PistoldPete Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Never really imagined in a million years he was going to come to us so not too fussed, what I am concerned about now is whether he was ever one of Cloughs genuine transfer targets, if so then sincerely hope he has a back up Plan B for a player who's equally as good as Baptiste, could do without another hard luck story at the start of next season from Clough and Rush Disappointed with this Bolton were only just ahead of us this season and we had connections with the player. Maybe the parachute money swayed it. Still plenty of time for us to move onto next targets. We need to strengthen the defence as we let in to many last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-JW- Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Phew thats a relief, hopefully Clough will look for a QUALITY defender now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSheep Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Never really imagined in a million years he was going to come to us so not too fussed, what I am concerned about now is whether he was ever one of Cloughs genuine transfer targets, if so then sincerely hope he has a back up Plan B for a player who's equally as good as Baptiste, could do without another hard luck story at the start of next season from Clough and RushClough?plan B? Ahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 Clough?plan B? Ahahahahahaha He's on record as saying there's a list of players we're interested in for each position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 He's on record as saying there's a list of players we're interested in for each position. There's no point in quoting facts. They aren't interested. Just say the same thing on every thread, every day in the hope that people will submit to your will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted May 22, 2013 Share Posted May 22, 2013 It's a little sad that we are struggling to compete with the top half of the Championship for wages. In most cases, that means we are only going to pick up those players who are not wanted elsewhere at this level. I don't believe for a minute that many players would sign due to non-contractual reasons, such as great training facilities, etc. Seems the experienced players originally promised aren't necessarily going to be as good as first hoped... Plenty of time yet, I guess. However, the buzz of being linked with players such as Baptiste is waning a little... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSheep Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 It's a little sad that we are struggling to compete with the top half of the Championship for wages. In most cases, that means we are only going to pick up those players who are not wanted elsewhere at this level. I don't believe for a minute that many players would sign due to non-contractual reasons, such as great training facilities, etc. Seems the experienced players originally promised aren't necessarily going to be as good as first hoped... Plenty of time yet, I guess. However, the buzz of being linked with players such as Baptiste is waning a little...Clough can't compete with the top team's for wages. Its not his fault, he's just not got the same transfer budget as let's say Bolton who are willing to pay over 10k a week because of their parachute payments. Nothing Clough could of done here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSheep Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 He's on record as saying there's a list of players we're interested in for each position.its sarcasm inferring what happened during the season with formations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSheep Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 There's no point in quoting facts. They aren't interested. Just say the same thing on every thread, every day in the hope that people will submit to your will.facts I'm not interested in? I love facts and as I put in my last post^. It was sarcasm infering the "no plan B" formation crisis, I love Clough and what he's done for the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 time to close this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eranio20 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Very surprised he didn't come here, what with connections to Clough and Buxton. I know there's other targets, but can't help thinking there's not a great deal more quality out there...for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t'oldu Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Rush just said on Radio Derby that we wouldn't have thanked him for bringing Baptiste in on the terms he was demanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I think he said something along the lines of "eye watering wages" as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 He ain't worth that, by a long stretch. Hardly like Blackpool had the meanest defence around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Clough can't compete with the top team's for wages. Its not his fault, he's just not got the same transfer budget as let's say Bolton who are willing to pay over 10k a week because of their parachute payments. Nothing Clough could of done here. I'm not inferring it's Clough's fault at all. I have to say I still feel as though I can't judge properly, as he is having to work to a far tighter budget than any managers I remember from the past. Therefore, he can only deliver with the resources available to him. That said, sometimes I find him great, other times his approach infuriates me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Teale Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I think he said something along the lines of "eye watering wages" as well Hadnt they asked his agent what he wanted before going public of our interest? Or is that just to simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I'm not inferring it's Clough's fault at all. I have to say I still feel as though I can't judge properly, as he is having to work to a far tighter budget than any managers I remember from the past. Therefore, he can only deliver with the resources available to him. That said, sometimes I find him great, other times his approach infuriates me... I suppose the one saving grace of this is all managers we have had in the past who haven't had to work to these guidelines hardly did well either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 It's a lazy assumption to make that 'we' went public. To paraphrase Nigel Clough: Reporter: "There's this myth that we're leaking out players names into the public domain, but it's important to let people know that there are players we are interested in, but they're not the only ones, there's just names that haven't come out" Clough: "We don't leak players. If a name gets leaked out we get asked, and if we get asked then we have to respond to it. Our ideal scenario is just to sign the player and then announce it ... " Reporter: Would you like to do that at some point, surprise everybody? Clough: "We were close to it with Lee Grant but that got out just a few days before ... one day we'll catch everybody but there's so many components in a deal now, agents and everything, there's usually somebody that leaks it somewhere" Now, you could say that we don't have to respond, but then people would get antsy about a lack of noise from the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t'oldu Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Bolton will still have parachute monies to underwrite wages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabber Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Coutts was out of the blue last year wasn't he? Here's hoping there are a couple like that this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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