Transfer Rumour Sam McCallum gone (1 Viewer)

cc84cov · Jan 31, 2020

SlowerThanPlatt said:
Nowhere near £3m up front says the Norwich side

We turned down 7 figures so it’s over £1m no chance he went for around a million.

Evo1883 · Jan 31, 2020

Good business, no guarantees of promotion and if the reported fees are true then we've done well.

We move on, with Sam still at the club

Skybluefaz · Jan 31, 2020

cc84cov said:
We turned down 7 figures so it’s over £1m no chance he went for around a million.

Depends what your definition of around a million is

Moff · Jan 31, 2020

Nick said:
It's good business from the club and suits the way lower league clubs need to survive.

We took him for free off Herne Bay and sold him for millions.

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 · Jan 31, 2020

Happy to get a premiership left back on loan

skybluetony176 · Jan 31, 2020

Good luck to the lad. Hope it works out for him. Think the loan back will prove a shrewd move also.

clint van damme · Jan 31, 2020

Moff said:
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

don't mention selling Gibson, I'm still not over it.

lord_garrincha · Jan 31, 2020

cc84cov said:
We turned down 7 figures so it’s over £1m no chance he went for around a million.

Just some random 'thinking'... whatever Mr. Bailey!

standupforcity · Jan 31, 2020

I prefer Mason anyway so I hope he plays from now on in!

HerneBayGaz · Jan 31, 2020

Good luck to him. Smashing lad. Hope he gets a good reception when we play Norwich next year.

clint van damme · Jan 31, 2020

skybluetony176 said:
Good luck to the lad. Hope it works out for him. Think the loan back will prove a shrewd move also.

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 · Jan 31, 2020

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 · Jan 31, 2020

PurpleBin said:
Funny game football. Liverpool or PSG...ends up at Norwich.

An agent can do anything. He was never going to any of them clubs. They’d have better players in their U18s

Moff · Jan 31, 2020

clint van damme said:
don't mention selling Gibson, I'm still not over it.

Do you remember he got death threats sent to his home.....mental

AFCCOVENTRY · Jan 31, 2020

Look - main thing is the squad is still intact.

clint van damme · Jan 31, 2020

Moff said:
Do you remember he got death threats sent to his home.....mental

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.

hill83 · Jan 31, 2020

Never heard of him Never even played for Norwich. SHITE
Taxi for Robins

torchomatic · Jan 31, 2020

better days · Jan 31, 2020

The coventrian said:
Good old sisu eh. Last day of the window. They'll never change.
Cue the meltdown from the usual frothers...

Think this was a club decision not SISU
There was no pressure to sell
Looks like good business

Deleted member 5849 · Jan 31, 2020

Moff said:
Do you remember he got death threats sent to his home.....mental

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!

Nick · Jan 31, 2020

Ahh PSB Group

WE ARE STARVING SISU OUT
I CANT WAIT FOR WEMBLEY

Liquid Gold · Jan 31, 2020

SlowerThanPlatt said:
Nowhere near £3m up front says the Norwich side

We rejected a million bid and said they’d have to come back with something silly. Doubt that is £1.5m

SlowerThanPlatt · Jan 31, 2020

torchomatic said:
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An utter moron and not you Torch

SkyBlueDog · Jan 31, 2020

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 · Jan 31, 2020

clint van damme said:
don't mention selling Gibson, I'm still not over it.

I'm still pissed about Gary Gillespie going to Liverpool.

Terry_dactyl · Jan 31, 2020

clint van damme said:
don't mention selling Gibson, I'm still not over it.

It was Kevin Gallacher for me.

clint van damme · Jan 31, 2020

torchomatic said:
I'm still pissed about Gary Gillespie going to Liverpool.

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 · Jan 31, 2020

clint van damme said:
that move actually worked out! Gibson never really did it at United though he won the cup with Wimbledon so fair play to him.

Same when Ian Wallace went. Never worked out for him either.

Moff · Jan 31, 2020

Deleted member 5849 said:
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!

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 · Jan 31, 2020

Terry_dactyl said:
It was Kevin Gallacher for me.

Dublin for me went to villa too

c**t

Terry_dactyl · Jan 31, 2020

cc84cov said:
Dublin for me went to villa too

c**t

Oh yeah. That hurt.

chiefdave · Jan 31, 2020

SlowerThanPlatt said:
Nowhere near £3m up front says the Norwich side

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 · Jan 31, 2020

torchomatic said:
Same when Ian Wallace went. Never worked out for him either.

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 · Jan 31, 2020

torchomatic said:
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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 · Jan 31, 2020

chiefdave said:
Fees are never paid in full upfront. There will be a payment now and further instalments plus add-ons depending how his career progresses..

Well some seem to think it was with gooden

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