Wolfie20 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Someone's pressed the panic button AGAIN? Premier ram and Carnero 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FKANorwichExile Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Nope. No thanks. Do not want. Losing Knight AND Bird in the same window, with us finding the market this tough, would be horrendous. There just aren't replacements available in our budget range. HorsforthRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, admira said: If true, it’s starting to look like the club is being asset stripped. What a bizarre suggestion. JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubbs Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 If we can get around £3-4m for him (huge IF), my wish would be to replace him and Knight with Owen Moxon and Elliot Watt, that would be good business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srg Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 7 minutes ago, Big Trav said: If we can get 2-3 million for Bird I'd go all out for tom Davies who still hasn't got a club. Paul Warne do your thing The Tom Davies who played 150+ times in the premier league for Everton is just going to drop 2 leagues and take a league one pittance per week? Do people even think before they say these things?! Andicis, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta, Jubbs and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Just now, Srg said: The Tom Davies who played 150+ times in the premier league for Everton is just going to drop 2 leagues and take a league one pittance per week? Do people even think before they say these things?! He is training with Bristol Rovers to be fair, but suspect he'll be in the Championship rather than League One next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: That's quite the leap. Not really - not being able to offer longer deals to our youngsters and them being systematically taken has been the biggest punishment from Mel's actions. Ironic given his wishes for the academy. strawhillram and Ramarena 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaLoRam Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Sad situation but while we're in league one, clubs like Hull and Bristol are big fish compared to us. Warne has to give Bird an ultimatum to sign a new deal or cash in. The worry is if he isn't able to spend the proceeds, we're in real trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Just now, CBRammette said: Not really - not being able to offer longer deals to our youngsters and them being systematically taken has been the biggest punishment from Mel's actions. Ironic given his wishes for the academy. That's the root cause, but the post suggested that the current ownership may be asset stripping which is a massive leap and I suspect totally unfounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 (edited) 31 minutes ago, bucktwo said: I've been wondering about Max . His body language hasn't looked the best on recent videos and I'm not convinced he is a number 10 . Centre mid he has massive potential. This is an interesting development . The Max Bird who has been Man of the Match in nearly every pre-season game? This would be very disappointing and our last hope of actually seeing some finesse this season gone. Edited August 1, 2023 by sage TaahnRam, sheeponacid, Steve How Hard? and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 (edited) Ultimately he only has 1 year left on his deal so we're in the same boat as we were with Knight. IF he isn't going to sign a new deal then it all comes down to what Clowes & Warne think he is worth to us on the pitch for the season, if Hull match or better that value then he will be sold. There is no doubt that he will be replaced as Warne has already said we're light in there as it is so if Bird was to go I think Warne would be able to use any initial fee plus wages to recruit replacements. We would need a CDM as well as 2x 10. If Bird going gives us more budget to bring in options for LWB, CDM, 2x CAM & 2x FWDS then so be it, he has looked decent in the 10 during preseason but I think all fans probably agree that he didn't do as well as we thought/hoped he would last season at a lower level. Edited August 1, 2023 by DCFC1388 Ramarena 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 1 minute ago, DCFC1388 said: Ultimately he only has 1 year left on his deal so we're in the same boat as we were with Knight. IF he isn't going to renew a deal then it all comes down to what Clowes & Warne think he is worth to us on the pitch for the season, if Hull match or better that value then he will be sold. There is no doubt that he will be replaced as Warne has already said we're light in there as it is so if Bird was to go I think Warne would be able to use any initial fee plus wages to recruit replacements. We would need a CDM as well as 2x 10. If Bird going gives us more budget to bring in options for LWB, CDM, 2x CAM & 2x FWDS then so be it, he has looked decent in the 10 during preseason but I think all fans probably agree that he didn't do as well as we thought/hoped he would last season at a lower level. I presume next summer we wouldn't get a compensation fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanoakaram4life Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 3million for me. And if he was to go we’d seriously need a replacement in sharpish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBRammette Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 3 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said: That's the root cause, but the post suggested that the current ownership may be asset stripping which is a massive leap and I suspect totally unfounded. I didnt read it that way at all especially bearing in mind who the current owner is. I read it that other clubs are asset stripping like in admin strawhillram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott129 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 CBA with this off-season. Will Hughes Hair and strawhillram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eoghan1884 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 (edited) If he was to go, I’d be asking Hull for Ryan Woods and Ryan Longman who are both expected to leave Hull this year. Longman can player left or right wing only 22 and a few years ago scored 8 goals for a poor Wimbledon side in league one. Hull fans saying Woods has looked sharp this pre-season and I’d say he’s still good enough for lower end championship football. He’d also help our midfield options no end. Edited August 1, 2023 by Eoghan1884 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCFC1388 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 1 minute ago, sage said: I presume next summer we wouldn't get a compensation fee why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidd10 Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Decent enough player, but with 1 year on his contract if someone offers 2/3 million I don’t think we can turn it down. We’d need 2 bodies in midfield if he was to go Or come out and make a statement and have him signing a new contract. And get 1 extra body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 It will be interesting to see what Warne says tonight, obviously the report could be baseless but sounds like Bird has been Rosenior's number one target all summer and Bird wants to join Hull. I'm fairly sure we will get an update one way or another tonight. Either way, if we can keep him for the game this weekend before selling him that would be most ideal for me. If it does go through beforehand then as daft as it sounds but we probably should get Bradley Johnson registered for the game. We might need him to play in the 10 role, if only for 30 minutes. I would assume Robinson would probably have to come into CM alongside Smith, with Hourihane in the 10? Radcliffe and Johnson could make up the options on the bench. Far, far from ideal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topram Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Can’t see Hull stumping up 3 million like people are suggesting we’d be happy to take that Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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