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shmmeee · Mar 29, 2020

OK, rules of the thread:

You have £5m to spend.

Prices according to TransferMarkt: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/coventry-city/transferrekorde/verein/990

No freebies. Only players in last 30 years because of inflation (1990 onwards).

Westwood (£675k)
Nilsson (£225k) Dann (£203k) Babb (£662k) Fox (£473k)
McAllister (£450k) Boateng (£315k) Gunnarsson (£225k)
Huckerby (£900k) Jutkiewicz (£540k) Ndlovu (£13k)

Total: £4.681m

Beat that

Feel free to use players not listed there if we have a reasonable idea of price.

Sky Blue Harry H · Mar 29, 2020

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DannyThomas_1981 · Mar 29, 2020

shmmeee said:
OK, rules of the thread:

You have £5m to spend.

Prices according to TransferMarkt: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/coventry-city/transferrekorde/verein/990

No freebies. Only players in last 30 years because of inflation (1990 onwards).

Westwood (£675k)
Nilsson (£225k) Dann (£203k) Babb (£662k) Fox (£473k)
McAllister (£450k) Boateng (£315k) Gunnarsson (£225k)
Huckerby (£900k) Jutkiewicz (£540k) Ndlovu (£13k)

Total: £4.681m

Beat that

Feel free to use players not listed there if we have a reasonable idea of price.

shmee I always like your work! But I'm certain we paid far more for McAllister.

SlowerThanPlatt · Mar 29, 2020

DannyThomas_1981 said:
shmee I always like your work! But I'm certain we paid far more for McAllister.

Yeah we did. How did that one come about? He was captain of Leeds the previous season, was playing in Europe and got to the League Cup final. Did Leeds want rid or did we offer a shed load of money to try and take us to the next level?

fernandopartridge · Mar 29, 2020

SlowerThanPlatt said:
Yeah we did. How did that one come about? He was captain of Leeds the previous season, was playing in Europe and got to the League Cup final. Did Leeds want rid or did we offer a shed load of money to try and take us to the next level?

Leeds wouldn't pay him what we did so he left.

DannyThomas_1981 · Mar 29, 2020

SlowerThanPlatt said:
Yeah we did. How did that one come about? He was captain of Leeds the previous season, was playing in Europe and got to the League Cup final. Did Leeds want rid or did we offer a shed load of money to try and take us to the next level?

From memory we paid £2 million+ and a huge amount (for the time) in wages. Richardson wanted to take a 'punt' all round on getting City into the big time - unfortunately he appointed the wrong managers to do so.

shmmeee · Mar 29, 2020

DannyThomas_1981 said:
shmee I always like your work! But I'm certain we paid far more for McAllister.

Some of the prices are way out but what you gonna do?

clint van damme · Mar 29, 2020

shmmeee said:
Some of the prices are way out but what you gonna do?

Yeah, I though Boateng was £250,000 and Hucks 1.2mil but who the fuck really knows.
McCallister definitely more than 450k though.

fernandopartridge · Mar 29, 2020

DannyThomas_1981 said:
From memory we paid £2 million+ and a huge amount (for the time) in wages. Richardson wanted to take a 'punt' all round on getting City into the big time - unfortunately he appointed the wrong managers to do so.

£3m, he was our record signing at the time. In retrospect not a good one as he wasn't great in his first season then spent a year out injured, came back better and then left on a free.

shmmeee · Mar 29, 2020

clint van damme said:
Yeah, I though Boateng was £250,000 and Hucks 1.2mil but who the fuck really knows.
McCallister definitely more than 450k though.

Was he free when he came back as player manager?

clint van damme · Mar 29, 2020

shmmeee said:
Was he free when he came back as player manager?

Fairly sure he was and if he wasn't he fucking should of been.

DannyThomas_1981 · Mar 29, 2020

fernandopartridge said:
£3m, he was our record signing at the time. In retrospect not a good one as he wasn't great in his first season then spent a year out injured, came back better and then left on a free.

Exactly right. I think Boateng emerged during McAllister's time out injured and the team actually improved.

McAllister's improved form also coincided with the recruitment of Carlton Palmer. Speaking of which it was typical of the mismanagement of that time to spend big on players (such as McAllister) without thinking how they would fit into the overall system i.e. the system was not set up for McAllister until Palmer's arrival.

SlowerThanPlatt · Mar 29, 2020

Is Eastwood our 11th most expensive signing of all time?!

shmmeee · Mar 29, 2020

SlowerThanPlatt said:
Is Eastwood our 11th most expensive signing of all time?!

I think it’s safe to say these numbers need more salt than my mums cooking.

Mcbean · Mar 29, 2020

Did we not get 6 of our current first team on Freebies ? dont ask me who - i am not that intelligent

AStonesThrow · Mar 29, 2020

Mcbean said:
Did we not get 6 of our current first team on Freebies ? dont ask me who - i am not that intelligent

I believe Marosi, Dabo, McFadzean, Rose, McCallum, Hyam. Then Shipley through the academy

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