General transfers/rumours

[Ricky]

For anything that may be relevant or of interest to us.



Shows what we're up against when a bottom end club can just go and spend £5m on a striker.



Could it be us? Unlikely but he's a good player and the type we'd be likely to go for. Possible alternative to Leonard.



Remember when we were strongly linked 3 years ago? He must have done fairly well since.

 

[DifferentClass]

Bleddy hell those French kits are more like cycling shirts with all sponsors!

 

[mancunianblade]

Buried deep in this star article about new contracts are a few bits about Holmes and Leonard which would suggest that the club are more than confident at acquiring both,tell ya what though we seem to be employing some shitty tactics in order to get them both.


http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...the-blades-ready-to-offer-new-deals-1-8614744

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Buried deep in this star article about new contracts are a few bits about Holmes and Leonard which would suggest that the club are more than confident at acquiring both,tell ya what though we seem to be employing some shitty tactics in order to get them both.


http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...the-blades-ready-to-offer-new-deals-1-8614744

Me like what i read.

 

[sufcboy95]

Does show the difference in standard between the championship and league one. And shows how deluded some fans are thinking that we're going to challenge towards the top end of the table

 

[Torrix1889]

I can't help feeling after all this pissing about that Leonard and Holmes will end up being Brian Howard and Leon Britton reincarnate!

 

[Torrix1889]

Does show the difference in standard between the championship and league one. And shows how deluded some fans are thinking that we're going to challenge towards the top end of the table

No...it shows that al though we were top dogs in L1 our budget in the Championship is diddly-squat in comparison....whether that translates to a difference in standard will remain to be seen.

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Buried deep in this star article about new contracts are a few bits about Holmes and Leonard which would suggest that the club are more than confident at acquiring both,tell ya what though we seem to be employing some shitty tactics in order to get them both.


http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...the-blades-ready-to-offer-new-deals-1-8614744

Shitty tactics???

 

[Grizzly blade]

So someone else pays a few million for a striker nobody has heard of, with zero experience of the championship, and that highlights how far behind we are and what we are up against?

I'm sorry....I'm not getting it.

Bristol....that's right, Bristol City are spending an amount of money they cannot afford to lose. They are gambling that this particular player is going to make a massive difference to them by being a success with no actual assurance he will. So let's be right here....do we actually think Bristol city have such a good scouting network that they will have discovered a gem nobody knows of?
Nope....he a foreign player, with a fancy name so that means he costs a bomb. Just like all the shit strikers Hull acquired in recent years...or the one the pigs did...I could go on!

"You get no medals for spunking money" I believe.

 

[finlaytheblade]

For anything that may be relevant or of interest to us.



Shows what we're up against when a bottom end club can just go and spend £5m on a striker.



Could it be us? Unlikely but he's a good player and the type we'd be likely to go for. Possible alternative to Leonard.



Remember when we were strongly linked 3 years ago? He must have done fairly well since.

Bristol paying money on strikers in that bracket ? must be going for it this season.
Joining the clubs who are busting there budgets,it ends in tears for most.
Prefer our route which is to stay within budget and use the expert knowledge of our backroom team do build a team good enough to have a go and in my opinion we are not going to just make the numbers up.
Team spirit allied to technic will do the business we will surprise a lot of people this season there is a lot more to come from this squad which Wilder is constructing.
I see another Bassett team here but playing with a panash and exciting brand of football.We will fear no one in this league and go for it ,exciting times! without spending pots of money,premiership here we come !!!!!!!!

 

[Grizzly blade]

Also....I'm pretty sure Huddersfield just made a huge point quite recently regards budgets and spending?

Seems some have forgotten this already.
If we were spending that money on that Senegal striker I wouldn't be creaming my pants with excitement, I would be thinking have this club lost its marbles.

 

[mancunianblade]

Shitty tactics???

I'm not complaining,about time we employed some. I read it here about Holmes and read it elsewhere about Leonard. I get the impression we have instructed them to reject any contract offer, I see this situations as Southend and Charlton really don't want to sell not just a case of wanting more money they just don't want to sell so both clubs have offered them extensions.

 

[iBlade.]

I'm not complaining,about time we employed some. I read it here about Holmes and read it elsewhere about Leonard. I get the impression we have instructed them to reject any contract offer, I see this situations as Southend and Charlton really don't want to sell not just a case of wanting more money they just don't want to sell so both clubs have offered them extensions.

. But you can't help but feel that another 200K would secure the services of Leonard. When you look at the figures above being talked about at Champ level it puts our offers into perspective.

 

[mancunianblade]

. But you can't help but feel that another 200K would secure the services of Leonard. When you look at the figures above being talked about at Champ level it puts our offers into perspective.

If they're not accepting contract offers,I may be wrong but don't they both only have 12 months left? If this is the case then it's inevitable. Now I understand why it's dragging on the club/Wilder don't need to spend that extra few hundred Grand.

That few hundred grand is a years wages to a free transfer that Wilder could be looking to add to the squad.

I said it on another thread in jest but I also meant what I said Wilder does appear to have a bit of Wenger about him, McCabe is making all the noises suggesting a very generous budget and Wilder is determined not to just spend it for the sake of it, which I'm all for may I add. It's sounds stupid that managers will spunk their entire budget for the sake of it but you do get the impression some managers/clubs do that. Like a teenager playing champ manager.

 

[South Bucks]

So someone else pays a few million for a striker nobody has heard of, with zero experience of the championship, and that highlights how far behind we are and what we are up against?

I'm sorry....I'm not getting it.

Bristol....that's right, Bristol City are spending an amount of money they cannot afford to lose. They are gambling that this particular player is going to make a massive difference to them by being a success with no actual assurance he will. So let's be right here....do we actually think Bristol city have such a good scouting network that they will have discovered a gem nobody knows of?
Nope....he a foreign player, with a fancy name so that means he costs a bomb. Just like all the shit strikers Hull acquired in recent years...or the one the pigs did...I could go on!

"You get no medals for spunking money" I believe.

We might get even fewer medals for not spending more than peanuts and believing our own hype and going straight back down which will have been a waste of two years.

 

[BushBlade]

The 'Huddersfield' defence is becoming as cliched as the 'Well, Leicester won the league' argument.

Most of the clubs at the top of the championship spend money. Most of the clubs that get promoted from the championship spend money. No, it doesn't guarantee success, there aren't any guarantees, but it does give you a much better chance of doing well.

 

[iBlade.]

I don't have a problem with us paying bargain basement prices, what does concern me is the way we are so hesitant to meet even the bargain basement fees.

 

[Boxer Blade]

Also....I'm pretty sure Huddersfield just made a huge point quite recently regards budgets and spending?

Seems some have forgotten this already.
If we were spending that money on that Senegal striker I wouldn't be creaming my pants with excitement, I would be thinking have this club lost its marbles.

No you'd be creaming em with ext

Also....I'm pretty sure Huddersfield just made a huge point quite recently regards budgets and spending?

Seems some have forgotten this already.
If we were spending that money on that Senegal striker I wouldn't be creaming my pants with excitement, I would be thinking have this club lost its marbles.

No you'd be creaming em with excrement my friend

 

[I should coco]

ristol City are spending an amount of money they cannot afford to lose. They are gambling that this particular player is going to make a massive difference to them by being a success with no actual assurance he will.

You've got the wrong Bristol City. They are owned by Steven Lansdown who Forbes estimete is worth $1.86bn (about £1.5bn) a far richer man than most of the Championship owners. He hasn't splashed silly cash, but could easily do so and I wouldn't think he will lose sleep over £5m.

Bristol City
Company name: Bristol City Holdings
Owned by: Pula Sport, owned by billionaire and Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Steve Lansdown
Turnover: £14.2m (£7.7m)
Pre-tax loss: £14.9m (-£10m)
Staff costs: £17.4m (£11m)
Wage-to-turnover ratio: 123 per cent
Highest paid director: £58,826 (£61,937)
Net debt: £63.9m (£35.5m)
Bank: Barclays
Auditor: PKF Francis Clark
Y/E: 31 May 2016
Bristol City blamed the widening loss on the ongoing redevelopment of their Ashton Gate stadium, with reduced match day capacities and revenue. During the financial year, total loans and borrowings increased to £46.8m, compared with £18.7m the previous year. However, the bank loan has been drawn down for the stadium redevelopment and is secured by a guarantee from Pula Sport.

https://www.insidermedia.com/inside...hire_news_tracker&utm_medium=business_article

 

[Pinchy]

So someone else pays a few million for a striker nobody has heard of, with zero experience of the championship, and that highlights how far behind we are and what we are up against?

I'm sorry....I'm not getting it.

Bristol....that's right, Bristol City are spending an amount of money they cannot afford to lose. They are gambling that this particular player is going to make a massive difference to them by being a success with no actual assurance he will. So let's be right here....do we actually think Bristol city have such a good scouting network that they will have discovered a gem nobody knows of?
Nope....he a foreign player, with a fancy name so that means he costs a bomb. Just like all the shit strikers Hull acquired in recent years...or the one the pigs did...I could go on!

"You get no medals for spunking money" I believe.

None for having a Bladey Inferiority Complex either. We'd have a chestful on here if there were.

 

[Pinchy]

You've got the wrong Bristol City. They are owned by Steven Lansdown who Forbes estimete is worth $1.86bn (about £1.5bn) a far richer man than most of the Championship owners. He hasn't splashed silly cash, but could easily do so and I wouldn't think he will lose sleep over £5m.

Bristol City
Company name: Bristol City Holdings
Owned by: Pula Sport, owned by billionaire and Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Steve Lansdown
Turnover: £14.2m (£7.7m)
Pre-tax loss: £14.9m (-£10m)
Staff costs: £17.4m (£11m)
Wage-to-turnover ratio: 123 per cent
Highest paid director: £58,826 (£61,937)
Net debt: £63.9m (£35.5m)
Bank: Barclays
Auditor: PKF Francis Clark
Y/E: 31 May 2016
Bristol City blamed the widening loss on the ongoing redevelopment of their Ashton Gate stadium, with reduced match day capacities and revenue. During the financial year, total loans and borrowings increased to £46.8m, compared with £18.7m the previous year. However, the bank loan has been drawn down for the stadium redevelopment and is secured by a guarantee from Pula Sport.

https://www.insidermedia.com/inside...hire_news_tracker&utm_medium=business_article

I'm starting to get anxious about Bristol Fucking City. My heart's racing; I'm beginning to hyperventilate. It's only a matter of time before it strangles my vocal chords. They're back! The nerves...the ner

 

[TJB.]

The 'Huddersfield' defence is becoming as cliched as the 'Well, Leicester won the league' argument.

Most of the clubs at the top of the championship spend money. Most of the clubs that get promoted from the championship spend money. No, it doesn't guarantee success, there aren't any guarantees, but it does give you a much better chance of doing well.

Huddersfield aren't just 'little Huddersfield'. They're extremely well backed. You can't offer £100 season tickets without the costs being covered elsewhere.

Your man Mooy from Citeh won't have been a cheap loan, even if they only covered half his wages. Wagner won't have been working for peanuts, either.

 

[Pinchy]

I don't have a problem with us paying bargain basement prices, what does concern me is the way we are so hesitant to meet even the bargain basement fees.

As is absolutely clear, Wilder won't pay more than he thinks a player is worth. You might want to direct your comment at him; rather than some nebulous "we".

I imagine you're referring to Leonard and Holmes? No other club has met the bargain basement price either. That's bizarre. You'd think they'd be queueing from midnight and trampling all over each other when the doors opened.

 

[MobileBlade]

You've got the wrong Bristol City. They are owned by Steven Lansdown who Forbes estimete is worth $1.86bn (about £1.5bn) a far richer man than most of the Championship owners. He hasn't splashed silly cash, but could easily do so and I wouldn't think he will lose sleep over £5m.

Bristol City
Company name: Bristol City Holdings
Owned by: Pula Sport, owned by billionaire and Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Steve Lansdown
Turnover: £14.2m (£7.7m)
Pre-tax loss: £14.9m (-£10m)
Staff costs: £17.4m (£11m)
Wage-to-turnover ratio: 123 per cent
Highest paid director: £58,826 (£61,937)
Net debt: £63.9m (£35.5m)
Bank: Barclays
Auditor: PKF Francis Clark
Y/E: 31 May 2016
Bristol City blamed the widening loss on the ongoing redevelopment of their Ashton Gate stadium, with reduced match day capacities and revenue. During the financial year, total loans and borrowings increased to £46.8m, compared with £18.7m the previous year. However, the bank loan has been drawn down for the stadium redevelopment and is secured by a guarantee from Pula Sport.

https://www.insidermedia.com/inside...hire_news_tracker&utm_medium=business_article

Under the new financial fair play rules as a championship club they can lose £39 million on a rolling three year basis (from March this year). I think they are going for it in year one based on those figures. It works out at £13 million per season on average (made up of £8 million of equity injected by owners and £5 million operating losses). Given those figures show £25 million, they are allowed to lose £14 million for the season just gone. IF they did lose £14 million then the losses for the forthcoming season must be no more than £11 million.this coming season.

I suspect the lack of transfer activity across the city may have something to do with FFP as well.

 

[I should coco]

I suspect the lack of transfer activity across the city may have something to do with FFP as well

No.

They are keeping their powder dry for Ronaldo. He's a mate of Semedo's so it is pretty much a done deal and the Massive are probably the only other club in Europe on a par with Real Madrid.

 

[MobileBlade]

No.

They are keeping their powder dry for Ronaldo. He's a mate of Semedo's so it is pretty much a done deal and the Massive are probably the only other club in Europe on a par with Real Madrid.

Is he as prolific as Jordan Rhodes?

 

[Blade58]

No.

They are keeping their powder dry for Ronaldo. He's a mate of Semedo's so it is pretty much a done deal and the Massive are probably the only other club in Europe on a par with Real Madrid.

Well I'm hoping it's to complete the signings of Stuart Downing and Cameron Jerome

Come the end of next season when they are still languishing in the far reaches of the Championship after spunking more millions upon millions, I can see Tunaman jumping into sea off the coast of Nova Scotia to join his Tuna fish mates

 

[iBlade.]

As is absolutely clear, Wilder won't pay more than he thinks a player is worth. You might want to direct your comment at him; rather than some nebulous "we".

I imagine you're referring to Leonard and Holmes? No other club has met the bargain basement price either. That's bizarre. You'd think they'd be queueing from midnight and trampling all over each other when the doors opened.

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I would have thought the fact that I am a Blade and am posting on what is a public forum gives me the right to use the term “we” without being judged. Oh, and I won’t be directing my comments at Wilder, as I am sure he has much more on his plate than be concerned about what anyone on this forum is posting.

Yes I was referring to Leonard and Holmes, although it must also be said that all of our completed deals to date are bargain basement. Going back to Leonard and Holmes, I just find it a little strange that given the fact that we obviously want these players, (yes I said we) I do find it a little concerning we haven’t put a little more financial clout into the offerings, let’s face it we are talking peanuts here. I also find myself wondering, is just pure luck that no one else as offered more cash and if they did would that be the end of it. What happened to think Liverpool, because at the moment we are thinking more like Accrington Stanley.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

McCabe is making all the noises suggesting a very generous budget .

On twitter, a close pal of the manager claims we have a bottom 5 budget.

 

[S5Blade]

On twitter, a close pal of the manager claims we have a bottom 5 budget.

Hes obviously not a close pal of the manager if hes posting utter bollocks on twitter that I imagine one of his best buddies told him, probably in confidence.....