CONFIRMED Rhian Brewster

[Charlieblade]

I think his registration would need to be completed by mid day Friday for him ti play on Monday. His signing today, could still be announced on Monday, subject to a medical.

 

[Niceguyeddie]

That's what Norwich thought.

Norwich nearly went bankrupt from overspending the last time they were in the prem.and had to use last seasons money to pay the debts

 

[CaptainMorgans]

That's what Norwich thought.

Well it isn't. Because there was no pandemic when Norwich got promoted.

Further, we have spent a lot of money since coming up. Even taking out the outlay on transfer fees, we've signed all of our players up to new contracts.

 

[ormester]

I don't think it's a lack of ambition. Wilder has said, he won't spend money that the club doesn't have. He wants to protect the future of the club and build slowly. This is entirely sensible. Particularly during a pandemic.

So going down is OK then is that not a resignation of oh well we will see what happens. This current strike force isn't good enough

 

[JohnDenver]

we have already agreed a fee it’s just the structure of the payment, initial payment and buyback etc that is taking the time in agreeing.

We’ve agreed he’s worth £20m. We’re just not keen on paying it.

 

[Torrix1889]

We were a quality striker away from being in European competition last season....CW has said it was a priority to get someone in up top, (and I don't accept Burke is anything more than a cheap gamble).....do we really want to be sat here next season saying we were a quality striker away from staying up?

Calculated gambles....

 

[BladeInIreland]

I’d tend to agree but unfortunately that’s the market these days.

For 25 id expect a McBurnie, maupay or bowen level signing. Brewster is unproven even to that level. At least with the above you have proven top end championship players. Brewster is more like Robinson and that only made sense because the fee was relatively low and we could recoup aolt of it if unsuccessful.

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

We were a quality striker away from being in European competition last season....CW has said it was a priority to get someone in up top, (and I don't accept Burke is anything more than a cheap gamble).....do we really want to be sat here next season saying we were a quality striker away from staying up?

Calculated gambles....

As much as I like him and think he’ll be great, I’m not sure we were a Sander Berge away from Europe. I’d of probably rather seen this money spent on a quality striker and then invested in a Swift type as Lundstrums back up.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

For 25 id expect a McBurnie, maupay or bowen level signing. Brewster is unproven even to that level. At least with the above you have proven top end championship players. Brewster is more like Robinson and that only made sense because the fee was relatively low and we could recoup aolt of it if unsuccessful.

Makes the £13m Southampton paid for Che Adams last season look an absolute bargain after the season he'd had with Birmingham. I think he'll come good this season.

 

[Sam64]

As much as I like him and think he’ll be great, I’m not sure we were a Sander Berge away from Europe. I’d of probably rather seen this money spent on a quality striker and then invested in a Swift type as Lundstrums back up.

We probably did need a striker more than Berge but when you get the opportunity to sign Berge and don't think he'll be available again you can't pass it up imo.

 

[OrderOfStGeorge]

Who is to even say the fee is 25m it is only a fee banded around by so called journalists.

The same journalists that were saying Lowe and Bogle cost 15m when in reality it was more or less half of that figure.

 

[BladeInIreland]

Makes the £13m Southampton paid for Che Adams last season look an absolute bargain after the season he'd had with Birmingham. I think he'll come good this season.

It was because again he would tick the boxes of proven at that level also a good chunk of the fee redeemable if it didn't work out. I was surprised we weren't in got him at that fee and with our discount.

 

[BladeInIreland]

Who is to even say the fee is 25m it is only a fee banded around by so called journalists.

The same journalists that were saying Lowe and Bogle cost 15m when in reality it was more or less half of that figure.

Good point. It would have to be alot less at it's base for me. I don't care if it's 30 mill if it's based on goals and survival.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

The evidence suggests we are a few quid short.

 

[Wards]

I like that bit where if there is no evidence then people just make stuff up to suit

 

[Danetheblade]

I like that bit where if there is no evidence then people just make stuff up to suit

Where's the evidence that we aren't skint? It works both ways if we're honest, can see why folk think we're brassic when our chairman said himself the wing backs from derby were signed after a vote.. and two members thought we were already over budget.

 

[Bladesman]

Who is to even say the fee is 25m it is only a fee banded around by so called journalists.

The same journalists that were saying Lowe and Bogle cost 15m when in reality it was more or less half of that figure.

True, plus have we not ended up paying much less for Ramsdale thank quoted as we were able to offset it against money owed on Brooks?

 

[CaptainMorgans]

So going down is OK then is that not a resignation of oh well we will see what happens. This current strike force isn't good enough

You're making an assumption that relegation is totally inevitable if we don't sign a new striker. Maybe the board & manager don't share that view.

I think we're going to struggle a lot more this season, but I don't think bringing in Rhian Brewster will make a huge difference to our prospects. We're not laying on piles of chances that our current strikers are missing. It's chance creation that's our issue.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

True, plus have we not ended up paying much less for Ramsdale thank quoted as we were able to offset it against money owed on Brooks?

Doesn’t matter if we offset the brooks money or not. The fee is still the fee

We either pay them the full amount and receive the brooks money or we net of off. Exactly the same position

 

[BrisBlade]

Right-O. About to turn in for the night (being on t'other side of the world and all). I expect that when I wake up we'll be up to 200 pages brim full of argument about whether or not we have any money, conjecture regarding whether Brewster is the messiah or an expensive YTS, screenshots of stuff from Twitter regurgitating stuff from several days ago, a bunch of unrelated content - and none the wiser as to what's happening. I expect to be able to get through that by lunchtime.

Anyone else miss the good old days of no social media and finding out about deals after the fact?

 

[FatPaul]

Missed out again

 

[Brownieblade]

We can’t borrow against future income imo, we could easily be relegated, not saying we will or likely to either, just that we are in that group of clubs who could easily go down

 

[Wards]

Where's the evidence that we aren't skint? It works both ways if we're honest, can see why folk think we're brassic when our chairman said himself the wing backs from derby were signed after a vote.. and two members thought we were already over budget.

He’s also explained previously the budget isn’t a single fixed pot and is broken down into several sub-budgets for different requirements. The two from Derby may well have taken us over a budget for upgrading the wingback positions (as an example, I obviously don’t know how the budget is made up). We’d have to be pretty fucking stupid not to have saved a decent chunk explicitly knowing we had to sign a striker (or two). It seems the bed welters and doom mongers are jumping to conclusions without knowing what’s happening at all, the reality is they have as much knowledge as I do as to the inner workings of the club yet talk with an authority that suggests they know far better.

 

[Danetheblade]

He’s also explained previously the budget isn’t a single fixed pot and is broken down into several sub-budgets for different requirements. The two from Derby may well have taken us over a budget for upgrading the wingback positions (as an example, I obviously don’t know how the budget is made up). We’d have to be pretty fucking stupid not to have saved a decent chunk explicitly knowing we had to sign a striker (or two). It seems the bed welters and doom mongers are jumping to conclusions without knowing what’s happening at all, the reality is they have as much knowledge as I do as to the inner workings of the club yet talk with an authority that suggests they know far better.

Aye, I think I'd have preferred to have seen us make moves for the most needed positions before we looked at other spots.. goalkeeper and striker(s) being those most needed.

 

[Blade56]

Maybe a striker away from staying up is a risk worth taking Versus money we don’t have. If it goes tits up we go down with a strong squad and parachute payments, hopefully romp the championship and come back up stronger al la Norwich, West Ham and West Brom. Only problem is it can go wrong al la Blackburn, Bolton, Huddersfield et al.

 

[Maidenhead]

Maybe a striker away from staying up is a risk worth taking Versus money we don’t have. If it goes tits up we go down with a strong squad and parachute payments, hopefully romp the championship and come back up stronger al la Norwich, West Ham and West Brom. Only problem is it can go wrong al la Blackburn, Bolton, Huddersfield et al.

Bradford, Barnsley, Sunderland, Portsmouth, Coventry, Ipswich, Derby, Forest etc

The list of clubs that don't bounce back is much longer than those that do.

 

[BanderSerge]

Tells You we are skint we get offered him but no we want a loan we will miss out due to no ambition. Frustrating

Says who? Bettis or Terry on Facebook?

 

[ormester]

Says who? Bettis or Terry on Facebook?

You don't have to be on a another planet to realise it

 

[robbiez666]

I remember the good old days when it took absolutely ages to get a thread to 200 posts...

 

[Vikkster]

Is it possible he has signed and all been kept quiet until tomorrow . Didn't wilder say in an interview he was expecting someone in by Monday. No photos of training sessions which are usually on twitter, none of the players posting anything either. Just a thought

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