Abdoulaye's going t'Souk transfer thread

[Norpig]

I remember when we signed McAteer from Marine, this bloke stood at the side of me in the Paddock shouting whats this non league tosser going to do. The rest is history, you just never know ehat will happen when a player comes. Lets give the lad a chance after all how much worse can he be than say Pratley?

[TANGODANCER]

I remember when we signed McAteer from Marine, this bloke stood at the side of me in the Paddock shouting whats this non league tosser going to do. The rest is history, you just never know ehat will happen when a player comes. Lets give the lad a chance after all how much worse can he be than say Pratley?

Pratley is in danger of aquiring the same heroic stature as a Campo or Muamba....(ducks and runs)...

[officer_dibble]

As I said earlier on the thread - at 19 I hope he's pushing first team sooner rather than later anyway.

[thebish]

Do you reckon Dougie conveyed his message on folded up bits of A4 passed furtively across the classroom?

And how much more involvement does a manager need to have other than "hey you, footballer, do you want to come and play at my ace football club with shiny training facilities"?

no - i simply reckon he didn't spend that much time on it. not so much time as would prevent the signing of a senior player should one be available. simple, really, and not controversial.

fact remains - i did not say what you claim I said - you appear to be wrong. (sorry about that!)

[StaffsTrotter]

and just to give the championship transfer spend league - can we really play the poor boy act

# last 5 seasons Purchased Gross Sold Nett Per Season

1 Norwich £48,575,000 £12,250,000 £36,325,000 £7,265,000
2 Cardiff City £54,520,000 £29,125,000 £25,395,000 £5,079,000
3 Fulham £51,980,000 £38,200,000 £13,780,000 £2,756,000
4 Nottingham Forest £22,550,000 £9,900,000 £12,650,000 £2,530,000
5 Bolton £23,050,000 £15,425,000 £7,625,000 £1,525,000
6 Middlesbrough £18,000,000 £11,850,000 £6,150,000 £1,230,000
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers £39,920,000 £34,600,000 £5,320,000 £1,064,000
8 Bournmouth £7,050,000 £4,050,000 £3,000,000 £600,000
9 Derby £6,880,000 £3,950,000 £2,930,000 £586,000
10 Brentford £3,250,000 £0 £3,250,000 £650,000
11 Huddersfield £3,750,000 £2,300,000 £1,450,000 £290,000
12 Rotherham United £300,000 £600,000 -£300,000 -£60,000
13 Sheffield Wed £2,270,000 £2,850,000 -£580,000 -£116,000
14 Leeds £5,850,000 £7,050,000 -£1,200,000 -£240,000
15 Millwall £1,100,000 £3,050,000 -£1,950,000 -£390,000
16 Watford £750,000 £2,850,000 -£2,100,000 -£420,000
17 Charlton Athletic £1,100,000 £3,600,000 -£2,500,000 -£500,000
18 Wigan £35,600,000 £41,050,000 -£5,450,000 -£1,090,000
19 Brighton £4,800,000 £12,350,000 -£7,550,000 -£1,510,000
20 Blackpool £5,475,000 £13,200,000 -£7,725,000 -£1,545,000
21 Ipswich £885,000 £10,850,000 -£9,965,000 -£1,993,000
22 Reading £9,859,000 £24,100,000 -£14,241,000 -£2,848,200
23 Blackburn £24,050,000 £41,850,000 -£17,800,000 -£3,560,000
24 Birmingham £19,975,000 £46,900,000 -£26,925,000 -£5,385,000

[thebish]

yeah - cos some of those spends early on in the 5yr period broke the bank!

[BWFC_Insane]

and just to give the championship transfer spend league - can we really play the poor boy act

# last 5 seasons Purchased Gross Sold Nett Per Season

1 Norwich £48,575,000 £12,250,000 £36,325,000 £7,265,000
2 Cardiff City £54,520,000 £29,125,000 £25,395,000 £5,079,000
3 Fulham £51,980,000 £38,200,000 £13,780,000 £2,756,000
4 Nottingham Forest £22,550,000 £9,900,000 £12,650,000 £2,530,000
5 Bolton £23,050,000 £15,425,000 £7,625,000 £1,525,000
6 Middlesbrough £18,000,000 £11,850,000 £6,150,000 £1,230,000
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers £39,920,000 £34,600,000 £5,320,000 £1,064,000
8 Bournmouth £7,050,000 £4,050,000 £3,000,000 £600,000
9 Derby £6,880,000 £3,950,000 £2,930,000 £586,000
10 Brentford £3,250,000 £0 £3,250,000 £650,000
11 Huddersfield £3,750,000 £2,300,000 £1,450,000 £290,000
12 Rotherham United £300,000 £600,000 -£300,000 -£60,000
13 Sheffield Wed £2,270,000 £2,850,000 -£580,000 -£116,000
14 Leeds £5,850,000 £7,050,000 -£1,200,000 -£240,000
15 Millwall £1,100,000 £3,050,000 -£1,950,000 -£390,000
16 Watford £750,000 £2,850,000 -£2,100,000 -£420,000
17 Charlton Athletic £1,100,000 £3,600,000 -£2,500,000 -£500,000
18 Wigan £35,600,000 £41,050,000 -£5,450,000 -£1,090,000
19 Brighton £4,800,000 £12,350,000 -£7,550,000 -£1,510,000
20 Blackpool £5,475,000 £13,200,000 -£7,725,000 -£1,545,000
21 Ipswich £885,000 £10,850,000 -£9,965,000 -£1,993,000
22 Reading £9,859,000 £24,100,000 -£14,241,000 -£2,848,200
23 Blackburn £24,050,000 £41,850,000 -£17,800,000 -£3,560,000
24 Birmingham £19,975,000 £46,900,000 -£26,925,000 -£5,385,000

What is the point of comparing a period when for more than half of it we were a premiership side?

Of course our spending would be higher. It is what we are spending now that matters.

Can hardly say that any of the money we spent in those three years has helped much either.

A lot of it has walked out on a free transfer. And three of those players are still without a club. £6M in fees and god knows what in wages.....

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Vital Football Birmingham reckon the Brummies are after Hall. Doesn't say if loan or signing. Can't say I'm that bothered either way...

[BWFC_Insane]

Do you reckon Dougie conveyed his message on folded up bits of A4 passed furtively across the classroom?

And how much more involvement does a manager need to have other than "hey you, footballer, do you want to come and play at my ace football club with shiny training facilities"?

no - i simply reckon he didn't spend that much time on it. not so much time as would prevent the signing of a senior player should one be available. simple, really, and not controversial.

fact remains - i did not say what you claim I said - you appear to be wrong. (sorry about that!)

BOLTON Wanderers boss Dougie Freedman says Tamworth’s Kaiyne Woolery is raw but has plenty of potential.

The Lambs striker has joined Bolton’s development squad for £10,000.

And Freedman told TouchlineTalk.com: “He’s really a development player and I’ve personally not had a lot to do with it.

“I’ve got to give a lot of credit to the Under-21s manager for bringing him in."

[Bijou Bob]

This thread is dying on its aris. I demand a drone strike on the Arab's 4x4 to liven proceedings up a bit.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

How will they pick it out amongst the hundreds of thousands of oversized tanks on the roads here?

[Bijou Bob]

Yours will be the one stopping at red lights, not cutting anyone up and acknowledging other drivers with a generous wave of the left hand. Brits abroad. easily spotted.

[Bruce Rioja]

Yours will be the one stopping at red lights, not cutting anyone up and acknowledging other drivers with a generous wave of the left hand. Brits abroad. easily spotted.

And he's 8 foot 6.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

Yours will be the one stopping at red lights, not cutting anyone up and acknowledging other drivers with a generous wave of the left hand. Brits abroad. easily spotted.

More likely swearing, flashing my lights and beeping my horn!

[Jugs]

Vital Football Birmingham reckon the Brummies are after Hall. Doesn't say if loan or signing. Can't say I'm that bothered either way...

Although he's hardly lit the Reebok up, I have to say that I'd rather see him out there on the right wing than Medo or Pratley.

[boltonboris]

I think he'll be a good player, so will be sad to see him leave permanently. A loan move may be a good option for him though.

[Jugs]

He has potential, something Dougie has frequently repeated. Which is why it would be odd if he lets him go permanently. U

[wigan white]

Hall's one of those players I want to like but there's something about him that bugs me about him. He's bags of potential but is too lightweight, loses the ball far too much and picks the wrong option more often than not. I think given the right coaching and conditioning he could become a class act but I'm not convinced that Dougie and his cohorts are the right ones to do it. Definitely should only be a loan for me..

[Bruce Rioja]

Like Wigan, but without the beard , I too have been hoping on hope that Hall would come good - but I'm just not getting anything/enough back that suggests he might. I know he's still young and all that, but there's a lot missing from his game. Maybe a loan might help him develop, but I wouldn't be gutted to see him leave permanently.

[wigan white]

Like Wigan, but without the beard , I too have been hoping on hope that Hall would come good - but I'm just not getting anything/enough back that suggests he might. I know he's still young and all that, but there's a lot missing from his game. Maybe a loan might help him develop, but I wouldn't be gutted to see him leave permanently.

Especially seeing we paid an initial £400k with a supposedly ludicrous amounts of add-ons, he should be a priority for Dougies coaching posse to work on.