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Lyle James Alfred Taylor

It's Baggio

It's Baggio

John Robertson
Pete O'Rourke
@SportsPeteO
Nottingham Forest are closing in on the signing of former Charlton striker Lyle Taylor with the free agent currently undergoing a medical. #nffc #cafc


He's normally pretty good with Forest info.
 
Ashley

Ashley

Steve Chettle
It's Baggio said:
Pete O'Rourke
@SportsPeteO
Nottingham Forest are closing in on the signing of former Charlton striker Lyle Taylor with the free agent currently undergoing a medical. #nffc #cafc


He's normally pretty good with Forest info.
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Yes, he's usually spot on. Fingers crossed he's right again here. Colback and Taylor on frees would be an outstanding start to the window IMO.
 
Ravi

Ravi

Upper Decker
This is happening then...Pete is usually spot on.
 
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Heffing Psycho!

Heffing Psycho!

Steve Chettle
Can't complain with him on a free.

Scored a goal every 146 minutes in the Champ last season which I think puts him second, only to Mitrovic, out of everyone who scored 10 or more.
 
BryanRoy

BryanRoy

Stuart Pearce
You only have to look at the values attached to Connor Wickham's , Jordan Hugill's etc and even 2.1m was not the true worth of Kieffer Moore.

So the fact we have convinced the type of CF we need who scored better than 1 in 2 for Charlton last season on a free is very good business.
 
Ashley

Ashley

Steve Chettle
BryanRoy said:
You only have to look at the values attached to Connor Wickham's , Jordan Hugill's etc and even 2.1m was not the true worth of Kieffer Moore.

So the fact we have convinced the type of CF we need who scored better than 1 in 2 for Charlton last season on a free is very good business.
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I'm still not getting too excited until its confirmed, but given that I expected him to go to one of the parachute payment clubs or Celtic, this signing would certainly be a real coup.
 
Rockabilly

Rockabilly

GAFF LAD. "Open your knees and feel the breeze"
If this is true, I'll be more than happy.
 
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MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
Ashley said:
Yes, he's usually spot on. Fingers crossed he's right again here. Colback and Taylor on frees would be an outstanding start to the window IMO.
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f***ing splendid, it would be.

Call me boring but this sort of transfer activity gets me more excited than spunking millions on an unknown Portugese does or bringing in a 'name' on loan from someone like Villa. It shows the club are being careful with cash flow and selecting targets in advance rather than making it up on the spot. It gives me confidence that over a long enough time horizon we'll get back to the Premier League.
 
Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
If Pete O‘Rourke is reporting it, then it’s fairly safe to say there’s some truth in it.

Frankly Taylor would be an outstanding signing on a „Free“; he’s torn Forest a new one more than once, and is the different kind of player to Grabban to allow Forest the hallowed „Plan B“ so beloved of the hard of thinking.

Get it done, Forest.
 
Ashley

Ashley

Steve Chettle
MaxiRobriguez said:
f***ing splendid, it would be.

Call me boring but this sort of transfer activity gets me more excited than spunking millions on an unknown Portugese does or bringing in a 'name' on loan from someone like Villa. It shows the club are being careful with cash flow and selecting targets in advance rather than making it up on the spot. It gives me confidence that over a long enough time horizon we'll get back to the Premier League.
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I don't mind where a player comes from and what they cost (provided it doesn't put the club at risk), but it's always great to bring in genuine proven quality. I'd have been happy if we paid 7 figure fees for players of Colback and Taylor's calibre, so getting both for free is outstanding business.
 
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Liaminho

Guest
Good signing if true.

Yes he's not young but neither was grabban when we got him. If we manage to get Murphy and dickie and manage to keep cash this will be a great window.
 
BryanRoy

BryanRoy

Stuart Pearce
Charlton fans giving it the bigg'un saying how underwhelming going to Forest. Thought he was leaving us for the Prem.
 
Dan_Bristol

Dan_Bristol

Grenville Morris
I suspect he would likely cost around £6m if in contract, could be great on a free and perfect for those midweek games.
 
Heffing Psycho!

Heffing Psycho!

Steve Chettle
Do Forest own/rent apartments at River Crescent? I saw someone say that Taylor was there yesterday but just shrugged it off as ITK rubbish.
 
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Steve Stone's Mullet

John Robertson
BryanRoy said:
Charlton fans giving it the bigg'un saying how underwhelming going to Forest. Thought he was leaving us for the Prem.
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From his own words, he was quite opening about wanting to make the most of what will be his last signifiant contract. So you'd suspect we'll be offering him some decent security in terms of wages and length of contract.

Don't think Prem was ever on for him though, unless he was happy to never see the pitch. I just thought we'd lose out to a relegated side, like a Bournemouth, who could pay him 20k+ p/w and have him as a squad option.

What I did like hearing about him, from both Bowyer and Ardley was that he needs to be 'loved' by his manager, and to feel valued/wanted. I think Sabri is just the man for that, and I wonder if that had a big impact on us getting him.
 
Ravi

Ravi

Upper Decker
He’s like Grabban in the sense that he’s got better and better with age. Two experienced strikers who are both excellent finishers sounds good to me.
 
Dan_Bristol

Dan_Bristol

Grenville Morris
Steve Stone's Mullet said:
Charlton apparently demanded £4m from Brentford in Jan when they tried to sign him.
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And that's with only 6 months remaining, I wonder if they went back for him now?

He would be a huge asset for most sides in Champ, Outstanding if we could snag him. Works his socks off too by all accounts.
 
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MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
I think we probably are paying him £20k a week.

Three year contract on £20k a week and a signing on bonus and agent fee takes you to about £3.5m - £4m.

We could have easily paid that for a new striker and then had to pay wages on top. It's a good deal for us even if we are paying £20k/week.
 
Dan_Bristol

Dan_Bristol

Grenville Morris
Hope we can find the ammo to supply, don't want to limit chances to srikers. Grabban did fantasic with little service last season.
 
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