Jiri Skalak, 23yo Czech attacker, confirmed signing.

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El Presidente

The ONLY Gay in Brighton
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Jul 5, 2003
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Pattknull med Haksprut
Talking of bust the reason Austin was only £4 mill is because that's what he is, a broken player lucky to "pass" a medical. And QPR would never have sold him to a Championship rival even if he'd wanted to go.

I think the reason he was only £4 million was a combination of

(a) He is out of contract in June, and as he is 26, QPR would have not received a fee for him in the summer., and
(b) He was on £70k a week, and Hasselbank has been tasked with reducing the wage bill.
 








Megazone

On his last warning
Jan 28, 2015
8,679
Northern Hemisphere.
was hoping he was a £3m - £4m kinda player

The cost of a player is becoming more and more meaningless. Especially when you look at Jamie Vardy and Andy Carroll. I'm actually more than delighted that Bloom didn't get sucked into thinking the more expensive, the better. I like a bargain, and by the looks of things, so does Bloom.
 


Hugo Rune

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Feb 23, 2012
23,558
Brighton
£1.2m? Knockers looked a £5m player against Huddersfield, doubt he was more than half of that. Skalak will be another wonderful bargain if he repeats his 'Czech Republic' form for us.
 












DarrenFreemansPerm

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Sep 28, 2010
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Shoreham
The cost of a player is becoming more and more meaningless. Especially when you look at Jamie Vardy and Andy Carroll. I'm actually more than delighted that Bloom didn't get sucked into thinking the more expensive, the better. I like a bargain, and by the looks of things, so does Bloom.

This. Mahrez cost £300k, Memphis cost £25m. I know which I'd rather have in my team.
 


Grombleton

Surrounded by <div>s
Dec 31, 2011
7,356
just be nice to have a marque signing after all the chat of £7m south americans

The marquee signing is more the name and reputation than the cost.
 














highflyer

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Jan 21, 2016
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We will have to wait and see, but he appears to be a 3 - 4m kinda player, hopefully a lot more after a while. He has not got any worse just because we only paid a third of that. A potential bargain at 1.2m. If we had 3-4m to spend, we can now go and find another one.

Ulloa was an £8m player. But luckily we only paid £2.5m

I think the remark about wishing he cost more was tongue in cheek, surely?
 






Dorset Seagull

Once Dolphin, Now Seagull
I asked one of my Czech suppliers, an Arsenal supporter and frequent visitor to the Emirates, what he thought of Jiri and this was his response. Note the spelling in the last line which did make me laugh

"I have no idea, I never heard his name as frankly I do not watch Czech football, it is too boring when you get used to watch Premier League:) I was just checking on internet, there is an article about him that you signed him, but I cannot say if he is good or not..

Hope it will be good singing for you:)"
 








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