| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today 14:49 - May 12 with 4257 views | smithy69 |
How would you spend it
Who would they be, and why. We aren’t going to be paying people 50k a week IMO so salary has To be sensible aswell
For me it would be Ben Sheaf and Flynn Downes. Some legs In the middle of the park as we look to the future. Think they would both learn alot of Morsy aswell [Post edited 12 May 14:52]
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 14:55 - May 12 with 3332 views | GeoffSentence |
I'd blow it all on Omari. |  |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 14:58 - May 12 with 3313 views | Jimmy86 |
As posted in another thread, I think people need to forget about Downes.. he jumped ship pretty easily before and his comments after the game, around him getting booed proved there is no love lost on his behalf, for us... | | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:00 - May 12 with 3283 views | footers |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 14:55 - May 12 by GeoffSentence |
I'd blow it all on Omari. |
There are three unnecessary words in that sentence. [Post edited 12 May 15:00]
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:02 - May 12 with 3251 views | smithy69 |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 14:58 - May 12 by Jimmy86 |
As posted in another thread, I think people need to forget about Downes.. he jumped ship pretty easily before and his comments after the game, around him getting booed proved there is no love lost on his behalf, for us... |
Cook had him training with the kids. Not sure you can blame him
I do agree though- he may not want To come | | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:05 - May 12 with 3200 views | Jimmy86 |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:02 - May 12 by smithy69 |
Cook had him training with the kids. Not sure you can blame him
I do agree though- he may not want To come |
Because he wanted out... He wanted out when Palace came in for him..
Also, having watched the podcast with Kieron Dyer and renegade statman a while back, KD mentioned that Cook had a meeting with Downes, where he tried to convince him to stay... Downes didn't want to.. whether he was made to train with the kids before or after the meeting may have had an influence on his decision, granted | | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:15 - May 12 with 3100 views | jayessess |
The average bottom half Premier League team spent £114m on wages in 2022-23, which works out at £2.2m per week.
£50k per week x 25 first team players works out at £1.25m per week, so we'll be well below the division average if we don't end up paying anyone salaries of that order. [Post edited 12 May 15:27]
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:18 - May 12 with 3054 views | Nutkins_Return |
Omari would have to be one. Central midfield I'd go sheaf and Hamer but would be more than happy with Downes as well. Sara also good. | | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:31 - May 12 with 2965 views | smithy69 |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:15 - May 12 by jayessess |
The average bottom half Premier League team spent £114m on wages in 2022-23, which works out at £2.2m per week.
£50k per week x 25 first team players works out at £1.25m per week, so we'll be well below the division average if we don't end up paying anyone salaries of that order. [Post edited 12 May 15:27]
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Personally I just can’t see it. Doesn’t fit in with the mantra in the club around stability I think.
Barkley for instance is on 30k at Luton. | | | |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:36 - May 12 with 2916 views | ITFCMonk |
Hutchinson & Sarmiento.
We all know why |  | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:39 - May 12 with 2891 views | Herbivore |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:05 - May 12 by Jimmy86 |
Because he wanted out... He wanted out when Palace came in for him..
Also, having watched the podcast with Kieron Dyer and renegade statman a while back, KD mentioned that Cook had a meeting with Downes, where he tried to convince him to stay... Downes didn't want to.. whether he was made to train with the kids before or after the meeting may have had an influence on his decision, granted |
We were going nowhere in League 1, hardly surprising he was interested in leaving to join Palace. I don't see that as a reason to not go back in for him now. |  |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:43 - May 12 with 2862 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
Think he'd probably cost all of 30 mil and more but I'd spend it on Ramsdale, think he's worth 6 to 9 points in saves. Then I'd sign Cresswell for free as cover for Leif/an experienced head to bring on.
Obviously no chance of it happening but would be a fantastic signing.
I'd like to think for 30 mil we could get Teinery and Omari, assuming Chelsea actually want to move him on and think that would be great business but maybe I'm underesting the market.
Add Sheaf for 15 mil and I think that's 45 m well spent. I do think it's defence where we really need a good addition, Wolf and Burgess fabulous but against top opposition we definitely need an addition or 2. Good cover for Leif essential
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:44 - May 12 with 2853 views | Plums |
I'd start by asking why we'd be repeating the errors of the Burley era and spending significantly beyond the balance of the dressing room.
£30m on four or five players perhaps but not two. |  |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:47 - May 12 with 2798 views | Herbivore |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:44 - May 12 by Plums |
I'd start by asking why we'd be repeating the errors of the Burley era and spending significantly beyond the balance of the dressing room.
£30m on four or five players perhaps but not two. |
Players in the £6m-7m aren't going to significantly improve us though, I don't think £30m on two players - if they are the right players - is necessarily unrealistic. We'll make at least a couple of 8 figure signings I suspect. | |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:50 - May 12 with 2767 views | Stenvict |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 14:58 - May 12 by Jimmy86 |
As posted in another thread, I think people need to forget about Downes.. he jumped ship pretty easily before and his comments after the game, around him getting booed proved there is no love lost on his behalf, for us... |
Remember when Kieffer Moore wanted to leave, when he was with us before? I'm sure Downes would love to play for a manager like Kieran McKenna. [Post edited 12 May 15:50]
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:50 - May 12 with 2763 views | acj |
Pablo Solari from River Plate - reckon we could probably get him for 10-15. Would try a sneaky bid for Andre from Fluminense with the rest, but hard to know how much they’d be looking for to let him go.
Beyond that - Omari has to be top of the list if a permanent deal is at all possible. |  |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:51 - May 12 with 2739 views | jayessess |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:31 - May 12 by smithy69 |
Personally I just can’t see it. Doesn’t fit in with the mantra in the club around stability I think.
Barkley for instance is on 30k at Luton. |
Think this really underestimates how ordinary £50k a week is for a Premier League player. There's no real scenario where we refuse to pay those kinds of wages and stay up because even if we won't pay it for new signings, that'll be what we'll have to pay the lads who are already here if they're good enough to keep us up!
I doubt Barkley's on that little (figures you see for player salaries on the internet are rarely accurate). | |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:52 - May 12 with 2725 views | Illinoisblue |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:44 - May 12 by Plums |
I'd start by asking why we'd be repeating the errors of the Burley era and spending significantly beyond the balance of the dressing room.
£30m on four or five players perhaps but not two. |
It’s not about x amount spent or x number of players. It’s finding the quality that will keep us up. McKenna and Ashton are both ambitious. They won’t be shopping in the bargains section, and nor should they. |  |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:54 - May 12 with 2692 views | Lord_Lucan |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:36 - May 12 by ITFCMonk |
Hutchinson & Sarmiento.
We all know why |
I would say these two as well - if we could get them for that.
That way we could develop another couple of loanee's |  |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 16:23 - May 12 with 2542 views | LeightonBuzzardBlue |
I'm a follower of German football so one of my answers is inspired by that
1) Omari - £20-25mil (I still don't think this would be enough still unfortunately)
- No explanation needed
2) Ao Tonaka - £5mil - Fortuna Dusseldorf
- International experience (26 apps / 8 goals for Japan)
- PoTM against Spain at the World Cup
- Can play CM or more advanced/defensive
- Good age of 25
- 8 goals, 4 assists this season for Fortuna |  | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 16:50 - May 12 with 2436 views | Jimmy86 |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 15:39 - May 12 by Herbivore |
We were going nowhere in League 1, hardly surprising he was interested in leaving to join Palace. I don't see that as a reason to not go back in for him now. |
Yep, I agree with you, regarding the fact we weren't going anywhere, languishing in league 1 and he wanted out as a result.. but, his reaction to the stick he got from a section of our fans in the Southampton game was telling... Based on his comments after, do you think he'd ever entertain coming back? Not for me, which is a shame... He's decent, but can't see him coming back | | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 17:21 - May 12 with 2318 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
Omari. That is what our manager wants.
The second one would be an experienced Prem centre back. |  | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 17:42 - May 12 with 2260 views | Guthrum |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 17:21 - May 12 by Mach_foreignBlue |
Omari. That is what our manager wants.
The second one would be an experienced Prem centre back. |
Yes, that would probably be my starting approach, too. |  |
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| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 17:44 - May 12 with 2246 views | MK1 |
Sheaf and Latte Lath. |  | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 19:54 - May 12 with 1957 views | BloomBlue |
But Downes is on 50k a week at West Ham |  | | |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 20:24 - May 12 with 1890 views | Herbivore |
| If you had £30m to spend on 2 players today on 16:50 - May 12 by Jimmy86 |
Yep, I agree with you, regarding the fact we weren't going anywhere, languishing in league 1 and he wanted out as a result.. but, his reaction to the stick he got from a section of our fans in the Southampton game was telling... Based on his comments after, do you think he'd ever entertain coming back? Not for me, which is a shame... He's decent, but can't see him coming back |
If Saints don't go up and we go in for him, absolutely he'd join us. | |
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