Someone offers 1.5 million for cousins we accept. Someone offers 1.25 million for fox we say no. You couldn't make it up
Difference is clearly this time we had common sense to realise if we sell with less than 24 hours to go how will we replace him. So actually we made the right decision to reject the offer for fox
Rule of thumb with the club this transfer window has been if someone bids and the players wants out, it's done. It's resulted in ridiculously low value sales, but it also indicates that Fox has decided he doesn't want to leave to go to a higher division for more money, he wants to stay with us. He deserves a lot of credit from the fans for that
Would we have got more for Pope, Cousins and JBG had we held them until today and been able to sell Watt to some desperate Championship club like Derby.
Ok as much as you all (myself included) don't want to admit it..
But if we have rejected up to 4.5m for lookman and 2m for Fox then credit then credit needs to go to the club for doing so.
Although it's not 11pm yet...
But we're still short on players. Considerably. Why should I give them credit when we supposedly have a top six budget and Kevin Foley as our first choice central midfielder?
Ok as much as you all (myself included) don't want to admit it..
But if we have rejected up to 4.5m for lookman and 2m for Fox then credit then credit needs to go to the club for doing so.
Although it's not 11pm yet...
But we're still short on players. Considerably. Why should I give them credit when we supposedly have a top six budget and Kevin Foley as our first choice central midfielder?
Not that I am an apologist - far from it - but he's not. He's here for five months, presumably while Diarra and Kashi get fit.
Someone offers 1.5 million for cousins we accept. Someone offers 1.25 million for fox we say no. You couldn't make it up
Cousins wanted to go and may or may not have had a buyout clause. Fox doesn't on both counts.
My point is the fees involved however much you may like fox. Cousins is worth ten fox's ffs
But you can't just take fees in isolation. There are a lot of factors that go into a transfer fee, and that's what I was trying to point out. All things being equal yes Cousins should be worth far more than Fox but all things aren't equal.
Someone offers 1.5 million for cousins we accept. Someone offers 1.25 million for fox we say no. You couldn't make it up
Cousins wanted to go and may or may not have had a buyout clause. Fox doesn't on both counts.
My point is the fees involved however much you may like fox. Cousins is worth ten fox's ffs
But you can't just take fees in isolation. There are a lot of factors that go into a transfer fee, and that's what I was trying to point out. All things being equal yes Cousins should be worth far more than Fox but all things aren't equal.
Fortune 82nd Minute said: » show previous quotes Williams is actually a very good call. But i suspect you're right about him not wanting to drop down to League 1. (And frankly if I was in his shoes nor would given that less than six weeks ago he was playing in the Euros) sO WAS rOBSON-kAN
Would we have got more for Pope, Cousins and JBG had we held them until today and been able to sell Watt to some desperate Championship club like Derby.
Maybe, but would we have been able to sign some of the players we already have and desperately needed if we hadn't shifted a least one of two of those players already?
As always, shades of grey with all these issues - never black and white.
Don't we normally do most of our business after the window has shut and free agents are desperately trying to find a club, any club, to regain their fitness levels?
Would we have got more for Pope, Cousins and JBG had we held them until today and been able to sell Watt to some desperate Championship club like Derby.
Maybe, but would we have been able to sign some of the players we already have and desperately needed if we hadn't shifted a least one of two of those players already?
As always, shades of grey with all these issues - never black and white.
Yes as we are owned by a billionaire so £5M in or so on those 3 did not have to make all the difference to our in comings. JBG and Cousins were certainly sold at such low amounts I can't believe we could not have got more by holding for an extra month or so.
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I mean don't get me wrong I get the sentiment but surely if we keep players we are literally by definition leaving it late
We were in a strong place to negotiate fees with Fox - whereas we were destined to sell Cousins - hence the disappointing fee
Admire Fox, has been through a lot of shit at Charlton, and still wants to improve with us. Unlike THD.
Now can we move on for fox sake
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Williams is actually a very good call. But i suspect you're right about him not wanting to drop down to League 1. (And frankly if I was in his shoes nor would given that less than six weeks ago he was playing in the Euros)
sO WAS rOBSON-kAN exactly, and now Robson-Kanu will be playing in the Prem.
As always, shades of grey with all these issues - never black and white.
Do we still need to be patient?
Are those 48 Slade hours finally up?
Will we sign those 2 extra players?
Don't we normally do most of our business after the window has shut and free agents are desperately trying to find a club, any club, to regain their fitness levels?