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CP tells Villa to rethink Stephens transfer negotiation tactics

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  • kings hill addick
    kings hill addick Posts: 5,781
    Jesus, couldn't you get any more adverts on your site?
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,115
    kings hill addick said:

    Jesus, couldn't you get any more adverts on your site?

    Apart from the one advertising Dale Stephens at the right price?
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,857
    Looks to me as if SCP is inviting another bid. I would much rather keep Dale and add some more quality so we might push on a bit.
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,183
    Every player has his price but Stephen's departure would leave a very big creative gap in our team ( as to which, see the performances at Forest and Burnley, where we were outplayed in middle ). If Frimpong, who is only here short term, goes back to Arsenal in the New Year, we're going to be essentially left with Jacko and Bradley Pritchard for the central midfield slots. Of course, we'd get a replacement in, but it would look and feel like a backward step.

    There will be enough speculation about the likes of Chris Solly in the window without effectively inviting it. I doubt, in any event, that Villa will be back in for Dale as ( a ) they got Westwood from Crewe and ( b ) they are showing signs of getting their act together. Best to concentrate on the five important league games between now and New Years Day
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,990
    kings hill addick said:

    Jesus, couldn't you get any more adverts on your site?

    If I click on the link, it virtually freezes my laptop.

    So I'll avoid News Hopper links from now on.



  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,426
    It does sound like Powell is desperate for Villa to come in with a massive bid for Stephens! I wouldn't be bothered if he left IF we got enough for him...
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,397
    Doesn't sound to me like he is inviting any offers at all. He's just being up front and honest about the situation - pay what he's worth or don't waste our time. I wish more managers would come out and be as honest.
  • Atletico Addick
    Atletico Addick Posts: 5,843
    Least it shows we've got a little bit of money and not desperate to sell players, some Championship teams will be forced to sell players at low prices.

    I'd rather keep him as midfield is our weak point IMHO, we need strengthening in midfield with Jacko getting on a bit too
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,640
    Sounds like a massive "He's available at the right price
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,298
    Kap10 said:

    Sounds like a massive "He's available at the right price


    this - otherwise why comment at all ? CP actually admits that Villa then found a replacement, so why bring it up ? I realise that a journo may have asked a question about it, but CP could have just said that he wasn't for sale.


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  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    Kap10 said:

    Sounds like a massive "He's available at the right price

    As are all our players. We are a championship club, not champions league.
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,255
    I despair about the quality of our midfield in the New Year if we lose both Stephens and Pingpong. They are several classes above anything else we have. Stephens may well have his price, but it is a significant one and CP needs to have a replacement lined up. Not convinced Villa will be back. They signed their plan B when the Stephens deal fell apart.
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 27,148
    golfaddick said:

    Kap10 said:

    Sounds like a massive "He's available at the right price

    this - otherwise why comment at all ? CP actually admits that Villa then found a replacement, so why bring it up ? I realise that a journo may have asked a question about it, but CP could have just said that he wasn't for sale.
    But that'd make him look like a liar if they offered us stupid money in January, and the board took it.
  • cafctom
    cafctom Posts: 11,397
    golfaddick said:

    Kap10 said:

    Sounds like a massive "He's available at the right price


    this - otherwise why comment at all ? CP actually admits that Villa then found a replacement, so why bring it up ? I realise that a journo may have asked a question about it, but CP could have just said that he wasn't for sale.

    He didn't say that he WAS for sale either did he? He just stated a fact about Dale and the rest of our players for that matter that clubs need to take Charlton seriously if they're going to take an interest in our players.

    Think some are reading too much into his comments. The Stephens/Villa saga is well publicized, everyone connected with the clubs knew it was ongoing back in August - why hide behind "no comments".
  • tangoflash
    tangoflash Posts: 10,799
    Who's to say CP doesn't have a contingency plan?

    "Player X is as good as Stevens and available for a fraction of what we get for Stevens, leaving extra funds to strenghen elsewhere".

    Only one of many possible scenarios................
  • scabbyhorse
    scabbyhorse Posts: 2,564
    George Boyd as a replacement , ping pong on a permanent , decent left winger cya Dale.
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    George boyd will sign for leeds
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,292
    Oggy Red said:

    kings hill addick said:

    Jesus, couldn't you get any more adverts on your site?

    If I click on the link, it virtually freezes my laptop.

    So I'll avoid News Hopper links from now on.


    I never click on their links, just as I never click on links to any site that I know has adverts that have sound. I know they need to generate advertising revenue to survive, but I don't wan't their noise imposed on me.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,292
    Davo55 said:

    Looks to me as if SCP is inviting another bid. I would much rather keep Dale and add some more quality so we might push on a bit.

    He was great against Brighton, but isn't always so. I'll trust CP to do the right thing.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,640
    golfaddick said:

    Kap10 said:

    Sounds like a massive "He's available at the right price


    this - otherwise why comment at all ? CP actually admits that Villa then found a replacement, so why bring it up ? I realise that a journo may have asked a question about it, but CP could have just said that he wasn't for sale.

    Or react like he did at the Hamer rumour

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  • Mortimerician
    Mortimerician Posts: 5,222
    I think he's a good player and looks better when he's got someone like Frimpong sitting behind him, but with the right money Powell could maybe get in cover at left back, left wing and midfield.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,990
    Stephens needs the right partner to compliment him in CM.

    IMO Frimpong alongside him has allowed Stephens to play some of his best football this season.
  • Kap10
    Kap10 Posts: 15,640
    Oggy Red said:

    Stephens needs the right partner to compliment him in CM.

    IMO Frimpong alongside him has allowed Stephens to play some of his best football this season.

    I thought that
  • RugbyAddick
    RugbyAddick Posts: 2,088
    Es gotta take into consideration that Pritchard maybe off to the African cup of nations soon.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,597
    Stig said:

    Oggy Red said:

    kings hill addick said:

    Jesus, couldn't you get any more adverts on your site?

    If I click on the link, it virtually freezes my laptop.

    So I'll avoid News Hopper links from now on.


    I never click on their links, just as I never click on links to any site that I know has adverts that have sound. I know they need to generate advertising revenue to survive, but I don't wan't their noise imposed on me.
    That's what the AdBlocker extension for Google Chrome is for
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,291
    "George boyd will sign for leeds"

    @NLA, I know his father-in-law... He wont, his wife isnt happy up North. They want to come back to London; the reason the Ipswich move didnt go through was because his wife decided that was too far, so Leeds might be a push!
  • sunbury-addick
    sunbury-addick Posts: 1,931
    Kap10 said:

    Oggy Red said:

    Stephens needs the right partner to compliment him in CM.

    IMO Frimpong alongside him has allowed Stephens to play some of his best football this season.

    I thought that
    Yep, me too
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Had it on good authority mate shall we have a
    Side bet of a pint or two in an establishment around the valley


    I would love him to come here i think he is a great player

    But this guy is normally bang on with leeds signings

    I win if he goes leeds you win if he dont

    No one wins if he stays at posh
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,291
    Deal, 2 pints mate!
  • Norfolk_Addick
    Norfolk_Addick Posts: 2,289
    Glad Powell and the board are taking this stance. It's better than having another Parker situation where our players leave for a lot less than we value them. Maybe if we had said all along you can have Parker for say 15m rather than saying he is not for sale at all it would have been a much happier ending than the way it turned out.

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