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That’s his starting point he will go this month for 2m if we lucky 100k up front and the rest in nonsense “to fund the club for years to come”I find it very odd that a figure of £5m has been plucked out and released, what on earth is the point of that if not a bit of consent manufacturing?
Sign me up!We sure the bid was for a player and wasn't £38.50 for a Julian Dacosta match worn Jersey they are flogging on eBay?
Get in line there is a que here big manSign me up!
It's shocking, 5 million for O'hare would be an insult.
He had nothing to do with bringing Robins back
I don’t know how we’d know how we’ve navigated the pandemic compared to others
He did navigate us to Birmingham to be fair
He had nothing to do with bringing Robins back
I don’t know how we’d know how we’ve navigated the pandemic compared to others
He did navigate us to Birmingham to be fair
Fisher's one of the best Chairmen we've had...I knew you'd be the first to pop up.
Do you think the club is in a better position since he's been at the club? (and I'm not saying he's solely responsible before you throw that one out...)
Fisher's one of the best Chairmen we've had...
Thank god you aren't in charge then
I know, it's what I said, hence why you were quoting my post.Not what I said...
What I said a few weeks ago and it didn’t go down wellI know, it's what I said, hence why you were quoting my post.
Surely, though, if we're giving Boddy credit, we have to give the Chairman credit too, don't we?
I've only met him once, and tbf he came across pretty well. There were some inconsistencies, but I guess you have to accept that as an employee of the club, he's going to give the club's perspective, and that will be skewed.
This does read very much like trying to drum up business though - Richardson did this kind of thing quite a lot! And given our transfer incomings have generally gone under the radar until they're all but a done deal, this kind of vagueness, and mentioning a price is... odd, to say the least.
That doesn't make him Satan, but I'd be wary in this instance about the motivations.
I find it very odd that a figure of £5m has been plucked out and released, what on earth is the point of that if not a bit of consent manufacturing?
I know, it's what I said, hence why you were quoting my post.
Surely, though, if we're giving Boddy credit, we have to give the Chairman credit too, don't we?
I've spoken to him a few times over the phone and he's been great. The club have largely been a pleasure to work with as well. Hoping to meet him at the Saints game in a couple of weeks, all being well.
With regards to him drumming up business, I don't get it. All he says in the article that someone has posted in his notes is that we've turned down significant bids. Isn't that what we want to hear?
Another club isn't going to go 'well now we know the bloke from Cov has turned down significant offers for Player X, we'll put in an offer'. It doesn't work like that. Such assumptions are ridiculous.
If we lose players in the window, it's due to them being good, not because of a comment made by the CE in a matchday programme FFS!!!
Years ago, I spent quite a bit of time chatting to David Beckham's former PR guy (slightly surreally, we ended up on the same course for something!). He said how just about all of the stories in the press were either made up by him and his colleagues, or... embellished, to serve a purpose. In particular, transfer offers and sponsorship deals were reported as being way beyond what they actually were. The reason for this was to create the impression that Beckham was in demand. Large transfer fees being rejected showed the club's ambition in rejecting them, and also meant anybody coming along in the future was scaled up in where they'd start bidding.I've spoken to him a few times over the phone and he's been great. The club have largely been a pleasure to work with as well. Hoping to meet him at the Saints game in a couple of weeks, all being well.
With regards to him drumming up business, I don't get it. All he says in the article that someone has posted in his notes is that we've turned down significant bids. Isn't that what we want to hear?
Another club isn't going to go 'well now we know the bloke from Cov has turned down significant offers for Player X, we'll put in an offer'. It doesn't work like that. Such assumptions are ridiculous.
If we lose players in the window, it's due to them being good, not because of a comment made by the CE in a matchday programme FFS!!!
Fair play. FWIW I do think since Fisher's come into the club, if we can ignore the repeated stadium fiascos (a big if! They now tarnish Boddy as well) then the club's run more sanely than it has been for a number of years... and I appreciate that starts from a low bar!I'd say so. The club overall is in a better position on a number of fronts than we were 5 years ago so those at the club in that time should get some credit.
It’s difficult to believe it when the “significant bids” haven’t been reported by anyone else. Given we’re talking millions and presumably Premier League club involved, I’d say it’s unlikely.
Years ago, I spent quite a bit of time chatting to David Beckham's former PR guy (slightly surreally, we ended up on the same course for something!). He said how just about all of the stories in the press were either made up by him and his colleagues, or... embellished, to serve a purpose. In particular, transfer offers and sponsorship deals were reported as being way beyond what they actually were. The reason for this was to create the impression that Beckham was in demand. Large transfer fees being rejected showed the club's ambition in rejecting them, and also meant anybody coming along in the future was scaled up in where they'd start bidding.
Likewise, here, it's a classic technique of a) getting fans onside (we tried to keep him, guv) so managing the fallout if and when they do leave, and b) signifying the player's available at the right price, and that right price is ratcheted up from where it might otherwise start from.
Now, I doubt Boddy's as cynical as Beckham's PR, but the principle is there.
Fair play. FWIW I do think since Fisher's come into the club, if we can ignore the repeated stadium fiascos (a big if! They now tarnish Boddy as well) then the club's run more sanely than it has been for a number of years... and I appreciate that starts from a low bar!
Ultimately, they're all handicapped by the paymasters, however.
How about, 'hang on, he's on our radar, the manager's identified him as a possible, and if we don't act now this mysterious other club will sign him'?Boddys comments won't cause another club chairman to go 'hang on, we need to bid for Hamer now as Cov are looking to get rid of him'.
I'd say so. The club overall is in a better position on a number of fronts than we were 5 years ago so those at the club in that time should get some credit.
Where did it come from?
The Telegraph have reported it referencing Boddy's article which doesn't mention it.
Years ago, I spent quite a bit of time chatting to David Beckham's former PR guy (slightly surreally, we ended up on the same course for something!). He said how just about all of the stories in the press were either made up by him and his colleagues, or... embellished, to serve a purpose. In particular, transfer offers and sponsorship deals were reported as being way beyond what they actually were. The reason for this was to create the impression that Beckham was in demand. Large transfer fees being rejected showed the club's ambition in rejecting them, and also meant anybody coming along in the future was scaled up in where they'd start bidding.
Likewise, here, it's a classic technique of a) getting fans onside (we tried to keep him, guv) so managing the fallout if and when they do leave, and b) signifying the player's available at the right price, and that right price is ratcheted up from where it might otherwise start from as it's creating the impression of competition. It also says act now, or you might miss out.
Now, I doubt Boddy's as cynical as Beckham's PR, but the principle is there.
Has to start somewhere, though, doesn't it? Now if you were being cynical, you'd say the Telegraph reporting £5mil is the follow-up in a pre-meditated strategy...Totally agree with all that & it's absolutely commonplace in football.
The caveat I'd add in this case though, if we were really touting players I can think of much better strategies than a single sentence in a matchday program of all places.
According to the CT article "It’s understood that the club would not let the likes of Hamer or O’Hare go for less that £5m", which is typically code for "We've been told we can print the asking price is £5m, but Boddy can't say it on record"
If the number's incorrect then the club are free to come out and deny it. I don't expect they will.
I don't imagine they're arsed one way or another. If they want to drum up interest there are far better and more direct ways of doing it than via local Coventry press that no-one else will see.
The £5m figure almost certainly came from someone inside the club, so someone is clearly arsed.
It’s clearThe £5m figure almost certainly came from someone inside the club, so someone is clearly arsed.
How about, 'hang on, he's on our radar, the manager's identified him as a possible, and if we don't act now this mysterious other club will sign him'?
I agree so the key is the timing of the sale to maximise transfer fee.Isn't that part and parcel of life? You snooze you lose? If he's on the radar of club A, club A are potentially going to put a bid in.
My point (again) - if our players are good enough, they'll leave anyway. We're not Man City or PSG. Our good players will go - it's how clubs our size stay afloat - selling our best players - every club does it.
I bet Boddy was talking about Shipley when he wrote this. Turned down £500k from Bolton.
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