Ccfcisparks
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I would be amazed if that were the case
I would be amazed if that were the caseFrom what I have heard Bamford's contract with Leeds ran until summer 2026 and although he had been "let go" by Leeds they were still paying him (almost £2m per year I believe). Whoever signed him would not only have had to give him a contract but also pay a sum of money to Leeds by way of compensation. This means paying quite a large sum of money for someone who had only played 235 minutes of Championship football in 15 months. Whether or not the final decision made proves a prudent one or not is for us to discuss but at the time if these details (assuming they are correct) were available to us would we as owners of a club wanted to take that chance especially if it meant paying almost double what the highest earner reportedly receives for a forward who seemed injury prone and not the most prolific in recent times. Type in "Bamford missed chances" into Google and he appearas in many stats tables as a leading man. This is not to say he would not score the chances that Wright, SImms etc have recently missed but going back three months with the available information and stats would seem a relatively high risk. Not saying who is right or wrong merely adding in what I have been told along with his recent injuries and form. Of course we are all wise with hindsight and he has done well so far for SU but if we all benefitted from hindsight we would all be successful managers/owners in our own right!
His mother mentioned it to someone I know but she could have got the wrong end of the stick. Like a lot of these things they are never made public so we will probably never know 100%I would be amazed if that were the case
I dont see the benefit to Leeds of paying him that much and not using him as a glorified training dummy at a minimumHis mother mentioned it to someone I know but she could have got the wrong end of the stick. Like a lot of these things they are never made public so we will probably never know 100%
Some footballers do 'ave 'em!His mother mentioned it to someone I know but she could have got the wrong end of the stick. Like a lot of these things they are never made public so we will probably never know 100%
I dont see the benefit to Leeds of paying him that much and not using him as a glorified training dummy at a minimum
Which was also the first game we played as league leaders.Blackburn at home was the first game where teams were figuring us out.
Since then it’s been a mixture of:
- small squad
- lack of rotation
- illness
- injuries
- no tactical adaption
- mounting pressure
- unsettled back line
more death by a thousand cuts than a sliding doors moment
He's a much more cultured player though, and would surely have improved our control of games.Said before Simms (8 in 9 starts) has outscored Bamford (6 in 8 starts I think) since Bamford joined SU and we only play one up top.
He might’ve chipped in but in but I doubt he’d have changed our form
He's a much more cultured player though, and would surely have improved our control of games.
THIS! This might just workWhich was also the first game we played as league leaders.
So basically we need Middlesbrough to win tonight so we can get back to playing properly.
Simms record says otherwise. He got the award with Frank, when he had scored something like 9 in 11 games. Wright came back, straight in. Wright is on something like 2 in 20? Simms 10,in 13 starts. I did say to sign Bamford, as well. He would have given us a different option. Frank only has a plan A at the moment. Hopefully he will find a new way, against Middlesbrough.Perhaps because our strikers have been pretty woeful for the last 2 months (along with virtually everyone except the goalkeeper).
Bamford would have scored goals though, and we would have had several more points.
Still - Doug saved a million quid.
(I realise this is much easier with hindsight, but to me it looked like a no-brainer).
If the idea was to show confidence in Wright and Simms then that has backfired spectacularly.
Furlong at it, return Furlong at it, should have had Bidwell in the side possibly on both occasions,no messing!Ipswich away I think. Wasn’t anywhere near our worst performance but result-wise we had our arses handed to us. I don’t think it helped mentality to be playing them so soon afterwards, and that loss was pretty convincing. I know this was in the thick of flu. But since then I don’t think we’ve been properly at it all.
On an individual basis, quite a few players were overperforming early on.
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