This summer we'd probably be hoping to get 5m-8m due to his injury record, if there's any takers. Which is still a reasonable amount of money for a 27 year old, and better than losing him for nothing or letting his value disintegrate with age/injuries.
 

nunchuckas

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We have a year option on him, which I suspect we will enforce so he could yet stay.

Suspect hes earmarked to go as we will need money to do stuff with squad.
Did not know about the option, that changes the dynamic slightly in our favour.

But still, with his age and injury record, if we can get a reasonable sum we should probably offload him - with the benefit of hindsight, we should have sold him last summer, we won't be able to get anywhere near the same figure now he's a year older and spent most of the season on the treatment table.
 

AJB1983

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Can’t say that and then not say. That’s like someone putting something really vague on Facebook to just encourage all the “ah what’s up babe?” comments 😆

share the wealth….
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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Yeah, he's definitely gone down in value since last summer. But it may still be the last chance age-wise to get a reasonable return for him.

Last summer we would have been holding out for between the 8m - 12m - if there's any truth in the rumours.

This summer we'd probably be hoping to get 5m-8m due to his injury record, if there's any takers. Which is still a reasonable amount of money for a 27 year old, and better than losing him for nothing or letting his value disintegrate with age/injuries.
If we do get that £5-£8m (will is just about possible) the next issue is whether Sheaf would want to accept going to the team offering that. Last year he supposedly wasn't interested in talking to Luton (smart move in the end) and I can't see a Prem team coming in for him.

That doesn't leave many options for teams that would be considered better placed than us in the Championship that could pay him a significant amount more than us.

If we do have that extra year (I thought that extra year was for next season but maybe not) then it may well be better for us to take the risk and keep him, hoping he can steer clear of injuries and get back to his best.
 

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