LRD Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 He's the Championship top scorer and anyone wanting him would have to pay around that fee to get him. Rhodes, whom Blackburn bought for 8m from League 1 would probably cost more than that. Zaha was sold for 15m. If you want the division's top players you will have to pay the asking price. To fans of a club like us, we should even care less about paying an extra couple millions if we actually get a player we need. Who else are you going to get for 10m that will guarantee you goals and a return to the massive tv deal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 It's been discussed before but Zaha had a number of things going in his favour that would inflate his transfer fee, I have no issue paying an extra million or two to secure a target but the McCormack fee is mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Or we just get someone better, younger and cheaper from abroad. Sure you could try getting someone 'better' and cheaper but you would be taking a risk whether he performs. Getting a proven striker in that division that guarantees you goals comes at a premium though. Edit: nice delete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 McCormack for £11m is totally mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Scary thing about McCormack is the fact that last year was the first he's really scored at that rate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Now Rhodes I'd pay that for, actually rate him and think he'd do well at our level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Now Rhodes I'd pay that for, actually rate him and think he'd do well at our level. Would love him here but no chance of that ever happening imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Yeah, Rhodes and Zaha are young guys who are on an upward trajectory. McCormack is 27, and has only scored at that clip in one season i.e. the one just past. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Or we just get someone better, younger and cheaper from abroad. Sure you could try getting someone 'better' and cheaper but you would be taking a risk whether he performs. Getting a proven striker in that division that guarantees you goals comes at a premium though. Edit: nice delete. I'd decided I couldn't be arsed. Cheers for quoting it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 McCormack for £11m is totally mental. Absolutely ridiculous price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Or we just get someone better, younger and cheaper from abroad. Sure you could try getting someone 'better' and cheaper but you would be taking a risk whether he performs. Getting a proven striker in that division that guarantees you goals comes at a premium though. Edit: nice delete. I'd decided I couldn't be arsed. Cheers for quoting it I'm out too. Decided that I should enjoy whatever is left of what has been generally a great WC so far. The long season ahead can wait. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 McCormack's a good striker, man. £11m is obscene but he's pretty much guaranteed to perform for them, he's not just a goalscorer either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Can only assume Fulham's new American owner is mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Althought the fee seems excessive, you have to consider what is at stake for Fulham regarding promotion or the very real possibility of lingering in the lower leagues for years to come. Having just been relegated I assume not many good strikers are available to them at this point in time, and they've gone out and got he very best they could get (proven in the division and likely to bust a gut to get them promoted) and probably overpaid significantly for a bigger chance of coming straight back up. It's a calculated risk, and I think they deserve credit for taking it. I've said this before, but as Newcastle fans under Ashley we are conditioned to frown at any transfer fee over 8 million. LRD is absolutely correct in saying that 10 million for a striker isn't all that much nowadays all things considered. Yet I would be gobsmacked if we spend that much on a single player this summer when we are absolutely desperate to recruit the very best striker we can get in our position considering how light we are in that area and how very palpable the prospect of relegation seems. People may laugh at that fee for a player of McCormack's ability, and rightly so to an extent, but to me it just points out how much we are in trouble with Fat Mike unwilling to invest any serious amount of (our) cash. We may not even get a striker of his ability in, let alone one we require to have this club back challenging where it belongs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 SSN: Wet Spam bid £12m for Konoplyanka. Sovereign State of porn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Imagine spending £12m. Absolute stuff of dreams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Pah! Could have got McCormack with that money instead Fat Sam is definitely going to be the first to get fired tis season. He will never get the best out of the likes of this guy and Zarate. Should be quite comical. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 McCormack has had 2 good seasons out of 7 in the championship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Magath seems like a bit of a plank, and not all he's cracked up to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 McCormack has had 2 good seasons out of 7 in the championship. http://i.imgur.com/t39MNWU.png?1 3 out of 6 seasons when it comes to his goalscoring record actually. And he was apparently played out of position in the 2012-13 season, and still weighed in with 12 assists. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I don't consider 18 in 45 to be a good season. 2 out of 7. His record in the Scottish league is somewhat shite aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 I don't consider 18 in 45 to be a good season. 2 out of 7. His record in the Scottish league is somewhat s**** aswell. Ok, we take his earlier years into consideration compared to his more recent years. 6 seasons in the Championship btw, he was sold mid-season to Leeds. A proven player who scores when played as a striker, and assists when played in a withdrawn role is pretty much an asset to any team. And you won't need to give him time to settle to a new league like a foreign striker would need to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Anyway, I've made my points and will just leave it at that as mentioned earlier. The majority seems to think Fulham have done a poor deal on this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 SSN: Wet Spam bid £12m for Konoplyanka. Sovereign State of porn. Is he the one that Liverpool almost bought in January? Mental that Fat Sam is actually taking on board what the owners told him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Konoplyanka is class. Very greedy mind. Probably just because his current team suck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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