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Bob Fossil

Bob Fossil

Nottingham's dirty secret
Rzar said:
It is about staying patient, it's frustrating but you do have to wait for genuine quality sometimes. We were really patient with MGW despite the whole forum spamming everyday last year move on, move on, move on.

The closer the window shutting day gets, the more likely it is of any big deal happening - that's the reality. We play 3 games before the window shuts, two away to Man United & Arsenal - and the other at home to Sheffield United. For me, whether we get key players in or not - we are likely expecting the same points tally whatever happens from those games which is 3 points.
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Rational & logical as ever Rzar.
 
Est.1865

Est.1865

Screw The PL
Dawg said:
Bids in from us and West Ham apparently. But they're unwilling to let him go til at least August 16th due to CL qualifying rounds.
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Nah, if your offering 20mil plus you shouldn’t be dictated too like that.
 
HBB

HBB

Jack Burkitt
I've read article after article with West Ham being cited as making offers or talking to or interested in and they've signed no one - seems like a real war going on behind the scenes between Moyes and DoF there - not the kind of situation any player would be comfortable walking in to so I won't see them being real competition for signings in the short term
 
Est.1865

Est.1865

Screw The PL
HBB said:
I've read article after article with West Ham being cited as making offers or talking to or interested in and they've signed no one - seems like a real war going on behind the scenes between Moyes and DoF there - not the kind of situation any player would be comfortable walking in to so I won't see them being real competition for signings in the short term
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Yeah major problem their, something will need to give between the two of them.
 
Listen 'ere young man

Listen 'ere young man

Jack Burkitt
I hope they do actually have the funds for the type of players they are supposedly interested/probing/monitoring etc and not just hoping eventually a bid of 60-80% of the asking price is accepted.

No point going into Harrods with a fiver in the pocket.

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Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Try A Little Tenderness
Listen 'ere young man said:
I hope they do actually have the funds for the type of players they are supposedly interested/probing/monitoring etc and not just hoping eventually a bid of 60-80% of the asking price is accepted.

No point going into Harrods with a fiver in the pocket.
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I don't believe that is the case. The lure of CL from the likes of Ajax will almost always handicap us, but I can't fault the ambition in trying to sign players that will genuinely make us better.What is the point in targeting players who are arguably no better than those we already have.
 
Captain Sinister

Captain Sinister

Senior doom Monger
I seem to remember another croation centre-back we bought, back in the late 90s.
He ended up sat at home in his home country, picking up a nice wage packet every week.
 
Listen 'ere young man

Listen 'ere young man

Jack Burkitt
Otis Redding said:
I don't believe that is the case. The lure of CL from the likes of Ajax will almost always handicap us, but I can't fault the ambition in trying to sign players that will genuinely make us better.What is the point in targeting players who are arguably no better than those we already have.
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Mostly it's been low ball offers immediately rejected. Presumably the player has been sounded out in advance of any bids? Surely you check if the player is willing to come over before making any bids.

In Sangare's case apparently they are willing to pay the fee but he's not sure.

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Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Try A Little Tenderness
Listen 'ere young man said:
Mostly it's been low ball offers immediately rejected. Presumably the player has been sounded out in advance of any bids? Surely you check if the player is willing to come over before making any bids.

In Sangare's case apparently they are willing to pay the fee but he's not sure.
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I'm not privy to the complexities and constraints of completing transfers at this level (or any for that matter), so if it's as straightforward as you say then fair enough.
 
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Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Try A Little Tenderness
Captain Sinister said:
I seem to remember another croation centre-back we bought, back in the late 90s.
He ended up sat at home in his home country, picking up a nice wage packet every week.
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If it's Nicola Jerkan you're referring to Captain, I think he moved away on loan until his contract here expired.
 
Captain Sinister

Captain Sinister

Senior doom Monger
Otis Redding said:
If it's Nicola Jerkan you're referring to Captain, I think he moved away on loan until his contract here expired.
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I wasn't aware we loaned him out.
I always believed he just went home and didn't do anything bar check his bank statememtnto make sure the cheques kept on coming.

P.S.: having checked, we are both right up to a point. He did 1 season with us when we bought him, and then did 1 season on loan. The final year of his contract he did just sit at home, because no one wanted to take him on loan. At the end of his contract (the third year) Charleroi picked him up as a free agent. He retired after 1 season with them. The story I heard was he played for Croatia in a European Championship match played at the City Ground. On the strength of that game, forest bought him. In 3 years he played 14 times for us, and never looked like a footballer in any of them.
 
Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Try A Little Tenderness
Captain Sinister said:
I wasn't aware we loaned him out.
I always believed he just went home and didn't do anything bar check his bank statememtnto make sure the cheques kept on coming.

P.S.: having checked, we are both right up to a point. He did 1 season with us when we bought him, and then did 1 season on loan. The final year of his contract he did just sit at home, because no one wanted to take him on loan. At the end of his contract (the third year) Charleroi picked him up as a free agent. He retired after 1 season with them. The story I heard was he played for Croatia in a European Championship match played at the City Ground. On the strength of that game, forest bought him. In 3 years he played 14 times for us, and never looked like a footballer in any of them.
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From my memory, he looked a shrewd acquisition by Frank Clark at the time, but he was an out-and-out sweeper in Croatia's system and never managed to adapt to playing as an orthodox CB. Given his composure with the football, FC even unsuccessfully tried him as a defensive midfielder.
 
Captain Sinister

Captain Sinister

Senior doom Monger
Otis Redding said:
From my memory, he looked a shrewd acquisition by Frank Clark at the time, but he was an out-and-out sweeper in Croatia's system and never managed to adapt to playing as an orthodox CB. Given his composure with the football, FC even unsuccessfully tried him as a defensive midfielder.
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To be fair he was 36 when he joined us, and his best days were behind him.
 
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