Mostyn6 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Not sure judging him on his Stoke stats is wise considering most of us would take Tim Ince back in a second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andicis Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Mostyn6 said: Not sure judging him on his Stoke stats is wise considering most of us would take Tim Ince back in a second. Lee Gregory's career best in the Championship is 10. Half of his career he's played in the conference. Tom Ince is not only younger, but also on 4 separate seasons scored more than 10 Championship goals, despite being a winger not a striker. Just incomparable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Why is this name being bandied about - just as my hopes rise as one donkey joins Stoke, someone sees fit to torment me again with the name of another donkey......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hintonsboots Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Van der MoodHoover said: Why is this name being bandied about - just as my hopes rise as one donkey joins Stoke, someone sees fit to torment me again with the name of another donkey......? Don Quixote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 40 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: 31, doesn't score many goals, no resale value. Sounds just right. Get in there before Rowett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 I really hope this isn’t true. Jesus Christ. It should be common sense for a team in our position not to sign such non-progressive players. Gregory is more suited to being a bricklayer than footballer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBB Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 If he comes I will back him and think there mustbe a reason behind the coaching team wanting him ie press from the front, high press, work rate, selfless play However in my opinion stoke have probably told Gregory his playing time will be limited next season with fletcher coming in and vokes still there and Afobe back fit and his agent has simply thrown our name into the press as we had a sniff for him a couple of seasons ago to try and drum up some potential interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hintonsboots Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ambitious said: I really hope this isn’t true. Jesus Christ. It should be common sense for a team in our position not to sign such non-progressive players. Gregory is more suited to being a bricklayer than footballer. He could cement the team together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MackworthRamIsGod Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ambitious said: I really hope this isn’t true. Jesus Christ. It should be common sense for a team in our position not to sign such non-progressive players. Gregory is more suited to being a bricklayer than footballer. But that seems to be our way. Nick Blackman and Olsson, Leon Best, Nugent, Jerome. Just a few examples of signings that were never likely to help us progress, but I bet they cost the club the best part of 15 million pounds in fees and wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheikh n Bake Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: But that seems to be our way. Nick Blackman and Olsson, Leon Best, Nugent, Jerome. Just a few examples of signings that were never likely to help us progress, but I bet they cost the club the best part of 15 million pounds in fees and wages. Steve Howard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said: But that seems to be our way. Nick Blackman and Olsson, Leon Best, Nugent, Jerome. Just a few examples of signings that were never likely to help us progress, but I bet they cost the club the best part of 15 million pounds in fees and wages. Thought these three were pretty good value for 3.5 million compared to some of the crap we signed. Nugent was given a contract a year too long . Olson was unfortunate with injury in his last year, and was not a superstar by any means but he could play and was quick. I would have been happy for Jerome to have spent the last 18 months here, He's someone we needed- a unit that has some pace as an option in games such as Cardiff and Forest where more physicality is required. In fact were still looking to replace him and unit with pace isn't something found cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: 31, doesn't score many goals, no resale value. For what it would cost to sign he we might as well have upped our offer to Martin. Wouldn't you need to know the figures involved to come to that conclusion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab a dab doo Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 He could bring mor tar the team than we think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 22 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: Wouldn't you need to know the figures involved to come to that conclusion? No. Cos if he cost 6p to sign we should still up our offer to Martin! FFS some of the names being bandied about are gruesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 3 hours ago, rammieib said: We have no idea who we’re genuinely after. This is newspaper/Internet talk. MTW was out of nowhere. Im sure our coaching staff will know players. That’s my point. And I’m happy for the players we (hopefully) sign to be names we’ve not heard about for weeks before. But our recruitment team will have been looking at some of the players we’re linked with in the press, and the fact that Gregory’s name has come up again should tell us that we have looked up. It’s not all just made up tosh, although admittedly some will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 29 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said: Wouldn't you need to know the figures involved to come to that conclusion? I think it's safe to assume that re-signing an existing player is cheaper than buying one from another club in the same division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: No. Cos if he cost 6p to sign we should still up our offer to Martin! FFS some of the names being bandied about are gruesome. Not if Martin has been offered £20k a week and we could get Gregory for £5k a week. Not saying these are the correct figures, just using as an example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G STAR RAM Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: I think it's safe to assume that re-signing an existing player is cheaper than buying one from another club in the same division. Depends if Stoke are wanting to cash in on him or just want him off the wage bill...just the same situation as Martin really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MackworthRamIsGod Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 47 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said: Thought these three were pretty good value for 3.5 million compared to some of the crap we signed. Nugent was given a contract a year too long . Olson was unfortunate with injury in his last year, and was not a superstar by any means but he could play and was quick. I would have been happy for Jerome to have spent the last 18 months here, He's someone we needed- a unit that has some pace as an option in games such as Cardiff and Forest where more physicality is required. In fact were still looking to replace him and unit with pace isn't something found cheap. Your not wrong and no doubt Lee Gregory would come in, score the odd goal, put in 100% effort and we would be happy with his contribution, but he wont propel us to the next level. All those 3 players you mention did a job, Nugent more so (I actually really like Nuge), but not of those players were really what we wanted/needed at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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