George O'Callaghan, if we could buy him how much should we pay

[Icy Gull]

Seeing the wildly varying NSC valuations of Hammond, how about seeing what we should pay as the max for our current star player??

George not Goerge btw

 

[Silent Bob]

Given that we agreed a gee of £60k before, I don;t see why that should have changed.

 

[Scotty Mac]

Given that we agreed a gee of £60k before, I don;t see why that should have changed.

£60k would be a snip, especially given the vaulation that hammond has been recieving

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

Its not the fee thats the problem.

Its his wages. However I feel that George is f***ing ace and we will lose him when his loan ends.

If its to a championship club then fair enough as he is QUALITY.

If its to one of our rivals (with the exception of a bigger club like Leeds or Forest) then I will be seriously PISSED off and would question DK mentality as its clear we need a player of his calibre.

If he went to f***ing Luton or Gillingham Id be SERIOUSLY f***ed off.

 

[Seagullible]

Given that we agreed a gee of £60k before, I don;t see why that should have changed.

exactly

 

[Icy Gull]

Given that we agreed a gee of £60k before, I don;t see why that should have changed.

Because it wasn't enough to make him sign so maybe a signing on fee would take it above that?? say 60k plus 40k for him? or is 60k your top bid ?

 

[scooter1]

Its not the fee thats the problem.

Its his wages. However I feel that George is f***ing ace and we will lose him when his loan ends.

If its to a championship club then fair enough as he is QUALITY.

If its to one of our rivals (with the exception of a bigger club like Leeds or Forest) then I will be seriously PISSED off and would question DK mentality as its clear we need a player of his calibre.

If he went to f***ing Luton or Gillingham Id be SERIOUSLY f***ed off.

What he says...

 

[Silent Bob]

Because it wasn't enough to make him sign so maybe a signing on fee would take it above that?? say 60k plus 40k for him? or is 60k your top bid ?

It wasn't enough to make him sign?? It was the fee we agreed with Ipswich, it was his agents wage demands that scuppered the deal. I think he is worth more than that but we've agreed it once so I see no reason to go much higher.

 

[Simon Morgan]

as much as it takes IMO

 

[Icy Gull]

It wasn't enough to make him sign?? It was the fee we agreed with Ipswich, it was his agents wage demands that scuppered the deal. I think he is worth more than that but we've agreed it once so I see no reason to go much higher.

This is not the slave trade, Ipswich may have been happy to sell him for that but one assumes that George has some control over his agent so he must also have agreed to scupper the deal on wages or do agents just do wtf they like without reference? if so he should sack him

 

[Silent Bob]

This is not the slave trade, Ipswich may have been happy to sell him for that but one assumes that George has some control over his agent so he must also have agreed to scupper the deal on wages or do agents just do wtf they like without reference? if so he should sack him

Well I agree, the noises from the likes of John Byrne and Ian Hart have been that was down to the agent, but I look at it in the same way as you that the agent is supposed to work for the player, not the other way around.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Now he has proved how good he is, he might ask for even more money in January to stay permanently. Personally, I think he's that good that we need to pay him whatever he wants so long as it's not totally ridiculous.

Spot on. Now is not the time to baulk on wages, unless ridiculous, as you say. Sadly, I think he realises he will be able to get a better deal elsewhere. He certainly looked frustrated by our lack of urgency in the first half and if he wants Championship football, then he may realise that it is a step beyond us at the moment. I would love to see him leading out the boys.

One thing that has puzzled me, is that he is not used to take set-pieces. Certainly youtube would suggest he is a bit of a set-piece maestro.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Is he not out of contract in the summer?

If he is, then surely his value will drop when the January Transfer Window opens.

 

[Simster]

Somewhere in the 40p range. In fact, I think I would rather buy a mars bar.

 

[Basil Fawlty]

If he keeps performing like he has done. then his value will keep rising. If we could through get him for let say 80 to 90K, then it would be a fantastic deal for an class midfielder.

 

[BensGrandad]

As already stated we have agreed a fee with Ipswich so that is nota problem or shouldnt be it is now time for DK to pull him asiude and say we will offer you x amount and try to do a deal without inviolving his agent. Once agreed call in his agent and tell him the deal has been done not ethical I know but if it works who cares.

 

[Yorkie]

As already stated we have agreed a fee with Ipswich so that is nota problem or shouldnt be it is now time for DK to pull him asiude and say we will offer you x amount and try to do a deal without inviolving his agent. Once agreed call in his agent and tell him the deal has been done not ethical I know but if it works who cares.

I would agree but his agent might be dead against it. Apparently it was his agent that messed up the transfer in August making outrageous demands.

 

[Icy Gull]

I would agree but his agent might be dead against it. Apparently it was his agent that messed up the transfer in August making outrageous demands.

Are these agents loose cannons then, or is it just a way of deflecting players inflated opinions of what they think they are worth. It could of course be that we offered a fraction of what he receives from Ipswich at the moment and he wasn't willing to take the drop. I don't buy it all being the agent's fault.