Kurt l understand your frustration and we all knew where the squad needed strengthening the most by the addition of a CM player(s) but Oxford we’re desperate to hang onto CB at all cost as they strive for promotion, and equally Norburn at Peterborough was perhaps just a long shot but again they need their captain to help their relegation battle (tall order maybe). Hopefully we will have Stewart back fit again when he returns from International duty, but we’ve also got Robson back who can play in that role. Personally l find the January transfer window a bit of a joke with clubs panic buying that can be financially painful in the long run, but for me getting the right players in at the right price in the summer window is absolutely key to our success next season.
It's not just me that's frustrated though is it? It's NC. He decided he wanted CB and ON, not just one or the other, he wanted both. He doesn't rate Robson and he can't rely on Stewart.
But I wanted Brannigan now!!!
And Forest and Bournemouth 'failed' in their bids for Josh Bowler. If a club doesn't want to sell then they don't have to.
Brannagan is quality and if Critch didn’t think so we would not have expended so much energy to try to get him.
What you want you don’t always get for the reasons l explained above re CB and ON. Equally, as fans we didn’t want those 3 donkeys signed in the Jan 2011 window but we got them for the exact opposite reasons as to why we didn’t land our targets this window.
There must be a very good reason for us turning down the £2-4m offer for JB when he can quite easily move in the summer for free, have we offered him a longer and improved contract l wonder?
I do not think it was a fail
Kurt, I think backwards would have been if we had sold a couple of our stronger players.
No he can't move for free in thw summerThere must be a very good reason for us turning down the £2-4m offer for JB when he can quite easily move in the summer for free, have we offered him a longer and improved contract l wonder?
He can’t move in the summer for free. We have the option of another year.There must be a very good reason for us turning down the £2-4m offer for JB when he can quite easily move in the summer for free, have we offered him a longer and improved contract l wonder?
I thought he could unless we exercise the option, or is my assumption wrong?
Agreed.
Correct but why wouldn’t we exercise the option, even if we then go on to sell him in the summer?
You've screenshotted my tweet, came off twitter, loaded up an anonymous message board to ask who I am/criticise what I've said. My name is on my twitter handle and make no attempts to hide who I am. So why didn't you ask who I am on twitter instead, or were you more interested in posting on here to start a thread off and hiding behind a username?
Just a thought but maybe I don’t do Twitter?
Another hiding behind a username and not said anything on twitter when you quite clearly follow me. Nothing I've said is wrong. We've spent 2 transfer windows chasing Brannagan. The release clause was £1.2m but we kept lowballing them with bids of £500k - £600k before upping it to £1m 50 minutes before the window closed and once the clause had expired. A championship club shouldn't be flapping over £200k for their managers number 1 target, simple as that.
Wannabe hard man from a guy who clearly knows who I am but has chosen to hide behind a username on an anonymous message board and not said anything to me in person or on twitter where your name is known. Nice one.
We’ll exercise it then won’t we
I'm turning 29 soon and don't have a brother, idiot.
Are you sure he does not rate Robson
Gave up but read enough to form an opinion of me that you felt brave enough to post anonymously when you could just as easily have called me out on twitter. Utter divvy.
We failed to get our top target, but at the same point he’s not played regularly in this League has he?
Your view, not the facts.
Indeed, it's about incremental gains in the squad over time. We're clearly a better side now than the one that finished last season. Keeping Bowler really emphasised that point. If he leaves in the summer, it's all about ensuring the funds are properly reinvested. Just to put things into context of our financial clout, Forest get an average attendance approximately double ours, which aside from the basic maths of ticket sales - will also increase all their commercial revenues too. Their owner has an estimated net worth of approx £550m. It's chalk and cheese, but it doesn't mean we can't make genuine progress and be competitive.
Who knows? Maybe we did, maybe we didn't?
What's the capitals Supporters about? Is that a dig at me?
I happen to agree with you
He's overpriced, based upon the fact that his valuation has been based purely on a predetermined release clause, as opposed to the fee he might expect to command, based on similar transfers. £750K - £1M seems to be around the right sort of price for a CM, making the move from a L1 to mid table Championship Club.
Ah, so you’re seeing Critchley is wrong for wanting him?
Beyond obsessive. I've never known a player a club has wanted as much as Critch and the Board did and then refused to pay what Oxford wanted. The whole episode is peculiar and doesn't add up.
Absolutely not , but puzzled by the fact no other club appeared to show any interest in him .
