Blackburn have turned down an improved £3 million bid for Marshall

[8ace]

£3m is the premium you pay for SINGING an ENGLISH player. Shirley there is some Johnny Foreigner available a lot cheaper

 

[TSB]

Is he really worth £3m? I am sure there must be others available as good and perhaps cheaper, any suggestions? Lewis Grabban?

The Lewis Grabban who, famously, isn't a winger? Yeah. He'd probably be less than that. As would Tommy Fraser. They're not really what we're after though.

 

[Rod Marsh]

£3m is the premium you pay for SINGING an ENGLISH player. Shirley there is some Johnny Foreigner available a lot cheaper

Absolutely true, however they wont be a proven decent championship player. That's the gamble.

 

[KZNSeagull]

OK would anyone sell Dunk for 5m and buy Marshall for 3.5 /4m leaving us change
and have Rea or Bruno at CB for a few games until we get a replacement?
it would mean attack,attack,attack.

Yes, I would. But only to implement my patented 1-1-5-3 upturned umbrella formation.

 

[lawros left foot]

I don't put too much credence in the press, when dealing with our transfer business. These supposed bids must be being leakedfrom the Blackburn end, as we don't discuss deals or even targets before they are over the line and if Rovers can say the bid .was too big to turn down, it will mollify some of their support,

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

We can't keep continually upping our bids forever.

Hopefully we are looking elsewhere as well.

 

[NooBHA]

Man alive. You can't really still be pretending he's your mate, can you?
"I've spoken to Jamie" etc etc. He's definitely signing, right? Two months on - tumbleweed.
Give it up.

I never said I spoke to Jamie about his potential transfer. I spoke to youth development manager at Sheff Utd who said ''looks like he is going to Brighton'' - The fact that he hasn't signed I have no clue what has stopped this from happening. They got a new manager directly after that who wants to keep him but I do know he had a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave if they didn't get promoted last year. I don't know any more than that and have never claimed to know any more than that.

 

[Wellesley]

have a look at Jamie. No messin about , no trying to beat players 3 and 4 times. just bears down on goal when he hets the ball and finishes well too on many occasions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt--u3Cu-3s

I'm not usually one to judge a player by a video, but that boy looks absolute class. Sign him up!!

 

[Hugo Rune]

I never said I spoke to Jamie about his potential transfer. I spoke to youth development manager at Sheff Utd who said ''looks like he is going to Brighton'' - The fact that he hasn't signed I have no clue what has stopped this from happening. They got a new manager directly after that who wants to keep him but I do know he had a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave if they didn't get promoted last year. I don't know any more than that and have never claimed to know any more than that.

Maybe the issue is in the structure of the deal with the mechanics involving the requirement by Sheff Utd of a COG? No inside info - just speculation.

 

[GT49er]

Much as I get as exited as anybody else when we buy an expensive player - I have to ask: is Marshall that good?

 

[Biscuit]

Much as I get as exited as anybody else when we buy an expensive player - I have to ask: is Marshall that good?

For me, he's among the best in the league. If he was ours we'd want £3m+ as well.

 

[Codner's Wallop]

For me, he's among the best in the league. If he was ours we'd want £3m+ as well.

Agree. He has pace and can deliver a great cross.

He's a clear step-up from Lua Lua (too inconsistent, poor at crosses) and March (untested, injury prone and still lacking in some key areas).

In today's market, he's worth £3m.

 

[Icy Gull]

Going to be really disappointed if we don't get him now

We must be close to the limit we'll pay?? This would make him our second most expensive signing ever.

 

[Seasider78]

Make it £4m and we will take Craig Conway off their hands as well!!

 

[Zebedee]

£3.5M would probably get him. Go for it Tony. You know it makes sense. A good season and he'll be worth much more.

 

[BensGrandad]

The Lewis Grabban who, famously, isn't a winger? Yeah. He'd probably be less than that. As would Tommy Fraser. They're not really what we're after though.

The same Lewis Grabban who plays on the right of a front three and did so for Norwich and Bournemouth against us at The Amex

 

[TSB]

The same Lewis Grabban who plays on the right of a front three and did so for Norwich and Bournemouth against us at The Amex

Except that we're playing 4-4-2 this season.

Anyway, Marshall's going to cost too much. Go for Conway instead,

 

[NooBHA]

The same Lewis Grabban who plays on the right of a front three and did so for Norwich and Bournemouth against us at The Amex

Grabban played mostly left sided when at Millwall. I don't even rate him at all but a lot of others do. I seem to me in the minority with Grabban but he will certainly be out of his depth in the Premiership

 

[One hot tub one ambition]

Would you rather pay 3M for Marshall though - a sufficiently-experienced player established at a High Championship Level - or half of that for a younger player (Jamie Murphy) who is very established in League-one but has the potential to play in higher leagues? Or both; 4.5M to get two quite frankly quality wingers who would fit in our 'new' system... is that what the English Game has come to now?

 

[pishhead]

The same Lewis Grabban who plays on the right of a front three and did so for Norwich and Bournemouth against us at The Amex

Grabban played against us for Bournemouth as a central striker. He didn't figure against us at the amex for Norwich.