How should SUFC accept for Tom Cannon?

[DifferentClass]

Is minus moneh an option?

 

[dexter101]

Just to flip this a bit, If we magically get gifted £10m to spend on a new striker, who are we buying, factoring in someone who wants to come.

Its a genuine question as I don't know enough about other players to add anything but Its all very well saying we wasted the money and to sack him off, but we needed someone in (If my memory is right, Moore had Hernia op and Campbell was struggling to get through 70 minutes). OK, hes been terrible, but club bought him in and now we have to support him, develop him, someone get some return on him, either financially or on the pitch (which I would say are linked).

 

[MayorOJC]

Source? or rumour.

Clue one internet post does not create a fact.

The only fact we have is from the club itself.

Sky Sports and BBC both reported a £10m fee. Leicester wouldn't have accepted a £4m fee, they bought him for £6m and his stock had risen since then.

 

[MayorOJC]

Just to flip this a bit, If we magically get gifted £10m to spend on a new striker, who are we buying, factoring in someone who wants to come.

Its a genuine question as I don't know enough about other players to add anything but Its all very well saying we wasted the money and to sack him off, but we needed someone in (If my memory is right, Moore had Hernia op and Campbell was struggling to get through 70 minutes). OK, hes been terrible, but club bought him in and now we have to support him, develop him, someone get some return on him, either financially or on the pitch (which I would say are linked).

Plenty of Championship clubs have signed better CF's for £10m or less this window (Kelman, Coburn, Kvistgaarden, Kone, Downs, Heggebo, etc.)

 

[Houston_Blade]

He was an excellent manager for us who will go down as one of our greatest ever managers. He made mistakes though. I'm not sure why people can't accept that when even he himself would

Other people just want to use it as a stick to beat the new board as if there isn't enough to use already

They genuinely want us to lose so they can bang on about how different it would be if we’d not sacked Wilder. Strange behaviour.

 

[dexter101]

Plenty of Championship clubs have signed better CF's for £10m or less this window (Kelman, Coburn, Kvistgaarden, Kone, Downs, Heggebo, etc.)

thank you for sharing, its interesting to see. I guess this is the challenge with buying in JTW. (just for comparison of Championship data, and I got bored so have only done a couple)

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Tom Cannon- Everton 3app (0 goals)​

Preston 20 app (8 goals)
Leicester 13 app (2 goals
Stoke 22 app (9 goals)

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Charlie Kelman- QPR 23 app (0 goals)​

Charlton 2 app (0 goals)

(scored plenty in lower leagues)

Josh Coburn (£5m) Millwall 20 app (5 goals)​

Middlesborough 56 app (12 goals)


Mathias Kvistgaarden (£6.9m) Brondby 102 (37 goals)

 

[XH536]

On the list of possible asking prices, for Tom Cannon's sale, missed off was, "Tuppence & a conker".
Therefore, sadly, I cannot vote.
Truthfully the answer should be more than was paid for him, or at worst, what they paid plus cost of his tenure at BDTBL.
Disappointing signing.
My old brain cannot recall a past equivalent one.
Maybe someone can?

 

[metalblade]

Unfortunately we will be stuck with him he has a hard shot but that is it every other attribute is crap, he might make a living in league one when his contract here runs out.
Never rated him
Never wanted him
Paid a ridiculous fee for him
Utter piece of

 

[William Large]

What are these strengths of his?

Maybe read the post…

 

[1987]

They genuinely want us to lose so they can bang on about how different it would be if we’d not sacked Wilder. Strange behaviour.

Like last season it felt like some people wanted us to lose, so they could bang on about sacking wilder.

Just bizarre behaviour on both sides of it. Was hoping him leaving could at least let us move on, but neither side seem able to.

 

[1987]

Cannon though, I still think he'll come good. And getting on his back helps absolutely no Blades supporters.

He's 22. Has had 2 good championship scoring seasons already.

He's going through it here, for sure, but he's not even been here a full season ffs.

 

[Tazzy]

fingers crossed he comes good . sometimes it takes time to click he needs a big game for his confidence

 

[Houston_Blade]

Like last season it felt like some people wanted us to lose, so they could bang on about sacking wilder.

Just bizarre behaviour on both sides of it. Was hoping him leaving could at least let us move on, but neither side seem able to.

The only time I picked up ‘Wilder out’ vibes on this forum was after he started having a go at the fans. Before that people were supportive of him.

 

[Davalon]

Presumably folks on this thread would have got rid of Basham and Coutts within two months after signing for the Blades

I'm smiling wryly at those bigging up Brum's owners.

Remind me who got rid of their manager whilst they were probably over-achieving and challenging the top 6, resulting in relegation.

Patience doesn't exist with some of ours, especially if the people involved don't fit their 'type'.

 

[knowsnowt]

Kinda remember when Ched looked totally shit, until he wasn't. Maybe Tom is Ched 2025. Maybe.

 

[Oreyt]

Title of post is kinda sexual, not going to lie.

 

[Balham]

Sky Sports and BBC both reported a £10m fee. Leicester wouldn't have accepted a £4m fee, they bought him for £6m and his stock had risen since then.

The BBC reported a £15.6m fee for Ahmedhodzic. Further back, every source online said we'd paid £10m for Lys Mousset (we didn't).

We might yet pay £10m for Cannon but it'll be dependent on him and us being far more successful than we have been thus far in his time at the club. If pushed, I'd guess we paid a guaranteed £6m, with £3m more on promotion and £1m in other variables. Leicester therefore got a PSR profit and a cash boost which they desperately needed.

 

[Vass Borbokis]

Maybe read the post…

Unforunately for me, I did read your post.

I get the frustrations with him and I thought he was massively overhyped before he even came here. It would be interesting to see how he performed if we actually played to his strengths and gave him some service.

My thoughts on him are that he’s a ‘finisher’ in the box, not someone who will run the channels etc and we haven’t really given him the service needed.

Early signs v Bristol were that we were going to get more balls into the box which would give him a fighting chance. Unfortunately for him he’s been a scapegoat for everything which is currently wrong.

Oh - I I think probably what we paid for him which is apparently around £4 mill not 10.

Instead of the condescending answer, implying I'd not read your post, point me to where you list his strengths in the above?

The closest you've come to listing a strength is descrbing him as a 'finisher', yet that's just your opinion on what you think he is (open to debate) and not a strength is it?

 

[MayorOJC]

The BBC reported a £15.6m fee for Ahmedhodzic. Further back, every source online said we'd paid £10m for Lys Mousset (we didn't).

We might yet pay £10m for Cannon but it'll be dependent on him and us being far more successful than we have been thus far in his time at the club. If pushed, I'd guess we paid a guaranteed £6m, with £3m more on promotion and £1m in other variables. Leicester therefore got a PSR profit and a cash boost which they desperately needed.

Hope you're right, but I haven't seen anything to suggest that

 

[Sean Thornton]

Quotes at the time:

Wilder says Cannon is someone he's tracked for a while and is a signing which ticked all the boxes. He said: "It's a super signing for us. Somebody we have tracked for a long time and known about for a long time. He's a young hungry player, position specific, we needed someone who could play on the shoulder and stretch the game, which he does.

“I thank the board and the co-chairmen for the backing and support”

“I’m delighted with the support and backing I’ve had from the (new) owners (the COH Sports consortium). They have wanted to support me to continue in the race for a successful season.”

Bettis ; The 22-year-old striker was on the club’s radar in the summer (of 2024) but was unattainable under the previous ownership. The new guys listened to Chris and were really supportive of it’.

You must hate The Widler, pointing out what he said!

ITS THE BOARDS FAULT.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

I put 4 million, but that is optimistic and based on crazy values and our recent record of getting good fees

Offer him to Wrexham for 5m + add ons

If not, loan him to someone with an obligation to buy for a good price if they're promoted

I don't want to see him dwelling here with the number 7 shirt for years like Brewster, an anchor around the club's neck

 

[fifty shades of blade]

Is Ade Panickbuyi available?

 

[N20 Blade]

In the interest of balance, I do think people forget how young Cannon is sometimes. He's 22 - the same age as Jebbison and Osula, and he's scored more goals than both of them combined. When Billy Sharp was 22, he struggled here too.

He's shown nothing for us so far, but he's scored a decent amount of Championship goals for a player his age. Maybe he needs a loan. Or maybe he's just shite.

Given our fans are the most pessimistic and miserable in the country, the poor lad has no chance. Our negativity bewilders me, year in year out. I go to barnet games with the kids a lot when it coincides with our away games. We always sit in the away end there and talk to the fans. None of them are as negative or glass half empty as us yet have every right, they try to enjoy their day and take the football with a pinch of salt. God, go on OwlsTalk and there is more sarcasm and humility on there, then you ever find on here.

When did our fanbase start to take themselves so seriously, and lose perspective for what this club is? Or is this site massively unrepresentative of the average fan?

 

[Lord Eddard Muir]

Thread title reads like he's had a parcel delivered to Shirecliffe and someone needs to sign for it

 

[Sean Thornton]

Given our fans are the most pessimistic and miserable in the country, the poor lad has no chance. Our negativity bewilders me, year in year out. I go to barnet games with the kids a lot when it coincides with our away games. We always sit in the away end there and talk to the fans. None of them are as negative or glass half empty as us yet have every right, they try to enjoy their day and take the football with a pinch of salt. God, go on OwlsTalk and there is more sarcasm and humility on there, then you ever find on here.

When did our fanbase start to take themselves so seriously, and lose perspective for what this club is? Or is this site massively unrepresentative of the average fan?

Humility on OT? Err, okay…..

 

[Houston_Blade]

Kinda remember when Ched looked totally shit, until he wasn't. Maybe Tom is Ched 2025. Maybe.

He had to drop to league 1 for us to find out though, not that fussed about doing that again.

 

[Ranmoorblade]

Darren Smith is still convinced the owners wanted him and it was not Wilder who asked for Cannon.

When people have rightly said we were interested in him the previous summer before the owners took over (Wilder thus the only constant), he has said it was still the previous owners that wanted him but when the takeover stalled and they were not in place, we had to pull out in August at the end of the window.

Some believe this on twitter/X.

Thoughts? Stop laughing.

Wilder will go down as one of our greatest ever managers post war (maybe 3rd behind Bassett and Harris) but the buys of Brewster and Cannon has literally been 30 million+ down the toilet.

Wilder spent a lot of money on flops but great getting brilliant players spending little or on frees.

 

[St Annington]

On the list of possible asking prices, for Tom Cannon's sale, missed off was, "Tuppence & a conker".
Therefore, sadly, I cannot vote.
Truthfully the answer should be more than was paid for him, or at worst, what they paid plus cost of his tenure at BDTBL.
Disappointing signing.
My old brain cannot recall a past equivalent one.
Maybe someone can?

Luke Freeman - club record fee

Callum Robinson - new club record fee

Oli Burke - who we swapped for Callum Robinson

 

[themaninblack]

Or is this site massively unrepresentative of the average fan?

Got it in one!

 

[BangorBlade]

I think he's more effective in a 2 man strike force where he can play off Campbell, the same goes for One` he's wasted out on the wing.