Todays Echo- Tilson wants 4 signings

[Angell Delight]

But what kind of moron would agree to it being based on profit as there is a 50% chance that it wont be profit.

You're coming from a "they'll either sell him for more than £1.5m or less than £1.5m" viewpoint mate and therefore you say it would be 50/50 but it's not as simple as that. Freddy is a class player and everyone who took part in this deal knew that. We the supporters certainly knew that also. Wolves got Freddy for LESS than his market value due to the fact he only had one year left on his deal. If Eastwood had been under contract for say three years we'd have doubled our money. Therefore there was a very good chance that Wolves would make profit on any deal involving Freddy in the future due to the fact he was a steal, this apart from him playing with better players at Wolves which meant there was also a good chance that alone would bring his game to a higher standard.

The chances of profit were significantly above 50/50 in my book, unfortunately it didn't work out. Would Ron be an idiot for negotiating a sell-on clause that is profit-based? No I don't think so at all, particularly if that was the only way Wolves were prepared to accept a sell-on. If they believed they could sell Freddy in the future for a huge fee (and let's face it there were some big big clubs after him halfway through our Championship season) they'd have been reluctant to give us 25% of the TOTAL fee received.

With regards the comments further up about alerting other clubs that we've had a windfall Shrimpersarmy does make a valid point however it is my honest opinion that regardless of this any windfall WOULD almost certainly be revealed. In the vast majority of cases it most definitely is, and having taken many questions from fans about Freddy's transfer to Molineux I'm absolutely certain that Ron would want the supporters to know that he had done the right thing by the club. My gut feeling is that we've received nothing and if we don't hear anything in the coming days you can be almost certain of that.

Good luck to Freddy though, hope he does well at the Ricoh and comes back to haunt McCarthy next season.

 

[undercovershrimper]

seeing as we post all our transfer fees in and out as undisclosed i cant see us posting how much we have made from freddys sale to coventry

 

[SARF]

So far Ron has sold Freddy for more than any other club has and with only a year left on his contract.. .. thats good business in my book ..

 

[Angell Delight]

seeing as we post all our transfer fees in and out as undisclosed i cant see us posting how much we have made from freddys sale to coventry

If we'd made ANYTHING mate it would certainly be announced, even if the figure was "undisclosed."

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

But of course we don't need any cash, given the number of players that are available on a free at the moment. What's with the great desire to spend cash?

Isn't it obvious?

Why should we spend £25k on players like Barnard when we could be spending £200k on players of the calibre of Paynter?

:whistling: :net:

 

[maninasuitcase]

Tilson targets 3 new signings

Yet again Tilson says he wants to sign 3 or 4 new players according to the BBC today. But as the say, actions speak louder than words.

 

[Yer Blues]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/southend_utd/7540428.stm

nothing we didnt already know

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

Like Groundhog day.

 

[Tin Bath]

Maybe Tilly needs to come up with a Mourinho style gem of a quote like his one about quality of the eggs and the resulting omelete in persuading the board to free the shackles a bit

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Yet again Tilson says he wants to sign 3 or 4 new players according to the BBC today. But as the say, actions speak louder than words.

Yes, because as everyone knows if you don't sign anyone you clearly haven't been trying. :dim::doh:

 

[DTS]

I reckon he is a third of the way there.....(EG we need about nice players).

 

[Delolly]

Ive just seen a pig flying over Bread and Cheese hill.....................

 

[pringlejon]

Ive just seen a pig flying over Bread and Cheese hill.....................

my mum just drove over bread and cheese hill. u better not be calling her a pig....