Seasidestevo71
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Confirmed we have met the asking price, supposedly passed medical, hopefully announced tomorrow along with simms making a u turn
Where have you seen that confirmed?There was a medical booked for 1930, it can't be Corbeanu as that deal is already done. So unless it's Lyons, I suspect it has to be Brannagan.
A reliable source, as I say, could easily be another player but it seems Brannagan is most likely.Where have you seen that confirmed?
They are just in complete denial mate and thats it, the Oxford fans are just a weird bunch lolOxford fans recon it's fell through and he's signing a new 3 year contract with them. Just end this and put us out of our misery one way or another. This whole saga is draining.
Yep, believed he typed half the name into Google maps but got distracted, anyway eneded up at Blackburn instead.Not gonna happen. Off to Blackburn
And a tattoo inspection at 21:00.There was a medical booked for 1930, it can't be Corbeanu as that deal is already done. So unless it's Lyons, I suspect it has to be Brannagan.
Yeah I agree we might actually get him this timeIt was leaked yesterday evening that Corbeanu was joining and it was announced this evening.
Brannagan was leaked to have been set to sign early this morning, if the club don't announce him by 3pm tomorrow, I will start to worry.
But I highly doubt Oxford fans know more about what's going on than the journalist who actually broke the news.
I am sure Oxford have been trying to negotiate a contract extension with him for months now and if nothing was agreed up until this point then I doubt that would change now all of a sudden.
I don't think Robinson would have made those comments unless he was certain that Brannagan was off.
What a knob. Jealousy gets you nowhere.It'll put your training ground back a few years though
That might be the case, wouldn't be surprised if the club had this on ice until they knew they'd get the money from Bowler, but Nixon (I know he has been very hit or miss with us so everything he says should be taken with a grain of salt) suggested that the Critchley money was being used to pull this signing off.Yeah I agree we might actually get him this time
However I feel its a sweetner for when Josh Bowler our best player goes for less his worth
Yeah I thought about those timelines and hoped the same.It was leaked yesterday evening that Corbeanu was joining and it was announced this evening.
Brannagan was leaked to have been set to sign early this morning, if the club don't announce him by 3pm tomorrow, I will start to worry.
But I highly doubt Oxford fans know more about what's going on than the journalist who actually broke the news.
I am sure Oxford have been trying to negotiate a contract extension with him for months now and if nothing was agreed up until this point then I doubt that would change now all of a sudden.
I don't think Robinson would have made those comments unless he was certain that Brannagan was off.
Agreed, this is a potential defining moment for Sadler and Mansford.Yeah I thought about those timelines and hoped the same.
Club hasn't half put us through it with Brannagan.
He could be signed now but just waiting for the release tommorow, more waiting pain
Or knowing BFC and our deals so far, we'll find a way to cock it up.
This is actually a big moment as its a permanent signing for a good amount and gives us creativity in midfield.
It also tells us more about the ambition. Tbh with the amount being met we've shown that ambition, but its about getting these deals across the line. Turning ambition into reality.
I dont see why we'd wait.I reckon they’ll announce it with the team sheet, Wes style
Yeah, like the time Pool v Spurs in the home FA Cup tie and Dave Bamber was warming up on the pitch before we knew he’d signedI reckon they’ll announce it with the team sheet, Wes style
I don't want to be rudeAlso think this time around our approach to signing CB has been MUCH different.
The last two windows we tried to negotiate the release clause down multiple times, even throwing in Thorniley. The reason we failed to sign him was because the fee couldn't be agreed.
This time around, we've not even tried to negotiate, we've just met the release clause.
Feels very different this time.
Yeah but also even if we complete the deals we are rumoured to so far we're still a way away from the top sides, but top half would be progress.If we are using the Critchley compensation to pay for CB, and we therefore decide not to sell Bowler, then we've kept together a 60+ points championship squad (not forgetting Marv and Grimmy both signing new contracts), and we've added some real quality to it. I'd be looking up the table rather than down it right from the start if it happens.
I think Phil, you and AmericanTangerine, are arriving at the same destination via different routes.I don't want to be rude
But surely If a player has a release clause and a relatively low one at that you just fcuking pay it
Anyway in hindsight it's good that we didn't sign him last season as we would have 'probably" be still stuck with Critchley
#MansfordOutAgreed, this is a potential defining moment for Sadler and Mansford.
If we went in for Brannagan a third time and failed, they would never hear the end of it and I think most fans would be really peeved
Now it makes sense. Gazette must have known something fishy was going on.Why has the Gazette online headline changed from "imminent signing" earlier today to "potential signing" this evening? Hope his agent isn't messing us about.
Critch giving Stevie G an extra sugar lump in the morning. Fuck's sake.Bowler isn't off. We got £1.5m for Critch who huffed off cos he didn't get Brannagan in Jan. The board have 100% spent that cash on Brannagan for the lols.
Critch dropped Gerrards brew this morning when he found out...
14k a week isn’t a lot for a championship wage though.Oxford has clearly spent obscene amounts of money to keep him there and it will backfire in the long run.
There are talks that he is on £14k a week.
Jerry Yates for example is on £6,100 a week.
Do we want players who're on double what everyone else is on?
It would upset the wage structure and players will start to demand more and would spiral out of control
14k a week isn’t a lot for a championship wage though.
Not saying we should offer whatever a player wants, but ultimately to play with the big boys you have to pay the going rate.
There’s only so many Bowlers you can pick up on the cheap.