Official: Cyrus Christie joins Middlesbrough

[DCFC1388]

Reading & QPR are in for him according to GetWest London

http://m.derbytelegraph.co.uk/derby-county-transfer-talk-championship-duo-to-battle-it-out-for-cyrus-christie/story-30396460-detail/story.html

[Ramble On]

Unless we're planning on having Wisdom at CB I can see this happening.

No more mazy runs where he takes one touch too many before attempting to cross the ball!

[r4derby]

Thoughts on fee we may see? With prices being so varied, but mainly growing in size in past year, I would think a similar fee to Wisdom (£2mill plus with add ons) he's an international, but hasn't played above the Champ yet

[Millenniumram]

"One of the best right backs in the championship"

Yeeeeess, of course he is, gotta be worth at least 4 million then? Not like he hasn't got a brain, can't cross, runs into dead ends and has no positional sense, not at all

[TheDeadlySaul]

I like Christie, but he really isn't that great. He's pacy and quite strong, but that is about it really. 

[Uptherams]

He is a young international. It may sound barmy but £8m is the kind of figure we can get for him in this market. Obviously that will have to come from a Prem team. 

[BottrillRAM]

I rate Christie, play him in the back 4 with Wisdom, Davies and Fozzy. Still young and can progress further - also first choice international at the minute, if he does go it's surely got to be £5m+? 

[Wolfie20]

1 minute ago, Uptherams said:

He is a young international. It may sound barmy but £8m is the kind of figure we can get for him in this market. Obviously that will have to come from a Prem team. 

Not a snowballs' chance in Hell of getting that size of fee - anymore than £2m and we'll be doing well.

[DEL]

9 minutes ago, BottrillRAM said:

I rate Christie, play him in the back 4 with Wisdom, Davies and Fozzy. 

That back 4 look really decent IMO. 

[TommyPowell]

If QPR and Reading are fighting it out i can see the fee being over 3million maybe as high as 6 million

[EnigmaRam]

It won't be that high with only a year left on his contract and we will be looking to get rid

[Sparkle]

Well it looks like we are looking to sell then!

if QPR want him we will get paid next to nothing and Reading ( where he could do quite well) will not want to pay much either

£2 million would be very nice but for an international attacking full back with lots of championship experience and still young I would want much more but we won't get it.

[RiddingsRam]

Christie is such a confidence player it's unreal . There is obviously some ability there but he has failed to show it too much , so frustrating to watch at times too ! Really think it's time to for him to move on . Reading would suit with him with the winger back system they play .

[RiddingsRam]

8 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

Well it looks like we are looking to sell then!

if QPR want him we will get paid next to nothing and Reading ( where he could do quite well) will not want to pay much either

£2 million would be very nice but for an international attacking full back with lots of championship experience and still young I would want much more but we won't get it.

Put it into perspective though , what have we just paid for Wisdom ? 

[Ryan O'Meara]

He's obviously a decent fullback at this level, but it's probably worthwhile taking a step back and looking at his strengths and weaknesses.. 

Strengths:

Pace, reasonable height (not that he's particularly good in the air), and dribbling (although he often ends up overplaying and either running into a blind alley or getting surrounded. 

Weaknesses:

Most importantly, he's just not very good at defending. He's not particularly strong at tackling, and he doesn't really have a footballing brain. His crossing is also absolutely terrible 8 times out of 10. 

It's no surprise Rowett has preferred the safer option in Baird, who is better at defending AND also excellent at crossing the ball 

[Parsnip]

I always thought Christie had loads of potential and would've liked to keep him. It'd be nice to have a sell on clause for a chunk of his next sale just in case he progresses into a £20m badass.

[BottrillRAM]

1 hour ago, Derby_EnglandLoyal said:

That back 4 look really decent IMO. 

Even better with a Thorne / Thorne type player allowing the full backs to get forward! 

[r4derby]

28 minutes ago, Parsnip said:

I always thought Christie had loads of potential and would've liked to keep him. It'd be nice to have a sell on clause for a chunk of his next sale just in case he progresses into a £20m badass.

That is actually a really good idea. Full backs are becoming wing backs more often in modern football, especially as more teams adopt 3 at the back. As a result the position is moving from one of the least important to potential game changer. Teams will start to pay more as a result for a wing back. If Cyrus has a stellar season, and continues to earn caps and recognition internationally, his value could increase quite rapidly. 

Now I'm not saying £20mill, but certainly big enough that we could benefit from a sell on clause

[jagerbob]

In the right system he can be really good, and really effective but he does have limitations.

Also seems to struggle with confidence which can take a while to build up.

Definately more of a wingback than a full back, and should be deployed as such to get the best out of him.

 

[Wolfie20]

50 minutes ago, jagerbob said:

In the right system he can be really good, and really effective but he does have limitations.

Also seems to struggle with confidence which can take a while to build up.

Definately more of a wingback than a full back, and should be deployed as such to get the best out of him.

 

Surely one of the main requirements of a wing back is the ability to deliver a quality cross since the opportunity to overlap will be more frequent than it is in a back four system. Unfortunately it's not one of Christie's strengths.