Oxford and Brannagan

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Tango1953

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Just checked the table, what's happened to them? Looks like Karl Robinson has shat the bed at a crucial time, again.

Can see us picking Brannagan on the cheap this summer. At last.
 
Be interesting to see how Oxford get on against the Cods away on Friday, must win game that as they’ve MKD and Rotherham to play after that.
 
Should be interesting to see Robinsons reaction if they fail to beat Cods.
Value of Brannigan will decrease post season.

Notice that Rotherham are having a serious wobble now too
 
If Oxford don't get promoted the door will be open for a Brannagan bid. As far as I'm aware though there is a £1.5m release clause in his contract, which is there for a reason. Oxford could decide to cash in at a lower amount but that would solely be their decision. They still hold all the aces.
 
His release clause is around 1,500,000 with one year left on his contract.

Going into this Summer, if they have not been promoted and he doesn't wanted to sign a new deal, we'll surely be able to sign him on the cheap as their bargaining power will be MUCH lower than it was in January.

Would be nice to get that deal over the line nice and early in the Summer.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
His release clause is around 1,500,000 with one year left on his contract.

Going into this Summer, if they have not been promoted and he doesn't wanted to sign a new deal, we'll surely be able to sign him on the cheap as their bargaining power will be MUCH lower than it was in January.

Would be nice to get that deal over the line nice and early in the Summer.
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Earlier the better
 
Quite a few other clubs have been watching him since his incredible from in January. I would expect us to be in for him again, this time, we just need to meet the clause and get the deal done.
 
Murciaseasider said:
If Oxford don't get promoted the door will be open for a Brannagan bid. As far as I'm aware though there is a £1.5m release clause in his contract, which is there for a reason. Oxford could decide to cash in at a lower amount but that would solely be their decision. They still hold all the aces.
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There’s no release clause anymore. It expired.
I’ve posted on here before that CB desperately wants to come here and had a major kick off with Oxford when it didn’t happen in January. He’s been promised the opportunity to move when they ultimately blow it!!!
 
We really could do with CB handing in a transfer request as I feel Oxford will just play hardball again. Either that or hope there is a gentleman’s agreement they let him go should they fail to win promotion.
Oxfords options are cash in for 1.5M or keep him for one more promotion attempt with their best player albeit they will lose him for nothing next summer. I think they may prefer the latter.
 
CalderwoodCritchleyWon’t said:
No clause
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That's not what I've been informed by pretty well connected Oxford folk. He has a buy out clause, that will still be there, it is believed to be £1.25M - £1.5M region. Whether Oxford would be more willing to negotiate given he will have only 1 season left to run. As a Championship club, that is small fry, if he's the player Critchley wants, the board needs to get the deal done.
 
AmericanTangerine said:
His release clause is around 1,500,000 with one year left on his contract.

Going into this Summer, if they have not been promoted and he doesn't wanted to sign a new deal, we'll surely be able to sign him on the cheap as their bargaining power will be MUCH lower than it was in January.

Would be nice to get that deal over the line nice and early in the Summer.
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like the end of May
 
Philbfctrois said:
So why haven't we bought him?

He's obviously been Critchley top target for a good while now and we haven't met the clause
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In fairness, he’s over-valued at the Clause trigger price. We’ve obviously been led to believe a deal can be done (maybe by the agent), but Oxford have stuck to their guns.

We probably need to put a serious early bid in next time, if we are still interested and then just move on to the next target (if we haven’t already).
 
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Whoever comes it's somewhat of a comfort that we already had Norburn in the pipe for a sizeable fee.

This season was partially a recovery from Covid revenue fallout but with another season's Championship revenue's to look forward to Pool can widen the horizon's within reason ,a position they were not in last August and any blowout would have been a huge risk had we gone down.

The Bowler scenario is a win win given he was a free and again under this stewardship inward investment is a given and I'm sure the collective come the end of July will be stronger either way with or without him.
 
NewburyOne said:
That's not what I've been informed by pretty well connected Oxford folk. He has a buy out clause, that will still be there, it is believed to be £1.25M - £1.5M region. Whether Oxford would be more willing to negotiate given he will have only 1 season left to run. As a Championship club, that is small fry, if he's the player Critchley wants, the board needs to get the deal done.
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I’m led to believe there’s now no clause…instead an agreement that if they don’t go up he can go for an acceptable fee. He’ll still cost £1m plus
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
In fairness, he’s over-valued at the Clause trigger price. We’ve obviously been led to believe a deal can be done (maybe by the agent), but Oxford have stuck to their guns.

We probably need to put a serious early bid in next time, if we are still interested and then just move on to the next target (if we haven’t already).
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Not sure how you can say he's over valued on the trigger price

Surely he's only worth what someone is willing to pay for him and if another club buys him for his clause then thats his value

You been listening to expert commentators again?
 
Bloodorange said:
Whoever comes it's somewhat of a comfort that we already had Norburn in the pipe for a sizeable fee.

This season was partially a recovery from Covid revenue fallout but with another season's Championship revenue's to look forward to Pool can widen the horizon's within reason ,a position they were not in last August and any blowout would have been a huge risk had we gone down.

The Bowler scenario is a win win given he was a free and again under this stewardship inward investment is a given and I'm sure the collective come the end of July will be stronger either way with or without him.
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Spot on
 
King Billy said:
We really could do with CB handing in a transfer request as I feel Oxford will just play hardball again. Either that or hope there is a gentleman’s agreement they let him go should they fail to win promotion.
Oxfords options are cash in for 1.5M or keep him for one more promotion attempt with their best player albeit they will lose him for nothing next summer. I think they may prefer the latter.
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He leaves in the summer if Oxford don’t go up.
 
Ain't speculation great. 🤣

Brannagan hasn't got a buy out clause.
I know Oxford people blah blah blah.
Brannagan is desperate to come to Blackpool.
We've more than enough money to buy Brannagan.

Do every other football club in the football league know that Cameron Brannagan is the only player that can be bought this transfer window.

I sincerely hope that BFC are not putting all their eggs in one basket with Brannagan. Oxford and Robinson in particular are acting like cocks and this has gone on for far too long.
Maybe the lad from Newcastle who played as a trialist is the answer.
 
Philbfctrois said:
Surely he's only worth what someone is willing to pay for him
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You hear this argument a lot, but it's a policy driven by people with more money than sense.

At some point in the real world you have to start factoring in the fact that clubs have finite resources, and in this Division ours are more finite than most. And whatever "value" you ascribe to him is also affected by who else we might be considering paying a fee for. The only people who know are in a position to weigh all of that are inside the club.

The time to judge our summer's business will be when all of it is done.
 
basilrobbie3 said:
You hear this argument a lot, but it's a policy driven by people with more money than sense.

At some point in the real world you have to start factoring in the fact that clubs have finite resources, and in this Division ours are more finite than most. And whatever "value" you ascribe to him is also affected by who else we might be considering paying a fee for. The only people who know are in a position to weigh all of that are inside the club.

The time to judge our summer's business will be when all of it is done.
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Don't go down that route again like you did during the Premier season

If we don't pay the 'going rate' then some others will putting us at a disadvantage

Bit like the old Oyston agent stance

Who's knows what improvement Brannagan would have had on this squad if we had of paid his value
 
Philbfctrois said:
Who's knows what improvement Brannagan would have had on this squad if we had of paid his value
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The answer to that is "nobody", so your opinion counts for as much as mine.

It's all a matter of judgement, and if you had had your way the manager would have been sacked last February because he couldn't take the club any further.
 
basilrobbie3 said:
The answer to that is "nobody", so your opinion counts for as much as mine.

It's all a matter of judgement, and if you had had your way the manager would have been sacked last February because he couldn't take the club any further.
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The manager obviously rates Brannagan very highly hence why he has tried to sign him a couple of times

Are you questioning the managers judgement?
 
Philbfctrois said:
Not sure how you can say he's over valued on the trigger price

Surely he's only worth what someone is willing to pay for him and if another club buys him for his clause then thats his value

You been listening to expert commentators again?
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No, I just think that “Market Value” and “Trigger Value” aren’t matching up on this occasion. Other Clubs don’t appear to have been queuing up to sign him, so as you say he’s only worth what someone is willing to pay.

Looks like Oxford gave stitched him up really, but they’ll likely be more open to letting him go in the Summer (if we’re still interested).
 
Brannagan is obviously known to NC through his Liverpool connection but tbh he has been a League 1 player for 5 seasons at Oxford. He's not a 25 yr old Luka Modric so there is no way we should pay anywhere near 1M for a player going into the last year of his contract. In fact I would offer Thorniley as a straight swap or throw in Ethan Robson who played well at that level for MK Dons.
 
Seainsea said:
Brannagan is obviously known to NC through his Liverpool connection but tbh he has been a League 1 player for 5 seasons at Oxford. He's not a 25 yr old Luka Modric so there is no way we should pay anywhere near 1M for a player going into the last year of his contract. In fact I would offer Thorniley as a straight swap or throw in Ethan Robson who played well at that level for MK Dons.
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Straight swap for Thorniley 🤣 would be taking the piss that
 
Ultimately if there’s other interest it will come down to wages, if not it will come down to the player. Let’s just wait and see what happens in a few weeks.
 
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