whiteshadow
Player Valuation: £25m
Scott Dann is a really good defender, would be happy if it turned out to be true.
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Scott Dann is a really good defender, would be happy if it turned out to be true.
bluestevon
Player Valuation: £80m
He's 30 and a koppite, no thanks, don't really want both cb's being boyhood reds
whiteshadow
Player Valuation: £25m
I don't care if they can play. He's a good defender.
Stop it with the Tielemans/EFC gets work done before the window starts rumors.
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Agreed. Would rather have sakho and that's saying something.
whiteshadow
Player Valuation: £25m
I think we might need to be patient again this summer.
If we're going to try for some quality players again it's not always possible for us to get our business done early just because those kind of players are often waiting to see if elite clubs come in for them. Their agents might be told an elite team is interested in them, so they'll hold out, even if we go in with a good bid and agreeable terms, to see if the other club decides to bid.
The problem isn't always with our negotiating, agents are often using our interest to draw bids from champions league teams, or attempt to. If an agent says their player is interested but then they start faffing around because they're trying to get other clubs to come in for them there's not much we can do about it, other than move to other targets.
Most of the time the elite teams do their business first because good players don't want to move to other clubs until they realise the elite teams aren't coming in for them.
I don't think it's always bad negotiating skills on our part that has caused problems in the past. We're often getting manipulated by agents. There's not much we can do about it if we want to compete for the best players, we just need to hope we get a break and one of them joins early as that will encourage other quality players to sign.
If we're going to try for some quality players again it's not always possible for us to get our business done early just because those kind of players are often waiting to see if elite clubs come in for them. Their agents might be told an elite team is interested in them, so they'll hold out, even if we go in with a good bid and agreeable terms, to see if the other club decides to bid.
The problem isn't always with our negotiating, agents are often using our interest to draw bids from champions league teams, or attempt to. If an agent says their player is interested but then they start faffing around because they're trying to get other clubs to come in for them there's not much we can do about it, other than move to other targets.
Most of the time the elite teams do their business first because good players don't want to move to other clubs until they realise the elite teams aren't coming in for them.
I don't think it's always bad negotiating skills on our part that has caused problems in the past. We're often getting manipulated by agents. There's not much we can do about it if we want to compete for the best players, we just need to hope we get a break and one of them joins early as that will encourage other quality players to sign.
the sniderman
Player Valuation: £40m
i take no credit buddy. it was a real team effort to stalk and bring down the bozo. i just wanted his head to mount on my wall so one can enjoy a serene moment with a good bourbon and remember why life is so sweet.
2 posts after this post you say you haven't seen him much so don't have an opinion of him but in this post you say there's better out there and the obsession with Pickford scares you?
Ugghhh the self loathing he must go through.
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Didn't do so bad with VVD, Mane and tadic and Southampton.
True..would sleep better tonight, but then I remember bolaise
Mosh Pit
Player Valuation: £8m
Bolasie was sound. Had he have come from a foreign club abroad, you'd have been thrilled with how he played & his attacking style.
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Every manager makes mistakes in the transfer market. Ferguson arguably the greatest manager of all time had more than his fair share. As long as you get the player recruitment right more often than not, you will progress. A fully fit bolasie would be far more influential in the side with Morgan schnerderlin and tom Davies behind him. Sadly due to his horrific injury, we might never see the 'fully fit' bolasie again.
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