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Comment | Town Boss to Set Contract Deadline
at 09:24:49
I would be lining up two centre halves and a centre midfielder in any case. None of these players is indispensible. The only one I'd have any concern about is McAuley, tbh. |
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Comment | Town Reveal New Home Shirt
at 11:55:47
I don't klnow what people are seeing, to be honest. It looks like the best shirt we've had for a while. Presumabily those moaning that its got pin stripes complained a couple of years ago - a shirt which I thought looked terrible. This is much better, without the full round white collar and I like the idea of solid blue arms. Looks good to me. I may even buy one for the first time in about 10 years. |
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Comment | Irish Duo to Be Offered New Deals
at 12:29:03
Both of these lads will be cheap as chips. And both can do a decent job for us, even if they are back-up, rather than first choice, in a future promotion-chasing squad. |
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Comment | Cycle to the Palace Game
at 11:05:47
Great idea. But, that is the closest Gareth and Damien have been all season. Sorry, it had to be said. ;-) |
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Comment | Jewell Still Monitoring West Brom Striker
at 11:03:54
I would tend to agree that there is limited point in signing anyone on loan unless a permanent deal is likely. But... I could understand that Jewell might think it is worth bringing in someone to see whether a certain kind of player would fit in with some of the other players we have.
For instance - I would be interested to see whether we can make the most of a fox in the box type, who maybe isn't contributing much else to our play. Even if it isn't THE player we might be able to sign, signing that type would indicate whether we this is an option which might make sense. |
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Comment | O\'Dea: I\'ll Be Back at Celtic
at 16:43:07
On balance, that's fine. I'd rather we had kept David Wright, to be honest. He loved the club and always gave his best - and would have been a darn sight better in the Norwich match. |
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Comment | Jewell: Contract Talks Ongoing
at 15:33:23
Keep McAuley, lose Delaney and Norris. Sell Peters too (he's obviously never going to play), along with Priskin and Scotland - then get in a new CH, two new strikers and another creative midfielder. |
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Comment | Wickham Up for Young Player Award
at 14:34:22
Lansbury is a Premiership player. I can't see how he can qualify.
And Buckley is clearly inferior to Wickham. Connor should win by default. |
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Comment | Dyer Rejoins Town on Loan
at 17:03:05
Chevblue - I'd say a few things to your point. He is playing in a v poor Pompey team, he was the main difference between us on Saturday. And a lot of the games you mention were in the Premiership. Plus, I was amazed to see he is still only 25. He has loads of good years ahead of him, has decent pace, an eye for goal. And I can imagine Jewell is just the kind of manager to get the best out of him. |
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Comment | Nugent: We Could Have Been Five Down
at 09:51:50
He may be an arse, but we should sign him. He'd do a great job for us. The nearest thing to Marcus Stewart in the Championship right now. |
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Comment | Nugent: We Could Have Been Five Down
at 08:40:32
Interesting blog, food for thought there. My take would be slightly different.
Bullard is the closest player we've had to another Jimmy - Mr Magilton - in the way he dropped deep, took the ball from the centre halves and took the game forward. also his lovely little balls over the head of full backs and inside the wide man reminded me a lot of Super-Jim. And when Magilton player for us, he always had a water carrier alongside him - not because he didn't give 100% effort, but because that isn't his forte and there is no point paying him a wage to make play happen if he is going to have to spend all his time stopping the opposition.
Personally, I would love Bullard to be here this season and next. We could couple him with players who support him, like Healy, Norris, Leadbitter etc, and allow him to mellow into a quarterback-style playmaker. That is clearly going to be his future, as he gets older.
The problem, of course, is his salary. Given that Hull are already paying a large chunk of that (more than half of it) there could be a deal to be done. It would be worth them taking a hit (settling up 50% of his contract, for instance) and selling him on for a fee.
For instance, he's on 45k a week - that's £2.4m a year, £4.8m over the last two years of his contract.
If Hull paid him off £3.5m, got a £1m fee for him (so, in total, it only cost them £2.5m in pay-off - less than they are currently paying of his salary, while on loan), he could come to us on 12k a week + bonuses and be up on the deal, overall.
Of course, the big question is whether it would be us doing the deal, or someone else. And there would surely be other clubs in for him, on that deal.
But the point is, a deal CAN be done.
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Comment | [Blog] The Pros and Cons of Jimmy Bullard
at 08:40:32
Interesting blog, food for thought there. My take would be slightly different.
Bullard is the closest player we've had to another Jimmy - Mr Magilton - in the way he dropped deep, took the ball from the centre halves and took the game forward. also his lovely little balls over the head of full backs and inside the wide man reminded me a lot of Super-Jim. And when Magilton player for us, he always had a water carrier alongside him - not because he didn't give 100% effort, but because that isn't his forte and there is no point paying him a wage to make play happen if he is going to have to spend all his time stopping the opposition.
Personally, I would love Bullard to be here this season and next. We could couple him with players who support him, like Healy, Norris, Leadbitter etc, and allow him to mellow into a quarterback-style playmaker. That is clearly going to be his future, as he gets older.
The problem, of course, is his salary. Given that Hull are already paying a large chunk of that (more than half of it) there could be a deal to be done. It would be worth them taking a hit (settling up 50% of his contract, for instance) and selling him on for a fee.
For instance, he's on 45k a week - that's £2.4m a year, £4.8m over the last two years of his contract.
If Hull paid him off £3.5m, got a £1m fee for him (so, in total, it only cost them £2.5m in pay-off - less than they are currently paying of his salary, while on loan), he could come to us on 12k a week + bonuses and be up on the deal, overall.
Of course, the big question is whether it would be us doing the deal, or someone else. And there would surely be other clubs in for him, on that deal.
But the point is, a deal CAN be done.
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