CONFIRMED Ben Brereton-Diaz joins on loan with option of permanent

[William Large]

Actually I'm pretty sure I read an article saying we looked at Darwin Nunez at the same time as mcburnie and had serious interest.

He was in Portuguese 2nd division at the time and they wanted a similar amount of money to what we got mcburnie for, ultimately we choose mcburnie As he was scoring goals in the championship and would probably fit into wilders criteria better and integrate into squad better the plus sides of mcburnie outweighed those of the unknown nunez (I can only assume).

Glad about that because Nunez is a wanker.

 

[Carlton Blade]

You brought up watkins beinf unrealistic and I'm just reminding you that we was interested in him before he went to villa, but our owners wouldn't sanction it, So your point is pretty pointless.

And 2 i never said he was good with money and I never said he was bad with money. I said some claim he's terrible when having money to spend because he had 1 bad gamble. Which was a reply to 1 poster mentioning a few of the missed out targets.

Wilder has never been backed properly is what I said and I think you just didn't read it properly, or you just made up something I didn't say to run with your agenda.

What are you on about? He made a colossal mess of recruitment post promotion after doing an amazing job before that.

"Proper backing"? You work with what you have and if you don't like it, you leave

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

See now that is his agent giving them an ultimatum

It’s almost like it’s a nothing more than a game where you use the media to apply pressure to get the best deal for your club?

 

[EddieColquhoun]

I remember something around this.

But I think in the end our shockingly low wage budget and stubbourn structure meant Fulham offered him more than we was willing to go.

What did we offer?

El Accounto claimed we matched Fulham's offer.

 

[Blademan89]

What are you on about? He made a colossal mess of recruitment post promotion after doing an amazing job before that.

"Proper backing"? You work with what you have and if you don't like it, you leave

The whole post and point was about no backing, again you trying to twist things.

 

[Blademan89]

What did we offer?

El Accounto claimed we matched Fulham's offer.

Not sure around the actual figures, but I'm sure reports was claiming they blew us out the water tbh I think even wilder mentioned that we couldn't compete eorh them regarding wages.

Got to remember el accounto was PA mouthpiece, and would do and say anything to make sure he would smell of roses (like some on here).

 

[Carlton Blade]

What did we offer?

El Accounto claimed we matched Fulham's offer.

It was a £2.5m release clause. He chose Fulham

 

[Frank the tank]

It was a £2.5m release clause. He chose Fulham

We met his release clause which was closer to a million from memory and Wigan asked for more as they were going into admin which we refused

Someone at wigan rang Fulham and explained the situation and said you'd be getting a great player for peanuts, they offered him extortionate wages and he went there instead

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

Not on the bench again!

 

[CaptainMorgans]

We met his release clause which was closer to a million from memory and Wigan asked for more as they were going into admin which we refused

Someone at wigan rang Fulham and explained the situation and said you'd be getting a great player for peanuts, they offered him extortionate wages and he went there instead

I think he ended up getting about £70k a week at Fulham.

 

[Carlton Blade]

We met his release clause which was closer to a million from memory and Wigan asked for more as they were going into admin which we refused

Someone at wigan rang Fulham and explained the situation and said you'd be getting a great player for peanuts, they offered him extortionate wages and he went there instead

The fee was locked in, no negotiations possible

 

[NerdyBlade]

No where near the squad for a cup game like this is a massive sign

 

[Bladeloyal]

No where near the squad for a cup game like this is a massive sign

He's obviously going ,but where

 

[Frank the tank]

The fee was locked in, no negotiations possible

Think they wanted a sell on and we wouldn't agree

 

[NerdyBlade]

He's obviously going ,but where

You'd have to assume, given the recent press links to us and the apparent refusal to go elsewhere, we're obvious frontrunners

 

[Bladeloyal]

You'd have to assume, given the recent press links to us and the apparent refusal to go elsewhere, we're obvious frontrunners

I'd like to think so

 

[Carlton Blade]

Think they wanted a sell on and we wouldn't agree

TBF, there was no need for me to argue the first point, it's been a while and I'm only going on the same info everyone else could see

 

[Jon Bon II]

Jebbisons only 72 hrs from signing!

Is that anywhere near Tulsa?

 

[Tom Bott]

You’re ignoring his Championship record then.
He’d be one of the top forwards in this league as shown from his record at this level, even including his one difficult season with the Slav/Hecky transition.

Jordan Rhodes had a record, then he moved to Wendy where he reversed his record.

That's why people have moved to digital music reproduction, because records can break.

 

[Tom Bott]

He's obviously going ,but where

Maternity ward ?

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Jordan Rhodes had a record, then he moved to Wendy where he reversed his record.

That's why people have moved to digital music reproduction, because records can break.

Very good, but McBurnie isn’t moving to a new team and is well known to players and staff.

 

[Cappy]

 

[Ranmoorblade]

Yep as they say 'shit or get off the pot'

I can see why we don't want an obligation to buy as the evidence says he might not be good enough for the PL (although he did alright for us) But we only pay 7m if we have another 150m coming back to us so it seems like 'no risk'

We’ve spent millions more on players that weren’t good enough for the PL. We still have one now and he’s not even good enough for the championship.

 

[Jimmy Fleck]

Are Sunderland the new villa? Getting boring this.

 

[Carlton Blade]

Jordan Rhodes had a record, then he moved to Wendy where he reversed his record.

That's why people have moved to digital music reproduction, because records can break.

Rhodes had stopped scoring before Wednesday bought him. That's why it was so nuts

 

[Tom Bott]

Though BBD had scored 0 for Villarreal, when we loaned him, and 0 for Southampton after he left.

 

[Le Cynique]

Is that anywhere near Tulsa?

About three times the distance, going on the timings

 

[McGrath]

Though BBD had scored 0 for Villarreal, when we loaned him, and 0 for Southampton after he left.

Imagine after all this we sign him and get the Villarreal/Southampton version of BBD

 

[Blade56]

Surely a huge part of being a manager is understanding your budget and identifying players who fit?

"He's good that Watkins. Get him"
"£30m, £80k a week, Villa are a bigger club and his ex boss is there"
"Don't care, I like him"
"But you can't have him. It's ridiculous that you even think this is possible"

Dodged a bullet with Watkins. Goals have dried up. Get Oli back and hope he stay out of trouble with plod, much better.

 

[Jon Bon II]

About three times the distance, going on the timings

Not necessarily. They could be just several miles apart but Gene Pitney could be much closer to Tulsa/Signing than Jebbison is.