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Reply | Wrexham closing in on Broadhead
at 23:30 30 Jul 2025
I watched Broady in the PL, still the best of the trio.
I also watched the JC and JP being bought in to replace Broady, in the PL, for a near £40m combination, to have to go back down a division to look good is far from impressive.
We didn’t need £20m Championship left sided players, we already had one of them, he was part of the side that fired us automatically out of the Championship to the PL - that was Broady! |
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Reply | Woolfenden
at 20:13 30 Jul 2025
I’m not overly surprised at this one, think he’s probably down the pecking order now .
Feels like could be the right time for the club (subject to a good fee), and for the player to go and play almost guranteed week in week out.
Would go with the very best wishes. |
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Reply | Richard Kone
at 16:04 30 Jul 2025
Reminds of an Al-Hamadi mould.
Likelihood is Hirst will miss a portion of the season with injury, I think you a rolling the dice to rest your cap on both Kone & Al-Hamadi.
Would prefer a more experienced/proven support option in the second choice position.
Elijah Adebayo, Marcus Forss, Delano Burgzorg, Josh Maja |
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Reply | Wrexham closing in on Broadhead
at 14:49 30 Jul 2025
Brilliant response to be fair - very well put.
Think the business, is a good fee for a player heading in to the final year of his contract.
My point, which I don't think people like, is that I still think Nathan Broadhead is better option/player right now than J.Clarke & J.Philogene, and for that I am disappointed to see him leave.
But as you say, we move on, and it clears the path for the likes of Philogene and J.Clarke to step up to the plate now. |
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Reply | Wrexham closing in on Broadhead
at 13:51 30 Jul 2025
It's an extreme quote, don't be a simpleton.
Of course there is a space for stats, but they are tell a small % of the story - that quote was actually by one of the greatest modern managers in the past 25 years, not this keyboard warrior. |
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Reply | Wrexham closing in on Broadhead
at 13:32 30 Jul 2025
Stats, people who don't understand football analyse football, using stats, and them stats are weak as piss as an argument they are so similar.
I've seen Broady, bought in L1, an integral member of a successful group go through L1 and then the Championship to the PL.
I've seen J.Clarke & J.Philogene come in for eye watering sums in comparison at PL level, to try and replace Broady, and ultimately be downgrades on him.
There is nothing impressive about a pair of £20m players, bought in the PL to compete in the PL, having to drop down a league to look good again. |
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Reply | Wrexham closing in on Broadhead
at 13:12 30 Jul 2025
Broadhead performed to a standard that actually got him promoted to the PL, not transferred to it.
There are many reasons he is going to Wrexham - georgraphical location, and salary/contract. Very few clubs around us would likely be able to afford the £7.5m fee, Wrexham, Brum, Saints maybe the only others.
We are in the exact same division as Wrexham this season by the way. |
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Reply | Wrexham closing in on Broadhead
at 11:48 30 Jul 2025
He has had a couple of injury issues, but nothing too substantial in the past couple of seasons - but injuries are part and parcel, Philogene also had significant injury problems last year.
In what way to Philogene & J.Clarke have greater pedigree than N.Broadhead? And in noway have either performed to a better standard than Broadhead in the Championship, and they certainly have't performed at a better standard for us than Broadhead has. |
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Reply | Wrexham closing in on Broadhead
at 11:15 30 Jul 2025
I don't agree with it.
But I can acknowledge that people will have that view, absolutely - I think the fee is a good fee for him to be fair with 1 year on his deal. |
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Reply | Wrexham closing in on Broadhead
at 10:58 30 Jul 2025
He wouldn't survive 3 seasons as integral member of a KMc squad if his off-the-ball work wasn't good enough - this notion otherwise is pure fiction.
Of course he is inconsistent, wouldn't be with us if he weren't, and most players in that profile are, our squad is no different - but one thing is for sure, he has delivered far more than he hasn't.
Time for others to step up and fill a huge void he will leave. |
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Reply | Wrexham closing in on Broadhead
at 10:22 30 Jul 2025
Dear oh dear. Criminal to let Broady go.
Coming in to the prime of his career, has delivered so many important goals, has danced and dazzled for us throughout his time, bows out with a truly wonderful goal v West Ham on the final day in the PL. |
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Reply | Hackney “biding his time”?!
at 09:29 30 Jul 2025
I don't think it's out of the ordinary.
I think fans get delusional about their own club, he's not a fan of Ipswich, like us who would dream of playing for Town growing up.
Players are looking for the best move in their career, and if Town is the right move for his development then it will a good fit for both parties, we will benefit, he will beenfit.
But ultimately, like every player, and especially young talented players, they want PL football, and if that carrot may dangle, they are going to wait as long as possible to grab it. |
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Reply | Broadhead bid
at 23:15 29 Jul 2025
Could be truth in that, but the only concrete truth is we don’t know the answer to that.
Wouldn’t be a huge surprise given after doing so much to contribute to us reaching the PL, he was somewhat cast aside for large parts and replaced by players who simply didn’t look on Broady’s level.
Understandable if he feels slightly aggrieved. |
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Reply | So, Hackers for under 15m?
at 23:08 29 Jul 2025
Ultimately you can only sell for what someone is willing to pay.
PL clubs have had ample time to come sniffing for Hackney, not just this window, and whilst there has been noise around him for a while, there never has seemed to have been anything close with a PL club.
Beyond PL, on the domestic scene, we are probably one of the very very few clubs who could pay a fee anywhere near what Boro would want - that may leverage us in a good position with only 2 weeks to the season left. [Post edited 29 Jul 23:08]
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Reply | So, Hackers for under 15m?
at 23:05 29 Jul 2025
Agreed, added in that Wharton went to a Premier League club as well.
Looking at other business carried out so far this window as well of similar profile:
- Sean Longstaff > £11m to Leeds
- Tommy Doyle > loan to Birmingham
- Taylor Gardner-Hickman > £1.5m to Birmingham
- Gustavo Puerta > £2m to Hull
- Jacob Wright > £2m to Norwich
- Wouter Burger > £3.5m to Hoffenheim
It felt like £22m was a really high premium, and we probably do have to pay a premium, being a parachute club, and looking for really talented young English talent, but there is always a tipping point.
But around £12m with add ons looks good business to me. |
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Reply | Broadhead bid
at 22:51 29 Jul 2025
Our best operator from the left, one of the few who looked comfortable at PL level, in the prime of his career.
Would be absolute madness to sell him, get a new deal on table for him. |
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Reply | So, Hackers for under 15m?
at 22:44 29 Jul 2025
Have to say when I was seeing figures of £22m to Boro I was thinking, yikes, that’s getting a little bit silly for a Championship club.
But I think £12m + add ons is at the top end of where we should be paying in the Championship, and I’m comfortable with that for our ‘stellar signing’ like Hackney.
Of course it’s substantial numbers, but I think that is really good business. |
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Reply | When are we selling someone?
at 15:44 29 Jul 2025
It is a genuine question to be asked.
Imagine there are still players in the squad who we will be looking/needing/likely to move on from:
- Muric
- Slicker
- Johnson
- Baggott
- Humphreys
- Hutchinson [Post edited 29 Jul 15:46]
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