Time to do that is at the end of the season when we have a clearer picture of the landscape. It is not primarily about money, but playing at a higher level. It is just that playing at a higher level brings a higher wage.
We just need to enjoy and appreciate what he is doing for us between now and the end of the season.
That’s a good shout…the club could do that in factoring ST price rises. £450 instead of £400. But the Premier cardholders would not need to spend a penny more.Hear me out…
All season ticket holders. Quid a week, top up Cal’s contract offer by 15k, piss our way to the prem. Who’s with me?
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It seems to me Callum has always put quite a high priority on getting game time but also to play at as high a standard as possible - choosing us over Villa, and opting to leave now. So his options at the end of the season are
1. Any club in the Prem, even newly promoted ones - he leaves. Fool not to
2. Any club likely to be automatically promoted from the Championship - say Burnley - he leaves
3. Any club a good bet to make Play Offs and a candidate for the automatics - say Leeds if they don't make it this time - he probably leaves
4. Any club likely to make at least the Play Offs - but offers more money. At age 25, he has to leave.
5. Anything after that he stays,
You would think one of 1-4 would apply and every one of them means more money, particularly now that he has proved his fitness and is scoring whereas before he could barely hit a barn door.
Anyway next year it is EMC - Torp - Sheaf in midfield with Eccles as back up
I think Robins will bring in another top midfielder in the Torp mould, wether we are promoted or not.and Torp
1 yes. That's a given if we don't go up this season.It seems to me Callum has always put quite a high priority on getting game time but also to play at as high a standard as possible - choosing us over Villa, and opting to leave now. So his options at the end of the season are
1. Any club in the Prem, even newly promoted ones - he leaves. Fool not to
2. Any club likely to be automatically promoted from the Championship - say Burnley - he leaves
3. Any club a good bet to make Play Offs and a candidate for the automatics - say Leeds if they don't make it this time - he probably leaves
4. Any club likely to make at least the Play Offs - but offers more money. At age 25, he has to leave.
5. Anything after that he stays,
You would think one of 1-4 would apply and every one of them means more money, particularly now that he has proved his fitness and is scoring whereas before he could barely hit a barn door.
Anyway next year it is EMC - Torp - Sheaf in midfield with Eccles as back up
I was thinking the same but every passing week he looks more of a premier league footballer in waiting. Keeps up his form and I think he will have his pick of 4 or 5 teamsI'm not sure where he fits in the PL at the minute.
It seems to me Callum has always put quite a high priority on getting game time but also to play at as high a standard as possible - choosing us over Villa, and opting to leave now. So his options at the end of the season are
1. Any club in the Prem, even newly promoted ones - he leaves. Fool not to
2. Any club likely to be automatically promoted from the Championship - say Burnley - he leaves
3. Any club a good bet to make Play Offs and a candidate for the automatics - say Leeds if they don't make it this time - he probably leaves
4. Any club likely to make at least the Play Offs - but offers more money. At age 25, he has to leave.
5. Anything after that he stays,
You would think one of 1-4 would apply and every one of them means more money, particularly now that he has proved his fitness and is scoring whereas before he could barely hit a barn door.
Anyway next year it is EMC - Torp - Sheaf in midfield with Eccles as back up
I was thinking the same but every passing week he looks more of a premier league footballer in waiting. Keeps up his form and I think he will have his pick of 4 or 5 teams
You sound ready to help chauffeur him off somewhere! As a club if we want a collective crack at the Premier league, we need players in our team of premier league standard! Might just be me but given how much we have supported COH during his injuries a 4 year bumper deal with a reasonable 10m non promotion release clause at the end of next season if we dont go up would be the ideal.He deserves a crack at the Prem after battling back from such a bad injury. It’s a short career and now he’s added goals to his game Id imagine he’ll have some PL offers.
It was always said on here that the thing keeping him out of the top flight was his finishing. Now that’s clearly not an issue he’ll be in the top flight one way or another next season. Just a pity we are going to lose out on £15m+ in the process.
He would fetch at least as much as Hamer did with a year still to run.Well £9m (if that was the Burnley fee).
You sound ready to help chauffeur him off somewhere! As a club if we want a collective crack at the Premier league, we need players in our team of premier league standard! Might just be me but given how much we have supported COH during his injuries a 4 year bumper deal with a reasonable 10m non promotion release clause at the end of next season if we dont go up would be the ideal.
We will need to have 12 players on the pitch if soWell bring an AM in 100%
We will need to have 12 players on the pitch if so
We may have.Should absolutely offer him the highest our structure would allow.
Christ, thought I'd clicked on the Tavares thread and was getting very concerned!He'll want PL football and whatever we can offer, PL clubs will always be able to offer more. The only way he stays at this point is if we go up. I'd argue his impact on the team is even greater now than Hamer's was.
Well £9m (if that was the Burnley fee).
i wouldnt be surprised if a dortmund, Nice, real sociedad come in with an offer and he goes there.It seems to me Callum has always put quite a high priority on getting game time but also to play at as high a standard as possible - choosing us over Villa, and opting to leave now. So his options at the end of the season are
1. Any club in the Prem, even newly promoted ones - he leaves. Fool not to
2. Any club likely to be automatically promoted from the Championship - say Burnley - he leaves
3. Any club a good bet to make Play Offs and a candidate for the automatics - say Leeds if they don't make it this time - he probably leaves
4. Any club likely to make at least the Play Offs - but offers more money. At age 25, he has to leave.
5. Anything after that he stays,
You would think one of 1-4 would apply and every one of them means more money, particularly now that he has proved his fitness and is scoring whereas before he could barely hit a barn door.
Anyway next year it is EMC - Torp - Sheaf in midfield with Eccles as back up
He’d get nowhere near their team. They are a seriously good side nowAnyone think he might want to go back to the Villa ?
A better all round player now and scoring goals, so if Callum was still under contract Burnley would have to double that fee.
Some one is going to get the bargain of the season.
Well there is, but to get there you have to smoke from slowpoke’s pipeIf Cal hadn’t got injured he’d be a Burnley player now, because he did his contract ran out. There’s no alternate timeline where we had him on a new deal TBH.
I think Callum is a home bird and needs his friends around him so I don't think abroad would appeal to himi wouldnt be surprised if a dortmund, Nice, real sociedad come in with an offer and he goes there.
Yes, this is the epitome of a well run football club, good ideaHear me out…
All season ticket holders. Quid a week, top up Cal’s contract offer by 15k, piss our way to the prem. Who’s with me?
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Maatsen is at Dortmund so Im sure he might settle in alright thereI think Callum is a home bird and needs his friends around him so I don't think abroad would appeal to him
If Dabo scored his penalty kick and we go on to win the penalty shootout against Luton?If Cal hadn’t got injured he’d be a Burnley player now, because he did his contract ran out. There’s no alternate timeline where we had him on a new deal TBH.
I think Callum is a home bird and needs his friends around him so I don't think abroad would appeal to him
Then he may as well leave this year. Zero incentive for him to sign for a year. Very limited reward for us also to give only a year.Only hope I have of him staying is that he considers the trajectory we're on. Promotion this season will be tough to impossible with those clubs above us. Perm 2 from the top 4 for autos and then we'd have to fight some pretty strong teams to get through the playoffs.
Next season however, we can already see Sheff Utd and Burnley dropping and I foresee Forest being the third. Meaning next season's Championship will be a lot more open and give us plenty of hope for a substantial improvement in placing. Together with the fact our team has now gelled and we're not groundsharing, we shouldn't have the faulty start in the way that the last two seasons have produced.
Cal only needs to sign a one year extension and he can be promoted with us. If we fail this year and next, he's still young enough to warrant a decent move to a Prem club. He's paid his dues, he's entitled to have one.
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