Bagworthblue Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 You are aware you know roughly what you are gonna pay when you buy a house. If the owner wants 10million you only gonna offer 5 and be surprised when he chooses not to sell? If someone has a release clause. Then it's there for a reason. Is that bit really that difficult to understand. If you want the player. Then you pay it. If we didn't don't start playing games. well it didn't help that his club valued him at £18m, we offered it and they moved the proverbial goalposts.The £23m was not a known asking price, it was a release clause in his contract, not his 'value' right now. His contract runs to 2019 hence the release clause was designed to protect their future interests based on the value he could reach. I was just trying to highlight to people the value of £5m and not to throw figures around as if it were a few quid.
foxfanazer Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 What's with all the people on here tonight being 'happy just to be top in Feb'.Yeah madness that people are happy with that!
Guest Col city fan Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 I'm not throwing my toys out the pram but I do think people have a right to be disappointed that we haven't improved our striking options when we have an opportunity to do something incredible, an opportunity we may never get again. It seems even more strange when you consider how confident Claudio was earlier in the window. Makes you wonder how he's feeling this evening. Of course people have the right to feel disappointed. I ain't gonna be told not to be by anyone on here! It's also boring. I love to see good new players in a City shirt, especially strikers. It excites and changes things up. We'll be going down tomorrow to watch us play, which is grand. But I'd have loved to see a Vincent Aboubaker charging down the middle with Vardy. Oh well.. fingers crossed Vards stays fit.
An Away Move Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 can't believe what I am reading - 'just spend another £5m like it's small change and pay £23m ... £5m is £5,000,000. Does the number of zeros make it any more real for some of you??? No?? How about it would buy you this (pic below)....... twice!!! and with no chance of it not being what you expected, or getting injured next week and it will probably go up in value, not down .. oh and by the way - £5m is just the extra you are saying to throw at someone on top of the £18.m you already put aside which could have bought you £8 of these!!! Get a grip people On final League table positions the difference between each finishing position in terms of 'merit money' is £2,000,000. That's a difference of £10,000,000 between 1st and 6th. A fast quality attacker would be an insurance policy against losing Vardy through injury and sliding down that table. Easy for us to spend other people's money though. Granted.
filbertstreet Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 still holding out hope for a 22:59 announcement
BlueJoe Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 well it didn't help that his club valued him at £18m, we offered it and they moved the proverbial goalposts.The £23m was not a known asking price, it was a release clause in his contract, not his 'value' right now. His contract runs to 2019 hence the release clause was designed to protect their future interests based on the value he could reach. I was just trying to highlight to people the value of £5m and not to throw figures around as if it were a few quid. But £5mil is just a few quid in football! Don't confuse football and reality...
Edingleyfox Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 We are very thin on strikers last year we had 5 on the books at this time Suspect the owners still have a nagging doubt on whether we will reach the champions league and that stopped the Musa move being triggered and sending out a real statement of intent.Not an easy decision I am sure but there is a feeling of a missed opportunity to cement this once in a lifetime position we are in at this stage of the season Much less excited about the other strikers mentioned and some might have upset the wage structure team dynamic or not added anything However we have not seen any regular first team players go and suspect the two that have come in will be excellent.Going to be a touch few weeks but the heart of the team is intact
Gerard Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 I'm not throwing my toys out the pram but I do think people have a right to be disappointed that we haven't improved our striking options when we have an opportunity to do something incredible, an opportunity we may never get again. It seems even more strange when you consider how confident Claudio was earlier in the window. Makes you wonder how he's feeling this evening. Well the only remedy to that is bring in a player we don't really want or pay way over the odds on someone we do. Neither is a great idea, we tried to get a deal but couldn't do it under our terms. Act in haste, repent at leisure.
Guest Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 40 years of supporting them and I'm really hoping this doesn't become the big "what if ?"moment in our history. What if moment...what if there were no suitable players and no one at the right price so we didn't chuck money into anything for the sake of it Say we got Remy, who (rumours) wanted a high weekly wage. All the other players got pissed off and stopped performing, no good having one good player. I trust that the right decisions ever made for what ever reason...too expensive, not a good choice, too wage demanding. Lets all move on
Devonfox1884 Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 well it didn't help that his club valued him at £18m, we offered it and they moved the proverbial goalposts.The £23m was not a known asking price, it was a release clause in his contract, not his 'value' right now. His contract runs to 2019 hence the release clause was designed to protect their future interests based on the value he could reach. I was just trying to highlight to people the value of £5m and not to throw figures around as if it were a few quid. Agree 100%. Surprised that fans who have seen this club in financial termoil and administration are acting like £5million is no biggie. Granted, we have committed owners, but what would we do if they left us for some reason, leaving us with a £22million debt to pay off due to one player?
CKB Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 Disappointed but ah well we go on with what we got, done us alright so far hasn't it....
Bagworthblue Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 But £5mil is just a few quid in football! Don't confuse football and reality... good point !!!
BlueJoe Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 Yeah madness that people are happy with that! Slightly out of context however... There is nothing to say we couldn't have aimed high and gone in big to try and win the league tonight or over the last month instead we have tied our squad down and are 1/2 injuries or suspensions away from issues. Considering we have been lucky with both these this season it's not far fetched to expect it between now and the end of the season!
Blackpool Fox 69 Posted 1 February 2016 Author Posted 1 February 2016 The only saving grace is that we have 15 games to give it everything, it probably was a blessing that we are out of the cup. Agreed, all the others have a load more games than us! COME ON YOU FOXES!!!!!
BlueJoe Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 We are very thin on strikers last year we had 5 on the books at this time Suspect the owners still have a nagging doubt on whether we will reach the champions league and that stopped the Musa move being triggered and sending out a real statement of intent.Not an easy decision I am sure but there is a feeling of a missed opportunity to cement this once in a lifetime position we are in at this stage of the season Much less excited about the other strikers mentioned and some might have upset the wage structure team dynamic or not added anything However we have not seen any regular first team players go and suspect the two that have come in will be excellent.Going to be a touch few weeks but the heart of the team is intact But it wasn't even a real gamble when the prem money is so huge next season!!!
smr Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 this thread has turned into the eternal optimists vs the eternal pessimists ... to all you optimists, this is Leicester City Football Club we are talking about, not Arsenal who finish in the top 4 every year ... quite right we're gonna be sensing alarm bells.
Finnegan Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 Agree 100%. Surprised that fans who have seen this club in financial termoil and administration are acting like £5million is no biggie. Granted, we have committed owners, but what would we do if they left us for some reason, leaving us with a £22million debt to pay off due to one player? Then why was our primary target someone we should have known would cost 23m if we couldn't afford it? It's not Ranieri's fault, it's not Top or Vichai's but it is someone's. Whether that's Rudkin or Walsh, we clearly either lacked the right targets or how to secure them.
Guest Col city fan Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 Agree 100%. Surprised that fans who have seen this club in financial termoil and administration are acting like £5million is no biggie. Granted, we have committed owners, but what would we do if they left us for some reason, leaving us with a £22million debt to pay off due to one player? What evidence have you got that the owners are gonna bail? And Im sure i read that Champions League football brings with it a potential 90 million quid? Wharever. ..its done now anyway.
Bagworthblue Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 anyway lads - we can still sign free agents.. Vassel is still knocking about
smr Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 good point !!! 1 billion pounds spent in the average transfer window. 5 million quid is what - the price of a bag of chips in comparison then.... not a stately homes worth to folk who are contributing to this thread....
Guest MattP Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 If 5 million is no biggie then why even bid for Musa?
SlaneyLCFC Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 I think jordan rhodes would have been a good capture. M'boro done alright this window
BlueJoe Posted 1 February 2016 Posted 1 February 2016 Then why was our primary target someone we should have known would cost 23m if we couldn't afford it? It's not Ranieri's fault, it's not Top or Vichai's but it is someone's. Whether that's Rudkin or Walsh, we clearly either lacked the right targets or how to secure them. We aren't in the championship anymore the club gets a share of £6 Billion next year! That will be in the region of £250 Million! The Thais will be able to recoup every penny they have spent and run the club successfully! If the take that they said they had £150mil to spent to get us to Europe why didn't they blow that now get a couple of players settled and give next year a real go. Instead we have potentially created a banana skin for ourselves... Makes no sense
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