3 million for Cousins is nowhere near enough. Even to QPR. Cousins would make a difference at quite a few Premiership clubs, they are awash with dosh. I would expect at least 5-6 million plus add ons from a club with the standing of, say, Swansea City or similar.
I notice you don't actually say he'd make them better!!
3 million for Cousins is nowhere near enough. Even to QPR. Cousins would make a difference at quite a few Premiership clubs, they are awash with dosh. I would expect at least 5-6 million plus add ons from a club with the standing of, say, Swansea City or similar.
I notice you don't actually say he'd make them better!!
He would be a good addition to a Premiership squad for sure, and Premiership clubs are awash with money. If we negotiated properly with all parties the fee ought to be reflecting the imbalance of money in football.
I know I may get ridiculed for this... I honestly think Kashi is better than Cousins - Much better.
I know Kashi is 27 but if I wouldn't hesitate selling Cousins for 3m and keeping Kashi.
If I was worth £500M+ and had any real ambition with the club I owned I would probably try to keep them both so I had a Championship competitive squad if promoted in the first season, and increased my chances of said promotion.
Come on, we know it's not as simple as that.
If I player wants to leave and expresses that we have to let him go.
As a wise man Chris Powell once said, "every player outside the Prem is for sale".
Maybe, although it was not so many years ago that Southampton were relegated to League One and kept Lallana / Fonte and others, why... Because they had a rich owner who wanted to get them to the PL not just a yo yo Championship/League One Millwallesq status.
Jose Fonte was actually bought while Soton were in L1 - Pardew bought some decent players while he was there :-(
I don't think Lallana was that big a name back then, he hardly appeared in England youth squads
Even though I do not take any notice of stories without quotes, it will not be a surprise to see him go. The vultures will see he has a raw talent and clubs can afford take a gamble of 2-3 million.
No point comparing prices paid for the likes of Delle Alli. The money in the game has gone even more crazy since then. In this climate you could expect around 5m for each
Cousins not good enough for Premier league but could see him doing well at Brighton as Houghton is a good manager. got the feeling JBG will be a bit of a squad player at Burnley but will make his name with a trademark free kick against one of the big teams
If Cousins and Lookman both leave I do not see the season ticket sales booming.
To me it suggests that they are not to confident that they are going to get promoted if they are getting rid of players we will need to stay up next year. A very short term plan in my view.
Oh, and I do not accept all this "if a player wants to move " guff either. They will want to play football, they will need to perform. They may sulk for a bit but would soon get over it.
Charlton were always looking to sell the likes of Gudmundsson, Cousins, Lookman, Texeira. That is why we should wait until the end of the August transfer window to see how the squad looks. Duchatelet has left the squad short at the end of the transfer window in the two previous seasons. If we can keep hold of Baeur and Kashi and bring two maybe three in I will be happy.
it'd be a short term deal .. Crofts is very experienced and would do a good job in this division .. AND. he's a Welsh international .. a Chatham born Hwyl merchant ((:>)
Buxton 32 and now Crofts 32. Both with lots of experience but both free agents who wouldn't cut it should we get promoted. More short termism from the club ?
The club is likely to bring in fees close to £8 million and get some big wages off the books.
Surely we ought to be looking to sign players aged 26 - 27 looking to go places.
I think we've seen our three "marquee" signings and looks likely that replacements for those that leave will be ageing free agents and journeymen.
Buxton 32 and now Crofts 32. Both with lots of experience but both free agents who wouldn't cut it should we get promoted. More short termism from the club ?
The club is likely to bring in fees close to £8 million and get some big wages off the books.
Surely we ought to be looking to sign players aged 26 - 27 looking to go places.
I think we've seen our three "marquee" signings and looks likely that replacements for those that leave will be ageing free agents and journeymen.
Sounds very familiar to me.
Last season the team lacked experience until the last moment signings. It showed and their quality was too late to save us.
Age doesn't matter - fitness does.
We need to get out of League 1 as fast as possible. Promotion is vital and all home produced players being signed is surely a good thing.
Buxton 32 and now Crofts 32. Both with lots of experience but both free agents who wouldn't cut it should we get promoted. More short termism from the club ?
The club is likely to bring in fees close to £8 million and get some big wages off the books.
Surely we ought to be looking to sign players aged 26 - 27 looking to go places.
I think we've seen our three "marquee" signings and looks likely that replacements for those that leave will be ageing free agents and journeymen.
Sounds very familiar to me.
What I would say is that Leon Cort joined us for our promotion season and must have been 32 at least. Andy Hughes too.
Both played a part. The sliver of optimism in me would say Crofts would be our Hughes equivalent. And Buxton the Cort (although Cort had played at a higher level previously).
Buxton would surely be coming in to offer some relief to Solly from playing every week. We lost that since Gomez left.
All our players are too young, too foreign, to inexperienced. We have 2 32 year olds on trial, not signed, but merely training with us and able to play in friendlies, and suddenly we don't want experienced English players who know this league? Remember when we went up under Powell?
Andy Hughes Jason Euell Leon Cort Darel Russell
All 30-35, none were integral members of the squad, but helped guide the younger players
Buxton 32 and now Crofts 32. Both with lots of experience but both free agents who wouldn't cut it should we get promoted. More short termism from the club ?
The club is likely to bring in fees close to £8 million and get some big wages off the books.
Surely we ought to be looking to sign players aged 26 - 27 looking to go places.
I think we've seen our three "marquee" signings and looks likely that replacements for those that leave will be ageing free agents and journeymen.
Sounds very familiar to me.
thing is that players who can do a job in League 1 might not be good enough/suitable IF/when/praying hopefully we get back to the Championship and vice versa.. this mistake has been made before, signing unsuitable players on long term deals .. Slade is an experienced campaigner and he knows who and how he wants to play .. as to 'investing' money in transfer fees .. again .. I don't expect any owner let alone a careful man such as Duchatelet to spend money like a pissed matelot on shore leave ... we've been broke before, we don't want it again ..
Pope Dmitrovic Solly Bauer Johnson Teixeira Diarra Fox RCC THD Holmes Kashi Ba Jackson Cousins Harriott Bergdich Ceballos Ajose Novak Watt KAG
That's 22 men for the game without youngsters like Konsa, Phillips, Kennedy, Umerah, Muldoon or trialists like Buxton and Crofts. Saying we will lose 5-0 to Welling based on 2 people training with us is, quite frankly, fucking ridiculous
Buxton 32 and now Crofts 32. Both with lots of experience but both free agents who wouldn't cut it should we get promoted. More short termism from the club ?
The club is likely to bring in fees close to £8 million and get some big wages off the books.
Surely we ought to be looking to sign players aged 26 - 27 looking to go places.
I think we've seen our three "marquee" signings and looks likely that replacements for those that leave will be ageing free agents and journeymen.
Sounds very familiar to me.
What I would say is that Leon Cort joined us for our promotion season and must have been 32 at least. Andy Hughes too.
Both played a part. The sliver of optimism in me would say Crofts would be our Hughes equivalent. And Buxton the Cort (although Cort had played at a higher level previously).
Buxton would surely be coming in to offer some relief to Solly from playing every week. We lost that since Gomez left.
No problem with these guys coming in. What concerns me is that once again it looks to me that we are first and foremost looking to penny pinch. I've no real idea of the difference in fees and wages (in) and fees and wages (out) and not expecting us to spend even close to half the difference but if there are not fees paid for at least a couple more then I think I will know our ambitions.
Too early to worry yet and I'll wait until the squad is complete before judging.
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If we negotiated properly with all parties the fee ought to be reflecting the imbalance of money in football.
I don't think Lallana was that big a name back then, he hardly appeared in England youth squads
The vultures will see he has a raw talent and clubs can afford take a gamble of 2-3 million.
got the feeling JBG will be a bit of a squad player at Burnley but will make his name with a trademark free kick against one of the big teams
To me it suggests that they are not to confident that they are going to get promoted if they are getting rid of players we will need to stay up next year. A very short term plan in my view.
Oh, and I do not accept all this "if a player wants to move " guff either. They will want to play football, they will need to perform. They may sulk for a bit but would soon get over it.
http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/article.cfm?id=118945
http://www.southlondonpress.co.uk/article.cfm?id=118945
The club is likely to bring in fees close to £8 million and get some big wages off the books.
Surely we ought to be looking to sign players aged 26 - 27 looking to go places.
I think we've seen our three "marquee" signings and looks likely that replacements for those that leave will be ageing free agents and journeymen.
Sounds very familiar to me.
Age doesn't matter - fitness does.
We need to get out of League 1 as fast as possible. Promotion is vital and all home produced players being signed is surely a good thing.
Both played a part. The sliver of optimism in me would say Crofts would be our Hughes equivalent. And Buxton the Cort (although Cort had played at a higher level previously).
Buxton would surely be coming in to offer some relief to Solly from playing every week. We lost that since Gomez left.
Andy Hughes
Jason Euell
Leon Cort
Darel Russell
All 30-35, none were integral members of the squad, but helped guide the younger players
as to 'investing' money in transfer fees .. again .. I don't expect any owner let alone a careful man such as Duchatelet to spend money like a pissed matelot on shore leave ... we've been broke before, we don't want it again ..
Pope Dmitrovic
Solly Bauer Johnson Teixeira Diarra Fox RCC THD
Holmes Kashi Ba Jackson Cousins Harriott Bergdich Ceballos
Ajose Novak Watt KAG
That's 22 men for the game without youngsters like Konsa, Phillips, Kennedy, Umerah, Muldoon or trialists like Buxton and Crofts. Saying we will lose 5-0 to Welling based on 2 people training with us is, quite frankly, fucking ridiculous
Too early to worry yet and I'll wait until the squad is complete before judging.
Already won the Division with Norwich previously, guess he'd be the Holding Midfielder