Johnny RoastBeef
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- Jan 11, 2016
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Odds still suggest it's between us and Villa and with them having already spent £100m+ can they afford another £20m on Maupay?
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[Albion] Neal Maupay *** SIGNED from Brentford - 4 year deal - undisclosed fee ***
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Odds still suggest it's between us and Villa and with them having already spent £100m+ can they afford another £20m on Maupay?
forumwayseagull
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Dont think that will be his choice, If that happened we could be down by Jan and then as TB has stated on numerous occasions he doesnt like doing business in Jan as poor value..
Two elements of caution on this guy.
1. A good chunk of his goals were ‘scrappy in the box numbers’ against clubs in the bottom half; the majority of these seem to come from woeful defending. In the Premier League, defenders are ‘in the right place at the right time’ as well as strikers. He’ll get very very few gifts. Can he score different sorts of goals?
2. Against the better Championship clubs, he seemed to be scoring on the break a lot. Will he have the top level pace to shake off the faster Premier League players?
B.W.
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- Jul 5, 2003
- 13,666
Very costly... the downside of relegation is financially enormous...
Machiavelli
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O'Grady found it harder to score in Hyppia's poorer team than he did for Barnsley.
Yes - we were really poor, thank goodness CH saved us.......... just
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Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Exactly the same could have been said about Callum Wilson to be fair.
stewart_weir
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- Mar 19, 2017
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portslade seagull
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Not going to happen is it, let's move on
Indeed. You never quite know if you’ve got a Wilson or a Gayle until you actually try them at top level.
forumwayseagull
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says who?? have we even made a bid yet?? at some point things will have to get moving...lots of movement out today....maybe that means new incomings are around the corner
Hoping the recruitment team have also noticed this set of worrying stats.
I'd imagine they just take a look at the goals tally on wiki before checking out the wag on Insta. Then it's just a quick scan of the Fifa stats, maybe a youtube vid if time allows, before tabling a bid.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
Yes. And they'll be prepared to pay the wages that go with it. Will we? At the end of the day it will probably come down to the bottom line on his future pay slips. Sad for us, but true unfortunately.
Milano
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Is FFP now completely irrelevant/ignored? How can Villa possibly be compliant?
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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I think the public (mainly fuelled by the way the media report transfer deals) still have a perception that the first point of contact between clubs/players/agents is the buying club making an bid. All the time no bid has actually been reported, the fans are left thinking "why aren't we bidding for him!".
It's well worth reading the Secret Footballer's book to get just an idea of the nonsense that goes on way before an 'official' bid even goes in. What we would see as 'tapping up' is basically constant in 99% of deals.
Bids are slow to materialise, especially as clubs don't just pay lump sums any more. These deals are structured over several seasons with a lot of discussion back and forth prior to the 'bid' even going in.
Then we add into the mix agents for the clubs, agents for the players.......
Also, consider Maupay may well not be first choice. We may well be trying to get to bidding stage on another deal first.
Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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£105m loss over 3 years permissible.
I've just spoken to a Brentford supporting mate who is a season ticket holder. Apparently Brentford had a behind closed doors match against Norwich last night (won 3-1 too) and Maupay wasn't playing. Their manager suggested that the starting line up was more or less what Brentford supporters could expect for the coming season. The speculation among their support seems to be that if we can go to £20 million he'll be released, regardless of any bad blood between the two chairmen. Money talks, after all.
I'm hoping that the movements out on loan are clearing the way for at least one more foray into the transfer market. Personally, I'd quite like this one but what do I know? It's easy to be enthusiastic when it's somebody else's money.
I'm hoping that the movements out on loan are clearing the way for at least one more foray into the transfer market. Personally, I'd quite like this one but what do I know? It's easy to be enthusiastic when it's somebody else's money.
Saladpack Seagull
Just Shut Up and Paddle
There seem to be all sorts of ways to skirt round this. The Albion play the game while others sail very close to the wind.
midnight_rendezvous
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I’d rather bring in Ollie Watkins tbh 
Not that this line on thought adds anything to the discussion
Not that this line on thought adds anything to the discussion