Heron Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 How many times have we said "Even Ashley must realise" and every time he let's us down... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 IF we sell Mitro, then it's a fair bet we will bring in a striker. IF. You may scoff, but I'm basing all this on the dubious possibility that Brighton have actually bid £15m for Mitro. Fuck knows if that's even true. Just mucking about mate it's the if we sell bit, i think we could sell and not replace Mitro in a heartbeat. Ashley can give it 'I'm prepared to spend what it takes' Nah, ten years of it shows us it's pure bullshit and bluster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 If we don't sell, then we probably don't buy so we have to decide whether we want to improve our own chances of scoring goals and winning games, or simply avoid, possibly, helping one of our rivals. We have to forget about what Mitro might do, and concentrate on trying to improve our squad. What Mitro will probably do, is get sent off. Based on the Ashley era would you take the chance that we'd buy though, with 2 fixtures and only one week left in the window and in the midst of takeover talk? Ah, well, yes. I've made that comment there on the wild assumption that we act like a football club. You are correct to suggest Ashley could easily sell him and then just do nothing with the money. It would surprise no one. However, I think we 100% won't buy anyone if we don't sell him. It's 50/50 that we will reinvest the money if we do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gottlob Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Who other than a Premier League rival is going to possess the inclination and the resources to spend £15 million on Mitrovic? And as much as we are right to bemoan the lack of investment in the squad, Benitez has broadly been allowed to spend the money he has brought in via player sales: on the basis of my last check, he's spent around £100 million and sold players for about £10 million more than that. I don't dislike Mitrovic, but if a bid has been made it's an easy decision in my opinion for one of the most peripheral members of our first team squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 How many times have we said "Even Ashley must realise" and every time he let's us down... He'll realise when the time is right. As we drift off into the national league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GideonShandy Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Reckon Brighton upped their offer for Mitro because Glenn Murray just got arrested for alleged tax evasion? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Reckon Brighton upped their offer for Mitro because Glenn Murray just got arrested for alleged tax evasion? Nope, even if he's guilty that wouldn't be sorted out for yonks. Unbelievably i think Brighton are trying to build a squad, something which is fecking alien to our regime and confuses the feck out of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 The more I think about it the more I think £15m is too much of a positive for us, so much so that it outweighs us selling to a rival. I mean is Mitro even that good that it'd hurt us? We got relegated with him ourselves before and he was called Misstrovic on here for a while. I cant help but think we're massively overrating him this season because our other options are fairly poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Would be crazy to shift him to a relegation rival. Especially when our only replacement is going to be a totally unproven 27 year old with 3 good seasons in his whole career. A striker unproven in this league who's scoring lots of goals where he is now and is wanted by Rafa (so will play) is a big improvement over a lad who doesn't get a game and never will. If we can sell Mitrovic for £15m and bring the other lad in for the same amount then great. Should leave some cash for other areas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I'm as big a fan of Mitrovic's character as the next person, but he doesn't score and offers very little else. Don't get this "don't replace him with someone unproven" lark. Jorgensen doesn't sound as unproven as Mitrovic is, so why stick with what we know we're getting, which isn't good enough? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 In regard to Mitro and his replacement, it's better to have a player that Rafa wants and will play, than keep a player he doesn't trust and won't play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 There's only 2 and a half years between Armstrong and Mitro btw which is worth factoring in to his price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Other than some tweets, I can’t find much fan reaction from Brighton re Mitrovic. Is it even a story down there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Sold on page 451. The formation there was no role for him in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Other than some tweets, I can’t find much fan reaction from Brighton re Mitrovic. Is it even a story down there? Maybe they don't take it seriously. I mean, increasing the bid from £8m to £15m does sound a bit unlikely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Take it. use the money to take someone who can get goals instantly in a team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 The Guardian claim of a new £15m bid is a bit sketchy anyway. No other outlet at all is reporting this and I’m pretty sure they would be if Brighton went from an £8m bid to £15m within 24 hours. Don’t believe it personally Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Just hoping some common sense will prevail. Mitro's career is dead here, he failed to be effective in the Championship and he's barely kicked a ball this season. Rafa doesn't rate him. £15m is perfect, let's take that, up our bid on Jorgensen and then use the rest of the money to add to whatever kitty and get some more players in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Just hoping some common sense will prevail. Mitro's career is dead here, he failed to be effective in the Championship and he's barely kicked a ball this season. Rafa doesn't rate him. £15m is perfect, let's take that, up our bid on Jorgensen and then use the rest of the money to add to whatever kitty and get some more players in. Hmmmm I'd say he was pretty effective when he played but rarely played due to the insistence on playing one up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Chibas Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 An increased bid of 8m to 15m might have some plausibility, if we're willing to accept payment in the form of installments once again. Pretties up the accounts further down the track (if Ashley is hanging around) and by design (because usually we only spend what's in the bank) it hamstrings our competitiveness in the transfer market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Ryder says 15m bid is bollocks. Which makes total sense. They can fuck off for 7m like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Ryder says 15m bid is bollocks. Which makes total sense. They can f*** off for 7m like. 7 ? So they've put a new bid in lower than the first. The Ashley/Charnley school of Football ownership seems to have it's first graduate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Ryder says 15m bid is bollocks. Which makes total sense. They can f*** off for 7m like. 7 ? So they've put a new bid in lower than the first. The Ashley/Charnley school of Football ownership seems to have it's first graduate Original bid was mis-reported as 8m but the north east lot reckon it was between 7 and 8. Their original bid is the only bid at the moment. I can see him going to West Brom when Jonny Evans moves on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Just hoping some common sense will prevail. Mitro's career is dead here, he failed to be effective in the Championship and he's barely kicked a ball this season. Rafa doesn't rate him. £15m is perfect, let's take that, up our bid on Jorgensen and then use the rest of the money to add to whatever kitty and get some more players in. Hmmmm I'd say he was pretty effective when he played but rarely played due to the insistence on playing one up front. He scored 1 goal in 6 months and got dropped for Daryl Murphy. Awaiting Optimistic Nut's reply..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Just hoping some common sense will prevail. Mitro's career is dead here, he failed to be effective in the Championship and he's barely kicked a ball this season. Rafa doesn't rate him. £15m is perfect, let's take that, up our bid on Jorgensen and then use the rest of the money to add to whatever kitty and get some more players in. Hmmmm I'd say he was pretty effective when he played but rarely played due to the insistence on playing one up front. He scored 1 goal in 6 months and got dropped for Daryl Murphy. Awaiting Optimistic Nut's reply..... Exactly. Rafa knew he could't rely on Mitro to finish, the amount of times we were all frustrated at him missing quite straight forward chances was unacceptable. If he was effective he would have got way more game time, unless Madras thinks Rafa was a fool for not using him more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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