torchomatic
Well-Known Member
Didn't you say the same thing about Willis and Stevenson?
Anybody comes in with an offer Sisu will sell him,without doubt
Didn't you say the same thing about Willis and Stevenson?
Yeah. I'd wait until the end of the summer transfer window before getting smug and throwing that one out there if I was you.
Difference is they were under contract , GT is available in June for nothing more than a token offering.Didn't you say the same thing about Willis and Stevenson?
Difference is they were under contract , GT is available in June for nothing more than a token offering.
He is one of the few who would be ideal for a league 2 challenge.
I'm not being smug, but OK, he'll say it every transfer window and one day he'll be right and I'll be wrong and you can be smug, can't you?
i think the other poster is right !.you are smug!! and you are wrong also,apart from today, you will not find a post from myself regarding the sale of Willis or Stevenson in any transfer window.God you must be bored,making up BS..run along now,i wouldn't want you to miss your favourite peppa pig programme..
Difference is they were under contract , GT is available in June for nothing more than a token offering.
He is one of the few who would be ideal for a league 2 challenge.
Yeah. I'd wait until the end of the summer transfer window before getting smug and throwing that one out there if I was you.
No he won't Nick.So he won't be sold then.
No he won't Nick.
I hope he and 1 or 2 of our other youngsters think hard before disappearing to u23 teams elsewhere.
It is indeed worrying, some we wouldn't miss but like you say Stokes would be a huge loss.Didn't know that. With stokes as well that's a worry. We will offer a deal and he won't go for nothing it will be a tribunal if no fee is agreed.
I hope he stays, and think he should. We need him, and I think he will flourish and learn under Robins.
That said I wouldn't blame him if say Burnley came in for him, as they are a Premiership team. But perhaps he should look at Bigi and how his career went after his big money move before being too quick to leave for pastures new. Hopefully he will sign a new contract instead.
Was it that wrong a move for Bigi? He's earned more money in that time than he would in his entire career by moving.
Earned a fortune, before ending up where he would have been, had he stayed, except with more cash in the bank?perhaps he should look at Bigi and how his career went after his big money move
Earned a fortune, before ending up where he would have been, had he stayed, except with more cash in the bank?
Edit: Repeating Grendel. Gah! What has become of me!
A like for the bare-faced cheek!Talking sense at last?
You'll soon start seeing politics sensibly as well
Problem is wages though isn't it? Footballers career is short and often unpredictable. We will now be offering lower terms probably than some have now. What's in it for them? If a better wage is down the road then they'd take it.
Bigger question is why it got to this point without a new deal
tbf with Thomas, it's been touch and go whether he'd make it for the past couple of seasons, so you could say with hindsight not extending his contract was wrong, but it'd have been doubtful whether it'd have been worth it for either party to do that too soon. Stokes being injured would have probably delayed talks for him, too.Bigger question is why it got to this point without a new deal
Not again!With Thomas I guess he was in doubt earlier in the season to be offered a new deal.
tbf with Thomas, it's been touch and go whether he'd make it for the past couple of seasons, so you could say with hindsight not extending his contract was wrong, but it'd have been doubtful whether it'd have been worth it for either party to do that too soon. Stokes being injured would have probably delayed talks for him, too.
I'd be reasonably confident both of those whould re-sign, mind. Thomas can really put himself in the shop window with 15-20 goals next season, and Stokes being injured for so long would struggle to get as good a deal as he would have the end of last season.
Not again!
His loan spell at Yeovil didn't pull up any trees though, and nor did his start to the season.I think he'd broken through by Christmas.
Just think it's a waste to put ten years into developing a player only to lose him for peanuts (if we do). Worst case we have a young player for and extra year on a tiny wage, best case he makes it big and we are millionaires.
I could accept the "he didn't look like making it" argument a bit more if he was 23, or if he hadn't been tipped as a future star for years, or if he wasn't top scorer in the U23s. One of those should've been a bit of a hint really.
Our academy graduates have benefitted from being given the opportunities to play first team football and should consider this for their long term careers. I worry that too many young players are railroaded by their agents into moves, which are only in the short term interest of the agent, who picks up a nice fee!Depends the way you look at it G.
Perhaps staying longer to work hard at the lower levels and then moving up and having a longer more successful career in the higher leagues would give you more in both success and money.
Look at Bigi and then the two Chelsea lads tapped up from Leeds all those years ago, Tom Taiwo and Michael Woods, their careers flopped and they ended up in the lower leagues/ Scottish Leagues.
Sometimes it just clicks with a player though doesn't it. Wilson didn't look special or pull up any trees when he was at Tamworth (?) and out of nowhere he was unplayableHis loan spell at Yeovil didn't pull up any trees though, and nor did his start to the season.
And we've been dire all season without exception really.
It does... and Wilson was close to being shown the door, too.Sometimes it just clicks with a player though doesn't it. Wilson didn't look special or pull up any trees when he was at Tamworth (?) and out of nowhere he was unplayable
Thought you loved Stevenson? I think he's still got to do a lot more to do. He is young however, and needs time to develop. Nice to see Bigi having a big impact on the game, and a great save from Burge. Solid performance from Haynes.Look at his goal on the highlights. Great feet interchange and a perfect finish. The commentators were waxing lyrical.
He has scored a few individual goals of real quality yet gets little adulation compared to Stevenson (shocking today), Haynes, Bigi etc. He is a real prospect compared to them.
He may be a huge player next season.
Earned a fortune, before ending up where he would have been, had he stayed, except with more cash in the bank?
Edit: Repeating Grendel. Gah! What has become of me!
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