I really want Tracey and Sharp

gio

Are they from the same club by any chance? I reckon its Treacy. But i hope the striker is sharp.

Give em some pies

Think Chopra and Sharp are too similar, ipswich24. I reckon we'll go for a big lad up front as that's a missing ingredient there.

Derbyshire then

gio dis santos (i can dream)

PJ should shut his big fat gob. Why is he making these comments? Is it calculated or can he just no help it?

Flashblue - I dont think hes saying anything people dont already know.

I hope the parent club of the striker werent about to accept the bid!!

"Whatever you bid first always gets knocked back, so it was no great surprise that our bid was rejected."
Jewell will talk to the club's owner before deciding whether to lodge another offer, with other players also in his thoughts: “I'll discuss that with Marcus.”

Why only make 1 offer if the first offer is ALWAYS knocked back? You're insane Jewell!

Lets make another bid.

Hope its Treacy.

Treacy and Gio are both long shots wonder who it was?

@pazelle maybe you make first bid to show interest and to age what price the parent club is looking for. Then you can have further talks from which you have stepping stones to build from IE first rejected offer.

pazelle. what planet are you on. what you suggesting. that we make 2 offers at same time for a player. derrrrrrr. i wonder which 1 theyd accept. think youre the insane1, not jewell, dont you?

I will discuss it with Marcus to

The thing here is that, like playing cards, timing is everything. As PJ has said several times, every player has his price. Thus every club is potentially a selling club.

All he has said here is that the bid has been turned down THIS TIME. He also infers that this is the first bid for the player. I would hope that our first bid was a 'tester' (at a fee much less than we would ultimately be prepared to pay) just to see if the host club was interested in a deal IF THE PRICE WAS RIGHT. Thus rejecting the offer might well be couched in terms of 'Let's haggle'.

Of course if the host club held a water tight contract and wanted to keep the player they would turn the offer down flat and convey this message in no uncertain terms to prospective buyers. In such cases any repeat offers would probably be fruitless UNLESS THE PLAYER IS DETERMINED TO FORCE A MOVE. The host club may then be forced to re-assess its stance.

In this case we will need to wait and see if we are to pursue the matter or not. This might just be the first posturings of an extended negotiation.

blue041273. well said. absolutely spot on.

Smoke and mirrors and no substance to any of these links, PJ is probably spending more time betting and watching the Open than talking tranfers.

I put in some offers that i can't tell you about but that won't get this column very far.

Hey, how about this, just go and sign the player and then tell us about it!
None of us would have to waste hours being sold this econdhand guff.

Jewel needs to bid a players worth not just trying to get them on the cheap otherwise we will start the season without any new quality players being added.
And we sure need more players, pace, striker, CB, RB and another midfielder.

very well put Blue041273 ,however I am afraid it will be over the heads of some on this forum.What say you flashblue

Shame - let's hope we DO go back with another offer - particularly if they expected the first to be rejected. Still think we need FOUR new players if we are to challenge.

does ne1 on here really think ne club goes straight in with a bid that matches the other clubs valuayion? of course not, at least in the vast majority of cases. e.g, did we accept sunderlands 1st offer? no. did villa accept liverpools 1st two offers for downing? no. thats how business is done. pretty much every1 will try to get a player for less than hes worth. on some occasions it does work. on most occasions you have to go in with a 2nd or even a 3rd bid. so instead of coming on here tlking rubbish like some of you do just wait & see what happens. im sure if we feel ne player worth another bid, we will go back with another offer

Blue041273 - eloquent to the end - love it!

Pazelle sort yourself you, slating our manager like that, what planet are you on? Get behind the blues and of course the boss!

I guess its similar to buying a house. Obviously you always go low. Never no your luck. Had this on a couple of houses I've bought and ended up doing well