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Post by cyberman on Jul 14, 2024 10:59:31 GMT 1
I think for the sake of Sorba's career (& his agent's bank balance) he needs a move away from Town. I think he will struggle to fit into a 352 system, he isn't a good enough defender for this - he can't tackle or head a ball & twice yesterday Harrogate exploited the space between him & Turton, when in truth they didn't get forward all that much. He will be competing against the best RWB in League 1 last year & it was noticeable that he didn't take any set pieces while he was on the pitch yesterday either. Coupled with some fans' complete inability to give him a chance, I reckon it would be good for both parties if he left the club, especially for his best interests. Be a hero Sorba - take "3 Wood Ward" with you as you goodbye.....you can always be his caddy whilst "in between jobs"
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Post by uptownfunk on Jul 14, 2024 11:01:43 GMT 1
Have you not listened to any interviews about sorba? that warnock did for example etc ? its not basless that at all that, he has bit of an ego on him. heck just listen to him during interviews. He comes out with some corkers of " look how good i am statments". Like i have said his ego blew up after the Wales call up, for whatever reason he changed post and have never come back down. It’s all rumour, half truth and or bullshit. I’ve met him and he was a gent. Really great with the young boys I had with me. I base my opinions on that not dark gossip. Oh, and the performances on the pitch most importantly. That over and above anything else.
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Post by arry11 on Jul 14, 2024 11:02:30 GMT 1
The quicker he moves on the better it is for us to do what we need to do and rebuild an even better squad that what really matters.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Jul 14, 2024 11:05:54 GMT 1
Whatever people’s thoughts are on Thomas, please be aware of potential legal issues when making very personal and accusing comments about him .
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Post by uptownfunk on Jul 14, 2024 11:35:05 GMT 1
Sounds like he’s on his way. Hope we get more than £1M. Must be worth £3-5m at 25 with his stats.
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Jul 14, 2024 11:46:27 GMT 1
Sorba has posted that he is in France today. His mrs has also posted that she is now on annual leave. Seems strange for a town player to go on holiday now. Assuming that he’s going for a medical somewhere maybe? Players might have been given a day or two off before the long trip to Austria. Nantes is nowhere near Paris so I can't see it being anything to do with that
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Post by sapphireblue on Jul 14, 2024 11:47:12 GMT 1
I'll caveat this with.
This has been passed to me, from a member of staff at another club. I can show no evidence of its provenance. In other words, a rumour.
The reason the Sorba fee is lower than we might expect, and why still other clubs are hesitant to pay it, is that Town want the whole of the fee up front. Not in the usual stage payments over the length of the contract.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Jul 14, 2024 11:52:21 GMT 1
Sorba has posted that he is in France today. His mrs has also posted that she is now on annual leave. Seems strange for a town player to go on holiday now. Assuming that he’s going for a medical somewhere maybe? Did you send her an email and received her out of office? I’ll never be important enough to broadcast to the world that I’m going on holiday, plus the fact I wouldn’t want to be telling the burglars I’m away…
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Post by Convictatthemac on Jul 14, 2024 12:09:33 GMT 1
What is the rumour on how much do we want upfront?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2024 12:12:17 GMT 1
What is the rumour on how much do we want upfront? 1million
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Post by Big Ern on Jul 14, 2024 12:18:13 GMT 1
Makes no sense, should be looking at 2-3 million easy so why is it such a big deal if that's paid in installments? Unless we are after a player and the selling club want payment up front.
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Post by Wingman on Jul 14, 2024 12:18:18 GMT 1
Merging into the ST thread.
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Post by sapphireblue on Jul 14, 2024 13:21:51 GMT 1
I'll caveat this by saying.
This was passed verbally to me, by a member of staff of another club. I have no provable evidence of its voracity. I.E. this is a rumour.
The reason the projected fee for Sorba is so low. Also the reason, despite this, other clubs are not "biting our hands off". Town want the whole of the fee paid up front. Not over the course of the contract which has become the the norm.
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Post by brighousebandbred on Jul 14, 2024 15:40:25 GMT 1
Sounds like he’s on his way. Hope we get more than £1M. Must be worth £3-5m at 25 with his stats. I know you love ST but no team on this planet would seriously pay that . I’m not trying to rile you your just so far off the mark with this lad is untrue. A player is worth what a team is willing to pay , I will come on here and apologise if he goes for that but I’m sorry I won’t need to and no matter what you come back with the facts are in the detail he won’t fetch what you want and expect .
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Post by townarentbest on Jul 14, 2024 16:22:45 GMT 1
I'll caveat this by saying. This was passed verbally to me, by a member of staff of another club. I have no provable evidence of its voracity. I.E. this is a rumour. The reason the projected fee for Sorba is so low. Also the reason, despite this, other clubs are not "biting our hands off". Town want the whole of the fee paid up front. Not over the course of the contract which has become the the norm. This is potentially a bit of a worry if true and may talk to cashflow issues? (or may point at a desire to spend our way out of this division by pulling revenues forward). Its not just "the norm", its the way that football contracts work, full stop, with buying clubs amortising the deal across the duration of the contract. If we're trying to get him moved on for (say) a full payment of £1m rather than spread a £3-£4m fee over potentially a 5 year period...we're going to find ourselves looking pretty silly if clubs stop wanting to do business with us because it means larger day one payouts, whilst at the same time we're effectively driving the value of our assets down.
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Post by bluebeard on Jul 14, 2024 16:24:11 GMT 1
Its best for both parties if ST went to France, is it Nantes who are interested in him, nice place.
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Jul 14, 2024 19:32:54 GMT 1
Its best for both parties if ST went to France, is it Nantes who are interested in him, nice place. Nantes is nowhere near Nice mate
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Post by 28901 on Jul 14, 2024 22:59:22 GMT 1
Have you not listened to any interviews about sorba? that warnock did for example etc ? its not basless that at all that, he has bit of an ego on him. heck just listen to him during interviews. He comes out with some corkers of " look how good i am statments". Like i have said his ego blew up after the Wales call up, for whatever reason he changed post and have never come back down. It’s all rumour, half truth and or bullshit. I’ve met him and he was a gent. Really great with the young boys I had with me. I base my opinions on that not dark gossip. Oh, and the performances on the pitch most importantly. That over and above anything else. Exactly this. I do think a move abroad may be best. Coming back here with another similar club and being given dogs abuse by some half witted imbeciles in our crowd would be a sad thing.
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Post by uptownfunk on Jul 14, 2024 23:32:54 GMT 1
Sounds like he’s on his way. Hope we get more than £1M. Must be worth £3-5m at 25 with his stats. I know you love ST but no team on this planet would seriously pay that . I’m not trying to rile you your just so far off the mark with this lad is untrue. A player is worth what a team is willing to pay , I will come on here and apologise if he goes for that but I’m sorry I won’t need to and no matter what you come back with the facts are in the detail he won’t fetch what you want and expect . No worries. Everyone is welcome to their own opinion. My understanding is that so much of modern footballers’ value today is based around statistics. Sorba’s championship stats over 2 seasons value him at £3M minimum imo. Set piece is so important for goal creation every level. He’s also quick. Pace is massive today. He might not get us that fee- depends on his contractual position - years left, and the fact he’ll want to go to a a championship team- as any player would. He might not get us that but I think there’s a strong case for him being worth that sort of money. Rudoni has potential but his champs stats are not great.
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Post by heffingdream44 on Jul 15, 2024 9:17:15 GMT 1
Sorba has posted that he is in France today. His mrs has also posted that she is now on annual leave. Seems strange for a town player to go on holiday now. Assuming that he’s going for a medical somewhere maybe? Did you send her an email and received her out of office? I’ll never be important enough to broadcast to the world that I’m going on holiday, plus the fact I wouldn’t want to be telling the burglars I’m away… Haha no, she just posted on Instagram. Just wondered if there was something in it, given that pre season is in full flow. But like another poster said, maybe they’ve got a couple of days off. As for us wanting the full fee up front, rather than in instalments.. it probably just suggests that we know we’d need to buy someone to replace him. With rudoni we probably knew we’d a couple of cheap/free transfers already lined up. So yearly income makes sense. All in all if he goes then best for all parties. But if he stays and is committed, then we’ve a good player in the squad
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Post by galpharm2400 on Jul 15, 2024 9:41:46 GMT 1
It’s all rumour, half truth and or bullshit. I’ve met him and he was a gent. Really great with the young boys I had with me. I base my opinions on that not dark gossip. Oh, and the performances on the pitch most importantly. That over and above anything else. Exactly this. I do think a move abroad may be best. Coming back here with another similar club and being given dogs abuse by some half witted imbeciles in our crowd would be a sad thing. He stood out in a very poor team. He had the ball more than anyone else in the much smaller numbers of attacks we produced. He took all the set pieces. His defending is simply being back and he didnt do that on some very expensive occasions. His pointing to 'his man' after letting him go is legendary. His petulance after being challenged, with opponents and the ref helped us out no end.. We 'survived' under Warnock without him. Truth is everyone is better in a better team, he may find another team who can carry a 'special teams' player but its not going to be here in a Duff team. The off the field stuff is down to the club, its telling we loaned him out whilst deep in the shit.
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Post by specialun on Jul 15, 2024 10:26:53 GMT 1
I don’t agree with the how does he get past league 1 best rwb. Competition required, offers more going forward depends on balance of team is if a fixed 532/352 or flexibility to be 343 in which case there are three roles he could play - you can’t have enough quality competition/options
That said I’ve said since before end of season when he downed his tools v Swansea he should be sold and best for all we part ways if price is right - but worth far more than £1m
Already sold the player who will go furthest in football for imo a below par deal - do we really need another?
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Post by brodie81 on Jul 15, 2024 15:20:42 GMT 1
His ego is his downfall
He was dropped from the wales squad because of his billy big balls attitude,he thought he was the best player in squad and should have been starting,wasn't liked by anyone.
Thats from a very good source
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Post by typical on Jul 15, 2024 16:44:12 GMT 1
Already sold the player who will go furthest in football for imo a below par deal - do we really need another? Over 5m plus a sell on clause for Rudoni is great business, and you’re daft if you think otherwise.
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Post by Colin the Caterpillar on Jul 15, 2024 17:39:01 GMT 1
Assumed the French link was a bad taste play on words joke coming from the ridiculous treatment he received a while back: Nantes/nonce
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Post by mosher on Jul 15, 2024 17:42:14 GMT 1
Assumed the French link was a bad taste play on words joke coming from the ridiculous treatment he received a while back: Nantes/nonce That wouldn’t surprise me in the least with some of the dicks who gave him abuse
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Post by Oblong of Dreams on Jul 15, 2024 17:43:53 GMT 1
Assumed the French link was a bad taste play on words joke coming from the ridiculous treatment he received a while back: Nantes/nonce If so, that's not very Nice Anyone posting such things is likely Toulouse a libel case... though it is Bordeauxline But I'll be keeping aBrest of the ongoing Sorba speculation
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Post by wildhogg on Jul 15, 2024 17:47:56 GMT 1
Assumed the French link was a bad taste play on words joke coming from the ridiculous treatment he received a while back: Nantes/nonce If so, that's not very Nice Anyone posting such things is likely Toulouse a libel case... though it is Bordeauxline But I'll be keeping aBrest of the ongoing Sorba speculation Let's hope their real Nimes aren't linked to their DATM accounts.
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Post by Tiro on Jul 15, 2024 18:23:57 GMT 1
Assumed the French link was a bad taste play on words joke coming from the ridiculous treatment he received a while back: Nantes/nonce Fucking hell, you’re reaching there aren’t you. Ridiculous.
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Post by ldr on Jul 15, 2024 18:44:21 GMT 1
Assumed the French link was a bad taste play on words joke coming from the ridiculous treatment he received a while back: Nantes/nonce If so, that's not very Nice Anyone posting such things is likely Toulouse a libel case... though it is Bordeauxline But I'll be keeping aBrest of the ongoing Sorba speculation We’re you sat next to a river all by yourself when you thought of these? All by yer Seine.
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