mattytheshrimper
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50k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, we can't stump up 50k. worrying worrying times.
There's a huge difference being not being able to pay 50k and not wanting to pay 50k......mattytheshrimper said:50k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, we can't stump up 50k. worrying worrying times.
50k!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, we can't stump up 50k. worrying worrying times.
struggling to match the asking price....... believed to be around £50,000.
You have to assume that the club wouldn't put something on their own site that they knew to be untrue without correcting it. Of course this is probably just the two parties jostling for position before making a deal of some sort.
Of course we have £50k. Ever heard of bargaining?
Bargaining is all well and good - I understand that.
Sometimes though, you just have to stump up. If Tilly thinks he is a good player (which you hope he does), then bite the bullet and pay it before Motherwell step in.
I mean £50k?! Makes you wonder what we've offered... £25k perhaps??
I think sometimes you need to pay what is being asked to make the player feel confident right from the get-go. What if we string this out and try to get him for £20k as "thats all Steve Tilson thinks he is worth"... not a great start to the lads Blues career.
As apposed to "we wanted to do all we could to secure Michael as Steve saw him as a big piece of the team for next season - its a very important signing"... all of sudden, he would be feeling wanted, valued and confident in his managers thinking of him.
I'm not sure if I've understood the position properly, but are we negotiating with Stockport County or an Administrator ?
If the latter, would it not be expected that an offer is made ?
After all if we can save £10,000 lets save it and put it towards bringing in some more of the Scannel family.
Bargaining is all well and good - I understand that.
Sometimes though, you just have to stump up. If Tilly thinks he is a good player (which you hope he does), then bite the bullet and pay it before Motherwell step in.
I mean £50k?! Makes you wonder what we've offered... £25k perhaps??
I think sometimes you need to pay what is being asked to make the player feel confident right from the get-go. What if we string this out and try to get him for £20k as "thats all Steve Tilson thinks he is worth"... not a great start to the lads Blues career.
As apposed to "we wanted to do all we could to secure Michael as Steve saw him as a big piece of the team for next season - its a very important signing"... all of sudden, he would be feeling wanted, valued and confident in his managers thinking of him.
I agree lets get Scanners mum into catering, i heard she is a whizz with a bottle of reggae reggae sauce, tilly told me when we were golfing last week..;)
Good points Paul and it's a great idea to set the players up for a solid start, but for me, as usual in these situations, we do not know what's happening behind the scenes.
In principle, we're doing the right things, but that's only a good strategy if we don't then arrive at the start of the season with 5 players. It won't be the first time we'll have lost a player like this but I'll still back the club not to pay over the odds if it doesn't rate a player as highly as the selling club - we simply don't have the funds for that.
I've mentioned this before, but I think the business model has changed for clubs at our level. Many of the clubs above us will be tightening their belts and releasing players but that may not happen until they know where they are headed for the season. While it's not ideal to wait until days before kick-off (or even days and weeks after) to pick up bargains, it IS where the bargains are likely to be had and it's where we've picked up some of our best players in recent years. We don't need to be bidding over the odds for anyone.
It's a difficult path to tread though and I would not want to be manager, far less a chairman.
I have a lot of family up around Manchester way, so I've had a word with them over the last couple of days to find out what his like. The response I got was all positive, but apparently Oldham are sniffing around as well and talks have begun with them.
Now thats the rumours from up North. We will wait and see.
Stockport just appointed a new manager to (Garry Abblett) so he may want to keep everyone to see whats what...
*does not compute*
:thump:
Matt