Charlie George Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 16 minutes ago, GrimsbyRam said: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/derby-countys-luke-thomas-close-1597868 The fire Sale starts now! Who is this Grimsby Ram - do I know you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topram Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 So Morris wants the new man to play youngsters but sells Thomas our brightest prospect??! The guys lost his ******* mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DcFc Dyycheee Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 "We must promote youth" Sells one of the brightest young players for peanuts. Only Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nottingram Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 2 minutes ago, DcFc Dyycheee said: "We must promote youth" Sells one of the brightest young players for peanuts. Only Derby. Please read the article before getting your knickers in a twist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie20 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 11 minutes ago, Topram said: So Morris wants the new man to play youngsters but sells Thomas our brightest prospect??! The guys lost his ******* mind Thomas has gone then has he? Must have missed that story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladram Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 This is basically the same article updated with Rowett leaving, clickbate! Let's give Mel and the new coach/manager time before we destroy them. Based on previous we have months to do this and the anticipation will make the experience better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I hope we are not selling a bright prospect of a youngster - yes not bad money for an unproven one but we lose hope and potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 If we offload a youngster like Thomas for relative peanuts I will be way more annoyed about that than Rowett going. It would be properly stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 We have too many professionals at the club to be able to bring the youngsters through meaning they tend to wither and perish. If they played regularly in our first team they'd become very saleable assets but they don't. At Thomas's age, not many with promise go on to fulfil that promise. I like Luke and he was brilliantly consistent all season for the U23s, which is tough at that age. But he is extremely one-footed and has not properly broken through into the first team. Yet the piece suggests we'll get a quarter of the fee I was told we were paid for Hughes. For me that's amazingly good business and helps fund the academy. It's always sad to see decent youngsters move on, but when there isn't room to breathe at Moor Farm, it's better to get a decent fee than release them in a year or two's time. The reality of modern-day football is that sometimes you have to take the cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I'd be disappointed to see Thomas leave, but £1.2m (providing that's paid upfront and it's not 100k now with outrageous promises) is decent. It's not much lower than what we're getting for our manager. If he had shown as much promise as he has done in the U23s and he was 16/17 then I would be reluctant, but he's 20 in February. It's a shame that we haven't seen much of him, but we'd struggle to get £1.2m for some of our regular first team players - nevermind an under-23 player with just minutes under his belt at first team level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlsonDerby Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Would take us to over £3m without having sold a single first team player yet (providing we don't have to pay a great deal in compensation for a new manager which I don't see happening). Use the sale of Vydra to balance the books, let the new man have this £3m plus anything else raised through sales to play with the squad. See what he can do... young prem loans could be key. Would love Wilson from Liverpool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Some of you guys really need to stop jumping the gun. WE HAVE NOT SOLD LUKE THOMAS. The only paper who has reported this story (twice now) is that font of all transfer knowledge "Gloucester Live". This is blatant clickbait. Untwist your knickers FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 The thing I find strange about this is once again the only outlet reporting this is Gloucestershire Live, HITC have rehashed it as you would expect. Jan 30th - Set to join St Johnstone on loan Apr 17th - West Ham are keen on Thomas May 10th - Close to joining West Ham for £1m May 22nd - Close to joining West Ham for £1.2m I also found this on the site, Cheltenham are to net a five figure sum when Thomas leaves Derby: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cheltenham-town-net-five-figure-812972 Does make you wonder if the source is close to his old club where one of his brothers still play, trying to get his name into the spotlight and drum up some interest so they can collect their addons? They are following him closely on the website, 18 stories with him in the last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamUltraRam Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Agreed about youth not being given a chance. The only reason Will Hughes, Jeff Hendrick & Mason Bennett broke into the first team was because there were games when we couldn't even fill the bench. Maybe going back to those days is the only way youth will get it's chance to break into the first team and it's another year before the big hitters will be leaving when their contracts expire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 35 minutes ago, SamUltraRam said: Agreed about youth not being given a chance. The only reason Will Hughes, Jeff Hendrick & Mason Bennett broke into the first team was because there were games when we couldn't even fill the bench. Maybe going back to those days is the only way youth will get it's chance to break into the first team and it's another year before the big hitters will be leaving when their contracts expire The only reason Will Hughes broke into the first team was that he is exceptionally gifted. He wasn't discovered by accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zag zig Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 hours ago, David said: The thing I find strange about this is once again the only outlet reporting this is Gloucestershire Live, HITC have rehashed it as you would expect. Jan 30th - Set to join St Johnstone on loan Apr 17th - West Ham are keen on Thomas May 10th - Close to joining West Ham for £1m May 22nd - Close to joining West Ham for £1.2m I also found this on the site, Cheltenham are to net a five figure sum when Thomas leaves Derby: https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/cheltenham-town-net-five-figure-812972 Does make you wonder if the source is close to his old club where one of his brothers still play, trying to get his name into the spotlight and drum up some interest so they can collect their addons? They are following him closely on the website, 18 stories with him in the last year. Kind of wondering if by chance Luke Thomas is signed up to a very active agency, nowt like a bit of self promotion, ask Gary Rowett! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnero Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, Zag zig said: Kind of wondering if by chance Luke Thomas is signed up to a very active agency, nowt like a bit of self promotion, ask Gary Rowett! Can't be a very good agency if the only media outlet that they can get to report this nonsense is "Cheltenham Live" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zag zig Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Carnero said: Can't be a very good agency if the only media outlet that they can get to report this nonsense is "Cheltenham Live" Yeah but all the locals get touted around the nationals. The Mirror for one rehashed a paragraph on the West Ham link for £1m a couple of weeks back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rample Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Pulled from a link elsewhere, we have accepted £1.2m, and Cheltenham will get a £180k cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derbydaz22 Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 I hope we don’t sell as he could be anything especially at the price quoted,we all know every player has his price but unless West Ham start getting silly he’s not for sale he’s our future. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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