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[Albion] Expensive signings.
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Ninja Elephant
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- Feb 16, 2009
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Lucky? We scouted him, we bid for him, we negotiated terms and we signed him. Not lucky, the result of hard work and cold cash.
Partly the reason we can't splash out on another player because £2million is a lot for us, and for this league. Well, our subsection of the league without parachute payments.
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
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And that is just as daft, isn't it? What was our average gate last season? We generate big turnover, it might be a low margin of profit but we're generating plenty enough for one or two signings like Ulloa, well spaced out though. January might see a similar sized investment, if we're close to the top 6 but not quite there just yet. If the right man is available.
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I certainly don't know how Middlesbrough can bid serious money for McCormack. They have shocking gates.
Ninja Elephant
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- Feb 16, 2009
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Does make you wonder how much other clubs are thinking about FFP, and if we're perhaps over playing that hand a little bit. I am 100% behind FFP though, even if it wasn't being introduced, I would support it at our club.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
We paid more for CMS, Blackburn paid 8 million for Rhodes.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
I remember the nigels creaming themselves over McCormack when they thought he was going to sign 
HastingsSeagull
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Would think most Champ clubs spent more last season. This season FFP means everyone SHOULD be spending less. If we control wages and keep them lower than most clubs we can afford these kind of deals
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Some rumours going round at the moment that Blackburn may need to sell Rhodes, as their only saleable asset (big wages too).
Could just be Burnley fans making mischief I guess.
Could just be Burnley fans making mischief I guess.
Seasider78
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- Nov 14, 2004
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At £2million Leo represents incredible value for money and if we were lucky enough to go up in his time here he would easily hold his own in the premier league
finlaych
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Transfers for £1m+ this window:
- Wigan have signed McClean and Holt for £2m and £2.5m roughly
- QPR have bought Karl Henry for £1m, Austin for £4m and Matty Phillips for £5m
- Bolton have signed Spearing for over £1m
- Forest have signed Mackie for over a million, Kelvin Wilson for £2.5m and Abdoun for just under £2m
- Leeds signed Murphy for £1m
- Wigan have signed McClean and Holt for £2m and £2.5m roughly
- QPR have bought Karl Henry for £1m, Austin for £4m and Matty Phillips for £5m
- Bolton have signed Spearing for over £1m
- Forest have signed Mackie for over a million, Kelvin Wilson for £2.5m and Abdoun for just under £2m
- Leeds signed Murphy for £1m
We're the Stripes
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Jamie Paterson for potentially up to £1m as well.
Ninja Elephant
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- Feb 16, 2009
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Nottingham Forest have bid for a "proven goalscorer in the Championship" as well. They are taking THE piss.
BensGrandad
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and saying sod the FFP it seems but if we can see it why cant the FL management .
No, they've had an extraordinarily lucrative sponsorship deal from ...... one of their owner's companies
BensGrandad
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Thought that was not permitted under the FFP if so why cant one of TB or another directors companies do the same if they wished.
browneggsandham
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- Apr 12, 2011
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He probably could, but the whole idea of what the club is doing is to get us in a position where we are self sufficient and don't have to keep relying on donations from Mr Bloom.
BensGrandad
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So what s the point of FFP
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
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Fine, points deduction and refuse inevitable promotion. Should be the outcome.
It is the right thing and the right path for football to follow. There are always clubs like Forest prepared to sacrifice reality, makes them wrong. Not FFP.