Colby Bishop

The mists are clearing.....I see Simon Sadler at a desk.......he is reading AVFTT.......He's cancelling the Bishop deal...!!!!!
The mists are clearing again......I see him reading..... "Not a top 6 squad"......he's reading the Soothsayer....NostraPhilus......Simons crying!!!!
OH GOD......NO!!!!......He's Googling......."Cheap Championship striker".........all he's got are ad's for a 2004 Kia Sportage with 50,000 miles on the clock.
Were DOOOOOMED......He's buying the Car AND...........Nile Ranger
 
TommyHutch said:
Our transfer dealings are pathetic. We nauls up this guy’s transfer to Portsmouth, then change our mind. We’re being led a dance by Shamrock Rovers over a full back nobody had heard of and missed out on other players we supposedly had an interest in. Meanwhile the players we do have prove in pre match friendlies that the majority of them aren’t good enough.

Not a good summer.
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Aye, you're right, we should spunk £500K on someone who failed his medical. 🤔
 
Murciaseasider said:
OK so there may have been medical issues sufficient to warrant not proceeding with the deal. The outcome is the same.
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It’s one potential scenario.

It would have to be something major to cancel a transfer all together.

I get the feeling it’s more to do with us wanting another target.

But at this stage it’s all guess work really.
 
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Thatseasider said:
It’s one potential scenario.

It would have to be something major to cancel a transfer all together.

I get the feeling it’s more to do with us wanting another target.

But at this stage it’s all guess work really.
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f that's the case, it's a poor way to do business. An agreement is an agreement irrespective of whether or not you've signed on the dotted line. The Club will quickly get a bad reputation if it is ditching deals at the 11th hour just to seek out another target. I guess it's on a par with gezumping.
 
Murciaseasider said:
An agreement is an agreement irrespective of whether or not you've signed on the dotted line.
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The opposite is actually true, until it's signed there is no agreement.

We're led to believe everything was in place and we've turned it down, all conjecture, but if it's true it's just he industry they operate in, don't forget Bishop had an agreement with Portsmouth which he's most likely agreed to before signing, which he ultimately did not sign.

We have to look after ourselves first and foremost, if the deal was not right for us and/or there was a better target available up until the contracts are signed we're correct to cancel the deal if we see it in our best interest to cancel the deal.
 
TommyHutch said:
Our transfer dealings are pathetic. We nauls up this guy’s transfer to Portsmouth, then change our mind. We’re being led a dance by Shamrock Rovers over a full back nobody had heard of and missed out on other players we supposedly had an interest in. Meanwhile the players we do have prove in pre match friendlies that the majority of them aren’t good enough.

Not a good summer.
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Ridiculous post. You have no knowledge whatsoever of the clubs dealings…
 
Is it possible that either a bigger club came in for him or more likely he came back for more money?

He’s not going to come out of this well either way.
 
If he goes elswhere & the same thing where to happen ? then again if he signs new contract with Accrington
as they may know the top and bottom of it !
 
I find it rather strange we’ve had all day and still nothing official on why the club didn’t sign him.
More secret than GCHQ. 🤔
 
For me, the only plausible explanation is that we’ve got someone else.

Everyone speculating about a medical issue, I see the thinking but he’s gonna have a medical at Pompey tomorrow and if everything goes ok surely that’s that theory down the pipe? Unless Pompey were willing to take a risk we weren’t but if it was so bad we had to pull out I doubt they would be taking that risk considering this is a huge season for them.
 
Shiggy said:
For me, the only plausible explanation is that we’ve got someone else.

Everyone speculating about a medical issue, I see the thinking but he’s gonna have a medical at Pompey tomorrow and if everything goes ok surely that’s that theory down the pipe? Unless Pompey were willing to take a risk we weren’t but if it was so bad we had to pull out I doubt they would be taking that risk considering this is a huge season for them.
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Well if we have got someone else l hope he’s a proven step up from CB as l thought he would have been a very good signing for us!
 
Shiggy said:
For me, the only plausible explanation is that we’ve got someone else.

Everyone speculating about a medical issue, I see the thinking but he’s gonna have a medical at Pompey tomorrow and if everything goes ok surely that’s that theory down the pipe? Unless Pompey were willing to take a risk we weren’t but if it was so bad we had to pull out I doubt they would be taking that risk considering this is a huge season for them.
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Agree, he’s just had a 46 game season at Accy not missed a game so I find it difficult to except it’s a medical issue.
 
Interestingly, Millwall is putting in an offer of £500k for Ellis Simms.

Have the club changed targets last minute?
 
Lost Seasider said:
Why isn't it plausible that someone has tried to move the goalposts and the club is refusing to play ball?
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Maybe the club aren’t playing ball? Maybe they back tracked on the 500k fee thinking he wasn’t worth it?
We did it with Kirk as I recall, we didn’t value him at 500k like Charlton did we only valued him at 250k?
Until we hear something official it’s all guess work.
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
Maybe the club aren’t playing ball? Maybe they back tracked on the 500k fee thinking he wasn’t worth it?
We did it with Kirk as I recall, we didn’t value him at 500k like Charlton did we only valued him at 250k?
Until we hear something official it’s all guess work.
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With Kirk, £500k was only ever an option, the club decided not to exercise it and the loan never became a permanent.

With Bishop, the fee is the fee agreed with Portsmouth, why would the club offer than then decide he's not worth it within a day?

My best guess, the agent's tried to insert a release clause, and if BFC are paying £500k for him, they're not going to stand for that.
 
Lost Seasider said:
With Kirk, £500k was only ever an option, the club decided not to exercise it and the loan never became a permanent.

With Bishop, the fee is the fee agreed with Portsmouth, why would the club offer than then decide he's not worth it within a day?

My best guess, the agent's tried to insert a release clause, and if BFC are paying £500k for him, they're not going to stand for that.
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Like I said until we hear something official it’s all guess/rumour control theories.
 
How does it work if he supposedly fails a medical at one club but then sails through the next medical ? Is one club doing something wrong. If he goes to Pompey I hope he doesn’t score 20 plus.
 
Scaramanga said:
How does it work if he supposedly fails a medical at one club but then sails through the next medical ? Is one club doing something wrong. If he goes to Pompey I hope he doesn’t score 20 plus.
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It’s a simple as he will have a medical condition/issue that we decide is to big a risk, Pompey will look at the same condition/illness and decide it’s not a deal breaker - all about opinions
 
Seasidedaz said:
It’s a simple as he will have a medical condition/issue that we decide is to big a risk, Pompey will at the same condition/illness and decide it’s not a deal breaker - all about opinions
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So it’s about who’s prepared to take a risk
 
Scaramanga said:
How does it work if he supposedly fails a medical at one club but then sails through the next medical ? Is one club doing something wrong. If he goes to Pompey I hope he doesn’t score 20 plus.
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I hope he does, none of this is either the player’s or Pompey’s fault.
 
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