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Post by iangreaves on Jul 3, 2024 21:29:57 GMT 1
Presumably Bristol have put it out there to invite other bidders in. If so we need to give him a medical tomorrow and get him signed on Friday. I would hope it's all been done today.
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Post by incognito on Jul 3, 2024 21:37:23 GMT 1
Hope someone has told Evan's Agent to turn his sodding phone off until he's signed on the dotted line. To lose a second quality player to those Brummie Gits would be to bitter a pill to swallow ! Any one know how far advanced the deal is, are we likely to get Gazumped again ? It will be the agent that's put this latest "Bid Accepted" story out there (Just as May's did through Pete O'Rourke). He certainly won't be turning his phone off...
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Post by Up the Duff. on Jul 3, 2024 21:43:05 GMT 1
Hope someone has told Evan's Agent to turn his sodding phone off until he's signed on the dotted line. To lose a second quality player to those Brummie Gits would be to bitter a pill to swallow ! Any one know how far advanced the deal is, are we likely to get Gazumped again ? It will be the agent that's put this latest "Bid Accepted" story out there (Just as May's did through Pete O'Rourke). He certainly won't be turning his phone off... 💯 he won't. Just look at spurs gazumping brentford. Gray was on his way for a medical.
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Post by ben1987 on Jul 3, 2024 22:31:09 GMT 1
Banned for a month and I think decided not to bother coming back, which is a shame. I see. What the fook does he do all day now ? Last I heard he’d registered on the Birmingham fans forum.
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Post by TTCMatt on Jul 4, 2024 1:12:33 GMT 1
He couldn’t get in our garbage Championship team Aye those Chuckle Brothers were a great judge of quality They'd have picked him if they were allowed to...
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Post by Convictatthemac on Jul 4, 2024 3:03:49 GMT 1
That’s our set-peice taker right there. Him and Kane seem to both be able to be very good at direct free kicks…when was the last time we scored one of them!!? I mean it’s probably more recent that I remember but we just don’t seem to ever do it over the years. Mbenza was decent on the free kicks towards the end here. Seem to remember he went on a bit of a run scoring them at one stage. It was about the only thing he was good at.
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Post by dbterrier32 on Jul 4, 2024 5:14:51 GMT 1
If so we need to give him a medical tomorrow and get him signed on Friday. I would hope it's all been done today. Then him revealing the away kit…..
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Post by cuz on Jul 4, 2024 6:48:24 GMT 1
Hope someone has told Evan's Agent to turn his sodding phone off until he's signed on the dotted line. To lose a second quality player to those Brummie Gits would be to bitter a pill to swallow ! Any one know how far advanced the deal is, are we likely to get Gazumped again ? It will be the agent that's put this latest "Bid Accepted" story out there (Just as May's did through Pete O'Rourke). He certainly won't be turning his phone off... We should be collecting him and bringing him up here in a lead lined securicor van to ensure his signal is worse than on a x country train!
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Post by Convictatthemac on Jul 4, 2024 7:13:09 GMT 1
I would hope it's all been done today. Then him revealing the away kit….. I’d rather our signings be revealed in our blue and white stripes. That’s who they are signing for, that’s what we want them to remember in the future and be proud about in their time at the club.
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Post by rothwellterrier on Jul 4, 2024 7:20:00 GMT 1
Banned for a month and I think decided not to bother coming back, which is a shame. I see. What the fook does he do all day now ? Well, I’m not certain about this but isn’t it strange that someone else hasn’t been seen since May either. Jürgen Klopp. I’m not saying he was Porro but they were never spotted in the same room
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Post by teesdaleterrier on Jul 4, 2024 7:54:16 GMT 1
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Post by nnnlove on Jul 4, 2024 8:10:17 GMT 1
If Birmingham hijack another deal, I'm rioting.
Not that Birmingham city centre would look any different after a riot.
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Post by iangreaves on Jul 4, 2024 8:34:42 GMT 1
Can’t we let it be known that we are in discussions to bring the speedy twins back.
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Post by kennyk2 on Jul 4, 2024 9:09:20 GMT 1
This is now turning into a dick-swinging contest. Hilarious.
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Post by TTCMatt on Jul 4, 2024 9:14:43 GMT 1
It's sunny at the moment but we'll have to see if the Evans up open later on. (I almost deleted this it was so bad 😬)
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Post by Dan on Jul 4, 2024 9:22:39 GMT 1
Aye those Chuckle Brothers were a great judge of quality They'd have picked him if they were allowed to... I guess someone wasn't too keen on shelling out for his appearance / goal bonus each week?
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Post by boooothy on Jul 4, 2024 9:24:40 GMT 1
Trumping another team’s wage offer seems a very strange business decision from Birmingham. You end up with paying double what you would have done doing your own spadework.
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Post by goodbet on Jul 4, 2024 9:27:42 GMT 1
Trumping another team’s wage offer seems a very strange business decision from Birmingham. You end up with paying double what you would have done doing your own spadework. Only if you are dumb enough to believe what the players agent tells you what he has been offered.
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Post by TTCMatt on Jul 4, 2024 9:32:07 GMT 1
They'd have picked him if they were allowed to... I guess someone wasn't too keen on shelling out for his appearance / goal bonus each week? Exactly that. I can't remember precisely how much it was but essentially if he started and scored he'd cost as much as a Chris Hurst transfer that week. The boss man asked him to be used sparingly 😂
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Post by HuddsTerrier on Jul 4, 2024 9:33:42 GMT 1
May went to Brum for the money only as he'd initially picked Town over Brum - and I don't really blame him either as Brum offered a ridiculous amount
Evans if he ends up at Brum will also leverage Town's interest to have there pants down and get a contract he couldn't have dreamed was possible
Not really sure what Brum's long term strategy is though. Yes it's likely they will get promoted but then what?
They will have a squad full of top end League One/ lower end Championship players getting paid money they won't get elsewhere. They won't be able to move them on (why would May walk from £15k a week!) and due to FFP Brum will have limited wiggle room to bring in the high end quality Championship players they'll need to kick on further. Worse for them now word is out they will pay "whatever" expect existing players to start asking for pay parity and also new players coming in wanting the bigger pay, i.e. if May is on £15k p/w a top end Championship striker (if they get up) would expect to earn more than May
Yes it's frustrating watching them pick off the same targets but I don't think it's a very clever strategy. They are building a League One/ Championship yo-yo team as far I can see
Chelsea did the same with Liverpool last season and fair to say it didn't exactly work out
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Post by ashfieldterrier on Jul 4, 2024 9:34:26 GMT 1
It's sunny at the moment but we'll have to see if the Evans up open later on. (I almost deleted this it was so bad 😬) Are you confident of the Evans opening up for us Matt? Also are you doing a pre season pod anytime soon? Thanks 👍
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Post by kennyk2 on Jul 4, 2024 9:47:54 GMT 1
May went to Brum for the money only as he'd initially picked Town over Brum - and I don't really blame him either as Brum offered a ridiculous amount Evans if he ends up at Brum will also leverage Town's interest to have there pants down and get a contract he couldn't have dreamed was possible Not really sure what Brum's long term strategy is though. Yes it's likely they will get promoted but then what? They will have a squad full of top end League One/ lower end Championship players getting paid money they won't get elsewhere. They won't be able to move them on (why would May walk from £15k a week!) and due to FFP Brum will have limited wiggle room to bring in the high end quality Championship players they'll need to kick on further. Worse for them now word is out they will pay "whatever" expect existing players to start asking for pay parity and also new players coming in wanting the bigger pay, i.e. if May is on £15k p/w a top end Championship striker (if they get up) would expect to earn more than May Yes it's frustrating watching them pick off the same targets but I don't think it's a very clever strategy. They are building a League One/ Championship yo-yo team as far I can see Chelsea did the same with Liverpool last season and fair to say it didn't exactly work out This is why I'd be quite happy for the club to identify players who can not only play in League 1, but who have the ability to play in the Championship. Needs some thinking in the medium term, rather than just this season.
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Post by King Neil on Jul 4, 2024 9:49:26 GMT 1
To me it just shows brum really have no organisation at the moment and are just winging it trying to hobble their biggest threat this season by just going after their transfer targets
A very strange way of operating
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Post by paderbornterrier on Jul 4, 2024 9:50:22 GMT 1
May went to Brum for the money only as he'd initially picked Town over Brum - and I don't really blame him either as Brum offered a ridiculous amount Evans if he ends up at Brum will also leverage Town's interest to have there pants down and get a contract he couldn't have dreamed was possible Not really sure what Brum's long term strategy is though. Yes it's likely they will get promoted but then what? They will have a squad full of top end League One/ lower end Championship players getting paid money they won't get elsewhere. They won't be able to move them on (why would May walk from £15k a week!) and due to FFP Brum will have limited wiggle room to bring in the high end quality Championship players they'll need to kick on further. Worse for them now word is out they will pay "whatever" expect existing players to start asking for pay parity and also new players coming in wanting the bigger pay, i.e. if May is on £15k p/w a top end Championship striker (if they get up) would expect to earn more than May Yes it's frustrating watching them pick off the same targets but I don't think it's a very clever strategy. They are building a League One/ Championship yo-yo team as far I can see Chelsea did the same with Liverpool last season and fair to say it didn't exactly work out We were fishing in the 8k pond and came up with Alfie May... brum made him a 16k fish, but if we were fishing in the 16k pond, we would have caught something better than May. They are spending more money on the same fish, in the same pond we are fishing. Town and Brum will end up been very similar, just one will be blowing half the budget.
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Post by Maynardblue on Jul 4, 2024 9:51:31 GMT 1
It's sunny at the moment but we'll have to see if the Evans up open later on. (I almost deleted this it was so bad 😬) Are you confident of the Evans opening up for us Matt? Also are you doing a pre season pod anytime soon? Thanks 👍 When Matt divulges some news or drops some hints, it's always worth taking note 😉
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Post by detox on Jul 4, 2024 9:58:56 GMT 1
Evans almighty, can we stop talking in riddles 😂
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Post by Up the Duff. on Jul 4, 2024 10:13:52 GMT 1
It feels like it's time to let the May situation go. Well done Birmingham but who gives a fxck. It's done.
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Post by thomo on Jul 4, 2024 10:13:54 GMT 1
Do still worry about leaders in the team. Even our more senior players like Hogg, Lees and Pearson haven't really stood out as inspirational when the chips have been down in recent seasons. Believe they're all pretty quiet in the pitch (or not vocally supportive when things are going wrong) Wonder if we need to go buy a new captain?!
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Post by ram on Jul 4, 2024 10:27:34 GMT 1
Money to a Billionaire..Based on the May money {£3 million +£500K house} and what has been mooted regarding signings in Div.1 .Any billionaire could offer all 11 players the same deal and it would only cost £38.5 Million.Chicken feed for these guys.
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Post by ram on Jul 4, 2024 10:31:19 GMT 1
The Evans vid. shows what crap defences exsist in Lge.1,we should concentrate on ours.
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