Just like last season - it's a 3 horse race

[Stat Brother]

How would that stand (scenario) were we,well let's say top of the table?

It's one thing for the club to turn down derisory offers for our stars.
Very different being able to turn down over heated offers.

Lots of managers already must be coveting AK, and he's an easy sell to their clubs money men.

Keeping him through January would be fantastic business.
If the worst case were to happen and AK left, I'm sure the money involved would have all of us saying 'the club had no choice'.

 

[chaileyjem]

we're left with a striker that can't score goals from open play .

He scored from open play against Reading just 5 days ago...

 

[Fromthesouth]

Blimey, it's not even October and you've got it down to 3 teams.

 

[Icy Gull]

It's one thing for the club to turn down derisory offers for our stars.
Very different being able to turn down over heated offers.

Lots of managers already must be coveting AK, and he's an easy sell to their clubs money men.

Keeping him through January would be fantastic business.
If the worst case were to happen and AK left, I'm sure the money involved would have all of us saying 'the club had no choice'.

If we are in with a shout of top two in January I will not accept that we need to sell Knocky whatever the price. It would be an admission that we are not capable of getting promoted. The backlash from the fans would be massive.

 

[Triggaaar]

We'd get a bigger transfer fee.

No way would we let him go. He'd only have to wait a few months to get his time in the PL, with or without us. We wouldn't throw promotion away.

 

[chaileyjem]

It's one thing for the club to turn down derisory offers for our stars.
Very different being able to turn down over heated offers.

How about Newcastle's offer of up to 10m for Knockaert in July.
You say the club will do things, forgetting that they've already done the reverse of what you predict.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/14649676.Albion_knock_back_Newcastle_bid_for_winger/

 

[Eeyore]

Bum... bite...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

He scored from open play against Reading just 5 days ago...

Remind me of the respective league stats from open play for Hemed and Baldock a full nine games into the season if you'd be so kind. Cheers.

 

[Stat Brother]

How about Newcastle's offer of up to 10m for Knockaert in July.
You say the club will do things, forgetting that they've already done the reverse of what you predict.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/14649676.Albion_knock_back_Newcastle_bid_for_winger/

In this current market £10m is Dale Stephens money, and is certainly in the derisory bracket when talking about AK.

As said if he were to go, it would be for a sum of money I don't think anyone would blame the club for accepting.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

In this current market £10m is Dale Stephens money, and is certainly in the derisory bracket when talking about AK.

As said if he were to go, it would be for a sum of money I don't think anyone would blame the club for accepting.

So for example,a £15M bid comes in-yet we are a few months away from a potential £250M.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

In this current market £10m is Dale Stephens money, and is certainly in the derisory bracket when talking about AK.

As said if he were to go, it would be for a sum of money I don't think anyone would blame the club for accepting.

15million upwards nothing less

 

[Bry Nylon]

Remind me of the respective league stats from open play for Hemed and Baldock a full nine games into the season if you'd be so kind. Cheers.

 

[chaileyjem]

Remind me of the respective league stats from open play for Hemed and Baldock a full nine games into the season if you'd be so kind. Cheers.

Nah. You know em.

Having a player who can put a penalty away in the 89th minute with aplomb to win us 3 points is fine by me.

 

[Stat Brother]

So for example,a £15M bid comes in-yet we are a few months away from a potential £250M.

TBH if it were 31.12.16 right now, not only would I be glad Christmas was over, I don't think the club (TB) wouldn't accept that either.
But they'd be bracing themselves for further offers.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Nah. You know em.

Having a player who can put a penalty away in the 89th minute with aplomb to win us 3 points is fine by me.

Let's just hope we win loads of penalties then

 

[chaileyjem]

As said if he were to go, it would be for a sum of money I don't think anyone would blame the club for accepting.

you keep discussing how we might sell this or that, yet the remarkable fact that Bloom has turned down every offer for our players, including from Prem league clubs for 3 windows in a row, seems to have passed you by.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Nah. You know em.

Having a player who can put a penalty away in the 89th minute with aplomb to win us 3 points is fine by me.

Lucky we've never missed out to promotion to the Premier League on goal difference then.


Oh.

 

[Icy Gull]

As said if he were to go, it would be for a sum of money I don't think anyone would blame the club for accepting.

I would be really really pissed off if we sold him in January unless we were mid table when Burnley could also have Stephens.

Truth is I hope we will be breaking incoming transfer fee records in an attempt to get promoted, not breaking outgoing records

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

TBH if it were 31.12.16 right now, not only would I be glad Christmas was over, I don't think the club (TB) would accept that either.
But they'd be bracing themselves for further offers.

You are right,but i think our position then will define what we do,personally i would like us to spend £10M if top this January.....

& hope lessons have been learned from last season.

 

[chaileyjem]

Lucky we've never missed out to promotion to the Premier League on goal difference then.


Oh.

Bit harsh to pin all of that on poor old Tomer Hemed who racked up 11 goals from February onwards in our promotion run in. How about some of the players who let goals in the other end. Aren't they responsible ?