cc84cov
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We turned down 7 figures so it’s over £1m no chance he went for around a million.
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We turned down 7 figures so it’s over £1m no chance he went for around a million.
Skybluefaz
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Depends what your definition of around a million is
Moff
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Totally right Nick, we are just a cog in the whole football machine, driven by the disproportionate income the top teams get.
We are where we are and are currently a feeder for teams like Norwich, who then become a feeder for the larger Premier league teams.
It sucks but it’s always been that way in football, and I just can’t get my head round the frothing off some people. (Not on this site but on platforms like Facebook)
Hopefully one day we will be the higher team and will be able to buy talent off lower league clubs, but even when we were in the top league people forget we sold players to the bigger clubs eg) Terry Gibson, Robbie Keane etc
AFCCOVENTRY
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Happy to get a premiership left back on loan
skybluetony176
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Good luck to the lad. Hope it works out for him. Think the loan back will prove a shrewd move also.
clint van damme
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don't mention selling Gibson, I'm still not over it.
lord_garrincha
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Just some random 'thinking'... whatever Mr. Bailey!
standupforcity
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I prefer Mason anyway so I hope he plays from now on in!
HerneBayGaz
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Good luck to him. Smashing lad. Hope he gets a good reception when we play Norwich next year.
clint van damme
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I agree about the loan. People trying to draw comparisons with the Maddison loan which wasn't a success but that front line had started to lose its potency and fluidity even before his transfer. Different circumstances this time.
JulianDarbyFTW
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Fair play to the lad. He stepped up, worked hard, showed his class. Deserves a shot at the big time, and hopefully gets a promotion on his CV this season too.
SlowerThanPlatt
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An agent can do anything. He was never going to any of them clubs. They’d have better players in their U18s
Moff
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Do you remember he got death threats sent to his home.....mental
AFCCOVENTRY
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Look - main thing is the squad is still intact.
clint van damme
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yeah, took ne ages to find his home address.
In all seriousness, no I didn't. Absolute madness. Guy was a legend and deserved his chance on a bigger stage.
torchomatic
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better days
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Think this was a club decision not SISU
There was no pressure to sell
Looks like good business
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Really?!? Ridiculous.
I sometimes wonder the way it turned out. Guess we got Pickering in off the back of it (would we have won the cup without him?) but all we missed the next season was a goalscorer... not that he ever scored as frequently again after leaving us!
Liquid Gold
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We rejected a million bid and said they’d have to come back with something silly. Doubt that is £1.5m
SlowerThanPlatt
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An utter moron and not you Torch
SkyBlueDog
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That's a good deal. In our current situation i've no issues with being a stepping stone club. Also, it continues to demonstrate to all talented youngsters that if they come to us, they'll not only get plenty of game time but also, if they are good enough, will be allowed to move onto bigger things. We continue to survive and reinvest.
torchomatic
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I'm still pissed about Gary Gillespie going to Liverpool.
Terry_dactyl
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It was Kevin Gallacher for me.
clint van damme
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that move actually worked out! Gibson never really did it at United though he won the cup with Wimbledon so fair play to him.
torchomatic
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Same when Ian Wallace went. Never worked out for him either.
Moff
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Pretty sure he got the threats just before he left, but also a few months before when it was reported he was unsettled.
Who would have thought the team he left Coventry, and the team he went on to join, Wimbledon would win the cup in those few years, whilst united won nothing.
cc84cov
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Terry_dactyl
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Oh yeah. That hurt.
chiefdave
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Fees are never paid in full upfront. There will be a payment now and further instalments plus add-ons depending how his career progresses.
Its another example of something that is standard across football but seems to upset our fans every time it happens.
Moff
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it failed spectacularly for Wallace.
I have a recollection he ended up at Sunderland and played for them in the Milk Cup final when they lost to Norwich.....coincidently the same year we sent Norwich down when we won the last three games to stay up (ending with the 4-1 against The champions Everton)
chiefdave
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And what would have happened to his value if we hadn't sold him and then he broke his leg on Saturday or did an ACL?
People who are deliberately boycotting St Andrews (not those who just can't go for whatever reason) but are now shouting about the club selling a player to cover the losses do my head in.
ccfcway
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Well some seem to think it was with gooden