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Post by alexdire on Jun 29, 2024 15:38:03 GMT 1
Come on if it's between us and Birmingham. It's only going one way, a chance of promotion or a possible chance of the play-offs with us. No contest really. That's the spirit I've seen this club operate in this division for far too many seasons.
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Post by King Neil on Jun 29, 2024 15:42:12 GMT 1
If its just about wages then we have dodged a bullet tbh
Let's not build him into something he isn't...Jordan Rhodes got 15 goals in half the amount of games alfie played and we let him go
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Post by blackcat on Jun 29, 2024 15:51:48 GMT 1
Come on if it's between us and Birmingham. It's only going one way, a chance of promotion or a possible chance of the play-offs with us. No contest really. I expect there'd be a very good chance of promotion with you. Brum will have the most expensive, highest paid squad but Chris Davies has never been manager/head coach just a very experienced number two. I think Davies will turn out to be successful but I've greater confidence in Michael Duff.
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Post by dezzly on Jun 29, 2024 16:00:41 GMT 1
May was set on coming and working with Duff again. Birmingham have come with a bigger contract for him at the last minute. Could be his last big pay packet but no decision made either way yet. If wages we defo have a chance.surely can go bit higher and the duff factor must play in
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Post by Flowerdisco on Jun 29, 2024 16:04:26 GMT 1
So if it's a case of living in a beautiful county with pastures green, Marstons and Dixons Milk Ices or a shitty dirty county famous for Jasper Carrot and the bullring I know where I'd go...... I'd go where I was being paid more 😆
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Post by daltonterrier44 on Jun 29, 2024 16:04:43 GMT 1
If its just about wages then we have dodged a bullet tbh Let's not build him into something he isn't...Jordan Rhodes got 15 goals in half the amount of games alfie played and we let him go yeah and we realised Rhodes 😂
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Post by isleofmanterrier on Jun 29, 2024 16:06:51 GMT 1
If its just about wages then we have dodged a bullet tbh Let's not build him into something he isn't...Jordan Rhodes got 15 goals in half the amount of games alfie played and we let him go yeah and we realised Rhodes 😂 We realised Rhodes what?
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Post by daltonterrier44 on Jun 29, 2024 16:09:52 GMT 1
he’s 31 and a proven goal scorer, and we potentially have had both deals and blew the pair…sounds very familiar to me. What the fuck do you want the owners to do, kidnap him? It's Charlton's decision which offer to accept and then the players decision if both bids are accepted. If a club offered £1million for Danny Ward and then someone else came in and offered £1.5million what would you do? Tell them no thanks, we had an offer already? This isn't Football Manager, transfers are infinitely more complicated and nuanced. And we may go back and offer more. why is that always the response you get? An no point did I even hint that transfers aren’t long and drawn out, I’m questioning IF he goes Birmingham that we seem to have done all the donkey work for Birmingham to bully us out of a target I imagine we was looking into the second Duff signed on…of course it could all change and he’s in a town shirt on Monday who knows? But I’ve watched this club for long enough to know we usually bottle this kind of situation.
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Post by daltonterrier44 on Jun 29, 2024 16:10:41 GMT 1
yeah and we realised Rhodes 😂 We realised Rhodes what? released *
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Post by htfcfcfc on Jun 29, 2024 16:22:06 GMT 1
Plenty more fish in the sea. May has had a decent career but surely he’s at his peak
I realise this may come back and bite me but great if he joins and hits 20. Even better if we find a better option with greater longevity.
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Post by Mounie for nothing on Jun 29, 2024 16:26:20 GMT 1
What the fuck do you want the owners to do, kidnap him? It's Charlton's decision which offer to accept and then the players decision if both bids are accepted. If a club offered £1million for Danny Ward and then someone else came in and offered £1.5million what would you do? Tell them no thanks, we had an offer already? This isn't Football Manager, transfers are infinitely more complicated and nuanced. And we may go back and offer more. why is that always the response you get? An no point did I even hint that transfers aren’t long and drawn out, I’m questioning IF he goes Birmingham that we seem to have done all the donkey work for Birmingham to bully us out of a target I imagine we was looking into the second Duff signed on…of course it could all change and he’s in a town shirt on Monday who knows? But I’ve watched this club for long enough to know we usually bottle this kind of situation. Because you can't get into a ridiculous bidding war that an agent may have stirred up to increase his take from any deal. Bottle a situation? It's not poker mate. We will have a ceiling for what we can bid, and who said we were being bullied? We may well come back in or decide that £1mill is the absolute for a soon to be 31 year old. Hope you never bid for an item on Ebay, it may well open your eyes to how the world works....
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Post by goodbet on Jun 29, 2024 16:33:30 GMT 1
Plenty more fish in the sea. May has had a decent career but surely he’s at his peak I realise this may come back and bite me but great if he joins and hits 20. Even better if we find a better option with greater longevity. Footballers peak is said to be about 28years old, if so he is well past his best.
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Post by dooky82 on Jun 29, 2024 16:43:02 GMT 1
So if it's a case of living in a beautiful county with pastures green, Marstons and Dixons Milk Ices or a shitty dirty county famous for Jasper Carrot and the bullring I know where I'd go...... I'd go where I was being paid more 😆 More to life than money.. or at least there should be.. If someone offered to double my salary but it involved moving away or a couple of hours drive each way every day I'd stay put. Quality of life is worth more than cash.
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Post by utttrooper on Jun 29, 2024 16:57:01 GMT 1
If he's going to that shithole just for the money, let's make sure big Matty knocks a lump out of him when we play them.
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Post by hoggy1975 on Jun 29, 2024 17:05:30 GMT 1
I think duff as manager might push it over the line for us. Chuck in a slightly larger promotion bonus/reach 20 goals bonus as well.
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Post by dezzly on Jun 29, 2024 17:09:46 GMT 1
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Post by terriersyndrome on Jun 29, 2024 17:10:12 GMT 1
Brum fans seem confident.
'Huddersfield had a bit accepted, we have come along and gazumped the bastards.'
'Perfect. Welcome Alfie.'
We'll see who gets an early one up on each other.
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Post by wigster on Jun 29, 2024 17:24:04 GMT 1
It's Alfie May, not Kylian Mbappe. If he doesn't sign then we move on to the next. Hardly the end of the world AS LONG AS "the next" isn't of a similar standard to all the bloody strikers we have at the club at the moment (and I include Healey because of his injury record). Did you realise Bojan was playing today ? No, neither did I.
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Post by wigster on Jun 29, 2024 17:27:06 GMT 1
What the fuck do you want the owners to do, kidnap him? It's Charlton's decision which offer to accept and then the players decision if both bids are accepted. If a club offered £1million for Danny Ward and then someone else came in and offered £1.5million what would you do? Tell them no thanks, we had an offer already? This isn't Football Manager, transfers are infinitely more complicated and nuanced. And we may go back and offer more. To be fair if someone offered us a fiver for ward I'd of snapped their hands off 😜 They'd have to pay me more than that.
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Post by Flowerdisco on Jun 29, 2024 17:28:23 GMT 1
So if it's a case of living in a beautiful county with pastures green, Marstons and Dixons Milk Ices or a shitty dirty county famous for Jasper Carrot and the bullring I know where I'd go...... I'd go where I was being paid more 😆 More to life than money.. or at least there should be.. If someone offered to double my salary but it involved moving away or a couple of hours drive each way every day I'd stay put. Quality of life is worth more than cash. Would deffo move for double money, maybe not for a tenner a week 🤔 28k to 56k I'd suffer even Grimsby
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Post by VLP Fan Club on Jun 29, 2024 17:28:41 GMT 1
Hopefully a few more quid in a revised offer to May seals it
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Post by boooothy on Jun 29, 2024 17:31:27 GMT 1
The offer to Charlton is irrelevant. It’s the player that will decide where he goes. Charlton can’t force him sign for the one with the higher bid.
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Post by terrierforever on Jun 29, 2024 17:32:27 GMT 1
To me if May is our top target you pay what he wants to get him and make sure you aren't gazumped.
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Post by Dan on Jun 29, 2024 17:33:25 GMT 1
For anyone saying Alfie May should turn down Birmingham for a few extra quid, you should consider that whilst he's 30 (sorry, 42), he's only been playing league football for 7 years, and 6 of those were at Donny and Cheltenham.
He won't have earned anywhere near the type of money your regular 30 year old top scorer would have done. This will be his last big contract and who can blame him and his agent for trying to milk what they can out of it.
If Town decide that figure is too high for his perceived worth, that's fine also.
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Post by King Neil on Jun 29, 2024 17:42:51 GMT 1
For anyone saying Alfie May should turn down Birmingham for a few extra quid, you should consider that whilst he's 30 (sorry, 42), he's only been playing league football for 7 years, and 6 of those were at Donny and Cheltenham. He won't have earned anywhere near the type of money your regular 30 year old top scorer would have done. This will be his last big contract and who can blame him and his agent for trying to milk what they can out of it. If Town decide that figure is too high for his perceived worth, that's fine also. Whatever brum are offering it won't be enough for him to retire I've been working for 40 years non stop ffs
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Post by Orinoco on Jun 29, 2024 17:44:32 GMT 1
For anyone saying Alfie May should turn down Birmingham for a few extra quid, you should consider that whilst he's 30 (sorry, 42), he's only been playing league football for 7 years, and 6 of those were at Donny and Cheltenham. He won't have earned anywhere near the type of money your regular 30 year old top scorer would have done. This will be his last big contract and who can blame him and his agent for trying to milk what they can out of it. If Town decide that figure is too high for his perceived worth, that's fine also. Good post very true.
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Post by Sio on Jun 29, 2024 17:58:09 GMT 1
Sounds like the Adebayo deal all over again. We will end up with another striker who has scored less goals than Dann Ward and lauded as the player we wanted all along. I'm hoping this isn't the case but if it is it seems that nothing much has changed The Adebayo deal was us being tight - 'typical Town' mentality. I feel like we've probably turned a corner on that. This seems to be a case of Birmingham gazumping us on wages, which we aren't going to be able to compete with. We can probably offer another £50k for the transfer fee but that won't be the deciding factor here. If May wants to go to Birmingham on silly wages, fair play to him, that's what will happen.
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Post by BLUE&WHITE on Jun 29, 2024 17:59:09 GMT 1
M.Miller Plymouth.
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Post by Big Ern on Jun 29, 2024 17:59:36 GMT 1
Sounds like the Adebayo deal all over again. We will end up with another striker who has scored less goals than Dann Ward and lauded as the player we wanted all along. I'm hoping this isn't the case but if it is it seems that nothing much has changed The Adebayo deal was us being tight - 'typical Town' mentality. I feel like we've probably turned a corner on that. This seems to be a case of Birmingham gazumping us on wages, which we aren't going to be able to compete with. We can probably offer another £50k for the transfer fee but that won't be the deciding factor here. If May wants to go to Birmingham on silly wages, fair play to him, that's what will happen. If that's the case then expect a lesser quality striker coming through the doors because if we can't compete with another league 1 club in terms of wages then we won't be signing anyone with that record.
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