| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us 15:59 - Jan 30 with 3259 views | MaySixth |
injury prone, 30 year old |  |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:07 - Jan 30 with 2457 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
It would.
It also worries me how crazy the prices have become in the Championship. |  |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:10 - Jan 30 with 2420 views | positivity |
add on the wrexham premium. broady was 10m with a year left on his contract, surely they can double it? |  |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:10 - Jan 30 with 2425 views | RetroBlue |
Is that less than 50% of what we paid for him 12 months ago? And that's " good business"? |  |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:14 - Jan 30 with 2402 views | franz_tyson |
I think Wrexhams 5 million sounds pretty good, too . Guess it doesn't hurt to squeeze an extra million out of free-spending Wtexham.... but would definitely take 5 million. | | | |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:16 - Jan 30 with 2389 views | burnbudgiesburn |
£9m was worth a gamble in the Prem. He did ok, in a side that struggled after xmas to compete. Has always given 100%.
He just doesn't fit our style which is incredibly frustrating. I've no doubt in the right set up he'll be one of the top goalscorers in the Champ.
£6m is a fair ask I think for someone with his record in this division and not a bad cutting of losses on our part, 18 months down the line and given his age - sometimes it doesn't work out. [Post edited 30 Jan 16:17]
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:18 - Jan 30 with 2337 views | positivity |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:10 - Jan 30 by RetroBlue |
Is that less than 50% of what we paid for him 12 months ago? And that's " good business"? |
we didn't pay anything for him 12 months ago, and we certainly didn't pay 12m in the summer before that, so i think your maths and your calendar are out! | |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:29 - Jan 30 with 2246 views | bluesym |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:16 - Jan 30 by burnbudgiesburn |
£9m was worth a gamble in the Prem. He did ok, in a side that struggled after xmas to compete. Has always given 100%.
He just doesn't fit our style which is incredibly frustrating. I've no doubt in the right set up he'll be one of the top goalscorers in the Champ.
£6m is a fair ask I think for someone with his record in this division and not a bad cutting of losses on our part, 18 months down the line and given his age - sometimes it doesn't work out. [Post edited 30 Jan 16:17]
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This thing about Smzodics being a top goalscorer for someone in the championship,im not even sure about that. He has only scored over 20 goals in a season once in his career,including league 1 level. Im not convinced he is the goal machine some make him out to be. |  |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:32 - Jan 30 with 2226 views | Herbivore |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:10 - Jan 30 by RetroBlue |
Is that less than 50% of what we paid for him 12 months ago? And that's " good business"? |
The standard of education and trolling these days. |  |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:38 - Jan 30 with 2187 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:10 - Jan 30 by RetroBlue |
Is that less than 50% of what we paid for him 12 months ago? And that's " good business"? |
2/3 of what we paid. Its clearly not 'good business' and with the benefit of hindsight probably not a deal we should've done, but its very easy to be wise after the event. They wont all work out, and plenty would've said paying £15m for Delap was silly money for a guy who had scored 8 goals for Hull.
It would certainly be decent damage limitation though. Its just about maximising profits on the successes and minimising the downside on the others. If you take Szmodics and Mehmeti as a pair, £12m paid, £6m back. £6m net spend and we have 25 year old Mehmeti on the books under a long contract. You could argue that's net neutral across those 2, nobody would bat an eyelid if we paid that for Mehmeti. [Post edited 30 Jan 16:39]
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:47 - Jan 30 with 2074 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:10 - Jan 30 by RetroBlue |
Is that less than 50% of what we paid for him 12 months ago? And that's " good business"? |
18 months ago and you understand 'The Premier League Premium Tax' is an actual thing don't you? |  |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:50 - Jan 30 with 2049 views | Herbivore |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:47 - Jan 30 by Cheltenham_Blue |
18 months ago and you understand 'The Premier League Premium Tax' is an actual thing don't you? |
He doesn't understand percentages, I doubt he understands the PLPT. | |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 17:07 - Jan 30 with 1926 views | positivity |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:47 - Jan 30 by Cheltenham_Blue |
18 months ago and you understand 'The Premier League Premium Tax' is an actual thing don't you? |
when you're buying a player of his age, you don't expect to make a profit.
wrexham won't make money on broady, but doesn't make it a bad buy for what they needed at the time
similarly, xhaka won't be sold for more than 17m, but don't think anyone's said it's bad business | |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 17:20 - Jan 30 with 1853 views | Churchman |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:38 - Jan 30 by _CliveBaker_ |
2/3 of what we paid. Its clearly not 'good business' and with the benefit of hindsight probably not a deal we should've done, but its very easy to be wise after the event. They wont all work out, and plenty would've said paying £15m for Delap was silly money for a guy who had scored 8 goals for Hull.
It would certainly be decent damage limitation though. Its just about maximising profits on the successes and minimising the downside on the others. If you take Szmodics and Mehmeti as a pair, £12m paid, £6m back. £6m net spend and we have 25 year old Mehmeti on the books under a long contract. You could argue that's net neutral across those 2, nobody would bat an eyelid if we paid that for Mehmeti. [Post edited 30 Jan 16:39]
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No, sadly not all transfers work out. Even Alex Ferguson had his failures.
My mate told me this morning Raheem Stirling cost £47.5m plus wages of £300k pw plus whatever it cost to get shot of him. Izak £125m is hardly looking bargain of the century either. Risky business buying players.
Back to Sammy, I thought it was a risk worth taking at the time because he had guaranteed goals in him. A good signing. Errrr, got that wrong and I guess the club did too. Personally, given his salary is reportedly £1.3m a year, I’d take £5m and cut my losses. |  | | |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 17:30 - Jan 30 with 1817 views | Blue_Heath |
It's not good business, as much as I like him and the effort he puts in money wise he's been a very poor investment. A real pity he doesn't suit the way we play. No doubt if he goes he'll score more between now and the rest of the season than he did for us in a year and a half. | |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 17:34 - Jan 30 with 1780 views | Herbivore |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 17:30 - Jan 30 by Blue_Heath |
It's not good business, as much as I like him and the effort he puts in money wise he's been a very poor investment. A real pity he doesn't suit the way we play. No doubt if he goes he'll score more between now and the rest of the season than he did for us in a year and a half. |
It's not good business to sell a 30 year old who doesn't fit your system for £6m? | |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 17:54 - Jan 30 with 1692 views | ElderGrizzly |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:10 - Jan 30 by RetroBlue |
Is that less than 50% of what we paid for him 12 months ago? And that's " good business"? |
We bought a 28 goal top scorer.
They are buying an injury prone, out of form 30 year old who has scored twice this season? |  | | |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 17:55 - Jan 30 with 1686 views | ElderGrizzly |
I went a bit further yesterday. Yes, it’s great business given the £3m we paid for our player from Bristol City.
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 18:03 - Jan 30 with 1666 views | skinnybob72 |
If he leaves for £5/6m he's cost us £3-4m (plus wages) over 18 months. It's hardly a disaster when we've likely pulled in close to £200m for our season in the sun.
Hasn't really worked out for a variety of reasons but if he leaves he goes with my best wishes - just don't score against us immediately! | | | |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 09:34 - Jan 31 with 1399 views | Blue_Heath |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 17:34 - Jan 30 by Herbivore |
It's not good business to sell a 30 year old who doesn't fit your system for £6m? |
Didn't we pay between £9 and £12m for him?
That gives the good business a whole different context, see also Ogbene and several others that we will take multi £m losses on.
I am sorry but from a business POV this is very poor given his lack of games/goal returns also and the fact we spent months chasing a player who doesn't even suit our system. [Post edited 31 Jan 9:35]
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 09:42 - Jan 31 with 1376 views | Herbivore |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 09:34 - Jan 31 by Blue_Heath |
Didn't we pay between £9 and £12m for him?
That gives the good business a whole different context, see also Ogbene and several others that we will take multi £m losses on.
I am sorry but from a business POV this is very poor given his lack of games/goal returns also and the fact we spent months chasing a player who doesn't even suit our system. [Post edited 31 Jan 9:35]
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We paid £9m. If we sell him for £6m we're recouping two thirds of what we paid for a player who hasn't done well here and is now the wrong side of 30. Do you think it's good business to do that or is it better business to hold on to him and let his value drop even further? | |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 10:24 - Jan 31 with 1267 views | Pinewoodblue |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 09:34 - Jan 31 by Blue_Heath |
Didn't we pay between £9 and £12m for him?
That gives the good business a whole different context, see also Ogbene and several others that we will take multi £m losses on.
I am sorry but from a business POV this is very poor given his lack of games/goal returns also and the fact we spent months chasing a player who doesn't even suit our system. [Post edited 31 Jan 9:35]
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The club has determined, from a business point of view, it would be wise to accept an offer of £6m.
One way to look at is he is a depreciating asset and will be worth less next transfer window. |  |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 10:43 - Jan 31 with 1225 views | mutters |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 09:34 - Jan 31 by Blue_Heath |
Didn't we pay between £9 and £12m for him?
That gives the good business a whole different context, see also Ogbene and several others that we will take multi £m losses on.
I am sorry but from a business POV this is very poor given his lack of games/goal returns also and the fact we spent months chasing a player who doesn't even suit our system. [Post edited 31 Jan 9:35]
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I bought a two seater car 18 months ago when it was 7 years old. Since then it's had a couple of dings, doesn't run as well as it used it, though still functional, I now have a kid and got a dog, so doesn't fit our needs any more. I was incredibly disappointed to find out that I might have to accept a price below what I paid for it |  |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 11:08 - Jan 31 with 1166 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:10 - Jan 30 by RetroBlue |
Is that less than 50% of what we paid for him 12 months ago? And that's " good business"? |
Not all players will be signed for ‘trading’. He clearly wasn’t given his age profile, I doubt people would be happy if we only signed young players who aren’t the finished article.
I appreciate the impact is different, but Sunderland aren’t going to be making a profit on Xhaka and yet he’s possibly PL signing of the season. | | | |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 11:59 - Jan 31 with 1008 views | PioneerBlue |
It’s a timely moment to sweep up ready for the push, if a deal can be done. If we are still in the champ its unlikely he’s the answer next season, if we are in the PL he is certainly not the answer next season. | |
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| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 13:55 - Jan 31 with 873 views | RetroBlue |
| £6m for Szmodics would be good business for us on 16:18 - Jan 30 by positivity |
we didn't pay anything for him 12 months ago, and we certainly didn't pay 12m in the summer before that, so i think your maths and your calendar are out! |
What did we pay for him? I thought it was something like £11m. Which is why im questioning £5-6m offer for him now.. | |
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