So how much is Bowler worth?

JJpool

JJpool

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Heard someone behind us saying about if Johnson is worth 18 million then Boweler must be worth a lot more than is being mentioned.

Which is exactly what we've said before.

So how much is he worth.

To me its 4-5m.

Hea a stand out championship player improving all the time.
 
JJpool said:
Heard someone behind us saying about if Johnson is worth 18 million then Boweler must be worth a lot more than is being mentioned.

Which is exactly what we've said before.

So how much is he worth.

To me its 4-5m.

Hea a stand out championship player improving all the time.
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Johnson is not worth 18 Million its what forest want for him good luck with that
Bowler 1.5 to 2 mill
 
He's certainly worth a lot more than the shite offers reportedly made by Forest, especially considering their own valuation of Johnson
Until I saw today's performance, I was a little concerned his head may have been turned by this interest in him, but he was excellent today.
I'd much rather keep him. People were standing up as soon as he received the ball today, not sure you can put an accurate price on that
 
I’ll go for £4,000,000 I wouldn’t sell him for anything less either. He drifts past players like there not even there. More often than not her has 2/3/4 opposing players around him. People that moan about his final ball…..he ain’t going to be at Blackpool if he was the finished article!!!! We don’t have any players like him in the squad and would be nuts to sell to anything other than a outrageous bid. He is very very exciting and I’d happily pay money just to watch him
 
I’d be getting in the office and extending his contact. Last few games you can see him improving. I just hope he can see this is the place to be to develop.
I wouldn’t want to see us accept less than £2 million but if we can’t agree a new contract it might force us to sell.
 
Hopefully he knows that he’s still got a lot to improve on and the Critch is the best to get that out of him to make him that finished article that gets him to play at the top level.
 
Madness to sell him when there's still a slight chance of making the play offs.
Bowler is our most exciting player and no need to sell him particularly as Mitchell is leaving.
 
I would think he is at least 50% as valuable as Johnson at NF. So if Johnson goes for 15m, Bowler 7.5m. As some have mentioned already, he is a standout player in the Championship. So I don't think that number is unrealistic. He is box office to watch and opposition fans remember him because of his exciting style of play. That run he did in the second half reminded me of Messi in his prime. Players like Bowler don't come along very often and we should tell NF to go and shove their poxy 1m bid up their arse....
 
Johnson is two years younger (if he signed for the bees, that's potentially two years of key development spent week in week out in the PL), and we're about two years of Championship football away from being seen as a club of similar stature to NF. Those are the differences and the former one is a pretty big one. Brentford willing to pay 15m for Johnson which is probably about the right price, unfinished product but key development years still ahead of him. I would say 5m for Bowler sounds about right, unfinished product with those key years of development now behind him.

If Karl was still in charge, he'd have already been traded in for a weekend in Great Yarmouth and a bag of balls. Amazing that we are working hard on maximising value and can see a constant strategy behind every signing or sale. Still pinching myself all these years later.
 
The contract is the worrying part. If he had 18 months plus the optional 1 year the value would be significantly higher.

As others have said, I would be looking to extend his contract; if he’s not prepared to do that then you probably have to look into selling him, if not this window certainly in the summer rather than see him go into the last year of his contract
 
With the amounts being paid for players we should ignore offers of 1or 2million for him….that is dirt cheap…it needs to be a couple of Million higher at least with add ons…the days of us being stiffed over transfer fees are over….other clubs need to realise this..
 
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Pauls_Boutique said:
He was the only player from both teams today with any skill. When you see some of the figures for championship players Bowler, with effectively 18 months on his contract, must be at 3 or 4 million.
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I thought the Millwall sub Tyler Fury think he's called looked really good when he came on
 
The world's gone mad, £18 million for Johnson, £25 million for Chris Wood. On that basis Bowler is worth £5 million minimum, Johnson isn't three times the player Bowler is.
The reality is Johnson is over priced and on the occasions I've seen him play, overrated.
 
Chissey on radio Lancashire during the match commentary yesterday said, and I’ll quote as I remember…..“the club have turned down two previous offers from Forrest and appear to be holding out for the one million!”.
As I’ve said on another bowler thread, we are a club moving forward and we want him with us on the journey. We should offer him a better deal like we did for Jerry and end the speculation.
These numbers are so low they won’t change the price of fish for Simon so should be dismissed. If a club wants to talk championship numbers, let’s say plus 5mill then Simon can do good at the club with that money and it’s then worth considering?
 
HetzkeBlaster said:
Chissey on radio Lancashire during the match commentary yesterday said, and I’ll quote as I remember…..“the club have turned down two previous offers from Forrest and appear to be holding out for the one million!”.
As I’ve said on another bowler thread, we are a club moving forward and we want him with us on the journey. We should offer him a better deal like we did for Jerry and end the speculation.
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If we let him go for one million it would be the steal of the decade and bad business for us (yes I appreciate he came here on a much smaller fee) but it’s an era that bang average EFL players are going for four/five times that I think it would be a bad bit of business for the club.
Bowler is only going to develop as a player and get much much better and who knows he could be a £10m player in 18 months time.
Get his 12 month option activated now.
 
HetzkeBlaster said:
Chissey on radio Lancashire during the match commentary yesterday said, and I’ll quote as I remember…..“the club have turned down two previous offers from Forrest and appear to be holding out for the one million!”.
As I’ve said on another bowler thread, we are a club moving forward and we want him with us on the journey. We should offer him a better deal like we did for Jerry and end the speculation.
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Heard that in the gazette, well holding out for 7 figures which could be anything.

Holding out for one million is so ridiculous, I can't believe that.

How can others have price tags slapped on for 9 million.

No one in the championship can do what Josh does and he's often marked up on with 2 or 3.

If we got 1 million we cant even buy a league 1 midfielder for that, so how the fuck is he only worth 1 million. Oxford rate Brannagan at 1.5-2m.

Also if that's the case and forest got 15 million for Johnson and got Bowler for a 15th of that money they'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

But if that's the case surely they'd meet that price easily, he's easily worth that, worth many times more.

I really hope the club have their head screwed on here, i can't see them valuing him at 1 million knowing leage 1 players cost double that on the same contract length.

Keep him unless a silly offer comes in.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
If we let him go for one million it would be the steal of the decade and bad business for us (yes I appreciate he came here on a much smaller fee) but it’s an era that bang average EFL players are going for four/five times that I think it would be a bad bit of business for the club.
Bowler is only going to develop as a player and get much much better and who knows he could be a £10m player in 18 months time.
Get his 12 month option activated now.
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Unfortunately in 18 months time he's a £0 player If he won't sign a new contract, and the transfer fee becomes an increased signing on fee for him.

And his agent knows that.

I don't see us selling him in this window except for silly money, unless there's something afoot that we have no inkling of, but I don't think he'll wear a tangerine shirt after August.
 
I think we're better off letting his contract run out than sell him for a poxy million. With Bowler in the team, we can dream about putting together a play off challenge next season, without him not so much...
 
Meliora said:
Unfortunately in 18 months time he's a £0 player If he won't sign a new contract, and the transfer fee becomes an increased signing on fee for him.

And his agent knows that.

I don't see us selling him in this window except for silly money, unless there's something afoot that we have no inkling of, but I don't think he'll wear a tangerine shirt after August
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JJpool said:
Heard that in the gazette, well holding out for 7 figures which could be anything.

Holding out for one million is so ridiculous, I can't believe that.

How can others have price tags slapped on for 9 million.

No one in the championship can do what Josh does and he's often marked up on with 2 or 3.

If we got 1 million we cant even buy a league 1 midfielder for that, so how the fuck is he only worth 1 million. Oxford rate Brannagan at 1.5-2m.

Also if that's the case and forest got 15 million for Johnson and got Bowler for a 15th of that money they'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

But if that's the case surely they'd meet that price easily, he's easily worth that, worth many times more.

I really hope the club have their head screwed on here, i can't see them valuing him at 1 million knowing leage 1 players cost double that on the same contract length.

Keep him unless a silly offer comes in.
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Agree. Surely the days are gone where we let starlets go on the cheap. I too hope we deal with this by activating his extension ASAP and improve the terms if possible.
 
Bamber said:
I think we're better off letting his contract run out than sell him for a poxy million. With Bowler in the team, we can dream about putting together a play off challenge next season, without him not so much...
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yep, tend to think that myself. As long as he's putting the effort in, he's worth more on the pitch for another 18 months than the fee we'll get off it.
 
I’ve said it before, you would be shitting your pants if he was in the opposition forward line. Makes things happen.
 
TTractor said:
All this begs the question why Everton released him, and why no 'bigger' club took a punt on him?
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When he arrived he probably showed why, the final ball was at times more lacking and decision making wasn't as good.

Hes improved this season and still has some to go.

They've worked on his final pass and to put a ball in, often a simple pass rather than an over hit cross.

His last 2 assists were just that, a simple pass accords to Keshi and to Yates. He stayed calm and found his man.

Hes definitely getting more accurate and just needs to add a goal or two.
 
Still a young lad, who I imagine wants to play every week rather than potentially be a squad player elsewhere - which he has done at Everton for several years beforehand.
As put by others his end product is still raw & not great looking in the stats column (assists & goals).
I would say a fee of around £2.5million with some add ons & a sell on of 20-30% is probably realistic
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
Still got 18 months though?

£5 million + for me, but I wouldn't sell him.
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Is it not 6 months plus year option? If he stays this window we will have a year left in summer the. The price starts to plummet. I think 2.5 about right
 
Hazi said:
Is it not 6 months plus year option? If he stays this window we will have a year left in summer the. The price starts to plummet. I think 2.5 about right
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6 plus a year is still worth 18 months, you'd be very surprised if we hadn't already taken the option if it's a unilateral extension.
 
If Mitchell is off to Hibs like reported. It'll look less likely Bowler is going.

But 15 million and they can have him. Not a penny less.
 
What's he worth? He's worth keeping, that's what.
Final ball might not always be the best, but players who beat men with ease are very valuable - it then draws out another opponent creating space, and he's great at keeping possession when others would lose it. Gotta be 5 million in the summer if bigger clubs are serious and we can't hang on to him.
 
As others have said, probably the most exciting winger we have had since Colin Morris and doing it in a higher division.
He puts bums on seats and we would be mad to sell him until at least the summer.
 
Looking back at yesterday’s performance I would say he is not for sale.
He is so good to watch, the way he picks the ball out of the air and the sets off running at defenders is almost unreal. The more he works on his final ball and maybe a bit of his tracking back (though yesterday both were better). We will have a top player.
 
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