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Michael Smith - progress at Rotherham (p18)
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By which you mean what exactly?reserves said:Gutted for the lad, deserved a chance, we'll never know now.
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Isn't he cup tied?0
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Either we're signing other strikers, Powell didn't fancy him at all, or we really needed the cash.1
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BBC Wiltshire @BBCWiltshire 5m
FOOTBALL: #stfc have signed #charlton striker Michael Smith for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £200k #swindon0 -
From BBC Wiltshire:
@BBCWiltshire: FOOTBALL: #stfc have signed #charlton striker Michael Smith for an undisclosed fee believed to be around £200k #swindon0 -
strange ... didn't expect that2
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Well that is a surprise. Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite us.
I'd of liked him to have a bit more of a chance. Still I wish him luck.
Maybe to use the funds for Simeon Jackson?1 -
200k? Think we paid 100k so a tidy little profit although there was probably a sell on clause to Darlo. I assume because of his age we would have got a development fee even though he is out of contract in the summer. Good luck to him and hope he proves a big success down there. Decent move for him.0
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Gotta have a striker coming in tomorrow, surely?2
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Bit gutted about that. Deserved a chance ahead of some of the dross we've seen up front this season. Good luck to him!2
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Best of luck to him! Did well to get 200k out of Swindon with only 6 months on his contract?7
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That's a lot of money for a young unproven player with 6months on contract left2
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Good luck to the lad,shame he was never given a chance by us. Powell sees him in training daily so we bow to his knowledge.2
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Good move for him. Should help his development playing in a division higher. The assurance of a contract should only settle him mentally. Hopefully the club is looking else where to replace him.0
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good luck to him (except when playing against us) .. it's been obvious for ages that Powell never fancied him0
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Good luck, Michael Smith.0
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Well this reserves fellow is clearly itk...so im guessing the fee is nearer to 70k than the 200k stated by the bbc (who as many have pointed out tonight, dont let the truth get in the way of a story)0
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Could be wrong but I'm pretty sure it was £75k. Both Swindon or Bury has fees agreed.
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Minus what ever wages we've paid him while we've been sending him out on loan.LargeAddick said:200k? Think we paid 100k so a tidy little profit although there was probably a sell on clause to Darlo. I assume because of his age we would have got a development fee even though he is out of contract in the summer. Good luck to him and hope he proves a big success down there. Decent move for him.
It is, indeed, good that we got £200k for him, but it think that it is fair to say that it was more like snatching victory from defeat than a great plan when we signed him.1 -
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That's a blinding deal by us for £200k. Good luck to him3
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Swindon fans reckon it's more likely to be about 50k plus add ons.0
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That sounds a lot more realistic to me.reserves said:Could be wrong but I was told it was £75k. Both Swindon or Bury has fees agreed.
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I'm a bit disappointed tbh, just hope we don't end up regretting this.
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It would be an acceptable deal to me if we are freeing up funds to bring in someone like Simeon Jackson, if we end up with some 18 year old bench warmer from Liege I would be less than impressed.1
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Disappointed. This has Michael Turner written all over it.2
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no mate different name
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Good luck Michael0
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Good luck Michael.
We took a punt on a youngster and it didn't quite work out, as is usually the way with 'punts' - doesn't mean either side did anything wrong. He got to experience and train at a higher level and we sold him for more than we paid, nobody really lost anything.
I get that people have been bitterly disappointed with our senior strikers this year, but Smith is a very young striker who scored 10 goals in League 2 - 10 goals, not 20 or 30. If we'd signed him from AFC Wimbledon as a replacement for Church people would be at best 'underwhelmed' and at worst livid. Just because he's already on the books doesn't make him a better player than if he was coming into the club from elsewhere.
Hopefully this means a new striker will be here in the coming days, but the odds are we've released a decent young forward to go and play at his current level and haven't just released the player who was destined to save our season.
Many young players drop down the leagues and slowly work back up again, incredibly few get released and immediately prove to be underated superstars like Jordan Rhodes was.9 -
Getting two goals in the first half of a match without the leading scorer on our books shouldn't be the cue to sell him at half time!
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