Weller...The Legend Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Come on guys!! As a bristol city fan I've been reading this topic with interest for the past week or so and I have to say its probably the most ridiculous reading of my entire life! Leicester 'real Madrid' city? The way you write bcfc off is beyond belief! Bcfc have one of the richest and best chairmen in the country and they have huge plans and a bright future, not forgetting the fact the chairman is a local who has supported the club since a nipper! Finishing 4th(play-off final) and mostly top 10 apart from last season since 2007 is pretty respectable and bests anything you guys have done for a good while(not that you cant in turn go on to even bigger things) and they were one of the form teams towards last seasons end(even after the whole steve 'cop-out' coppell!!) Now, Nicky Maynard is one the best and brightest outside the EPL, joint top scorer in his second season in the champ, is probably better than Boothroyd and Carroll to name but a few and we all know how much the latter went for(can't really compare different types of players) he's still a good age too. I see everyone going on about he only has a year left, is stalling, city are a tin pot team(even though currently far more established in the npc), no hopes of promotion etc etc etc, but in reality its pretty much 99% that he will sign an extension of 1/2 with an EPL clause or w/e. Listen to bcfc's stance, to reject 4.75 almost instantly makes me almost certain the board know Nicky will re sign. Why would they go to such efforts to brush off Leicester and make such statements if he's off? They would look like a right bunch of numptys! He also travelled to Portugal I think 7/8million might do it but even then with Steve Lansdown and his plans that might not even be enough, after all what message does it give out if we just up and sell one of our best assets after season after season of promotion talk from the man himself!!?!?! A source inside Ashton Gate said: "We have received three separate bids for Nicky and each one has seen an improvement of about half-a-million pounds on the amount to be paid up front. "The third offer was a substantial one and, once all the add-ons were taken into account, was worth £4.75m in total. "That is big money and other clubs in our situation might have been tempted. "But Steve Lansdown is committed to delivering Premier League football and is not in the business of selling our best players. "Leicester can keep coming back in with improved offers, but the answer will still be the same. We do not want to lose Nicky and we certainly do not want to sell to a rival Championship club." Unless a Premier League club shows an interest before the transfer window closes at the end of August, the situation will only change if the player himself decides he wants to leave Ashton Gate. It is understood Maynard has assured Robins manager Keith Millen he wants to stay and it seems the striker's agent is the driving force behind recent events. Aware that Maynard's value will decrease now that he is in the final year of his contract, City cannot afford for their prize asset to become a free agent and leave for nothing at the end of next season. Instead of selling, they are focussing their efforts on persuading Maynard to sign the new contract that has been on the table since the end of last season. Negotiations are continuing between City directors and Maynard's representatives and chairman Colin Sexstone is confident the striker, signed from Crewe Alexandra for £2.25m in July 2008, will commit his future to the club. http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Bristol-City-reject-pound-4-75m-bid-Leicester/story-12905188-detail/story.html Good read but who is actually writing BCFC off ? Oddschecker "To Win The Championship" Leicester around 9/2....Bristol City around 40/1 Oddschecker "To Be Promoted" Leicester 6/4....Bristol City around 16/1 The Bookies mate that's who :-)
dpjfox Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Im slightly dissappointed that Maynard has yet to inform Bristol that he wants to join us
rico Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 this thread is so boring,i'd meet their valuation and then tell them to fook right off
sdb Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Worst.Thread.Ever Conclusions: There are some truly moronic LCFC fans. There are some truly moronic BCFC fans. Someone let me know if and when anything actually happens regarding this.
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 This is a crucial position (as is Mills) , when Yakubu was here you knew no matter what that he would score plenty of goals, now we have a decent keeper and a strong centre back, we just need a 20 goal/season man to complete a strong team spine, (btw to fill this position is normally the most expensive), but im sure sven knows his financial limitatiions ......and Danns/Wellens in midfield..........and a new International striker in Nugent. You don't think he'll score goals then ?????
Guest Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 ......and Danns/Wellens in midfield..........and a new International striker in Nugent. You don't think he'll score goals then ????? not 20+, no.
ithuriel Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Can't see this one happening, time to move on to other targets, going to take a huge overinflated offer to get him IMO. Only way this happens is if he says he wants to leave, pretty sure if that was the case he would have done it by now. I get that Brizzle dont want to sell to the Championship as they have their own ambition but lets be honest the ceiling is top 8 at best with the current squad, why not cash in and improve the team in multiple areas? What will be even funnier is if we go up and he joins for free next year. If we we're to go up we would not want him next year, then we could get better, which is why no Prem clubs have bothered with this guy this preseason. He may be something at this level but being a quality striker in the championship is far different to being quality in the premiership.
The Don Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Love the fact that Bristol are a more established champ side than us. Lowest position we've ever finished is 1st in league 1
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 not 20+, no. Nugent spent the following season at Preston, scoring 15 goals in 43 appearances, and winning England recognition. Preston finished seventh in 2006–07.
That lad from Japan Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 This thread is becoming ridiculous now, everythings just being repeated. Most of these pages are just dribble. Lock it til there is any developments. However I will make a point, why don't Bristol City accept 5 million. They could use that money to sign a few decent players to improve their fairly average squad. For a person thats worth close to 1billion, Lansdown doesm't cough up much money, he just seems hellbent on paying 90 million for a new stadium, a bit like winkleman at mk dons. Pitman will be a decent player again this year so they have a ready made replacement for Maynard. Surely getting 5 million to spend is better than getting nothing to spend next year. I expect we'll get NM as he is the player we need and is thed final piece in the jigsaw. Does it matter what you spend on a player if you can easily afford, at least you get your man. Failing that we could try Robbie Keane. Shame ciise went to Lazio
Happy Fox Posted 9 July 2011 Author Posted 9 July 2011 http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicester-City-increase-bid-Nicky-Maynard/story-12914535-detail/story.html Leicester City may lodge a fourth bid for striker Nicky Maynard – despite Bristol City's insistence that he is not for sale at any price. Manager Sven-Goran Eriksson is being heavily backed by the club's Thai owners and may consider upping the offer to £5 million which could tip the balance their way. City have made three bids to land the 24-year-old striker, the latest totalling £4.75m including add-ons. The player, however, has assured Bristol City manager Keith Millen he wants to stay. "Leicester can keep coming back in with improved offers, but the answer will still be the same," said a source close to the club. "We do not want to lose Nicky and we certainly do not want to sell him to a rival Championship club. "We have received three separate bids for Nicky and each one has seen an improvement of about half-a-million pounds on the amount to be paid up front. "The third offer was a substantial one and, once all the add-ons were taken into account, was worth £4.75m in total. "That is big money and other clubs in our situation might have been tempted but the chairman (Steve Lansdown) is committed to delivering Premier League football." If City decide against pursuing their interest in Maynard, they could again target Sheffield United striker Ched Evans. City were linked with a £1m move for Evans at the end of May. But the Mercury understands no bid was lodged.
Guest Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Nugent spent the following season at Preston, scoring 15 goals in 43 appearances, and winning England recognition. Preston finished seventh in 2006–07. precisely my point. in his best ever season he failed to his 20 goals and has done jack shit since then. don't get me wrong if he starts regularly i'd expect 10-15 from his and cn see him making at least as many for a maynard type player if we can get one in. I just don't see nugent himsef as the main goalscorer to shoot us to promotion. alongside nugent, however, I can see someone else doing it.
FoxyPalace.com Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 The Sun But City manager Keith Millen fears that Sven Goran Eriksson's Foxes will be back with an improved bid. CASH-STRAPPED Robins may not be able to resist £5m for Maynard, 24, who is in the final year of his deal. Millen said: "We want to keep Nicky because he's an important player for us." Thought you guys had a billionaire owner, stop talking crap. Another owner who dont want to spend a penny of his own cash!! Who have you actually signed so far that has actually cost you anything? Go back to the corn fields, Country bumpkins!
Aidy3 Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Much prefer to get Bothroyd! instead of paying £5m in a fee, give him higher wages, not £5m though. Bothroyd is better imo.
Adster Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Much prefer to get Bothroyd! instead of paying £5m in a fee, give him higher wages, not £5m though. Bothroyd is better imo. Bothroyd wants 50k/65k a week, I don't care if we get him on a free, that's ridiculous wages for a player with no proven Prem experience.
Guest parky0607 Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 I would not want bothroyd at all... A) he thinks he is MUCH better than he is (okay he's good but not the best in english football) B) he is demanding 50-65k in wages - sorry, but who does he think he is!? C) he is a general tool, constantly winges to the ref and rarely plays to the whistle
One Arm Babba Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 I would not want bothroyd at all... A) he thinks he is MUCH better than he is (okay he's good but not the best in english football) B) he is demanding 50-65k in wages - sorry, but who does he think he is!? C) he is a general tool, constantly winges to the ref and rarely plays to the whistle Agreed. I think he wants a crack at the Prem this year as well.
Dan Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Come on guys!! As a bristol city fan I've been reading this topic with interest for the past week or so and I have to say its probably the most ridiculous reading of my entire life! Leicester 'real Madrid' city? The way you write bcfc off is beyond belief! Bcfc have one of the richest and best chairmen in the country and they have huge plans and a bright future, not forgetting the fact the chairman is a local who has supported the club since a nipper! Finishing 4th(play-off final) and mostly top 10 apart from last season since 2007 is pretty respectable and bests anything you guys have done for a good while(not that you cant in turn go on to even bigger things) and they were one of the form teams towards last seasons end(even after the whole steve 'cop-out' coppell!!) Now, Nicky Maynard is one the best and brightest outside the EPL, joint top scorer in his second season in the champ, is probably better than Boothroyd and Carroll to name but a few and we all know how much the latter went for(can't really compare different types of players) he's still a good age too. I see everyone going on about he only has a year left, is stalling, city are a tin pot team(even though currently far more established in the npc), no hopes of promotion etc etc etc, but in reality its pretty much 99% that he will sign an extension of 1/2 with an EPL clause or w/e. Listen to bcfc's stance, to reject 4.75 almost instantly makes me almost certain the board know Nicky will re sign. Why would they go to such efforts to brush off Leicester and make such statements if he's off? They would look like a right bunch of numptys! He also travelled to Portugal I think 7/8million might do it but even then with Steve Lansdown and his plans that might not even be enough, after all what message does it give out if we just up and sell one of our best assets after season after season of promotion talk from the man himself!!?!?! Serious? Yes, beats anything we've done for a while, we were absolutely awful from 2004-2008, so there's no achievement in beating a single thing we did between those years, 2007 we almost matched in 2009, and ultimately ended up with the same "reward" (Which turned out to be as good as coming 21st). You're not "far more established" in the Championship though, are you, not that we consider establishing ourselves in the 2nd tier to be any sort of achievement anyway, like you quite clearly seem to. And stop with this "our chairman's richer than yours" utter fvcking shit, if he's got this money then fair enough, but you can have £1 or £1bil, it makes no difference if you aren't going to pump it in, we've already spent £8mil odd on transfer fees alone this summer, can you seriously say you're going for it as much as we are? Nicky will re-sign eh? A double your money offer on the table since May, and no materialisation, somehow I'm not too convinced. Just at the fact you can even say Maynard is better than Andy Carroll This one's over already, you're doing one of three things - on the wind up, genuinely don't have a clue about football, or you're doing it due to the fact you're being put under pressure to lose your best player, so you're clutching at any old straws. Good day to you.
FoxyPalace.com Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Serious? Yes, beats anything we've done for a while, we were absolutely awful from 2004-2008, so there's no achievement in beating a single thing we did between those years, 2007 we almost matched in 2009, and ultimately ended up with the same "reward" (Which turned out to be as good as coming 21st). You're not "far more established" in the Championship though, are you, not that we consider establishing ourselves in the 2nd tier to be any sort of achievement anyway, like you quite clearly seem to. And stop with this "our chairman's richer than yours" utter fvcking shit, if he's got this money then fair enough, but you can have £1 or £1bil, it makes no difference if you aren't going to pump it in, we've already spent £8mil odd on transfer fees alone this summer, can you seriously say you're going for it as much as we are? Nicky will re-sign eh? A double your money offer on the table since May, and no materialisation, somehow I'm not too convinced. Just at the fact you can even say Maynard is better than Andy Carroll This one's over already, you're doing one of three things - on the wind up, genuinely don't have a clue about football, or you're doing it due to the fact you're being put under pressure to lose your best player, so you're clutching at any old straws. Good day to you. Crack on lad! to many billy bullshi**ers in Bristool me think
Dan Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 Thing is, I never had a thing against Bristol City before these lot - I think they're probably an outsider for the play-offs, but Blackpool proved that virtually anyone is an outsider, so what do I know. I just cannot understand how they can't accept being smaller than us, stating we're bigger than them doesn't make us Real Madrid, it makes us Leicester City, who are bigger than Bristol City.
dpjfox Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 one more bid then get the yak back (pay him what he wants!), maybe you cant buy promotion but u can buy goals!
bcfc1897 Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 The Sun But City manager Keith Millen fears that Sven Goran Eriksson's Foxes will be back with an improved bid. CASH-STRAPPED Robins may not be able to resist £5m for Maynard, 24, who is in the final year of his deal. Millen said: "We want to keep Nicky because he's an important player for us." Thought you guys had a billionaire owner, stop talking crap. Another owner who dont want to spend a penny of his own cash!! Who have you actually signed so far that has actually cost you anything? Go back to the corn fields, Country bumpkins! Well, it is the Sun isn't it. As to the corn fields, there aint that many in an urban area of over a million. I believe Somerset may have such things though ! I had a laugh at the goon who said we are a more established championship club than LCFC, talking out of his arse I'm afraid and even if we were, it's not much to boast about is it. Like others on here have said, let's get this over with one way or the other as it's getting a bit boring now. It's all been said on this board and ours, and now it's just becoming a big willy contest.
Little Nicky Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 If one more person mentions the yak I think I might scream, Sven has said over and over he wants players who want to play for us, Yakubu clearly doesn't or he would have accepted what was offered to him rather than rotting in Everton's reserves. Granted I don't want Maynwrd either if he's going to cost 7/8 million, there's got to be a line, and I think we're close to reaching it before we move on!
Wherethefoxhat? Posted 9 July 2011 Posted 9 July 2011 precisely my point. in his best ever season he failed to his 20 goals and has done jack shit since then. don't get me wrong if he starts regularly i'd expect 10-15 from his and cn see him making at least as many for a maynard type player if we can get one in. I just don't see nugent himsef as the main goalscorer to shoot us to promotion. alongside nugent, however, I can see someone else doing it. Nope...you missed the point !! 15 goals aged 20 in an average PNE Team ?????? Not much faith in the squad being assembled or Sven's expectations then eh ????
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