It would need to be an eye watering amount for any of our first choice XI (except for Rushworth) to go next month.Bobby Thomas being linked with Brentford - Frank Lampard Coventry favourite Bobby Thomas wanted by Premier League club
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It would need to be an eye watering amount for any of our first choice XI (except for Rushworth) to go next month.
I could. No-one is for sale when you’re top of the league like we are.What do you think would be an acceptable amount? Couldnt see doug rejecting 10-12 mil
I could. No-one is for sale when you’re top of the league like we are.
I think the same argument applies to people who think we need more backup options at CM. Just don’t see the point if they’re going to be dead weight in the PL next season.Agree, i'd just stick with what we've got at LB then buy a real obvious improvement in the summer.
Promotion is worth far more than that and this team's success has been built on being exceptionally well drilled and cohesive. You take out one of the first names on the team sheet and it could be very disruptive.What do you think would be an acceptable amount? Couldnt see doug rejecting 10-12 mil
I don’t know why we’d sign someone in January who’d then need to be upgraded on again six months later.
Especially not if he doesn't have ithe's not going to go on talksport and say "yeah we've going to drop loads tis Jan" is he.
FFS
How do you know Thomas wouldnt want to go?Thomas wouldn't want to go and FL wouldn't want him to, so it would be a Doug decision. The great thing is, if Thomas, or anyone else left, they wouldn't be replaced by Div 1 players, so, if Thomas left possibly Hughes would come in. However, the way Thomas is playing Brentford would be a sideway move, not counting finances.
We could spend 100 million and you would still be moaning he didnt spend 200.Especially not if he doesn't have it
You miss my point completely. The very opposite in fact, some people here think that King just has the odd £10m in spare change knocking around. I think people should temper their expectations!We could spend 100 million and you would still be moaning he didnt spend 200.
I certainly could. As of right now, any of our first team starters probably should be sold for anything less than £20m. To be clear, that doesn't mean that's what they're worth, it's just that any disruption to this team is not worth risking a promotion worth comfortably £100m to us.What do you think would be an acceptable amount? Couldnt see doug rejecting 10-12 mil
You miss my point completely. The very opposite in fact, some people here think that King just has the odd £10m in spare change knocking around. I think people should temper their expectations!
Based on that we made offers of similar in the summer. If you dont want to beleive that then thats your choice.You miss my point completely. The very opposite in fact, some people here think that King just has the odd £10m in spare change knocking around. I think people should temper their expectations!
There's a lot of assumptions in there though. I does look like they had money for Rak-Sakyi and they might well be looking at other options. I never believed that we were going to put 10 or 12m into Hughes without selling MVE and even then I don't believe it, if only because King isn't bloody daft! Even Hughes himself says that they knocked that on the head pretty quickly!There is money there because we sold Sheaf for £6.5m and were supposedly bigging up to £10-12m for Charlie Hughes as well as trying to sign players like Rak-Sakyi. There's money in the pot to play with and now that we're 10 points clear at the top, we probably could secure a loan with an obligation to buy upon promotion.
I'm optimistic we'll get the signings required to see the job through.
He can find the money if needed though so what point are you even trying to make?Especially not if he doesn't have it
There's a lot of assumptions in there though. I does look like they had money for Rak-Sakyi and they might well be looking at other options. I never believed that we were going to put 10 or 12m into Hughes without selling MVE and even then I don't believe it, if only because King isn't bloody daft! Even Hughes himself says that they knocked that on the head pretty quickly!
Who goes then? I think the choice is probably as it was in the summer MVE leaves or we make a small changes. Could be wrong of course but the way I read it King's not cash rich and he's already borrowed big for the stadium.The squad isn’t complete and we’re in a position whereby we’re selecting 4-5 defenders to make up a 9 person bench. So we definitely need reinforcements to see out the season.
He's a northern lad and he is among friends, and he is key to FL's system. If we didn't get promoted then Brentford would be an option but for now he wouldn't entertain it. We saw this with Rudoni in the summer he enjoys being around FL and learning and I think the majority feel the same THIS SEASON, maybe not next. Ccfcisparks even you can be wrong sometimes which I know you hesitate to admit it, but I assure you Thomas will not be going to Brentford in January.How do you know Thomas wouldnt want to go?
Im not saying he will go, just asking how you knew what Thomas was thinkingHe's a northern lad and he is among friends, and he is key to FL's system. If we didn't get promoted then Brentford would be an option but for now he wouldn't entertain it. We saw this with Rudoni in the summer he enjoys being around FL and learning and I think the majority feel the same THIS SEASON, maybe not next. Ccfcisparks even you can be wrong sometimes which I know you hesitate to admit it, but I assure you Thomas will not be going to Brentford in January.
No one and we’ve already sold Sheaf for £6.5m. We’re 10 points clear at the top and the bigger risk is actually to do nothing or bean count at this point. If we bottle it this season, we probably have rebuild again because players will want to move up a level.Who goes then? I think the choice is probably as it was in the summer MVE leaves or we make a small changes. Could be wrong of course but the way I read it King's not cash rich and he's already borrowed big for the stadium.
I don't even know what I'm thinking myself sometimes. It's pure logic, but I do know someone who believes Brau will leave in January to return home. I do not profess to be an ITK but as I knew Jim the gateman with the gammy leg all those years ago as I grew up in wolston and spent many years around Ryton and when my Dad retired he was a regular feature at the training ground, so i'm not completely ignorant, either, however, Thomas is pure logic. The irony of it all is we always use the player's names like they are long lost friends and think we know everything about them.Im not saying he will go, just asking how you knew what Thomas was thinking
Yes agreed we’ve timed it well to go up. Can see those we want to keep staying, with the exception of Wright who may want a new challengeI don't even know what I'm thinking myself sometimes. It's pure logic, but I do know someone who believes Brau will leave in January to return home. I do not profess to be an ITK but as I knew Jim the gateman with the gammy leg all those years ago as I grew up in wolston and spent many years around Ryton and when my Dad retired he was a regular feature at the training ground, so i'm not completely ignorant, either, however, Thomas is pure logic. The irony of it all is we always use the player's names like they are long lost friends and think we know everything about them.
One final note on this. Rudoni's comments in the summer about spending another year around FL was one of the greatest things to happen to us for many years because other players seem the same.
Paid for Woolfie already and the spare gets a young winger. Anyway we'll see. We only need 1.7 per game or something like that for a good chance of the playoffs so there's no compelling business case to spend big just now. If we did that and we were not to make it the losses could be heavy.No one and we’ve already sold Sheaf for £6.5m. We’re 10 points clear at the top and the bigger risk is actually to do nothing or bean count at this point. If we bottle it this season, we probably have rebuild again because players will want to move up a level.
All in all, you’re probably wrong because we were trying to do deals on deadline day and there’s a recognition that the squad is thin and that will try to be rectified asap.
The idea that Thomas would have no interest in Brentford is incredibly optimistic.
They would triple his wages, offer him a 4 year deal and his family would be set for life.
I don’t think he is looking to leave but if a very compelling offer gets put to his agent you might see his view change quickly.
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