Swindon looking to sell Simon Cox...

[Ninja Elephant]

If you think of all the costs involved in a transfer, and their inital £250,00 outlay for him, say they got £1million, the profit on his sale would be what, £400,000 at best? 40% of that is £160,000... excuse me if my maths is wrong but I think that's right. So they get £240,000 from his sale. Where as 40% of £1,000,000 is £400,000 so they'll get £600,000. Even including the costs, they'll still get more than the £240k, much more.

I may have made glaring mistakes there, but it looks right to me.

Obviously Reading would have a sell on clause, I would imagine we have a sell on clause with Elder aswell. But 40% does seem far too high, and more than unreasonable. Maybe it's just me, but anything over 30% seems an unfair deal. Even though Swindon did get a 30 goal striker in the deal.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I think it is a straightforward case...

Sells for £2,000,000 - So 40% of that is £800,000, which is what they would owe Reading.

If 40% on profit - £2,000,000 - £250,000 = £1,750,000. 40% of that being £700,000.

So they would save £100,000 with 40% on the profit clause.

So their total profit would be around £900k to £1m, depending on which sell-on was used. Ignoring various other costs such as a signing on fee, wages etc.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Maths has never been my strong point. It does depend on how much the other costs are aswell of course.

 

[shoreham moonraker]

The 40% figure has been banded about on BBC Swindon by Ed Hadwin so take it with a pinch of salt. I saw quite a bit of Zamora when he was with you, a cracking player. I reckon Coxy is up there with him.

Going back to an earlier post by ninja elephant, yinka casal is possibly the worst Swindon player i have ever seen, and by god Ive seen some dross.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Ed Hadwin causing trouble? I don't believe it.

Dude, Yinka Casal is the worst?! Is that not a bit harsh considering Moses Ashikodi? Kai Mohamed, Arrieta? Chris McPhee?!

 

[shoreham moonraker]

yes but we didnt own them

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The 40% figure has been banded about on BBC Swindon by Ed Hadwin so take it with a pinch of salt. I saw quite a bit of Zamora when he was with you, a cracking player. I reckon Coxy is up there with him.

Going back to an earlier post by ninja elephant, yinka casal is possibly the worst Swindon player i have ever seen, and by god Ive seen some dross.

Neil Ruddock?

Where's a YouFatBastard smiley when you need one

 

[Ninja Elephant]

yes but we didnt own them

Mohamed you did. Same with Chris Blackburn actually! Legend.

As for Neil Ruddock, elbowing Gary Hart in the throat

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Mohamed you did. Same with Chris Blackburn actually! Legend.

As for Neil Ruddock, elbowing Gary Hart in the throat

Fat Palace reject.

Mind you, if you thought he was fat then, see if you can find a recent photo of him. Not so much eating all the pies, but all the sausage rolls, Scotch eggs and cheese & pineapple on a stick too.

 

[shoreham moonraker]

Ruddock is one of only 3 people i would happily headbutt, along with mcmahon and maggie thatcher. the bloke is a prize f***ing tool.

Mohammed, yes i realised as soon as i typed it but couldnt be arsed to correct it. Blackburn was ace, top beard, was at carlisle away in a bookies betting on the horses, good lad, shame it didnt work out.

 

[Ninja Elephant]

Do you remember us beating you 3-0 in December (15th) 2007.. Blackburn's ace slip to let Forster score after 3 minutes.

 

[shoreham moonraker]

Those results are erased from my memory.

piss off

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I know it is, it seems to be a recurring theme with Swindon fans.

I loved having a whipping club, even better knowing a fan of said whipping club... but then April had to happen!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Those results are erased from my memory.

piss off

Any other results against the Albion you've accidentally erased?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

PS can I ask, I thought Moonraker is just some name you personally use, but I've since heard someone else with a Swindon connection use the term too.

Is it a local thing? Why moonrakers?

 

[shoreham moonraker]

A lot of swindon fans prefer to be called the moonrakers than the robins, its unique and cheltnumb and the slave traders are robins too.

The story of the moonrakers is an old tale about smuggling. Swindonians were smuggling brandy which was hidden in coate lake and the old bill caught them raking it out of the lake at night. The smugglers played the dumb yokel card and told the police the moon had fallen into the lake (reflection) and they were trying to rescue it, police laughed called them sheep shaggers or whatever the 18th century term was and left them to it, they retrieved the brandy and got wasted in a field, and thats how raves started

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The smugglers played the dumb yokel card

That must have been a tough role for them to play

 

[shoreham moonraker]

Swindon have turned down 2 bids, one from Leicester and one from Celtic, West Brom and Fulham are sniffing to. Let the bidding war commence.

 

[Brighton Breezy]

I would say anyone seriously suggesting we could a)afford him or b)convince him to join us needs their head examining.

 

[BensGrandad]

Swindon have turned down 2 bids, one from Leicester and one from Celtic, West Brom and Fulham are sniffing to. Let the bidding war commence.

As was said originaly one of the top Championship or struggling Prem clubs will come in for him and probably pay over the odds.