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

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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,223

    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.
  • Covered_End_Lad
    Covered_End_Lad Posts: 5,725
    My lord do we all need the football season to come quickly
  • CyrilDavies
    CyrilDavies Posts: 855

    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...

  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,039

    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...

    Meire?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,223

    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
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,006
    edited July 2017
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,006
    edited July 2017

    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,
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,006
    edited July 2017

    He scored a good header against Chesterfield but was below average league one at best! Bury sounds like a decent club for him at this stage of his career.

    And that was about it for the season, apart from a tap in at Fleetwood !
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,006
    edited July 2017

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

    I'd say a definite yes.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    My issue with Novak was that his lack of composure cost us goals at crucial times in games that cost us quite a few points. He gained us a point against Fleetwood and two against Chesterfield. I think the point is players shouldn't lose you points.
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  • MartinCAFC
    MartinCAFC Posts: 3,219

    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.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,006


    "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.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728

    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?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,223


    "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.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600


    "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.
    Surely we wouldn't be stupid enough to sell one of our best players for £400k?........
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,006


    "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
    NapaAddick Posts: 4,657
    Holmes is worth way north of £400k. I might have sold him at £750k.
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934

    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.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,376

    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.
    He's our best player and as a hard working, goal scoring winger who's more consistent than most players in his position he's worth far more than that to us. He could be the difference between promotion and another season in this league.

    I couldn't see us replacing him with someone just as good.
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  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330

    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
    Red_Chester Posts: 745
    Tony watt gone...will Novak go too?
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,268

    Tony watt gone...will Novak go too?

    Where to, McDonald's?
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,561

    Tony watt gone...will Novak go too?

    care to elaborate?

  • Fortune 82nd Minute
    Fortune 82nd Minute Posts: 8,338
    edited July 2017
    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!
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,268

    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
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344

    Tony watt gone...will Novak go too?

    Nice one. I can't believe your entirely credible link proves it too.
  • Red_Chester
    Red_Chester Posts: 745
    Dazzler21 said:

    Tony watt gone...will Novak go too?

    Nice one. I can't believe your entirely credible link proves it too.
    Sorry I haven't got a link from the most credible source that is Kent live.

    Thought I'd post what I've heard but I'll let everyone keep talking about CARD on a transfer rumour thread.
  • king addick
    king addick Posts: 3,701
    sam3110 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.
  • sam3110 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
    It clearly doesn't.

    I just think it would be good to get someone back who has played for the club before. Out of the 4 names, I'd jump at the chance of getting Hamer back particularly in the light of Chris Powell's comments about how good he was to have around the place.