Marquee Sale

[Sheffsteel]

Can't see Coutts attracting that much interest, he's nearly 29 and hasn't particularly pulled up any trees at Championship level.

Fleck is the main worry for me, we need to offer him a good Championship wage if we want to keep him long term or at least get a Championship level fee for him e.g. £6m - £8m.

YES,

Let's say Fleck is on £7K a week then how much would you offer?
What's a good Championship wage?

If you rate him at £8 million then no doubt his agent will be saying the same and demanding £20K a week. If we pay that's then expect other players to want their money doubling. Morale amongst players could suffer if we have massive pay swings amongst players.

Just think if last season was a bit of a fluke for Fleck.
If we pay him £20K a week he might lose his desire and struggle in the Championship.

Then when we have loads of debt our fans will be questioning the madness in paying unproven players so much.

Common sense says let's see how the players cope and produce at Championship level
Then wait until Jan18 at the earliest to discuss contracts.

I'm sure there will be some big surprises next season.
Some players who were great last season are going to really struggle losing form and confidence.
Whereas others will come from no where (like Jake Wright) and do well.

 

[8lade]

I'm expecting the sale as most are, I'll plump for Brooks for the usual 1 million. Any member of the first team? Replacements are already here, this is not a one man team, Wilder going would be the only upset for me.

 

[YES Blade]

YES,

Let's say Fleck is on £7K a week then how much would you offer?
What's a good Championship wage?

If you rate him at £8 million then no doubt his agent will be saying the same and demanding £20K a week. If we pay that's then expect other players to want their money doubling. Morale amongst players could suffer if we have massive pay swings amongst players.

Just think if last season was a bit of a fluke for Fleck.
If we pay him £20K a week he might lose his desire and struggle in the Championship.

Then when we have loads of debt our fans will be questioning the madness in paying unproven players so much.

Common sense says let's see how the players cope and produce at Championship level
Then wait until Jan18 at the earliest to discuss contracts.

I'm sure there will be some big surprises next season.
Some players who were great last season are going to really struggle losing form and confidence.
Whereas others will come from no where (like Jake Wright) and do well.

Ok so say we wait, we'll have a player with 18 months on his contract with no hope of him signing a new one.

It's not an easy situation but you have to pay your players what they are worth. Could we afford £12k - £15k? I don't know, but at the moment he is head and shoulders our best player and most valuable asset in terms of transfer fee.

I just think he'd be worth every penny we paid him if we gave him a rise.

 

[pblades]

I'm expecting the sale as most are, I'll plump for Brooks for the usual 1 million. Any member of the first team? Replacements are already here, this is not a one man team, Wilder going would be the only upset for me.

No need to worry about that

 

[blade too long]

Now at last I understand blade too long's fuckin awful pun on another thread.

all puns are fucking awful , thats the point

 

[I should coco]

The bigger question is, do we still have to demonstrate the usual perfunctory faux-paternalistic bullshit by wishing said 'lad' the best of luck?

Like you did with 'Scougs', eh Tyler?

 

[sufcboy95]

Whoever impresses the most against stoke will be sold to them. Reckon JOC myself

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Fuck me I came on here for quick scan & since reading this ive been on the the phone to the Samaritans & drunk a bottle of meths been prescribed Prozac...