taxfree Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Stepping aside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is pretty annoying. €5.5m is nothing Don't understand what's so funny tbh. We need cover in the cb area more than we need another fullback now. Saying £4.6m is nothing. Its a pretty laughable statement in any context. For a target we identified a while ago to help us strengthen in a position we really need. €5.5m to improve our team isn't a great deal. Neither were the fees we paid for Xisco or Smith then. Money trees at the ready, were going in. The reason we've got money to spend is because we haven't gone out and overspent on other players. If we'd had paid £7m for Tiote, £10m for Santon and £20m for Cisse, we certainly wouldn't be bringing in Anita or anyone else this summer. £4.6m is a great deal of money, the club seem to think so, and if they think its too much for Douglas then I accept their decision. Good for you, I on the other hand think we're light and we could do with one more player in that position. From the reputation that Douglas has, if he can challenge Saylor for his position I don't think £4.6m is too much. And? Still doesn't mean £4.6m is nothing or no big deal. Yeah, so I think it's well worth the price and you don't. End of argument really. No the argument was about £4.6m being not a big deal. It is, and there really isn't any argument no matter how hard you try and twist it to fit. It's not a big deal in the context of buying a player which will improve our squad ffs. So you assumed that I was saying that £4.6m wasn't a lot of money in general? Do i need to loop this conversation like? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Douglas may be a steal for £4.5m, but we could bring in a younger and better player to the club in January*. We may even spend more on that player if we think he's more suited to what we need. We've shown that we're willing to spend money on players who will improve the club so I've got no doubt that if we do fail to sign Douglas it's not because £4.5m is out of our price range, it's either because he doesn't want to come here, we believe we can get a better player in, or what we have is suitable for the time being. On the other hand if we do get him it will be because he is the player we want and he will be viewed as a big improvement to the squad. *If we sign Douglas now the chances are he will be the only 'big name' center back we will buy for a couple of year, unless he turns out to be total shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is pretty annoying. €5.5m is nothing Don't understand what's so funny tbh. We need cover in the cb area more than we need another fullback now. Saying £4.6m is nothing. Its a pretty laughable statement in any context. For a target we identified a while ago to help us strengthen in a position we really need. €5.5m to improve our team isn't a great deal. So he is better than Saylor/Colo? Disagree he will strengthen the team rather than the squad in a way that a Simpson replacement would. People were talking about him starting games in Saylors place on this forum ffs. If we can guarantee our four cbs can deal with the increased volume of games without a long term injury, yeah, fuck it it's fine to go into this season with Colo, Saylor, Willo and Perch. In case of injury yeah, not many have seen enough to honestly say he should start ABOVE Saylor ffs. Love how you now change the point to Douglas or nothing rather than this individual deal being the case in point. The club seemingly think the fee is too much for a player who probably would be a squad player, thats enough for me tbh. It's great if we've got other targets lined up. As I've said from his reputation I don't think the money is too much. Wasnt aware he had such a huge reputation, i dare say 99% of people here havent seen too much of him but i know the club has so their judgement is enough for me if they decide the fee is too much for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinotheprehistoricgeordie Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is pretty annoying. €5.5m is nothing Don't understand what's so funny tbh. We need cover in the cb area more than we need another fullback now. Saying £4.6m is nothing. Its a pretty laughable statement in any context. For a target we identified a while ago to help us strengthen in a position we really need. €5.5m to improve our team isn't a great deal. Neither were the fees we paid for Xisco or Smith then. Money trees at the ready, were going in. The reason we've got money to spend is because we haven't gone out and overspent on other players. If we'd had paid £7m for Tiote, £10m for Santon and £20m for Cisse, we certainly wouldn't be bringing in Anita or anyone else this summer. £4.6m is a great deal of money, the club seem to think so, and if they think its too much for Douglas then I accept their decision. Good for you, I on the other hand think we're light and we could do with one more player in that position. From the reputation that Douglas has, if he can challenge Saylor for his position I don't think £4.6m is too much. And? Still doesn't mean £4.6m is nothing or no big deal. Yeah, so I think it's well worth the price and you don't. End of argument really. No the argument was about £4.6m being not a big deal. It is, and there really isn't any argument no matter how hard you try and twist it to fit. It's not a big deal in the context of buying a player which will improve our squad ffs. So you assumed that I was saying that £4.6m wasn't a lot of money in general? Do i need to loop this conversation like? No, you won the argument. Congratualtions on being right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is pretty annoying. €5.5m is nothing Don't understand what's so funny tbh. We need cover in the cb area more than we need another fullback now. Saying £4.6m is nothing. Its a pretty laughable statement in any context. For a target we identified a while ago to help us strengthen in a position we really need. €5.5m to improve our team isn't a great deal. Neither were the fees we paid for Xisco or Smith then. Money trees at the ready, were going in. The reason we've got money to spend is because we haven't gone out and overspent on other players. If we'd had paid £7m for Tiote, £10m for Santon and £20m for Cisse, we certainly wouldn't be bringing in Anita or anyone else this summer. £4.6m is a great deal of money, the club seem to think so, and if they think its too much for Douglas then I accept their decision. Good for you, I on the other hand think we're light and we could do with one more player in that position. From the reputation that Douglas has, if he can challenge Saylor for his position I don't think £4.6m is too much. And? Still doesn't mean £4.6m is nothing or no big deal. Yeah, so I think it's well worth the price and you don't. End of argument really. No the argument was about £4.6m being not a big deal. It is, and there really isn't any argument no matter how hard you try and twist it to fit. It's not a big deal in the context of buying a player which will improve our squad ffs. So you assumed that I was saying that £4.6m wasn't a lot of money in general? Do i need to loop this conversation like? No, you won the argument. Congratualtions on being right I've actually just physically facepalmed, i've never done that before, ever. Moving on... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinotheprehistoricgeordie Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is pretty annoying. €5.5m is nothing Don't understand what's so funny tbh. We need cover in the cb area more than we need another fullback now. Saying £4.6m is nothing. Its a pretty laughable statement in any context. For a target we identified a while ago to help us strengthen in a position we really need. €5.5m to improve our team isn't a great deal. Neither were the fees we paid for Xisco or Smith then. Money trees at the ready, were going in. The reason we've got money to spend is because we haven't gone out and overspent on other players. If we'd had paid £7m for Tiote, £10m for Santon and £20m for Cisse, we certainly wouldn't be bringing in Anita or anyone else this summer. £4.6m is a great deal of money, the club seem to think so, and if they think its too much for Douglas then I accept their decision. Good for you, I on the other hand think we're light and we could do with one more player in that position. From the reputation that Douglas has, if he can challenge Saylor for his position I don't think £4.6m is too much. And? Still doesn't mean £4.6m is nothing or no big deal. Yeah, so I think it's well worth the price and you don't. End of argument really. No the argument was about £4.6m being not a big deal. It is, and there really isn't any argument no matter how hard you try and twist it to fit. It's not a big deal in the context of buying a player which will improve our squad ffs. So you assumed that I was saying that £4.6m wasn't a lot of money in general? Do i need to loop this conversation like? No, you won the argument. Congratualtions on being right I've actually just physically facepalmed, i've never done that before, ever. Moving on... Yeah probably should have done that when I said we weren't really going to agree. Hope you enjoyed your facepalm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 He wouldn't be first choice here like, well not right away anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is pretty annoying. €5.5m is nothing Don't understand what's so funny tbh. We need cover in the cb area more than we need another fullback now. Saying £4.6m is nothing. Its a pretty laughable statement in any context. For a target we identified a while ago to help us strengthen in a position we really need. €5.5m to improve our team isn't a great deal. Neither were the fees we paid for Xisco or Smith then. Money trees at the ready, were going in. The reason we've got money to spend is because we haven't gone out and overspent on other players. If we'd had paid £7m for Tiote, £10m for Santon and £20m for Cisse, we certainly wouldn't be bringing in Anita or anyone else this summer. £4.6m is a great deal of money, the club seem to think so, and if they think its too much for Douglas then I accept their decision. Good for you, I on the other hand think we're light and we could do with one more player in that position. From the reputation that Douglas has, if he can challenge Saylor for his position I don't think £4.6m is too much. And? Still doesn't mean £4.6m is nothing or no big deal. Yeah, so I think it's well worth the price and you don't. End of argument really. No the argument was about £4.6m being not a big deal. It is, and there really isn't any argument no matter how hard you try and twist it to fit. It's not a big deal in the context of buying a player which will improve our squad ffs. So you assumed that I was saying that £4.6m wasn't a lot of money in general? Do i need to loop this conversation like? No, you won the argument. Congratualtions on being right I've actually just physically facepalmed, i've never done that before, ever. Moving on... Yeah probably should have done that when I said we weren't really going to agree. Hope you enjoyed your facepalm Yeah you probably should have read my first response to you (minus the in case were not getting that) and you'd have understood. Yes i did, it was warm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinotheprehistoricgeordie Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is pretty annoying. €5.5m is nothing Don't understand what's so funny tbh. We need cover in the cb area more than we need another fullback now. Saying £4.6m is nothing. Its a pretty laughable statement in any context. For a target we identified a while ago to help us strengthen in a position we really need. €5.5m to improve our team isn't a great deal. Neither were the fees we paid for Xisco or Smith then. Money trees at the ready, were going in. The reason we've got money to spend is because we haven't gone out and overspent on other players. If we'd had paid £7m for Tiote, £10m for Santon and £20m for Cisse, we certainly wouldn't be bringing in Anita or anyone else this summer. £4.6m is a great deal of money, the club seem to think so, and if they think its too much for Douglas then I accept their decision. Good for you, I on the other hand think we're light and we could do with one more player in that position. From the reputation that Douglas has, if he can challenge Saylor for his position I don't think £4.6m is too much. And? Still doesn't mean £4.6m is nothing or no big deal. Yeah, so I think it's well worth the price and you don't. End of argument really. No the argument was about £4.6m being not a big deal. It is, and there really isn't any argument no matter how hard you try and twist it to fit. It's not a big deal in the context of buying a player which will improve our squad ffs. So you assumed that I was saying that £4.6m wasn't a lot of money in general? Do i need to loop this conversation like? No, you won the argument. Congratualtions on being right I've actually just physically facepalmed, i've never done that before, ever. Moving on... Yeah probably should have done that when I said we weren't really going to agree. Hope you enjoyed your facepalm Yeah you probably should have read my first response to you (minus the in case were not getting that) and you'd have understood. Yes i did, it was warm. Hope it wasn't too clammy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 #Can you feel the love tonight...# Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JS Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Opinions can change, believe it or not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 This is pretty annoying. €5.5m is nothing Don't understand what's so funny tbh. We need cover in the cb area more than we need another fullback now. Saying £4.6m is nothing. Its a pretty laughable statement in any context. For a target we identified a while ago to help us strengthen in a position we really need. €5.5m to improve our team isn't a great deal. So he is better than Saylor/Colo? Disagree he will strengthen the team rather than the squad in a way that a Simpson replacement would. People were talking about him starting games in Saylors place on this forum ffs. If we can guarantee our four cbs can deal with the increased volume of games without a long term injury, yeah, f*** it it's fine to go into this season with Colo, Saylor, Willo and Perch. In case of injury yeah, not many have seen enough to honestly say he should start ABOVE Saylor ffs. Love how you now change the point to Douglas or nothing rather than this individual deal being the case in point. The club seemingly think the fee is too much for a player who probably would be a squad player, thats enough for me tbh. It's great if we've got other targets lined up. As I've said from his reputation I don't think the money is too much. Wasnt aware he had such a huge reputation, i dare say 99% of people here havent seen too much of him but i know the club has so their judgement is enough for me if they decide the fee is too much for him. The club have already made it clear as to how they judge the player, seeing as they've bid for him and Pardew has gone on record that he's a target. I can't speak for annybody else, but I've seen plenty of him and as far as I am concerned (I am not a qualified scout) Douglas represents an update on Taylor, and that's not being disrespectful to Taylor either. Of course, he would have to prove himself and fight his way into the first team, but the quality is definitely there to do just that. That's what I meant earlier by missing out. I would be disappointed if we didn't get him because he chose Fulham (or any other club) over us, but it would be much more crushing if we didn't even bid for him and let him go to a rival top 10 Premiership team for such a comparatively low fee (not in absolute terms, but relative to his level of quality). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We're being outbid by Fulham on a player worth €5.5m!? €5.5m is nowt man. Fucking Ashley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wally_McFool Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We're being outbid by Fulham on a player worth €5.5m!? €5.5m is nowt man. Fucking Ashley Aint too fussed about Douglas meself. If we get him, fine... if we dont go for him, Pardieux must probably think that Streete or Good are almost ready to step up to first team duty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Bit funny that this lad said a massive club was in for him, then he ends up at Fulham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 If he doesn't want to come then fuckit. Move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I wish you could press a button which fast forwarded to the end of the window to stop all this bs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I don't really agree that the fee is a stumbling block as whatever happens he would have resale value, he is going for this amount because he is in the last year of his contract. But anyway I was not that hot on him, the reviews i've seen have been pretty mixed. I've always preferred the sound of Mbiwa, still available btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I wish you could press a button which fast forwarded to the end of the window to stop all this bs. Or just grow a pair and stop being such a little drama queen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 That post was better before the edit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 Seemed a little harsh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 It'll be a wages grab. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 We're being outbid by Fulham on a player worth €5.5m!? €5.5m is nowt man. f***ing Ashley Aint too fussed about Douglas meself. If we get him, fine... if we dont go for him, Pardieux must probably think that Streete or Good are almost ready to step up to first team duty. Was chatting to Streete's mother in Sgt Peppers last weekend... That sounds so wrong on so many levels... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 I don't Colo let alone Saylor to play 50 games this season so i think if we bought him he'd get plenty of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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