Dr Jinx Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 3 minutes ago, Shearergol said: £50m itself is an incredible fee for him imo. There’s no doubting his ability but he’s nowhere near a £70m player. But what does it even mean? Maguire was 80m and very highly rated when he signed for Manchester United, it turned out to be a trash transfer but that doesn’t negate that he was very very good for Leicester before that. We could spend 40m on Guehi and it turn out to be a massive waste of money. But that’s essentially what we’re buying.. Maguire at Leicester potential (albeit he’s got more pace, but nowhere near as good in the air) If it’s 65m and he turns out to the final piece of the jigsaw, that could end up looking cheap. There’s no way of knowing until he’s actually here and had a chance to contribute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 11 hours ago, The Prophet said: Quite a few Palace fans keen to cash in at our latest offer. It's an enormous offer for a CB. I'm still in the it happens camp. Maybe huffing copium but I'd rather be positive and wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Pixelphish said: I'm still in the it happens camp. Maybe huffing copium but I'd rather be positive and wrong. For me, if it happens great, if it doesn’t I’ll not lose sleep over it. We have people in place who know what they’re doing, I’m happy to leave it to them. Edited August 15 by FloydianMag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cf Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 9 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: But what does it even mean? Maguire was 80m and very highly rated when he signed for Manchester United, it turned out to be a trash transfer but that doesn’t negate that he was very very good for Leicester before that. We could spend 40m on Guehi and it turn out to be a massive waste of money. But that’s essentially what we’re buying.. Maguire at Leicester potential (albeit he’s got more pace, but nowhere near as good in the air) If it’s 65m and he turns out to the final piece of the jigsaw, that could end up looking cheap. There’s no way of knowing until he’s actually here and had a chance to contribute. Maguire's fee is hardly some sort of benchmark. It was laughable at the time. Just yet another example of Man Utd massively overpaying for a player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 1 minute ago, Cf said: Maguire's fee is hardly some sort of benchmark. It was laughable at the time. Just yet another example of Man Utd massively overpaying for a player. Oh they got rinsed but at the time I don’t remember much mockery at the fee, more so a resignation that we’d never be able to compete for transfers like that. All I remember was (roughly within the same time frame) Maguire - 80m - dud VVD - 75m - transformative I’m guessing Guehi might be somewhere in between Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Between transformative and dud? Well you'd hope so. Between 75-80m you'd hope not, nobody is buying him for that much and Palace will just end up losing him for nowt. I can absolutely see us losing one of our elites next summer if this is the way the transfer window is going to be moving forward. Unless of course this Man City thing comes off and we're able to join in with the shenanigans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mosstef Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 24 minutes ago, Pixelphish said: I'm still in the it happens camp. Maybe huffing copium but I'd rather be positive and wrong. I'm in the same camp. Should we have a poll? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 1 minute ago, mosstef said: I'm in the same camp. Should we have a poll? I think it could still happen but we’re probably looking at viable “back up” options to Schar too now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 18 minutes ago, Cf said: Maguire's fee is hardly some sort of benchmark. It was laughable at the time. Just yet another example of Man Utd massively overpaying for a player. I think it's becoming harder and harder to establish a useful benchmark. Between inflation and PSR, transfer fees are all over the place, and the scope of 'value' is so much wider now. When £20-30million was the very upper limit to transfer fees, it was easy to differentiate a £3m player from an £8m player or a £10m player from a £15m player. But these days - when the baseline is always in the tens of millions - a difference of five is almost impossible to interpret. Previous generations to me would probably say the same about the front end of my example, because transfer fees have consistently inflated over the decades. But I do wonder if it's ever been quite this difficult to define talent by a transfer fee. If we can afford to pay £70m for him and the bosses consider it to be worth it, then my instinct is to back that call; however, I'd be concerned about us being held to ransom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamPS Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 25 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: Oh they got rinsed but at the time I don’t remember much mockery at the fee, more so a resignation that we’d never be able to compete for transfers like that. All I remember was (roughly within the same time frame) Maguire - 80m - dud VVD - 75m - transformative I’m guessing Guehi might be somewhere in between There was quite a bit on Maguire, while nobody thought it was a bad transfer to do or that he’d fail, at the time the fee was considered massively inflated. Had they paid 50m it would probably have been seen as reasonable, in hindsight that would still have been terrible value Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pixelphish Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 6 minutes ago, Slim said: I've changed my mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Oh, well if Luke thinks it’s on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 17 minutes ago, Slim said: Can’t beat a journalists gut feeling regarding transfers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyBlanco Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 If we’re going off Luke’s gut feelings then this transfer has just shit it’s pants and will be hospitalised with dysentery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Do we think Barella will start on Saturday? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Sky giving this serious hype. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Not sure pursuement is a word Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoOGazOoO Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 2 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Not sure pursuement is a word Was thinking the same, ha! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 From OED.com Where does the noun pursuement come from? Earliest known use, early 1600s. The earliest known use of the noun pursuement is in the early 1600s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Can Pursuement play CB? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloydianMag Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 7 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said: Not sure pursuement is a word He is a jock……..Scottish word? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 40 minutes ago, Slim said: Tee hee I just clicked his willy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checko Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 17 minutes ago, Coffee_Johnny said: Can Pursuement play CB? He can but he always gets caught trailing the striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 32 minutes ago, FloydianMag said: He is a jock……..Scottish word? No Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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