Bielik at Brum

[Ghost of Clough]

51 minutes ago, Barney1991 said:

Yes basically it was like 1 million upfront and then lost at the end of the deal. It was touted around all the time we owed Arsenal 8 for him still. That’s probably already been paid to exit admin through football debt but clowes can’t be happy to be 8 million down and sell him for a million 

No. That's not how it works. All existing payment schedules have been kept. All money due before exiting administration will have been paid

[Barney1991]

1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said:

No. That's not how it works. All existing payment schedules have been kept. All money due before exiting administration will have been paid

It stated all football debt had to be paid in full before exiting or do we just say we will keep on paying the structure 

[littleover ram]

L'equipe have just named him in the worst team of the WC

 

[Anon]

21 minutes ago, littleover ram said:

L'equipe have just named him in the worst team of the WC

 

At least he's getting his name out there. There's no such thing as bad publicity.

[Ghost of Clough]

52 minutes ago, littleover ram said:

L'equipe have just named him in the worst team of the WC

 

Ranked 291st out of 681 on Whoscored.

Hennessey wasn't even the worst Welsh GK at the World Cup despite getting sent off. Brennan Johnson and Dan James were statistically the two worst wingers too.

Also, how can anyone have watched this World Cup and decided only 1 Qatar player makes the worst 11.

[Ghost of Clough]

2 hours ago, Barney1991 said:

It stated all football debt had to be paid in full before exiting or do we just say we will keep on paying the structure 

It stated all football debts must be paid on full, but not at the time of exiting administration. Currently scheduled payments stand.

Extreme example, but what you're suggesting is, even if there was a £100m PL title bonus, the club (DC) would have had to pay that in full to exit administration, rather than waiting for that event to materialise.

[Jubbs]

L'Equipe notorious for their weird ratings. They've only ever given out 10/10 like 15 times in 20 or so years.

They gave the referee yesterday 2/10, so make of that what you will. 

[richinspain]

1 minute ago, Jubbs said:

L'Equipe notorious for their weird ratings. They've only ever given out 10/10 like 15 times in 20 or so years.

They gave the referee yesterday 2/10, so make of that what you will. 

Is that too high or too low? (I didn't watch the game)

[duncanjwitham]

1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Ranked 291st out of 681 on Whoscored..

And even then, whoscored tend to under-rate ball-playing midfielders a lot at the best of times. If you aren’t doing lots of “stuff” that counts towards their formula, you don’t get a high rating. And picking up loose balls, and playing forward passes that break the lines doesn’t seem to count very much (unless those passes directly lead to goals and you get points for an assist).

[Jubbs]

56 minutes ago, richinspain said:

Is that too high or too low?

He did alright and controlled the game well, 2/10 is bad and clearly biased because L'Equipe = French

[Crewton]

Any journal that doesn't have Supermecano of France at LB in their Worst XI is best ignored. 

[RoyMac5]

Edited December 19, 2022 by RoyMac5

[Van der MoodHoover]

6 hours ago, littleover ram said:

L'equipe have just named him in the worst team of the WC

 

Seems nonsense to me. 

Where are all the Mexicans who stunk the place out? 

 

[Ambitious]

Nixon linking a player who can't play for us this season is a rough bit of journalism. 

[Oldben]

Birmingham delusional in their belief, that a swap deal can be done for our 8 million pound former arsenal player bielik, and in exchange, we take the awful Sam Cosgrove.

 

Cosgrove I'm sure many are aware is not wanted, at Birmingham and for good reason.

 

At 26, Cosgrove should be playing, some of his best football he's not.

 

He's reputed to be worth 1 million.

 

he's never been a prolific striker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[plymouthram]

5 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

He can sign for Derby in January but would not be allowed to play until next season. So it don't make sense that Birmingham would do a deal until at least the summer.

[Gee SCREAMER !!]

5 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

They'd be willing to swop a pile of dog s*** they want off their wage bill, no doubt valuing him for FFP at the same rate of 2 million.  I think we're better getting him shifted to another championship club for 1.5 million quid and paying of Arsenal this years fee to allow us to bring someone in who may actually be useful and leaving them to pay Cosgroves wages.  A bag of s*** and a bag of asbestos doesn't really cut it as far as deals go.

[Gerry Daly]

I think the guys running our club are smart enough to see Birmingham coming don't you   

[Oldben]

If our club did a deal for Cosgrove.

We would be doing it for the wrong reason.

At Plymouth Cosgrove, has scored 6 goals in 15 appearances this season.

He's unwanted at Birmingham, while they do want bielik.

Cosgrove is a lot younger than mcgoldrick and is a better player in my opinion than mcgoldrick.

It's likely to be Cosgrove plus some cash for bielik.

Under those circumstances the club might decide to a deal.

There's a problem, Birmingham want to get rid of Cosgrove because they don't want him.

Recalling Cosgrove might upset plymouth, that's not important.

I think Birmingham get the better deal if they get bielik.

Cosgrove plus cash doesn't give us the money to repay arsenal for bielik.

Since we can only sign free agents, we are left with the ability to only sign players that are surplus to requirements at their clubs plus being the wrong side of 30. They don't offer the club any resale value.

I would prefer to sign a better player than Cosgrove but without paying a transfer fee, what chance do we have.

 

[Sparkle]

I’d rather sell to Watford than them Brum lot who don’t have any real money and I can’t stand Watford