Luke Ayling

[EddieColquhoun]

 

[HarryHaslam]

All but done and widely reported then the ‘itk’ come on after and post it on here like they are the first to tell us the news.

 

[Silent Blade]

Refused to match his 12k per week demands and will sign for Middlesbrough

Not like you to give us positive news!

 

[Bladezz]

Wilder spotting gems early on.

But we will be priced out.

 

[Bladezz]

Our season hasn’t finished and we have missed out on 1 already.

We are amazing at this.

 

[EddieColquhoun]

Our season hasn’t finished and we have missed out on 1 already.

We are amazing at this.

Has the close season bed wetting started early?

 

[biggiesablade]

Has the close season bed wetting started early?

Been going on for nearly a year

 

[Silent Blade]

Our season hasn’t finished and we have missed out on 1 already.

We are amazing at this.

You think he is a good player? It is all in your head!

 

[Booker4]

If we were interested in Ayling I would have always fancied he'd join Boro because he's been there for three months on loan and has done well, he knows everyone and the manager, it's far more logical he'd join them over us.

Besides, we've got Bogle there who has been decent this season and is probably on another year's option. I'd rather Bogle than Ayling. We've also got Curtis coming through. I expect we will go after McNair as reported for the RCB option. At 29 he's still hit two/three years left in him.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

And that is only going back 3 pages on your previous posts.

Someone call in Jessica!

 

[Bladezz]

You think he is a good player? It is all in your head!

9 assists in 33 games I think it is. Some of the best stats in the championship and a free.

But it’s all in my head

 

[Nick Jansky]

9 assists in 33 games I think it is. Some of the best stats in the championship and a free.

Hardly a free. There’s no such thing. The reason players run their contracts down is so they & their agents pocket huge signing on fees. The money goes to them instead of the selling club, usually staged over the period of the contract similarly to transfer payments.

He may or may not be signing for a basic wage of £12k a week (very unlikely) but he will be making a huge amount from the deal.

A few people on this site (I’m not saying you do) get hung up on us “relying on frees” as if we are somehow penny pinching. That’s because they don’t realise the exorbitant costs usually involved in a free transfer.

Players who know they will be in demand are the ones that run their contracts down. That’s because they know they can absolutely fleece whichever club signs them.

 

[Champagneblade]

Scratches name off his list…

Bugger.

 

[Silent Blade]

9 assists in 33 games I think it is. Some of the best stats in the championship and a free.

But it’s all in my head

Not good enough for a club who has failed to get automatic promotion

 

[Blade56]

The only ITK i’ve got is that the old manager of World Class Wreckin Cru told me that Ice Cube was interested in us.

Hope not….

 

[AdamSufc1997]

Ice cube interested in us heard it all now

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Hope not….

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What position does he play?

 

[Guesty]

Hope not….

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Are he and Dre mates again at the moment? Cube could persuade him to put those Beats billions to work.

 

[Broomhall Blade]

9 assists in 33 games I think it is. Some of the best stats in the championship and a free.

But it’s all in my head

It could just be a purple patch or playing for a contract.
He's 33 when the season starts next so I can live with this disappointment..
No bashing the board yet from me.

 

[Champagneblade]

A page back I was convinced he was an interesting target.

Now we’ve started rounding on the geriatric let’s move on to better!

 

[Booker4]

A page back I was convinced he was an interesting target.

Now we’ve started rounding on the geriatric let’s move on to better!

We already have better in Bogle. That's assuming he's staying on a one year option I'd assume.

 

[Bladezz]

Not good enough for a club who has failed to get automatic promotion

I like your new transfer policy.

 

[ancientblade]

if were going with wing backs again in the championship i think bogle and rnd if fit enough or osborn would be good enough at that level weve got more important positions to cover than wing backs

 

[Silent Blade]

I like your new transfer policy.

Good!

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

Thing is, paying £14k pw isn’t worth it if you’re keeping Bogle. Got to spend the funds wisely & use it in better places if the demands are too high.

Bogles been exposed defensively in the prem, he should be ok in the champ

 

[IdLiketoRogerMoore]

The logic of moving Norwood, Egan, Baldock and Basham out and then bringing in players like Ayling would be baffling to say the least....

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Not good enough for a club who has failed to get automatic promotion

So we should only be targeting players that played regularly for Leicester & Ipswich?

 

[Wincobank S9 Blade]

Even at his age on like a 1 year contract with a wage reduction, wouldn’t mind this tbh. Has experience and is very good for the level, as long as he isn’t any of our marquee signings though.

 

[Silent Blade]

So we should only be targeting players that played regularly for Leicester & Ipswich?

That isn't what I said. Not worth paying big bucks to a 33 year old who will be of no value at the end of the contract. Leeds, who failed to go up automatically, rightly decided that Ayling isn't good enough to be in a squad fighting for promotion. Boro, who you thought were certs to go up last year, have decided to sign a lower Championship standard right back on big wages.

 

[jt64]

That isn't what I said. Not worth paying big bucks to a 33 year old who will be of no value at the end of the contract. Leeds, who failed to go up automatically, rightly decided that Ayling isn't good enough to be in a squad fighting for promotion. Boro, who you thought were certs to go up last year, have decided to sign a lower Championship standard right back on big wages.

Well it all depends on what we're planning, doesn't it? If we're operating on a theory of we have enough to go straight back up, will be bringing in one or two younger centre backs that are not quite ready for the demands of the English game or are still a bit off developing, and we just need someone to bridge the gap for a season, then it's fine. If we're saying it's going to take more than a season to rebuild, then you'd be right that it's a nonsense signing