StarterForTen Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, AndyinLiverpool said: Isn't this just free money? Palace are paying us o avoid a summer auction. r_wilcockson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LazloW Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) The theory of having new owners come in and giving a longer term contract is great. As is the idea that he’d benefit from first team football with us. But we all know that in reality, whatever the ownership situation, a PL club comes in for one of our kids and and we have precious little chance of keeping him. Delap, Gordon, Williams to name but three in the recent past. They (or their advisers) don’t give a ? about first team football or long term development. They care about the big contract, the big commission and the big name. They don’t care if he languishes in their u23s for a few years before going out on endless loans (if he doesn’t quite make it). The player themselves also - not surprisingly - no doubt thinks this is their way to the big time and that they’ll be playing every week before you know it. Who needs Championship or League 1 football!? Hopefully we get a fee. In normal circumstances, this will also be the model moving forward anyway. Sustainability through selling our self-grown assets. Edited January 31, 2022 by LazloW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyinLiverpool Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, StarterForTen said: Palace are paying us o avoid a summer auction. There wouldn’t be a summer auction if he's a free agent gccrowdpleaser and Rev 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, IslandExile said: It's forced upon us by the situation that we are in but it's hardly something to celebrate. Those two players - along with others - could have formed the backbone of a great Derby County team in the future. Or, at the very least, under different circumstances, raised many millions of pounds. Another sad day. But same could be said for Delap & Gordon, both were offered new deals & rejected, both before administration. Who is to say Williams & Plange would sign new deals with us even if they could over Chelsea & Palace Edited January 31, 2022 by DCFC1388 LauraH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 44 minutes ago, DarkFruitsRam7 said: If you think it's possible for us to sell Lawrence and loan him back, you're either mad or you should have been in charge of the Brexit negotiations. I probably could have done a decent job on the Brexit negotiations actually ? anyway the principle was that if we were allowed by the EFL to sell and loan back players we would have been doing that with some of the out of contract players before today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gee SCREAMER !! Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, StarterForTen said: Palace are paying us o avoid a summer auction. That deputy sports minister who kept banging on about Crystal Palace the other week will be delighted Rammy03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marriot Ram99 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 1 minute ago, AndyinLiverpool said: There wouldn’t be a summer auction if he's a free agent Summer auction not quite but what they probably meant is that if he continues to do well and is a free agent then alot of teams will be in for him and he might turn down Palace for another club or demand alot higher wages. r_wilcockson and AndyinLiverpool 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimmu Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Going or not, he is a prime example of how our scouting team is doing a sterling job (even though that's not what people seem to think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Hopefully get a sell on % put in the deal too, would make it even better then than him leaving for nothing in the summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hintonsboots Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Has he gone and come back yet ? Steve How Hard? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Binned off by Arsenal and given a chance with us. Gets first team action and three goals into his career he's off. Thanks for the loyalty fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboto Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rampant said: Binned off by Arsenal and given a chance with us. Gets first team action and three goals into his career he's off. Thanks for the loyalty fella Don’t think he got binned off by Arsenal. Think he chose to leave to get closer to first team football sooner. Seems to have worked. The career of a footballer is short and the pathway is difficult. He needs to do what he feels is best for him. Shame we are in this position, but it is what it is. DarkFruitsRam7, LauraH, ck- and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramslad1992 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, Rampant said: Binned off by Arsenal and given a chance with us. Gets first team action and three goals into his career he's off. Thanks for the loyalty fella Not even gone yet… Christ. LazloW, Sparkle, hintonsboots and 1 other 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePrisoner Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Well, how about just merging this one then, eh @mods? Oh... erm... @Boycie... help me out mate. I messed up! Boycie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdave85 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 10 minutes ago, Rampant said: Binned off by Arsenal and given a chance with us. Gets first team action and three goals into his career he's off. Thanks for the loyalty fella Bit OTT reaction to this? To be honest I don’t understand the loyalty thing, why should footballers be loyal? My job took me from unemployed to earning a wage, but if I got offered a better wage at somewhere better I’d be off. I think this is a good deal if it is for £1m as reported, he’s only getting minutes because of our situation. If he’s loaned back then that helps us out on two fronts, cash and keeping the lad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IslandExile Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 24 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said: But same could be said for Delap & Gordon, both were offered new deals & rejected, both before administration. Who is to say Williams & Plange would sign new deals with us even if they could over Chelsea & Palace Yeah true and we were compensated for those two aswell but, as with Williams and Plange, I would still rather keep the players and see how they develop at our club. The point I was trying to make is that, although we must lose these players whether through Administration or player agents or simply the glamour of the Premier League, the meagre amount of compensation we receive is not a cause for celebration and cannot - IMHO - be classed as "good business". strawhillram, Abu Dhabi Ram and lrm14 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Dimmu said: Going or not, he is a prime example of how our scouting team is doing a sterling job (even though that's not what people seem to think) I'm not sure if we have separate departments for academy scouting, but whoever is in charge of bringing in academy cast-offs is doing a brilliant job. In fact, isn't it Mel's stepson? Edited January 31, 2022 by DarkFruitsRam7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuff264 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Doesn't £1m keep us running another month? Hard to turn down especially if we do secure the loan back r_wilcockson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jortat Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 £1 million will pay the administrators costs for a few weeks I guess. I am so sick of getting terrible news every day . Its dragging me down ,every time some thing positive like the end to yesterdays finish to the match, right after it there’s news like a very good young striker leaving for peanuts. I know what position we are in but it doesn’t make it any easier. MackworthRamIsGod, IslandExile and MaltRam 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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