Raconteur Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Surely if we're bidding £20m for Townsend, then we've already bid that for Kenedy and been rejected (or put on hold)? If things are as bad as they seem money wise, then a #9 and an #11 is the barest minimum, to bring us to where we were at the end of the season. I'm not fussed if we don't venture beyond that, although I hope squad players are replaced wisely and hopefully with genuine competition for positions. We can hope... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 This is why I'm confident of a good summer transfer wise if we are prepared to bid £20 million for Townsend then Rafa must have a new number nine lined up as well as a couple of others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TRon Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 We wouldn't pay the £16m asking price for Townsend when he was available when Allardyce was boss at Palace, what makes anyone think our baulking negotiators would ever go to £20m now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 We wouldn't pay the £16m asking price for Townsend when he was available when Allardyce was boss at Palace, what makes anyone think our baulking negotiators would ever go to £20m now? to be fair we were in the champo then like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 We wouldn't pay the £16m asking price for Townsend when he was available when Allardyce was boss at Palace, what makes anyone think our baulking negotiators would ever go to £20m now? to be fair we were in the champo then like No we wern’t. It was last summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 We'd just come up then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 We wouldn't pay the £16m asking price for Townsend when he was available when Allardyce was boss at Palace, what makes anyone think our baulking negotiators would ever go to £20m now? to be fair we were in the champo then like Can you see Ashley okaying a £20m fee for a player we had to let go for £13m? It just goes against everything he stands for, especially being the petty cunt he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 i don't remember being linked that much last summer, was the january one i always remember...my mistake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Ritchie has most assists - I like Perez but he is no winger - just think kenedy would be a great 10 kenedy surely too one footed to be a great number 10, have there been any successful one footed players there? I hear Maradona and Messi are both ok. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Ritchie has most assists - I like Perez but he is no winger - just think kenedy would be a great 10 kenedy surely too one footed to be a great number 10, have there been any successful one footed players there? I hear Maradona and Messi are both ok. come on man, neither of them are remotely as one footed as kenedy like, he's the type of player that has to contort his body at times to keep the ball on his left when he should use his right a little Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Kenedy isn't even that one footed. He definitely hit passes and shots with his right last season. Obviously his left is by far his strongest suit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Kenedy made a huge impact in the team by injecting some PL quality pace and trickery/dribbling into the team. Meant we had another way to open teams up and weren't as predictable/reliant on Shelvey to create something. Assuming he's still as good as he was when with us, Andros adds what Kenedy did, unlike Ritchie/Atsu/Murphy. Ignoring his idiotic decision to leave Rafa, £20m is a decent price in the current market for a proven PL winger who we know for a fact can work well in Rafa's preferred system (this latter part is the key, i.e no gamble). Ideally we want to add two wingers of this type/calibre - why limit ourselves to pace/creativity/quality on one flank only? We'd be a much better team with wingers on both flanks posing a real threat on the ball, especially in Rafa's system. So Townsend plus another Kenedy type would be great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 We wouldn't pay the £16m asking price for Townsend when he was available when Allardyce was boss at Palace, what makes anyone think our baulking negotiators would ever go to £20m now? to be fair we were in the champo then like Can you see Ashley okaying a £20m fee for a player we had to let go for £13m? It just goes against everything he stands for, especially being the petty cunt he is. Was thinking that myself. He supposedly refused to sanction a £15m move in January 2017 for that very reason, yet 18 months on we are bidding even more for the same player? Would have Townsend back, but not sure if this rumour is true.... yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 We wouldn't pay the £16m asking price for Townsend when he was available when Allardyce was boss at Palace, what makes anyone think our baulking negotiators would ever go to £20m now? to be fair we were in the champo then like Can you see Ashley okaying a £20m fee for a player we had to let go for £13m? It just goes against everything he stands for, especially being the petty cunt he is. Was thinking that myself. He supposedly refused to sanction a £15m move in January 2017 for that very reason, yet 18 months on we are bidding even more for the same player? Would have Townsend back, but not sure if this rumour is true.... yet. Isn't that something the fat idiot has done repeatedly, lacazette and Aubameyang spring to mind. We could have bought them for a fraction of the prices paid for them recently, the shortsightedness of Ashley really does beggar belief at times. I can't see us buying Townsend for more than we were prepared to pay a year or so ago, in our owners mind prices haven't upped at all and we can still shop in the £5m to £10m market. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 We wouldn't pay the £16m asking price for Townsend when he was available when Allardyce was boss at Palace, what makes anyone think our baulking negotiators would ever go to £20m now? to be fair we were in the champo then like Can you see Ashley okaying a £20m fee for a player we had to let go for £13m? It just goes against everything he stands for, especially being the petty cunt he is. Was thinking that myself. He supposedly refused to sanction a £15m move in January 2017 for that very reason, yet 18 months on we are bidding even more for the same player? Would have Townsend back, but not sure if this rumour is true.... yet. Isn't that something the fat idiot has done repeatedly, lacazette and Aubameyang spring to mind. We could have bought them for a fraction of the prices paid for them recently, the shortsightedness of Ashley really does beggar belief at times. I can't see us buying Townsend for more than we were prepared to pay a year or so ago, in our owners mind prices haven't upped at all and we can still shop in the £5m to £10m market. Aubameyang didn't want anything to do with us man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Aye, he's said himself that we offered more money but he preferred Borussia Dortmund. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 “The following season, St Etienne wanted to sell me to Newcastle but we opted for Dortmund, finalist in the Champions League because my father studied Jurgen Klopp’s game, even though the money was lower.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Maybe it's misplaced, but I really do think Ashley is petty enough to refuse to pay £20m for a player we had to let go for £13m. I'll believe we bid that if and when he ends up here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 We wouldn't pay the £16m asking price for Townsend when he was available when Allardyce was boss at Palace, what makes anyone think our baulking negotiators would ever go to £20m now? to be fair we were in the champo then like Can you see Ashley okaying a £20m fee for a player we had to let go for £13m? It just goes against everything he stands for, especially being the petty cunt he is. Was thinking that myself. He supposedly refused to sanction a £15m move in January 2017 for that very reason, yet 18 months on we are bidding even more for the same player? Would have Townsend back, but not sure if this rumour is true.... yet. Isn't that something the fat idiot has done repeatedly, lacazette and Aubameyang spring to mind. We could have bought them for a fraction of the prices paid for them recently, the shortsightedness of Ashley really does beggar belief at times. I can't see us buying Townsend for more than we were prepared to pay a year or so ago, in our owners mind prices haven't upped at all and we can still shop in the £5m to £10m market. Aubameyang didn't want anything to do with us man. Probably true but you know what i mean, especially with it coming out that Graham Carr stop even trying to scout players over a certain value, no matter how good they were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 Aye, he's said himself that we offered more money but he preferred Borussia Dortmund. If memory serves we were first linked with a very firm interest like two (?) seasons before he ended up leaving though. By the time Dortmund got him he was way more proven and obviously wanted nothing to do with us for that reason. Carr spotted him early enough when he was still within reach, but our lot wouldn’t budge over our valuation. As Bimpy said, the same thing happened with Lacazette not much later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 This is why I'm confident of a good summer transfer wise if we are prepared to bid £20 million for Townsend then Rafa must have a new number nine lined up as well as a couple of others. Stick to the upskirting mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 This is why I'm confident of a good summer transfer wise if we are prepared to bid £20 million for Townsend then Rafa must have a new number nine lined up as well as a couple of others. Stick to the upskirting mate :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 This is why I'm confident of a good summer transfer wise if we are prepared to bid £20 million for Townsend then Rafa must have a new number nine lined up as well as a couple of others. Stick to the upskirting mate Seriously.......what the fuck do you mean by that !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 I was desperate for us to keep Townsend as I’ve always rated him because he could carry the the ball up the pitch, provide an outlet, worked hard, was a goal threat and fitted the Rafa way. But he left and for dumb reasons. Had he had the intelligence he would have realised what a good thing he had here and with Rafa who could have developed him into a top player. Who knows he may have went to the WC had he stayed and starred for us in the PL. he went to a Pardew Palace and has regressed and for what it would take to bring him back, we could do better and again I’d rather we gave Murphy a chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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