st martin Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 Macauley Bonne...anyone seen this ? https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/you-need-know-macauley-bonne-2316156 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 We were linked before - January I believe . Probably a development squad signing if true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 Seems strange that we'd be interested in a 23 year old who scored 1 in 2 in the Conference last season and was let go by Colchester two season a go. Must be for the development squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 2 minutes ago, Gerard said: Seems strange that we'd be interested in a 23 year old who scored 1 in 2 in the Conference last season and was let go by Colchester two season a go. Must be for the development squad. No stranger than us buying a 25 year old Vardy from the Conference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 "Reported by Talksport" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolo Barella Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 Just now, Babylon said: "Reported by Talksport" Their source? HITC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 1 minute ago, coolhandfox said: No stranger than us buying a 25 year old Vardy from the Conference It is- we were Championship at the time and he'd just smashed 30 goals that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 (edited) 4 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: No stranger than us buying a 25 year old Vardy from the Conference We were a Championship side at the time so our "barrier to entry" was lower. Also Vardy was almost a goal a game man whilst at Halifax and Fleetwood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Vardy Just read this on Vardy's wiki page and I assume he's met those add ons. On 17 May 2012, it was announced that Vardy would be signing for Championship club Leicester City ahead of the 2012–13 season, for a reported fee of £1 million, a non-League record, which could potentially be worth up to £1.7 million with add-ons Edited 21 May 2019 by Gerard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 Just now, Ted Maul said: It is- we were Championship at the time and he'd just smashed 30 goals that season. Bonne has scored 20 odd in the last two season, its a low risk transfer that may or may not work out. Much in the same light as taking Vardy and Mahrez, which at the time were also low risk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 3 minutes ago, Gerard said: We were a Championship side at the time so our "barrier to entry" was lower. Also Vardy was almost a goal a game man whilst at Halifax and Fleetwood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Vardy Just read this on Vardy's wiki page and I assume he's met those add ons. On 17 May 2012, it was announced that Vardy would be signing for Championship club Leicester City ahead of the 2012–13 season, for a reported fee of £1 million, a non-League record, which could potentially be worth up to £1.7 million with add-ons So just because we are PL we shouldn't be looking for possible gems from low leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: So just because we are PL we shouldn't be looking for possible gems from low leagues. He's 24 in October and was the third highest scorer in the National League and about 10th highest on goals per minute. It's highly likely he'll never be good enough for PL football. If he was 18/19 then fair enough but if you're approaching your mid 20's and still at that level then you'll probably never be good enough. Bonne has been in professional football with Colchester for six years . Vardy is the exception rather than the rule and if you look at Vardy's career path before we bought him he wasn't in professional football failing year in year out to progress. Edited 21 May 2019 by Gerard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Saxondale Posted 21 May 2019 Popular Post Share Posted 21 May 2019 All I know is that I guided Colchester up through the leagues in FIFA 17 and Macauley Bonne didn't get anywhere near my Colchester side. And this is coming from a manager who likes to give youth a very fair crack of the whip. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HankMarvin Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 Wasn’t that name in Michael Jackson phone on speed dial 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 Had a very poor 2nd half of the season according to my Orient supporting mate, also this is just a re-hash of our supposed interest back in December/January. The fresh links aren't from a reputable source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 44 minutes ago, Gerard said: He's 24 in October and was the third highest scorer in the National League and about 10th highest on goals per minute. It's highly likely he'll never be good enough for PL football. If he was 18/19 then fair enough but if you're approaching your mid 20's and still at that level then you'll probably never be good enough. Bonne has been in professional football with Colchester for six years . Vardy is the exception rather than the rule and if you look at Vardy's career path before we bought him he wasn't in professional football failing year in year out to progress. So you think player development is linear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerard Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 22 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: So you think player development is linear? For 95% of players it broadly is. How many footballers playing today were playing non league football at 23 and are good enough to play for us now? The lad may have improved but looking at his stats he didn't excel at National League level so I doubt he'll ever be good enough for us now he's getting into his mid 20's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 I doubt we'd be interested to be honest. If he moves anywhere it will be to top end league one or lower Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st martin Posted 21 May 2019 Author Share Posted 21 May 2019 (edited) https://readleicester.com/2019/05/21/leicester-interested-in-leyton-orient-forward-bonne/ Edited 21 May 2019 by st martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJB-fox Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 Classic modern day Leicester signing this, buy for x, year or two in dev squad then sell for y. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 i hope he doesn’t have any disciplinary issues. i’d hate for him to be left home alone when we go on tour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 I never liked any of the home alone movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 21 May 2019 Share Posted 21 May 2019 44 minutes ago, TJB-fox said: Classic modern day Leicester signing this, buy for x, year or two in dev squad then sell for y. And hope out of all of them we will get the occasional Barnes or Chillwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SheppyFox Posted 23 May 2019 Share Posted 23 May 2019 Nope, stupid name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outfox the Fox Posted 17 June 2019 Share Posted 17 June 2019 Gone to Charlton - for £3m. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wokinghamfox Posted 18 June 2019 Share Posted 18 June 2019 9 hours ago, Outfox the Fox said: Gone to Charlton - for £3m. Actually 200k. Lee Bowyer resigned 3 hours later. Dodged a bullet there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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