The 2017 Summer Transfer Rumours Thread (Deadline Day from page 264)

CyrilDavies said:

Henry Irving said:

CyrilDavies said:

Maybe he has not settled in the south?. Could that be part of the problem?.
No doubt, Henry will know the answer.

You are right @CyrilDavies RedHenry does know the answer

You just could not,resist a comment.

You try a sly little dig and then get upset when I respond with a joke. Oh, dear.

Maybe being a beard for other people's views just isn't for you.

Henry Irving said:

CyrilDavies said:

Henry Irving said:

CyrilDavies said:

Maybe he has not settled in the south?. Could that be part of the problem?.
No doubt, Henry will know the answer.

You are right @CyrilDavies RedHenry does know the answer

You just could not,resist a comment.

You try a sly little dig and then get upset when I respond with a joke. Oh, dear.

Maybe being a beard for other people's views just isn't for you.

Would take more than you to upset me, I can assure you...

CyrilDavies said:

Henry Irving said:

CyrilDavies said:

Henry Irving said:

CyrilDavies said:

Maybe he has not settled in the south?. Could that be part of the problem?.
No doubt, Henry will know the answer.

You are right @CyrilDavies RedHenry does know the answer

You just could not,resist a comment.

You try a sly little dig and then get upset when I respond with a joke. Oh, dear.

Maybe being a beard for other people's views just isn't for you.

Would take more than you to upset me, I can assure you...

If you say so

cantersaddick said:

I would like us to keep Novak. Thibk he will surprise a few people this year.

Besides if we lose him we are desperately short of cover for Magennis. The is the only other striker we have that can fit the system.

Perhaps we will try and get Mavididi

He'll surprise me if he runs & I'll be amazed if he scores more than 5 for us.

If he signs for Bury I expect him to run like a greyhound and crack in 15 goals,

CyrilDavies said:

Maybe he has not settled in the south?. Could that be part of the problem?.

I'd say a definite yes.

CAFCBourne said:

MartinCAFC said:

I'm perfectly fine with Novak going although as others have said it does expose a lack of cover for Magennis.

Novak was never going to fire us to promotion so if clearing his wages helps KR to bring in Mavididi on loan then it's good business for us.

All this we need Mavididi, he looked good not great and made 1 great run and now he is seen as the one we need.

Novak was never fit from the start of last season. If he and mavididi were both fit and played the same number of games Lee would get more goals

My point wasn't so much that we need Mavididi and what a great assett he'd be to the team. It was more the case that there are players out there like Mavididi (on loan) or Erwin (free transfer) who can be picked up on the cheap and provide great cover for Magennis. If we got one of them in and shipped out Novak for as transfer fee whch would be a bonus IMO but got his wages off the books then it's win-win IMO.

MartinCAFC said:

CAFCBourne said:

MartinCAFC said:

I'm perfectly fine with Novak going although as others have said it does expose a lack of cover for Magennis.

Novak was never going to fire us to promotion so if clearing his wages helps KR to bring in Mavididi on loan then it's good business for us.

All this we need Mavididi, he looked good not great and made 1 great run and now he is seen as the one we need.

Novak was never fit from the start of last season. If he and mavididi were both fit and played the same number of games Lee would get more goals

My point wasn't so much that we need Mavididi and what a great assett he'd be to the team. It was more the case that there are players out there like Mavididi (on loan) or Erwin (free transfer) who can be picked up on the cheap and provide great cover for Magennis. If we got one of them in and shipped out Novak for as transfer fee whch would be a bonus IMO but got his wages off the books then it's win-win IMO.

How many goals did he score for us?

Covered End said:

Henry Irving said:

"Sheffield United met Charlton Athletic’s initial valuation of Ricky Holmes, The Star understands, only to be quoted an even higher price for the former Northampton Town winger. Sources in London last night claimed that United’s first offer, believed to be in the region of £400,000, matched the figure they had been told would trigger the 30-year-old’s release before Karl Robinson’s side demanded an even higher fee."

Read more at: http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/sheffield-united-charlton-athletic-raised-the-price-on-ricky-holmes-after-blades-made-their-bid-1-8646505?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Of course this is spin from their side just as there is spin from every club, including ours, on transfers. Remember KRs repeated rant about other clubs treating both MK and CAFC unfairly.

Remember the golden rule.

All players who sign, or re-sign, for you are progressing their careers and clearly making the right choice.

All players who don't sign for you are greedy mercenaries and not that good anyway ; - )

Bottom line is we kept Holmes which is, IMHO, a good thing.

I wouldn't be surprised if we were willing to let Holmes go for £400K on the basis we would get Reeves for nothing.

But when we couldn't (as yet) get Reeves, we took the sensible decision of upping the price for Holmes.

Don't know. If so why not sell at the higher price?

I think Robinson is in a strong position at the moment so his demand to keep his best player was met in a similar way that Cousins and JBG were given big new deals.

The test will be how far he can push them to back him. So far so good but he has said he needs to sell and that won't just be Novak.

Henry Irving said:

Covered End said:

Henry Irving said:

"Sheffield United met Charlton Athletic’s initial valuation of Ricky Holmes, The Star understands, only to be quoted an even higher price for the former Northampton Town winger. Sources in London last night claimed that United’s first offer, believed to be in the region of £400,000, matched the figure they had been told would trigger the 30-year-old’s release before Karl Robinson’s side demanded an even higher fee."

Read more at: http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/sheffield-united-charlton-athletic-raised-the-price-on-ricky-holmes-after-blades-made-their-bid-1-8646505?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Of course this is spin from their side just as there is spin from every club, including ours, on transfers. Remember KRs repeated rant about other clubs treating both MK and CAFC unfairly.

Remember the golden rule.

All players who sign, or re-sign, for you are progressing their careers and clearly making the right choice.

All players who don't sign for you are greedy mercenaries and not that good anyway ; - )

Bottom line is we kept Holmes which is, IMHO, a good thing.

I wouldn't be surprised if we were willing to let Holmes go for £400K on the basis we would get Reeves for nothing.

But when we couldn't (as yet) get Reeves, we took the sensible decision of upping the price for Holmes.

Don't know. If so why not sell at the higher price?

Because it's looking like we won't be getting Reeves for free and who would be a replacement, would we be able to get one ?

NapaAddick said:

Holmes is worth way north of £400k. I might have sold him at £750k.

A 30 yr old who has never played above league one and had a yr left on his contract? He may have been important to us but not sure whether we are over egging the value of not.

DamoNorthStand said:

NapaAddick said:

Holmes is worth way north of £400k. I might have sold him at £750k.

A 30 yr old who has never played above league one and had a yr left on his contract? He may have been important to us but not sure whether we are over egging the value of not.

I may agree if we wanted to sell, but the question should pehaps be how much is a midfielder who scored 11 goals last season worth to a championship side? I am not sure how many players of his equal are about for that sort of money.

£400k seems cheap for Homes. £750k top end. Whatever the figure, it was too hot for Utd so they tried to get the player to agitate for a move so they would not have to pay our asking price. It will be intresting to see if they do find a quality player to fill the gap and how much they end up paying.

Red_Chester said:

Tony watt gone...will Novak go too?

Where to, McDonald's?

We need an experienced keeper, if not to be first choice to provide competition for Phillips. And a season loan loan (a la Rudd) could well suffice.

To save our tactical genius of a manager the trouble of scouting, I'll suggest some names:

1) Ben Hamer. Third choice at Leicester, not a hope in hell of playing in the first team (injury excepted) with Schmeichel at number 1.

2) Nick Pope. Third choice as well and as I understand it not setting any trees alight at Burnley

3) Darren Randolph. With Joe Hart's impending arrival, it's a season on the bench for him at best.

4) Rob Elliott - OK bit of a long shot as must still be in contention for a first team spot but hasn't he had a huge house built back down here? Would give him a chance to live in it!

Red_Chester said:

Tony watt gone...will Novak go too?

Nice one. I can't believe your entirely credible link proves it too.

sam3110 said:

Fortune 82nd Minute said:

We need an experienced keeper, if not to be first choice to provide competition for Phillips. And a season loan loan (a la Rudd) could well suffice.

To save our tactical genius of a manager the trouble of scouting, I'll suggest some names:

1) Ben Hamer. Third choice at Leicester, not a hope in hell of playing in the first team (injury excepted) with Schmeichel at number 1.

2) Nick Pope. Third choice as well and as I understand it not setting any trees alight at Burnley

3) Darren Randolph. With Joe Hart's impending arrival, it's a season on the bench for him at best.

4) Rob Elliott - OK bit of a long shot as must still be in contention for a first team spot but hasn't he had a huge house built back down here? Would give him a chance to live in it!

Why does it have to be an ex player?

Amos, Lindegaard and Martin would all be decent signings

Lindegaard would be great signing I think, bags of experience at a good level and potentially a good role model for younger keepers.