BensGrandad
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The cost of quality strikers...
- Thread starter kevtherev
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Probably agree with this. It all comes down to supply and demand. All clubs are after top quality strikers but there aren't enough to go around.
Therefore if you want a top striker you have to pay for the shortage of supply, i.e the going rate. After that you have to pick up the cheapos which are lesser quality and probably not such a good investment.
About 42?
BensGrandad
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Even your attempt at a joke is wrong as he still lives in Brighton
Scoffers
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Derby did incredibly well without spending. How much did Burnley spend to go up and Palace before them?
on the flip side, there are just as many examples of people who spend lots and go up, and spend lots and miss out.
So yes spending big can help but I believe that buying in 3-4 players around the £1m is much more realistic for us and should also be reasonably achievable and if they are the right players to fit SH's tactics we can do well this season.
on the flip side, there are just as many examples of people who spend lots and go up, and spend lots and miss out.
So yes spending big can help but I believe that buying in 3-4 players around the £1m is much more realistic for us and should also be reasonably achievable and if they are the right players to fit SH's tactics we can do well this season.
dadams2k11
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I'm starting to believe that TB, PB @ DB are gambling on teams not making FFP and in January he we will reap the rewards of transfer embargos and get quality on the cheap. It was raised by PB in the AGM but the flaw in that plan I see is that the players will be on rediclous wages and we still won't be able to offer them what they want. I mean it's ok for the offending team(s) to want to sell the players but essentially it's down to the player what wages he accepts. Food for thought.
BensGrandad
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Sorry what are you on about 'learn to grammar' ?
Boro signed Kike, Blackburn have Rhodes, not sure about the others
To be fair, Blackburn have Rhodes (he cost a bit) and Watford have Deeney (who is apparently worth 10M!). We only have COG and CMS, a strike force of 3.5M! I agree that you don't need to spend over he odds to bring in quality, but we have to bring in someone.
I think we need leaders at the moment. After today if Murray is unlikely, I'd take Grant Holt!
BensGrandad
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Is Murray unlikely depends who is appointed as their new manager. There was talk that Grant Holt was considering signing for Carlisle, I think it was.
I think this thread and others shows how hard this process is unless you are prepared to really splash the cash on the transfer fee AND pay the wages. We can now afford plenty of strikers but paying them the wages they expect is unlikely. I admire Bloom for sticking to his wage structure in spite of the keyboard warriors who are happy to spend his money and also for trying to make the club as self-financing as it's realistically possible to do. However, this means we have to accept we are not going to get hugely exciting signings and have to hope that our scouting network uncovers a couple of gems.
And it's worth considering that players such as Konchesky, Lingard and Hammond who some would consider underwhelming signings all played today in the premiership. That said, I think even the most pro-club supporter (and probably the board) would admit that the club, for whatever reason, have backed themselves into a bit of a corner during this transfer window but it happens and all we can do is hope that they pull a few rabbits out of the hat in the next couple of weeks and support whatever players put on the shirt as much as we can.
And it's worth considering that players such as Konchesky, Lingard and Hammond who some would consider underwhelming signings all played today in the premiership. That said, I think even the most pro-club supporter (and probably the board) would admit that the club, for whatever reason, have backed themselves into a bit of a corner during this transfer window but it happens and all we can do is hope that they pull a few rabbits out of the hat in the next couple of weeks and support whatever players put on the shirt as much as we can.
BensGrandad
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Caveman;6515lar scoing 010 said:
Who do you suggest with a similar scoring record
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
I see Fulham are tearing up the division with multi million pound McCormack.....not all about the striker is it ..you need to provide the bullets for him to fire ..we need to get some results and build a new team/way of playing
Westmead Fan
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- Jul 17, 2014
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if the board can't find a striker i would ask Man City if Guidetti is available for a season loan, he scored for fun in holland & needs game time which he is not getting at city.
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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McCormack goes to Fulham for £11m, Ulloa goes to Leicester for £8m, Forset pay £5m for the lad from Posh(not going to attempt to spell his name)....You could argue all them fees are crazy, which I think they are. But that is what people are paying. We offer £1.5 for Baldock. No wonder Bristol City laughed at us, they must think we are taking the piss. Quality costs, that's the long and short of it. It maybe crazy money I agree but it's what people are going for. We need a striker, or else we are in big trouble, I think everyone would agree, The question is how much will we have to payI suggest you will get nothing decent for less than £3.5m , unless someone is in the last year of their contract and then the price will be lumped onto his signing on fee and wage packet......oh and you won't get that quality for £10k a week either.....So Burke(lol) can make as many calls as he likes and try as hard as we keep getting told he is trying. You will get nothing quality for peanuts, FACT.
Burke may or may not be poor at his job but there's no point having a dig at him for not spending 5m+ and 20 grand a week on a player. He doesn't set the budget.
The fees paid for the players you mention are the fees paid for the established player. It seems highly unlikely that we are going to spend that kind of money so there's little point going on about it. What we need to do is identify these type of strikers before they become established. McCormack, for example, cost leeds 350k. Ulloa 2m. Rhodes 350k. Deeney 500k.
The Truth
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Totally agree. In the recent years, promoted championship teams like burnley and norwich all bought the core of their team from lower league teams at a cheap price. I think spending anything more than 3 million in this league is very risky. There's a reason Leeds got McCormack cheap when he was already tried at this level. Its very easy to get ripped off in this league. There's nothing worse than a massive transfer fee flop clogging up the wage bill whilst turning out to have the touch of a non league standard footballer.
How much did Danny ings cost Burnley?
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
Playing with a system that the current players are capable of would be the first thing I'd look at way before anything else.