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It doesn’t count unless we spend the exact amount we received for a player because it’s not like we weren’t running on a deficit at the time. Oh, wait...

There isn't an abundance of strikers who can score 20+ goals a season in any league. In the post of yours which I quoted you said: 'At Coventry City we seem to have low standards when it comes to strikers - whereby 15 goals a season is classed as a good return'. To put that quote into...

I like the look of Chaplin, apparently he’s the ‘heir’ for the strikers berth held by Pitman (24 goals last year) and at 21, could be a good investment and also plays on the wing. We would also need to look at signing another striker as Robins planned anyway.

Fun facts for you: - In L1, only two players broke the 20 goal mark last season, neither of their teams made the playoffs. - Shrewsbury’s top scorer was on 12 goals, only 2 others broke the 10 mark. They narrowly finished 3rd. - Blackburn’s top goal scorer was a midfielder (Dack, 18), Graham...

It is a massive loss, but £1.5m for a striker we picked up on a free transfer a year ago is a good deal, £1-1.5m is about the limit of his valuation, £2m would've been the absolute best we could've got. There's an assumption that McNulty would get 20+ in L1 which I don't think is necessarily the...

Would be a good move for him if he's not getting first team football in L1 or L2.

He wasn’t part of the Portsmouth team that won the league, he was there when they in the playoffs. It's not a bad return considering he's been mainly been used as a substitute - he is only 21. His stats are from 31 starts, 73 substitute appearances. It could be a good signing.

Repays that faith? That is nonsense. He's not indebted to anyone because the relationship was give and take and without his goals, would we have finished 6th and won the playoffs? Probably not. He's got the opportunity to play at the highest level in his career too. Like Robins said, you don't...

It is a bit rich seeing fans complaining about ‘loyalty’ when where was the loyalty towards McNulty when he wasn’t in fine goalscoring form? We’ve got an archive of threads and comments even as far as January saying we needed a ‘natural goalscorer’. With the fee involved, I’m not that annoyed...

How much money do you realistically think we can hold out for a 25 year old striker who’s only really proven in L2? Every player has a price — even Christiano Ronaldo is set to leave Madrid. That’s more than we sold Jutkiewicz and Leon Clarke.

For the rumoured £1.2m upfront, I am ok with this. Although the club should hold out for that £2m - met one way or the other. Regardless of what happens, I trust Robins to find a replacement.

Generally speaking, the transfer market in football is a seller’s market, a club generally sells whenever it’s valuation is met. I remember Boothroyd asking for £10m for Westwood in his contract year! There’s a few factors that drives down prices such as financial instability or a player pushing...

The two players who missed the penalties received death threats, pretty soon after the anniversary of the Escobar murder. What a toxic atmosphere for the players. However, it didn’t stop me making the distasteful joke that the Colombians were ‘literally playing to save their lives’.

If McNulty is worth £2m, it’s a reasonable guess that Bayliss is valued at £3-4m minimum. A few posters have said maybe SISU have ‘learned their lesson’ but the context of now, instead of Maddison is that the club is in the ascendency. We’ve balanced the books, just been promoted and are...

That really isn’t the question. The question is what he is worth to us as opposed to what he’s actually worth. If the likes of Barnet - midtable in L2 at the time, now relegated - were asking £1.5m for Akinde, we’re well within our rights to ask for about £2m because frankly, we have no reason...

Considering Barnet we’re asking £1.5m for Akinde a few seasons ago, £2m sounds about right for McNulty. It’s not a commentary on either player’s ability, but we’re in a far stronger position than Barnet. He’s under contract, we’ve just been promoted and we’re breaking even now. We even have the...

This season Ponticelli needs to be able to flourish at U23 level, or loaned out. Even if he bangs in goals at Nuneaton or Solihull, it’ll give him the experience and confidence needed to make an impact in L1. One attribute JP has is his finishing, strikers who have that natural ability to score...

Too many changes. The only change worth thinking about at the minute, injuries permitting, is Rose in Young. He looked lively when he came on and I agree with Hoddle when he says we could do with a left-footer in that wingback role. Knockout football is cagey, neither team wanting to concede a...

Without Rodriguez, they were the most cynical team in the tournament. Falcao in particular was taking things too far shouting in the referee’s face at even the minor decisions and he was captain! FIFA need to be serious about kicking our dissent, even if it introduced a rugby-style ‘sin bin’ or...

Does World Cup fever count as an illness?