Jordan Ayew (interest confirmed by Percy)

[jim5000]

I'm hearing this is a done deal

[KFS]

5 minutes ago, orangecity23 said:

You can feel it coming, can't you? 33 million on Skipp and Ayew committed, "hopeful of getting 2" more attacking players. Next week it becomes "hopeful of 2 more, might need some departures". Deadline day "Hoping for a loan, as soon as a couple go out on loan". Then run out of time, whoops, never mind, at least we've got Ayew in. that'll sort us out until January, surely we'll sell Soumare then, the last 4 times we tried didn't work but we've got a good feeling this time.

Spot on 

[chapero82]

2 minutes ago, KFS said:

Spot on 

it is the same every window  

[urban.spaceman]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

This is hands down the single transfer that has enraged me the most in the last decade. I wasnt this angry when we signed Bertrand or Vestergaard because above all else it just shows we've learned abso ****ing lutely nothing. 

 

It's a transfer that takes all the hope away that we've turned a corner. 

 

Cooper is a worse manager than Dean Smith, Ayew is worse signing than anyone Congerton brought in and this time when we get relegated the EFL are going to be ready and waiting to kick the shit out of us and we won't have a squad of genuine talent to bounce us back up. 

 

Our Sunderland years are literally starting. 

 

I'll put you down as a maybe.

[Wizerud]

Think he can do a more than decent job for us. He’s not a goal-scoring forward but one who will help us win back possession at the top end and create chances for others, works his bollox off, strong, savvy, experienced. He was a regular at Palace under a multitude of managers so they clearly all saw something in him. 
 

If we can sign at least one more attacker, an out and out goal scorer, this signing will start to make more sense to those who might not be thrilled about it now. He’s not the answer to our biggest problems but an important contributor in our one aim - staying up. I think he can deliver in that context. 

[enmac]

https://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=106&tid=184273&page=1

[CrispinLA in Texas]

1 hour ago, GingerrrFox said:

Jack Clarke off to Ipswich for £15 million to run salt in the wounds. Envious that Ipswich have made some quality signings since promotion. 

Really envious of this signing, he's scored some great goals for Sunderland and think he's going to grow into a Premier League player

[Jon the Hat]

27 minutes ago, enmac said:

https://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=106&tid=184273&page=1

A signing to hold the ball up and bring our array of attacking talent into play?  Why not.

[Vindaloo FOX]

He's good mates with Fatawu, they will have some enjoyable banter and dances with each other. 

 

Bring it on I say. 

[Dan]

6 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

8m for 33yo Ayew who offers next to no attacking output while we can’t shift Soumare, Thomas, Ward and still pay half of Souttars wages 

This is the other side of it for me. Could you imagine us getting this sort of fee for a player we don't want?

 

How obvious does Rudkin's ineptness have to be for it to be pretty much unanimously agreed?

[Dan]

2 hours ago, orangecity23 said:

You can feel it coming, can't you? 33 million on Skipp and Ayew committed, "hopeful of getting 2" more attacking players. Next week it becomes "hopeful of 2 more, might need some departures". Deadline day "Hoping for a loan, as soon as a couple go out on loan". Then run out of time, whoops, never mind, at least we've got Ayew in. that'll sort us out until January, surely we'll sell Soumare then, the last 4 times we tried didn't work but we've got a good feeling this time.

Of course. The club apologists will defend each notching down of the expectations each time as well and pretend we don't notice.

 

So lets hold them to it. Two more attackers in next week.

 

I bet it's something like Doak on loan and that's that.

[Sly]

Paying £250,000 for this bloke is a bad deal.

 

Paying £5,000,0000 + £3,000,000 is a sackable offence when we get relegated.

 

I’d rather have kept Mark Albrighton if I’m honest! 

[EastAnglianFox]

4 hours ago, jim5000 said:

I'm hearing this is a done deal

What a lovely way to start a 12 hour shift 

 

mods….

[Jon the Hat]

2 hours ago, Sly said:

Paying £250,000 for this bloke is a bad deal.

 

Paying £5,000,0000 + £3,000,000 is a sackable offence when we get relegated.

 

I’d rather have kept Mark Albrighton if I’m honest! 

If we get relegated I am sure the +3M doesn't happen.

[Allenho11]

Can’t believe we’ve signed this guy. Are we expecting goals from him? Cannon must be feeling great about it all. 

[The Doctor]

Honestly if people aren't going to see that Rudkin is grossly incompetent after this, they never will. 

 

Cooper is far from blameless in this, this sort of signing is his idea, but any competent DoF should be telling him absolutely not, the deal doesn't represent good value and you don't need him. If you really want a defensive winger who can't score, we already got you Bobby de Cordova Reid, and he was free.

 

Like what's his role going to be? run around a bit and win free kicks? we've got players who can do that already. if you really really want to be a team that just wins set pieces and scores from them, you've already got two tricky wingers who will get fouled regularly, you need someone who can take them and someone who can score from them. Sara was both and we didn't bother going back in with an increased bid because we had to save money for Skipp and Jordan ****in Ayew??

 

We've got basically no goals in the midfield having lost KDH, our only fit striker is a 38 year old who has to have his minutes managed, better ignore those and go all out for a man who gets booked as much as he scores despite allegedly being a forward.

 

When Cooper gets sacked, and he will pretty quickly because he's out of his depth in the prem, we're then lumbered with yet another unsellable asset just reducing our headroom in PSR, because there's no long range plan with Rudkin, the world's most incompetent DoF. Just let every single manager change the style drastically and rebuild the squad to fix that, let's pretend we've got the commercial income to allow more PSR headroom to do that. We deserve every single points deduction we get.

[SafewayFox]

2 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

Honestly if people aren't going to see that Rudkin is grossly incompetent after this, they never will. 

 

Cooper is far from blameless in this, this sort of signing is his idea, but any competent DoF should be telling him absolutely not, the deal doesn't represent good value and you don't need him. If you really want a defensive winger who can't score, we already got you Bobby de Cordova Reid, and he was free.

 

Like what's his role going to be? run around a bit and win free kicks? we've got players who can do that already. if you really really want to be a team that just wins set pieces and scores from them, you've already got two tricky wingers who will get fouled regularly, you need someone who can take them and someone who can score from them. Sara was both and we didn't bother going back in with an increased bid because we had to save money for Skipp and Jordan ****in Ayew??

 

We've got basically no goals in the midfield having lost KDH, our only fit striker is a 38 year old who has to have his minutes managed, better ignore those and go all out for a man who gets booked as much as he scores despite allegedly being a forward.

 

When Cooper gets sacked, and he will pretty quickly because he's out of his depth in the prem, we're then lumbered with yet another unsellable asset just reducing our headroom in PSR, because there's no long range plan with Rudkin, the world's most incompetent DoF. Just let every single manager change the style drastically and rebuild the squad to fix that, let's pretend we've got the commercial income to allow more PSR headroom to do that. We deserve every single points deduction we get.

How anyone can disagree with any of that is beyond me.

 

I’ve said it countless times but our disregard to PSR when our lack of compliance is a “big reason it’s putting good players off” is negligence and incompetence but yet some on here still defend Rudkin, blows my mind.

[SheppyFox]

Scenes on here when he bangs in 25 goals for us this season and it turns out he’s just been grossly mismanaged for a decade. 

[Claudio Fannieri]

Well the good news is given Jordan Ayew is represented by Wassarman, it gives Rudkin the opportunity to kiss and make up with John Morris, perhaps he has realised he is struggling without him “supporting”

[SafewayFox]

1 minute ago, SheppyFox said:

Scenes on here when he bangs in 25 goals for us this season and it turns out he’s just been grossly mismanaged for a decade. 

I’ll have whatever you’re smoking son.

 

He’s 33 in less than 3 weeks - him having 25 goals/assists (which he’s not managed in the past 3 seasons combined) is about as likely as Rudkin coming out and talking to the fans.

[fox_favourite]

£5m+ addons for a nearly 33 year old for whom I can't see where he fits into the squad?! It's another body (and expensive one) in the squad, I guess. Does he improve us other than that? I just can't see it. 

 

How are the club going to sell this one to us. What a waste of money. 

 

A freebie for a season, maybe I could accept it more, but to pay actual money is such a dire business decision. 

Edited 23 August 2024 by fox_favourite

[AKCJ]

7 hours ago, KFS said:

Haha Jon sending his mate out to calm down the baying mob with that final sentence there  

 Rudkin hates Percy.

[Stopharage]

It’s fairly clear that this is a master stroke by Rudkin. He’s addressed our utter inability to shift players out for a reasonable fee by targeting players whose next move is retirement. 
 

 

[fox_up_north]

This one is genuinely baffling. Ayew had Saudi league written all over him and yet here we are. 

 

I had a look at his total stats in the Prem and they're not absolutely horrific but it averages out to 6.5 goals per season and around 4 assists. On paper, it's not the worst we could do but it's such an unnecessary transfer and poor value for money. 

[MGLCFC]

8 hours ago, Dr The Singh said:

Come on pal,.lets not play on words.  

It's not a play on words - skint means we have no money. I'm suggesting we have money, but just can't spend it.