st albans fox Posted 17 August 2022 Posted 17 August 2022 4 hours ago, January48 said: I watched QPR Blackpool last night. Bowler did a couple of nice things first half and took his goal well. Good technical player but not very quick. Might do better in a better team The one who did take my eye was the Blackpool centre half, Ekpiteta. Best player on the pitch and got man of the match. I'd never heard of him so looked him up. Blackpool player of the season last year. He's nearly 27 but spent a long time in non-league....Matt Elliott anyone. Played like he had to win every ball and threw himself to block everything as well as having pace and reasonable ability on the ball. Sometimes think these players have more desire than those coming from Academies who are millionaires before they play in the first team. The problem is that if we bought him, we’d probably make him a millionaire before he played a game for us ………. I was also impressed btw
st albans fox Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 6 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said: maybe nonsense, as ever with twitter We would pay him that salary (but the 10% annual rises are codswallop btw - in four years he would be on 75k - jeez doesn’t even cover inflation!) and we won’t pay £45m apart from that seems reasonable ! 1 1
AKCJ Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 53 minutes ago, st albans fox said: We would pay him that salary (but the 10% annual rises are codswallop btw - in four years he would be on 75k - jeez doesn’t even cover inflation! ! So less than Dennis Praet's current wage?
Vindaloo FOX Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 1 hour ago, FoxesWalk said: maybe nonsense, as ever with twitter We are not spending 45 million 2
st albans fox Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 Just now, AKCJ said: So less than Dennis Praet's current wage? Similar - which is why it’s prob BS of course the club protects itself by offering a new deal by year 3 if he excels
Le Renard Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 1 hour ago, FoxesWalk said: maybe nonsense, as ever with twitter He's not a bad player from what I've seen of him, but £45 million for him is way too steep, maybe £25-30 million would be closer to the mark.
Gav_LCFC14 Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 Rodgers said he's been talking to players he wants to sign over the summer, who do we reckon they are ? I'll start with Nathan Redmond
LFox99 Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 1 hour ago, FoxesWalk said: maybe nonsense, as ever with twitter This guy is literally the same bloke as that Josh Wilson waffler who had his account suspended weeks ago
LFox99 Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 Just now, Gav_LCFC14 said: Rodgers said he's been talking to players he wants to sign over the summer, who do we reckon they are ? I'll start with Nathan Redmond My money would be on two of them being Colwill and Hudson-Odoi
Danny280995 Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 1 hour ago, FoxesWalk said: maybe nonsense, as ever with twitter Obviously. we're not buying anyone, we're done this summer
LFox99 Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 13 minutes ago, pmcla26 said: "Speaking" and "spent" - both past tense... meaning given up hope of new arrivals? Or maybe they've gone elsewhere... very much so 1
Bordersfox Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 Just now, LFox99 said: very much so Shame as it's clear Rodgers very much follows through when making tactical changes when we have the lead in a match. I just don't buy this it reeks of Brendan BS. So you really had no idea of the situation regards players coming in whilst on holiday and making all these calls to persuade players to come here? In that case terrible comms by the club to our manager. I suspect he spent the summer scribbling maniacally in a tiny note book about how he's the best at all sports and how he will soon be the king of all England.
LFox99 Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 3 minutes ago, Bordersfox said: Shame as it's clear Rodgers very much follows through when making tactical changes when we have the lead in a match. I just don't buy this it reeks of Brendan BS. So you really had no idea of the situation regards players coming in whilst on holiday and making all these calls to persuade players to come here? In that case terrible comms by the club to our manager. I suspect he spent the summer scribbling maniacally in a tiny note book about how he's the best at all sports and how he will soon be the king of all England. 1
Lesta2014 Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 If he’s speaking to players then surely means we’d got permission too/had bids accepted?
LFox99 Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 4 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said: If he’s speaking to players then surely means we’d got permission too/had bids accepted? Brendan is hardly gonna do the bidding But he will have had permission to speak to players and convince them of our project Its only when it actually came to putting money on the table that our board seems to have decided we can't afford any of it
LFox99 Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 Just now, taupe said: So Rodgers has been tapping players up I'm guessing the players he talked to would've been given permission to talk to him because Brendan directly talking to players could actually get us into deep shit if protocol wasn't followed
Phenom Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 I want Rodgers out but not getting any signings in this summer really hurt the squad. Now, he created some of those issues with his signings but it's not all on him.
Silva Fox Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 Seems like there's something seriously amiss here - either a complete lack of trust in BR and this is a deliberate attempt to drive him away (as a cheaper option than sacking him) or there has been a sudden and dramatic change in the club's financial position.
coolhandfox Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 15 minutes ago, Lesta2014 said: If he’s speaking to players then surely means we’d got permission too/had bids accepted? Because clubs always get permissions. Tapping up happens at every club.
taupe Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 6 minutes ago, Silva Fox said: Seems like there's something seriously amiss here - either a complete lack of trust in BR and this is a deliberate attempt to drive him away (as a cheaper option than sacking him) or there has been a sudden and dramatic change in the club's financial position. I don't read it like that. Situations change and perhaps there was an optimistic take initially, one that didn't pan out quite as hoped. BR might have operating under that initial impression. Consider it a managerial equivalent of kicking tyres.
lcfc_forever Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 13 minutes ago, Silva Fox said: Seems like there's something seriously amiss here - either a complete lack of trust in BR and this is a deliberate attempt to drive him away (as a cheaper option than sacking him) or there has been a sudden and dramatic change in the club's financial position. Or the club thought were naive in thinking they could get sell some of their experienced players who aren't part of BR's plans and when it became apparent it was harder than initially thought, they pivoted to the current position. 3
Lesta Legend Posted 18 August 2022 Posted 18 August 2022 28 minutes ago, Silva Fox said: Seems like there's something seriously amiss here - either a complete lack of trust in BR and this is a deliberate attempt to drive him away (as a cheaper option than sacking him) or there has been a sudden and dramatic change in the club's financial position. Or they are trying to run thing’s sustainably and don’t want to fall foul of the FFP limits about to come into force. Assuming also the club thought they’d be able to move a few players on. All plans now in tatters etc. But I guess it could be anything, your imagination is the limit but we ultimately don’t know anything and it’s all guess work.
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