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[Hoboh]

In today's The Mirror (Don't know if this is a Nixon exclusive) that we are to go for Mears again from Burnley. I know we were linked with him in January so it may just be old news or perhaps our new third choice centre half.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle is poised to raid old club Burnley with a £400,000 move for Tyrone Mears.

Now we are getting realistic

[jimbo_bwfc]

When you think we paid 3M for Steinsson and over 2M for Ricketts, 400k for Mears is a great deal. He's a fairly good defender. Better than Steinsson anyhoo.

[bobo the clown]

Spanish press reporting that Thiago has a 10m Euro buy-out clause in his contract, that increases to 20m as of 30th June

... interesting, though of corse a 'buy out clause' as endlessly discussed, is merely the amount which, if offered, obliges the owning club to inform and permit the the player to hold discussions.

It doesn't commit either party to actually move, nor hold said discussions nor make that the minimum accepted.

[bobo the clown]

When you think we paid 3M for Steinsson and over 2M for Ricketts, 400k for Mears is a great deal. He's a fairly good defender. Better than Steinsson anyhoo.

That could be our new tag-line ... "Welcome to the Reebok ... home of the fairly good defender".

[Athers]

Spanish press reporting that Thiago has a 10m Euro buy-out clause in his contract, that increases to 20m as of 30th June

... interesting, though of corse a 'buy out clause' as endlessly discussed, is merely the amount which, if offered, obliges the owning club to inform and permit the the player to hold discussions.

It doesn't commit either party to actually move, nor hold said discussions nor make that the minimum accepted.

And it's Real Madrid who are thinking about paying it for the purposes of pissing Barca off.

[CAPSLOCK]

When you think we paid 3M for Steinsson and over 2M for Ricketts, 400k for Mears is a great deal. He's a fairly good defender. Better than Steinsson anyhoo.

No

Wrong

He's shite

Who next

Wade fcuking Elliott

[jimbo_bwfc]

Nope. Because Wade Elliot IS shite, unlike Mears, who is better than what we have.

[Relentless09]

Nope. Because Wade Elliot IS shite, unlike Mears, who is better than what we have.

Now i wouldn't go that far

[plymouth wanderer]

Nope. Because Wade Elliot IS shite, unlike Mears, who is better than what we have.

Now i wouldn't go that far

wade elliot is shit

[bristolwanderer]

Tyrone Mears.

[Prufrock]

Spanish press reporting that Thiago has a 10m Euro buy-out clause in his contract, that increases to 20m as of 30th June

... interesting, though of corse a 'buy out clause' as endlessly discussed, is merely the amount which, if offered, obliges the owning club to inform and permit the the player to hold discussions.

It doesn't commit either party to actually move, nor hold said discussions nor make that the minimum accepted.

It does commit Barca. We could bid the £8billion buy out (may have made that up) for Messi and if somehow he decided he wanted to come here, they couldn't stop him. It wouldn't force him to though. He'd just say 'no-o' or whatever Spanish for 'no' is.

[Turkish Trotter]

Lets get realistic !!!
I'd love Thiago at the club, even at 7-8 million, But if it happens, I'll plait piss !!
We're going to have to get used to the likes of Mears, Pratley, Nugent, Jerome Etc. Because these are the realistic signings that we can expect, with the money we've got.
Don't forget we need at least 6 or 7 players to get squad up to strength.

[CAPSLOCK]

Why, how much money have we got?

[TANGODANCER]

Lets get realistic !!!I'd love Thiago at the club, even at 7-8 million, But if it happens, I'll plait piss !!
We're going to have to get used to the likes of Mears, Pratley, Nugent, Jerome Etc. Because these are the realistic signings that we can expect, with the money we've got.
Don't forget we need at least 6 or 7 players to get squad up to strength.

And you think that's realistic?

[Il Pirate]

Lets get realistic !!!I'd love Thiago at the club, even at 7-8 million, But if it happens, I'll plait piss !!
We're going to have to get used to the likes of Mears, Pratley, Nugent, Jerome Etc. Because these are the realistic signings that we can expect, with the money we've got.Don't forget we need at least 6 or 7 players to get squad up to strength.

And you think that's realistic?

Different times I know, but: JJ; Campo; Djiorkef; Hierro; Anelka, et al. We have a good history of attracting a top player

[HMX]

Lets get realistic !!!
I'd love Thiago at the club, even at 7-8 million, But if it happens, I'll plait piss !!
We're going to have to get used to the likes of Mears, Pratley, Nugent, Jerome Etc. Because these are the realistic signings that we can expect, with the money we've got.
Don't forget we need at least 6 or 7 players to get squad up to strength.

Please, not Nugent!

[bristolwanderer]

Lets get realistic !!!
I'd love Thiago at the club, even at 7-8 million, But if it happens, I'll plait piss !!
We're going to have to get used to the likes of Mears, Pratley, Nugent, Jerome Etc. Because these are the realistic signings that we can expect, with the money we've got.
Don't forget we need at least 6 or 7 players to get squad up to strength.

Below par Championship players.

[BWFC_Insane]

Lets get realistic !!!
I'd love Thiago at the club, even at 7-8 million, But if it happens, I'll plait piss !!
We're going to have to get used to the likes of Mears, Pratley, Nugent, Jerome Etc. Because these are the realistic signings that we can expect, with the money we've got.
Don't forget we need at least 6 or 7 players to get squad up to strength.

Below par Championship players.

FFS these two posts sum up the either/or theory that exists with our transfers.

Either we have "no chance" or they are "all shite".

IF Coyle is bidding for Thiago then presumably he's doing so because we have SOME chance of getting him. Any player you go for now will have other clubs chasing them even the "below par championship ones".

And FWIW the likes of Mears, Pratley, Nugent and Jerome may not be "top names" but I'd suggest all 4 would improve our squad for the right price. Pratley would have literally walked into our midfield once Holden and Davies were out last season. So all this "below par championship" bollocks pisses me off a bit.

We currently have a strikeforce of Davies and Klasnic. So whilst Nugent and Jerome would be far from ideal they'd still be better than just the 2 we have. Obviously not for silly money. But all 4 could add something to our squad. Not saying we should sign any of them just that as much as its bollocks to say "lets not bother bidding for Thiago" its also bollocks to think that any player who isn't an unknown foreigner or a big name already is shite especially when compared to some of the existent and non-existent back up in our squad.

[bristolwanderer]

Well for what its worth i think we can do alot better than those four names, but that is just my opinion.

[Rodney Trotter]

Nugent is a good player for what it's worth and would be an improvement on Robbie Blake.

And he has a 1 goal a game ratio for England