shaolinpunk
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Good luck to him - not really cut out for life here but perhaps at a lower level with regular game time he'll progress
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Barker to Swindon, confirmed - undisc. fee
- Thread starter shaolinpunk
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Postman Pat
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Surprised we got a fee to be honest!!
Plastic-Fantastic
Member
Swindon are the new Norwich - they have now signed Navarro, Harley, Kasim and Barker from us recently.
- Jul 7, 2003
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If he was 17 you might give him a prayer but he's 22 & has never even looked close to making the breakthrough.
We have an incredibly poor record of developing strikers at this club. Few go on to better things. Most seem to end up non-league by their mid twenties. See also Scott Ramsay, Chris McPhee, Joe Gatting, Jake Robinson (who I suppose at least carved some sort of league career, albeit always heading downwards) and many others.
We have an incredibly poor record of developing strikers at this club. Few go on to better things. Most seem to end up non-league by their mid twenties. See also Scott Ramsay, Chris McPhee, Joe Gatting, Jake Robinson (who I suppose at least carved some sort of league career, albeit always heading downwards) and many others.
seagullsovergrimsby
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- Jul 7, 2003
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All this money that's been invested in the new training facilities & Academy- wouldn't it be amazing if one day we actually developed a striker who went on to better things?
Or at least turned into a useful first team goalscorer. Just that would do me. I'm not greedy.
Or at least turned into a useful first team goalscorer. Just that would do me. I'm not greedy.
- Jul 7, 2003
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What's he done now?
HawkTheSeagull
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Wasnt going to threaten the first team here so moving him out makes sense - good luck to him.
'Undisclosed fee' does not mean a fee was paid. I seem to remember 'Insider' posting a few years back something to the effect that when we signed Stephen Thompson we didn't pay a fee for him, however it was 'undisclosed' because the selling club did not want their fans to find out that they had let their captain go for nothing.
Albumen
Don't wait for me!
I think that's the idea!
This lot seem delighted. (I miss their inane ramblings when we used to play Swinedon!)
http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=53411.0
http://thetownend.com/index.php?topic=53411.0
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blockhseagull
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Can't imagine that's the case this time though, most Brighton fans would be surprised that there is a fee and Swindon fans will have a weight of expectation as he actually cost money rather than taking a punt on a freebie.
Dick Knights Mumm
Take me Home Falmer Road
Yep. Good luck to the bloke. Just wasn't going to happen here. In the DS games I saw, he could score - but without looking dangerous. At 22 he really needed to stand out in that company, but he just didn't. I hope it all works out for him.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Well, yes.
We can but hope. Bournemouth are a noddy little club but seem to have lucked out in recent years with young strikers, selling on Brett Pitman, Sam Vokes, Josh McQuoid and Danny Ings. Someone at that club knows how to teach kids to finish.
We, on the other hand, turn out endless solid central defenders. Handy, but less exciting.
seagullsovergrimsby
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Conversely the buying club doesn't want their fans to find out how much a player has initially cost if they were expecting to sign a freebie.
Perhaps its the hardest of all positions to develop and an extremely accountable position to boot.
Also maybe the most unlikely position to be given a benevolent opportunity, it is stacked against them from the start.