06 Jul 2012 23:10:36
Hearing whispers that a couple of Turkish teams want ar' Johnny. Let's not be silly lads, signing Johnny from us is about as likely as the kopites finishing in the top 10 next year
Fred
Everton Banter Archive July 06 2012
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06 Jul 2012 23:07:00
"Why would David Moyes leave Everton for a smaller club like Tottenham?" Lee Carsley.
What a legend
ToffeeTony {Ed025's Note - good man lee..
What a tackler, pure commitment, legend, shoulda took the one year contract extension Cars intead of goin off for two years
Degsybluenose {Ed025's Note - he was a cracker degsy..
Carsley and Gravesen used to be amazing!
I wish they wer still here, imagine this for a team:
Howard
Hibbo Heitinga Jags Baines
Naismith Gravesen Carsley Pienaar
Felli
Jelavic
Quality team, top 4 easy
ToffeeTony {Ed025's Note - thats some bite in the middle tony..
Tommy was amazing Tony, another fine example that not many players are better off when they leave the mighty blues, maybe financially he was
Degsybluenose
06 Jul 2012 23:03:03
Not a rumour,just a thought Burak Yilmaz plays in the turkish league and has a 5m buy out clause he has scored an incredible 55 goals in 75 games for Trabonspor. Ed is there any chance that we would go for him or has Moyes shown any kind of interest could be the perfect partner for Jelavic if Naismith plays on the wing?
Joe EFC {Ed025's Note - no news on him joe..
06 Jul 2012 22:15:22
Everyone putting there teams on here for next season have all gone with heitinga an jags. Weres distan well better than them 2 without distan our defence has no height an no pace
Personally I'd play Heitinga with Distin,Jags on the bench
I agree, our best combo is Heitinga and Distin, as shown last season. I mean Heitinga got player of the season and Distin got players player of the season. {Ed025's Note - perm any 2 from 3...we have 3 great centre halves
We need all three and they're all as good as each other so rotation needed
06 Jul 2012 20:48:08
Whats your reckoning of Rodallega Ed?
Irish Blue {Ed025's Note - good player mate..bit of an attitude, but moyes would soon knock that out of him..
They said that about Drenthe...
You cant possibly say drenthe has the same attitude as Rodallega.
Drenthe was a complete nut job
Degsybluenose {Ed025's Note - what a waste of talent..
Drenthe had a Balotelli-esque air about him
ToffeeTony
06 Jul 2012 21:08:10
i think this should be out team next season
gk - howard
lb - baines
cb - jags
cb - johnny
rb - hibbo or clyne if we can get him
lm - pineaar
cm - gibson
cm - holtby
rm - naismith
cf - felli
st - jelly
Mate that would be a hell of a team if I were united I would be s**t scared lol
Is there any truth in these Clyne rumours Ed? {Ed025's Note - not that i know of mate..
06 Jul 2012 19:29:05
I posted a few weeks back about how I thought we needed to maybe be more pragmatic with regards to selling players and with all these rumours of Baines going I still say that it doesn't necessariliy have to be seen as a negative. Do I want him to stay? Absolutely! I do though think that in our current financial plight we have to think of the bigger picture, if the price is right ( and you can forget about anything less than £20mill) then we should seriously consider it. I don't doubt that he's one of our best players he's the 2nd best left back in the country, however your left back shouldn't be your best player. If Moyes can reinvest the cash then we could strengthen the whole team and maybe even find the next Baines younger and on a lesser wage, Add the fact that Baines is 27 you could argue he's only going to lose value from now on in? Until we have a rich backer can we really afford to not consider it? I know my views won't sit well with a lot of the people on here but its just my opinion.
Bluestu1878 {Ed025's Note - i respect your honesty stu..
I have been saying the same for a long time, but people seem to be to fixated on the Baines/Pienaar partnership, and like you i think if your relying on your LB for creativity then your in trouble. Mike
Couple of questions mate.
1, why cant a left back be your best player
2, what does pragmatic mean
Dehsybluenose {Ed025's Note - 2..being practical..
We did play pretty well and scored lots of goals when Baines was injured at the end of the season...
Tree Blue
Tut,tut,tut,....no wonder you work in a crisp factory degz.............t
I'm not saying he can't be Degsy, I'm just saying that maybe we need to change the way we think about how to move forward. In the current climate were not going to get a mega rich owner so how else do we move the squad on we surely can't let them all run there contracts down? Harsh as it is Baines and Fellaini are for want of a better word prime assets, now obviously Fellaini is still young with no doubt much more to come so we shouldn't sell him, Baines may well improve even more as a player but realistically at 27 his value is only going to go down. As a club I'm not sure we can allow him to go next season or the season after for half or quarter of the value he's worth now?
I love good debate I do! :)
Bluestu1878.
Dehsybluenose? U been on the Stellas again Degs? BlueTone
The auther of this post!, is missing one very important point!, that is football is a buisness and like any other buisness, you to spaculate to accumilate! and by that I mean you have to keep your best to challange for champions league spot! the financial rewards would mean we could manage our debts more comfortably and invest in better players. at the moment, I think the clubs debts are managable! So at this present time there is no need to sell anyone, by that I mean no first team players!,.. moyes says he want to qualify for europe! and he means top 4 , And I believe this may be our year to achieve this!!... johnmacfromfazak. {Ed025's Note - love it j mac..
I like a number on here dont want him to go but somewhere between the 20 th August and the 31st I can see it happening.
Providing it
leave us time to use the money to the overall benefit of the team.
Ive no doubt DM has got a plan B in mind
George
I would rather keep him for 5 more years and let him go on a freebie Stu.
Hey Tris at least I work for a livin kidder, well sort of. Whats the Blue Oyster like these days mate
Degsybluenose
Without a player like messi, why shouldn't our creativity come from a partnership like Baines/Piennar? I know its almost impossible to choose one of our top players to sell, but to pick baines, just because he's a left back seems a bit short sighted! Would we feel the same about Piennar if he played down the right with hibbo?? Sell some of the dead wood first, never mind arguing over which one of the top ones we should sell! Blue Lee
Selling your best players sends out a bad signal - were close to being contenders now - just add to more - pienaar and right-winger like Donovan and we coul be flying
Clozem {Ed025's Note - i agree mate..
You only need to look at arsenal to see what happens when your best players leave. Mass Exidus
Gods Doctor {Ed025's Note - lets just hope we keep hold of them doc..
06 Jul 2012 19:28:27
Been thinking about this cordozo rumour it doesn't seem to be going away and don't get me wrong the guy has a great goal scoring record but can anyone really see us paying 16m for him? He's 29 now it was easy to justify the money for felli as he was young and was only going to get better! But 16m for a 29 year old?? Unless there's something we don't know about finances and lets face it moysie is seeming very upbeat. Thoughts?? sydney blue {Ed025's Note - i dont think we will buy him, as you say, no re-sale value..
My point exactly Ed I think the only way we would is if we had plenty of our money at our disposal, we may not be rich but we are smart with what we have
SydneyBlue
Even if we had 16 mill, Moyes would not pay that much for a 29 year old so not gonna happen at that price mate
Degsybluenose {Ed025's Note - i agree
If moyes had 16 mill, he probaqbly wouldn't spend it on 1 player, he'd bring in about 5
ToffeeTony {Ed025's Note - i think so too tony..
Nothing to do with everton but how long have you been in skem Degsy? {Ed003's Note - Anyone who goes to skem ends up there a long time,just going round and round and round and round,sorry only joking but how many roundabouts??}
Dozens of em mate, most people only come to visit and end up gettin stuck in the dump, thirty years with a seven year squaddie gap between 90-97, it really is a boil on the backside of humanity.
Degsybluenose {Ed025's Note - you love it really...lol
I also experienced the trauma of living there but I was one of the lucky few that got out lol my oldies lived there for about the same amount of time as you mate
SydneyBlue
06 Jul 2012 19:13:59
Would love Diarra imagine this:
GK Howard
RB Hibbert or Clyne/Naughton 2-3m
CB Heitinga
CB Jagielka
LB Baines
RM Naismith
CM Diarra 4-6m
CM Gibson
LM Pienaar 4m
CF Fellaini
ST Jelavic
Total 13m!
Outs 16m
Rodwell 8m or higher
Anichebe 3-4m
Cahill 3-4m
DONT SELL RODWELL!
MUST SELL RODWELL {Ed025's Note - why?..
06 Jul 2012 18:54:02
Sick of all the postings about pienaar, donovan etc. does anyone have any rumours that havnt already been posted 30 times? {Ed025's Note - yeah!! some people on here never stop moaning!...hows that?..
Things are looking up for once and people are just getting excited, if your annoyed just don't come on the site....................
TC {Ed025's Note - that works for me TC..
That's not a rumour ed! It's a fact! :-)
06 Jul 2012 18:16:42
how much will it be for pienaar if we get him back {Ed025's Note - £3-5m i would say..
06 Jul 2012 17:30:08
PLEASE MOYES dont get Hugo Rodallega he is the worst player i have ever seen, last season i watched a few wigan games and he was missing easy open shots, he has got like one good goal in his career and thats it, he stinks dont do it moyes, the team doesnt need him!!!!!!
Are people actually agreeing with that total gash?!
Clueless^
Yes i agree, i hope he sings for another club
We should sign Rodallega!
Rodallega is a good player and on a free could prove to be a great Moyes signing if he turns out to be gash then get rid on a profit.Win-win situation.Do you think we should get Rodallega Ed?
Joe EFC {Ed025's Note - yes i do joe..
06 Jul 2012 17:00:43
Just seen a picture on the Liverpool sightings page that suggests that they think Gerrard is better that Xavi. There's also a poster that thinks they can get Jusn Mata. Bunch of deludes are the kopites, but its quite amusing, listening to their kak.
Dave
Who cares what they right or think. BSM
06 Jul 2012 16:44:56
Is the Pienaar deal looking likely to suceed? im asking because it seems certain were bringing in danijel pranjic. everyone thinks he is a replacement for baines but he is very solid as a left midfielder so maybe he is being brought in because pienaar deal is unlikely. saying that, maybe he is being bought because we struggle with injuries every season and so baines stays, pienaar in, and pranjic is cover for both in event of injuries, suspensions etc. moyes does love versatile players! thoughts anyone?
Cheltenham marc {Ed025's Note - i dont think pranjic is a replacement for anyone, ..
I have often thought about this as the reason he didn't sign again for Munich was because he didn't like being on the bench. This would make you assume he is gna be in the first team so......
Confident about pienaar with moyes comments yesterday usually get a rebuff from players club ie spurs if not selling .must b in dialect
06 Jul 2012 16:33:44
Hoilett wanted 50k a week. Big demands based on a single season. However, Anichebe's weekly pay packet makes me want to cry.
Also pretty sure Coleman won't be around come the end of his current 4 year deal. Technically sub standard, can't play on 'first season enthusiasm' for long in this league. Being shifted to right back is his only hope and he's not in the same league as some of the kids about at the moment.
I heard 4 million a year that's 80k a week plus signing on fee,would still get him though they reckon the fee at tribunil we be 4 mill give them big vic and Coleman and it like getting hoilett on a free and between big vic and seamus they must be on 40k so it's like paying junior 40k.......the jobs a goodin.........tristen
I see the logic mate but there' plenty of contributing factors, not always so easy. But in theory, I agree with offloading Coleman and Anichebe to supplement the signing of a much stronger player, whoever it may be!
I don't agree with offloading Seamus Coleman at all! I believe he could be our right back next season. Would that be such a bad thing?
06 Jul 2012 16:33:05
Alan brazil talksport this morning,.yes I no he mostly talks rubbish,..was talking about uzsmanov trying to pay of arsenals loans and inject 100million on players,yet the board don't want to no,...sounds crazy,..then brazil says uzmanov should say thank you very much but am off,and go and bye everton build a new stadium and plough his cash into building a top team and be the. Soul owner,..was thinking we have bombarded previous billionaires like the wheelie bin and tata Steve Ross who were linked to a takeover with emails and other forms of contact,it's seems to me if we can make him feel loved he might bring his billions to us,..and he ain't getting any love at arsenal,...........tristen
First tme ever that i have ever agreed wit you tristen but well said great idea im emailing him now if you have adress ask ed can u post it on here and redo post ..tp
Nice one..tp....does that mean were m8s now,.......tristen {Ed025's Note - were all mates on here tris..
No m8 don't have his email but will try and find it out ,....he's got more dosh than abramovich.......t
Yes tristen .post of the month for me tp..
Do you think the fact you have bombarded previous billionaires has put them off? Lets face it who want's emails that more or less amounts to begging letters, so for that reason i don't think that's a good idea at all, and it shows our club in a bad light.
It's called passion kidda
Tristen is right its better than wishing and hoping go for it tris make it your crusade .they will name a stand after you ignore the doubters...
I was listening to TalkSport this morning n it was Stubbs & Quinn, in place of Brazil and that imbecile Biryani
Get up earlier brazil started at 06 am this morning .
06 Jul 2012 16:11:20
Any news on where manuel fernandes will end up ed? T blue {Ed025's Note - no mate..its gone very quiet on him..
I work with a Turk who is a massive Besiktas fan. He reckons Fernandes has just signed a new contract with them! BlueTone
He's probably just reading that fake twitter account
06 Jul 2012 13:40:52
Did we over pay for the jelly,just thinking weve only had him six months but if we would have hung on we could have had him for nowt {Ed025's Note - so could a lot of teams..i just count our blessings..
But then our season just gone would of been woeful! T blue
Jealousy so sad ....
As Ed rightly points out, we got him at a bargain price anyway and he's ours, that's all that matters. Been ages since we had a proper goalscorer on top of an awesome midfield, I AM GETTING CHEAPIES :)
We dont know that jelly would of rejected the transfer of his contract to the newco
Totally pointless conversation
Degsybluenose
I agree Degs
Bobcat
06 Jul 2012 13:32:35
there is one too many RS on this page why do you allow them to post?
toffee haz {Ed025's Note - if you seen how many i delete haz..you would have a point mate..
06 Jul 2012 13:23:06
Team vs Man Utd
Howard
Hibbert Jagielka Heitinga Baines Naismith Gibson Rodwell Pienaar
Fellaini
Jelavic
Hell of a back line you got there mate!
Just kidding.
Wizard of Osman
8-1-1? That's a new formation
Nah nothing new that chelsea used it in the champions league, robbed it off dematteo he has!
Mike aintree
Sorry guys, it came out wrong
ToffeeMike
Nah Mike (aintree mike), the chelsea formation is either 5-5-0 or 9-0-1
06 Jul 2012 12:54:31
05 Jul 2012 12:17:03
Hearing strong rumours that Paul Allen is interested in Everton.
Allen is co-founder of Microsoft and also owns the Seattle Sounders, Seattle Seahawks, and the Portland Trailblazers.
In 2010 he was linked with wanting to buy Southampton when they had money troubles so has a keen interest in English football.
Could this be the one we've all been waiting for?
COYB!
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Just to put it into context as to why I know this.
I'm very close to the family of Seattle Sounders Head Coach Sigi Schmid and he has passed this information onto me.
I hope it's OK to post this on here, i'm just passing on what info I have.
Thanks {Ed025's Note - no problem mate..
I also no sigi..can you confirm sigi nickname,if you can then I will no your for real if you don't reply we no it's a lie no offence mate
How come everyone knows this sigi character?! Never heard of him.
Wizard of Osman {Ed025's Note - nor me wiz..
Oh my god Wiz, how do you not know Sigi, unbelievable.
What a load of Tosh
Degsybluenose
I feel so left out Degs?! I'd try to get to know him but it sounds like he has enough friends already!
Wizard of Osman
Yes his nickname is shmidy
Is his nickname bull? Cos it smells like bullschmid to me
SydneyBlue
No it's not it's bumper,coz he always crashing his car if you new him you would have known this
Is names ,...one bed,.........but his mates call him boss eye,.....one in Brighton the other in new Brighton,he can see round corners,..........he sits in the obstructive view seats but can see the whole pitch,.....yes that's bog eyed sigi,.....t
That doesn't make sense 't', who i'm assuming is tristen
06 Jul 2012 12:38:07
Sorry that last post posted before i was finished!! I was meant to write imagine a midfield of Donovan- Fellaini-Gibson- Pienaar with Naismith just behind Jelavic!!
Steve
That would be amazing Steve. Not holding my breath on Donovan but you never know mate.
Wizard of Osman
We may get to stop imagining with a bit of luck Ste
Awesome midfield, hope donovan comes
Degsybluenose
This is why people are getting exited - that midfield really does look great
and a front line of jelavic and naismith would be very tasty if Jela carries on as he has been
and there's not much wrong with our defensive boys is there?
would love us to get donovan and pienaar - and for us to stay injury free cos there's not a lot of cover although with rodwell, ossie, barkely, neville in the wings it's not too bad
clozem
06 Jul 2012 12:36:54
Pienaar and Donovan signed will be a brilliant summer for the blue men.
Imagine a midfield of D
06 Jul 2012 12:24:55
next season if gueye mcAleny rodewell barkley vellous can have a goood season we could challenge for the league?
I agree if you dont aim for the best how can you ever expect to be the best?
06 Jul 2012 12:09:32
Right guys and gals, here is a dare for someone for the Morecambe match next week.
five minutes into the match when everyone is sitting down and it is quiet the dare is to stand up and scream at the top of your voice " I LOVE EVERTON RUMOURS DOT CO DOT UK"
I can confirm my balls are not that big so wont be me would be classic if someone did and posted it was them
Degsybluenose {Ed025's Note - you do make me smile degsy..
Your on degz,.....but I will go one further ,...I'll streak naked and have it wrote on my back,..........hope it's not cold,.......tristen
As long as it's only on your back Tris...
Wizard of Osman
Well am not bragging wiz but there would have been enough room to write it on my todger,.........ed just had a butcher on the Liverpool site, The macas rumour section,...he says china airways ready to fund the naming writes for anfield,this was posted along with the Chinese after us ,do you no anything about these rumours..........tristen {Ed025's Note - no mate..
As always, love it Tris
Degsybluenose
I'll take you up on that offer Degsy, but the boy might stop me so I don't embarrass him
ToffeeTony
06 Jul 2012 11:17:53
Extracted from SSN
Everton manager David Moyes has confirmed he intends to continue his efforts to bring Steven Pienaar back to Goodison Park on a permanent deal.
The South Africa international returned to Merseyside in January on a six-month loan deal just a year after he quit the club to move to White Hart Lane.
After a successful stay back at Goodison both parties are now keen to make the deal permanent, though the main sticking point appears to be Everton's ability to afford Spurs' £5million asking price.
The departure of Harry Redknapp and subsequent arrival of Andre Villas-Boas also created some uncertainty with regards to incomings and outgoings at White Hart Lane.
After wrapping up the signing of former Rangers striker Steven Naismith on a free transfer Moyes confirmed he will now switch his attentions towards Pienaar.
"We are keen [on Pienaar] and I hope in time we would be able to conclude that deal," he said.
"I don't know if the situation has changed [with Andre Villas-Boas coming in as new Spurs manager] but Steven has made it very clear he wants to come back here and my understanding is that hasn't changed.
Next job
"My next job in the coming weeks is to get Steven Pienaar here as well.
"The season we qualified for the Champions League we had people in place early doors so if we could do that again then we would hope we could replicate what we have done before.
"The Premier League has changed in the level of squads and the standard but we will try to start the season better than we have done."
Moyes also confirmed that he had received no bids for any of his key players.
With money tight at Goodison, there has been speculation the club may have to cash in on their major stars to raise transfer funds.
Good players
Full-back Leighton Baines and midfielder Marouane Fellaini are two players who have been linked with moves away but Moyes insists he has heard nothing.
"I've heard nothing from nobody," he stressed.
"We are always going to have interest in the players we have because we have good players but we don't sell easy here and we try to build a team.
"Of course you are going to lose players now and again but we have kept the bulk of players and we will continue to try to add to it and keep improving."
.
06 Jul 2012 11:13:55
Hey Ed, starting to get a bit worried about all this weather, Morecambe next week mate and the misses wont be happy gettin her hair wet, I know you have some sort of special powers so can you sort a bit of sun out for two o clock next week and it will save me two hours of earache when I am trying to watch Jellysmith scoring bucket loads of goals. Just two hours of sun Ed that is all we ask
Degsybluenose {Ed025's Note - i have ordered sunshine for the match..
06 Jul 2012 11:03:25
My mate informs me, that apparently pranjic,s dad "Mike" used to play right back for everton in the 70,s and it was him who recomended him to moysie!. {Ed025's Note - that was mike pejic...
06 Jul 2012 10:47:55
So DM is more focused on bringing players in than he is signing his new contract. I am getting a real positive vibe this summer. He seems to be much more sure of new signings this summer than previous years.
There must be a bit of money there, he is a different person at the mo'
The names we are linked with are all positive attacking players too. And let's not forget that he has a habit of surprising us with un earthed gems.
Even though we will have our business done early this year I have booked a day off for transfer deadline day just in case we get a cheeky little deal.
Ed 25 you have to agree that this is turning out to be a very good summer for us so far
Keeping it positive COYB IMWT
Toffee ace {Ed025's Note - i am very upbeat ace...the vibe around goodison is very positive...and long may it continue..
I haven't really seen Moyes this positive in a long time, really does look like he is enjoying the summer instead of dreading like years past. Seems confident of a Pienaar deal, and word around is that Pranjic and Rodallega are next on our list.
All this transfer business is brilliant, really think getting business done early is the key to our starts. {Ed025's Note - i agree mate..
Weve signed one decent free agent and all of a sudden its the greatest summer ever under Moyes! {Ed025's Note - you are one miserable sod!.. cant you feel the force?
06 Jul 2012 09:58:20
Is this jeans jaques gosso any good? Never heard of him before BlueClarkey {Ed025's Note - new one on me as well
I saw the name and did some research, he's 29 and the biggest team he's played for is Monaco and that was 3 or 4 years ago now. Doesn't strike me as a world beater and as a central midfield player, can safely say he's not going to be joining us anyway. At least this would be my hope.
We need to be signing some slightly younger players (like Naismith) I don't think it's good signing players that are over 30 (unless we get Pirlo, then I'm not complaining).
I also did some research and it said that in January he was close to a move to City,at that time City were chasing the title and so why would they buy him if he was no good? Must be talented.
IMWT
Joe EFC
He's kak mate
06 Jul 2012 02:40:11
If spurs want rodwell or jags they would have a higher value than pienar, How about pienar and vander vaart or pienar and defoe for either rodwell or jags. thgfest
06 Jul 2012 00:49:39
to be honest i think we should be going after more rangers players especially maurice edu, hes only 25, solid in the middle and would keep gibbo and fellaini on their toes for the starting job, just a thought {Ed025's Note - im not a big fan of edu..
That aluko is a good player aswell... He's really fast and skillful {Ed025's Note - now he is a good player...it just looks like we are taking advantage of rangers situation, so how about this for a radical idea...why dont we, as a goodwill gesture, loan rangers some of our fringe players, or youngsters, who are unlikely to figure next season, this would give them vital experience, as well as helping rangers out, as they are not allowed to buy at the moment...just a thought..
Would love it if we did that ed!
Have you not stolen enough from us? Wee Naisy will never be off the treatment table. This is how he repays us
for the finiancial and medical support he was given at Ibrox. {Ed025's Note - thats the way football is mate, if it was,nt us, it would be someone else!, i really feel for the rangers supporters, as they are paying the price for mistakes made at boardroom level...but its no good having a pop at us, you need to look closer to home for your failings..
Agree with the post. Disagree with the ED {Ed025's Note - and thats your prerogative mate...
How can anyone disagree with what ed said? Its factually right!!
Sorry but Ed is just saying it as it is and we havent "stolen",Naismith was a free agent and we payed 5.5m for Jelly so as much as I feel for Rangers fans Im afraid its not our problem.
Joe EFC
Rangers wouldn't of seen out the season if we hadn't stumped up for Jelavic. Ungrateful barstewards, i mean all we got was 11 goals and a hatful of hope for next season.., sorry i actually do feel for the supporters, not the club though they brought it on themselves as Ed rightly pointed out.
Mike aintree
05 Jul 2012 23:46:29
Just to say the Gosse rumours have legs, hearing it out here in Sweden, not on the website from what I can see but in the hard copy of aftonbladet, one of the main papers here. Also Peinaar and Pranjic apparently signed sealed delivered. What's happening eds? Where is the budget from even if 2 are frees, wages and signing ons seemed out of our league
Svenny {Ed025's Note - i dont know svenny mate...but im not complaining..
Hey Svenny is the Goss lad any good? Im guessing he'll play in the middle with Gibson so we can push Fellaini further up then maybe put Naismith on the wing.
Joe EFC
I'd imagine releasing 6 fringe players would result in the wages being available for the freebies. And Anichebe looks set to depart to Wigan, when the Moses leaves, and that will free up transfer money and wages also. And whispers are we may have a little bit to play with thanks to the new TV deal, but that is just rumours at this point.
The new tv deal doesn't start until after the coming season, do you think we have borrowed against it already, i bloody hope not, sorry to be negative the thought just occurred to me and i don't like the thought of getting into more debt
mike aintree {Ed025's Note - even if we have borrowed a bit mike..its no big deal mate, compared to most clubs we are financially sound..
Ed i do agree with that and i have posted before that i am positive that our great club will never go down as the board members would never allow their investment to be lost. What worries me is the interest rate is phenomenally high so when servicing the debt we would loose the equivalent of a players wage for a season or leaving us unable to satisfy players demands a'la Pienaar. If someone starts sniffing round Jelavic or anyone else for that matter we would be unable to bump up wages, sorry. I really do over think things at times
Mike aintree
05 Jul 2012 23:16:15
Hey people,just a lil question for my own curiosity really,how much do you think naismith (excuse my spelling lol) would be to buy if we hadn't of got him for free,as in what would he be worth in todays market values? Cheers guys
Westy {Ed025's Note - his buy out clause was 2m westy...but i think at least 5-6m mate..
He has a 2 million realese clause on his contract when he was still on a contract
The 2 million was negotiated as a thank you for reducing his wages by 75% for the last 6 months of the season, his true market values must be around 5 million i think it would be higher but for his previous serious injuries
Mike aintree