Scott Sinclair (continued)

[manimanc]

Does sinclair track back?

Was that aj's downfall?

Have we sold a player and replaced him with an identical player with the same attributes?

A strange player in/out that i can't quiye get my head round...

In roberto we trust i suppose!!!

 

[waspish]

Look if fans don't know why Fletcher went for money than AJ I give up

 

[adrianr]

Despite having endless time to get myself prepared for the most obvious signing of the window, it still seems like a really bloody bad choice.

 

[riley347]

Does sinclair track back?

Was that aj's downfall?

Have we sold a player and replaced him with an identical player with the same attributes?

A strange player in/out that i can't quiye get my head round...

In roberto we trust i suppose!!!

it,s AJ,s attitude that RM despised- never questioned his ability- RM won,t have it......

 

[daztrueblue91]

Look if fans don't know why Fletcher went for money than AJ I give up

Why did Fletcher go for more money? and the whole wage perspective is irrelevent when AJ is the one who wanted out.

 

[johnmc]

No it was 10m plus 5m add ons.

Jarvis from Wolves to West Ham for £10.75m....great bit of business by Marwood selling AJ for less.

AJ will be far more expensive for the buying club over the duration of the deal

 

[Shooter 83]

Jarvis from Wolves to West Ham for £10.75m....great bit of business by Marwood selling AJ for less.

If AJ was so good and so cheap, how come no one else put in a bid? The best result for us would have been an auction, yet none happened. Does that mean AJ went for his real price and no one was willing to pay over the odds?

Yes, Jarvis and Fletcher went for more, but that was down to the stupid bids from the buying clubs.

Appreciate that doesn't fit with the generally held view that everyone on here could do a better job than Marwood (and by default, therefore, Khaldoon and then Mansour), but it does seem to fit with the reality of life in the real world.

-- Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:31 pm --

We had more than one club in for johnson,as for adebayor and bridge its already been explained on here,all about wages....

Who were these other clubs who put in bids then? Real bids I mean, not just Twitter rumours

-- Sat Aug 25, 2012 10:32 pm --

We were not desperate to sell AJ so Sunderland either met our valuation or didn't get him. AJ was the one who wanted out of City therefore that should have had no affect on the price we sold him for

But if we'd already bought his replacement, we'd have looked much keener to sell, therefore affecting his price

It was Sunderland who paid £12.6 million for Fletcher from Wolves and then, after what appears to have been very brief negotiations, take a current England international from us for £10m. Does that not strike you as bad business ?

We will get a guaranteed 15M off sunderland they have paid 10 upfront. Spurs and Liverpool backed off as they would only pay 10-12. Don't no why people take notice of the media with fees you know they add on 5m when we buy someone and say we got a lot less than we did when we sell.

 

[stan bowles]

No it was 10m plus 5m add ons.

Jarvis from Wolves to West Ham for £10.75m....great bit of business by Marwood selling AJ for less.

AJ will be far more expensive for the buying club over the duration of the deal

Johnson has taken a pay cut so unless you have inside knowledge of Fletcher's package (ooh-er) then you cannot assert such an argument.

 

[waspish]

Look if fans don't know why Fletcher went for money than AJ I give up

Why did Fletcher go for more money? and the whole wage perspective is irrelevent when AJ is the one who wanted out.

Because he wanted out doesn't Mean he put it in writing plus it is about wages fletcher on around 30k a week > AJ on 80kX52X5=20m 10m + add ons to make it 15m is good business

 

[johnmc]

Jarvis from Wolves to West Ham for £10.75m....great bit of business by Marwood selling AJ for less.

AJ will be far more expensive for the buying club over the duration of the deal

Johnson has taken a pay cut so unless you have inside knowledge of Fletcher's package (ooh-er) then you cannot assert such an argument.

Well in that case you have no knowledge of what was an undisclosed fee unless you have inside knowledge