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Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
„Wolverhampton! Nice stadium you have here. It would be a shame if something happened to it… like it caught fire… or something?“

— random Greek Gentleman, soon.
 
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Sal

First Team Squad
EmmersonForest4 said:
I would happily pay 30 mill if we didnt have lingard already.
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It feels like the goalposts have shifted. We're moving heaven and earth to not only stay up, but to look beyond year one. Lingard is for now, with no anchor around our neck beyond this campaign. MGW (and Johnson) is potentially the offensive lynchpin for years beyond this initial relegation battle.

If EM will finance it - and Cooper absolutely, clearly wants the kid as a centrepiece of our future side - then juggling the bench in the short term will be accommodated imo.


The biggest issue is that Wolves obviously want him, he's getting plenty of minutes and was even Captain in a friendly. He is developing rapidly and could be worth 50 million in a year or two so if we really want him.....

I won't be shocked if he stays at all. But I'm glad we're having a real crack at it.
 
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EmmersonForest4

Steve Chettle
Sal said:
It feels like the goalposts have shifted. We're moving heaven and earth to not only stay up, but to look beyond year one. Lingard is for now, with no anchor around our neck beyond this campaign. MGW (and Johnson) is potentially the offensive lynchpin for years beyond this initial relegation battle.

If EM will finance it - and Cooper absolutely, clearly wants the kid as a centrepiece of our future side - then juggling the bench in the short term will be accommodated imo.


The biggest issue is that Wolves obviously want him, he's getting plenty of minutes and was even Captain in a friendly. He is developing rapidly and could be worth 50 million in a year or two so if we really want him.....

I won't be shocked if he stays at all. But I'm glad we're having a real crack at it.
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Depends whats left in teh budget I suppose and we are all not privy to that! I like MGW do not get me wrong and I do really want him but not to the detriment of adequately filling the squad. However if we can do it and EM and Coops are happy with whats left in the budget to strengthen areas needed than fair!! If anything its bloody exciting 😎😎😎
 
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cheapseats

Grenville Morris
Ashley said:
Forest obviously think so. We've been quick to move onto other targets when its clear that there isn't a deal to be done, but this one isn't going away.

Marinakis himself getting involved is a pretty big statement as well.
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Perhaps he’ll offer them a ship…
 
MASE

MASE

Up-Front
Good to know we're pushing hard for this one. Great player.

Go back in with the 30 mill & lets get on with proving the doubters wrong.
 
Ashley

Ashley

Steve Chettle
I still don't think Wolves will sell, but it's brilliant to see Cooper and Murphy get this level of backing. Certainly can't accuse us of not trying.
 
NFFC_Josh

NFFC_Josh

Grenville Morris
No smoke without fire - there's a reason Big Evangelos is getting involved, surely he thinks a deal can get done ? With 2 years left on his contract and him not signing anything by now, I would think over 30 million should get it done. If he starts and plays well in opening couple of games, then it will obviously bump up the price further. Go get him boys!
 
RedSpoons

RedSpoons

First Team Squad
weejockmcplop said:
30 million is too much but if the extra 5 million is the cost of Cooper signing a new contract just pay the bloody thing.
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I also think the extra 5mil could be another player we don’t need to sign, because of MGWs versatility in CAM, CM, Wing, even CF.

That 5mil makes us more fluid as a team and therefore better suited to execute in game adjustments given by a manager we all trust, in a league that will require us to do so.
 
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gamble

Stuart Pearce
EmmersonForest4 said:
Not trying to be a Debbie downer but I don’t think we should probably pursue this if wolves are going to get ridiculous with their valuation. We have lingard, Johnson and awoniyi as a front 3. Are we going to sign him for 30 mill to sit on the bench? Or bench one of those players?

Or just thinking about it could he play centre mid instead of Yates?
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5 subs! 5 subs 5subs!

We will get destroyed by teams with a good bench if we don't have 1 aswell.

No point being able to bring on 5 players when the backup is Ojeda, Mighten, Lolley etc we need quality running through the club.

The best thing about this is Lingard could In theory run his bollox off until 55/60 or even 45 minutes, then swap for an equally good player who can do the same, we get 90 minutes then of full speed, full effort, full power AM rather than 60 minutes with 30 minutes blowing out the arse.
 
Ashley

Ashley

Steve Chettle
gamble said:
5 subs! 5 subs 5subs!

We will get destroyed by teams with a good bench if we don't have 1 aswell.

No point being able to bring on 5 players when the backup is Ojeda, Mighten, Lolley etc we need quality running through the club.

The best thing about this is Lingard could In theory run his bollox off until 55/60 or even 45 minutes, then swap for an equally good player who can do the same, we get 90 minutes then of full speed, full effort, full power AM rather than 60 minutes with 30 minutes blowing out the arse.
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This. I don't think we'll get MGW (even if we did bid £30m), but if he did come I'd have no doubt that both he and Lingard would both get plenty of game time. The club wouldn't be willing to spend that kind of money on him and Lingard if they didn't plan to use them both.
 
Haych

Haych

John Robertson
I can’t see it happening, if he starts the season playing for Wolves he will sign a new deal.

30M seems way too much as well IMO.
 
thehockleyhustler

thehockleyhustler

Stuart Pearce
So we can all agree on £26m then?
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Collymore!

Collymore!

Grenville Morris
£25m rising to £30m. Fine, let’s get it done.

Player probably worth £20m. Steve Coopers #1 target, so has more value for us all around.

This feels like our ‘thank you’ to Cooper as he’s the one he seems to really want
 
Omar Devone Little

Omar Devone Little

Mr Realistic
Ashley said:
With MGW being able to play multiple positions and 5 subs available every game now, I don't think accommodating all of them is going to be a problem. At worst, it's a nice headache for Cooper to have.
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Yeah we could do with a few players to bring on that won't make the opponents laugh.
 
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RichNFFC

First Team Squad
When the cricket guy said he heard it was done last week - I wonder if that was when our bid had got rejected. Maybe he heard our bid was substantial and we believed it would be enough.
 
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cleggy621

A. Trialist
gamble said:
5 subs! 5 subs 5subs!

We will get destroyed by teams with a good bench if we don't have 1 aswell.

No point being able to bring on 5 players when the backup is Ojeda, Mighten, Lolley etc we need quality running through the club.

The best thing about this is Lingard could In theory run his bollox off until 55/60 or even 45 minutes, then swap for an equally good player who can do the same, we get 90 minutes then of full speed, full effort, full power AM rather than 60 minutes with 30 minutes blowing out the arse.
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I've been thinking this for a while, it could almost be like Rugby is now with starters and finishers.
 
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