ramsbottom Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 19 hours ago, Carl Sagan said: £650k sounds an awful lot of money, especially when Cardiff were "apparently" wanting £500k early in the window and we were only offering half of that. Don't believe a word that comes out of his gob. Yeah he's not one of these 12 year olds that make up stuff for clicks, but he doesn't get an awful lot of stuff right... Andicis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawhillram Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 He’s coming home 🐏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I see Clowes is going to overpay for that chap Ebou. Has he ever seen him play I wonder? I invested tremendous emotional capital watching our fans march before the Birmingham game on my TV, and now he appears to be putting the club at risk when this coming season I know I can already watch my beloved Rams a minimum of 16 times on Sky TV. Clowes can do one as far as I am concerned. Should stick to building houses. ariotofmyown, Crewton, Carnero and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuitYourJibbaJivin Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 8 minutes ago, ramsbottom said: Don't believe a word that comes out of his gob. Yeah he's not one of these 12 year olds that make up stuff for clicks, but he doesn't get an awful lot of stuff right... I mean there’s a good chance we did prepare a £250k bid but it was one of the bids rejected. I know we’ve recently been on the brink of extinction and whilst this deal is probably slightly more than we originally wanted to pay it’s still not a great deal of money in modern football. We paid more for Connor Sammon 10+ years ago, what would that be in todays money? With out Adam’s last season I doubt we would have made it to the automatics so it’s a very welcome addition I just hope to god that the CDM curse doesn’t strike again! archram and Crewton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier ram Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Transfer fee, add ons, over payment, who cares Ebbbbooouuus on his way back Crewton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 29 minutes ago, i-Ram said: I see Clowes is going to overpay for that chap Ebou. Has he ever seen him play I wonder? I invested tremendous emotional capital watching our fans march before the Birmingham game on my TV, and now he appears to be putting the club at risk when this coming season I know I can already watch my beloved Rams a minimum of 16 times on Sky TV. Clowes can do one as far as I am concerned. Should stick to building houses. Are you for @#*%$in' real? 😲 Are you on a wind u... oh, it's you. 🍻 Crewton, NellyRam, Hans Datdo-Dishes and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariotofmyown Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 1 hour ago, i-Ram said: I see Clowes is going to overpay for that chap Ebou. Has he ever seen him play I wonder? I invested tremendous emotional capital watching our fans march before the Birmingham game on my TV, and now he appears to be putting the club at risk when this coming season I know I can already watch my beloved Rams a minimum of 16 times on Sky TV. Clowes can do one as far as I am concerned. Should stick to building houses. Totally agree, Clowes has messed us loyal supporters around on this. First he bid 250k, then 500-600k. He then went for 900k, then had his pants down for 1 million. Can't Clowes just do things on the quiet rather than continually tweeting out the latest price. I will be very worried for the future of OUR club if we pay a penny over undisclosed. Carnero, i-Ram, Jackal and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 16 minutes ago, QuitYourJibbaJivin said: I mean there’s a good chance we did prepare a £250k bid but it was one of the bids rejected. I know we’ve recently been on the brink of extinction and whilst this deal is probably slightly more than we originally wanted to pay it’s still not a great deal of money in modern football. We paid more for Connor Sammon 10+ years ago, what would that be in todays money? With out Adam’s last season I doubt we would have made it to the automatics so it’s a very welcome addition I just hope to god that the CDM curse doesn’t strike again! That was 4 days after the Carlisle game, he was just guessing and pulled a number out the air 🤣 Are we paying a little over the odds? Possibly, but when he's absolutely vital to how we want to play, we have to pay what they're asking. I reckon a lot of the fee will be the add ons anyway. This isn't us spunking £10m + on Butterfield & Johnson, who we then didn't know what to do with, this guy makes us tick and wants to be here... QuitYourJibbaJivin and FlyBritishMidland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 1 hour ago, i-Ram said: I see Clowes is going to overpay for that chap Ebou. Has he ever seen him play I wonder? I invested tremendous emotional capital watching our fans march before the Birmingham game on my TV, and now he appears to be putting the club at risk when this coming season I know I can already watch my beloved Rams a minimum of 16 times on Sky TV. Clowes can do one as far as I am concerned. Should stick to building houses. I think it's probably Mel's side-kick Pearce doing the bidding mate. 👍 i-Ram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood P Dowd Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 (edited) If Ebou isn't in Cardiff's plans for next season then they are best getting what they can for him, it makes good business sense as Cardiff get a reasonable fee and it frees up some wages. Edited July 12 by Elwood P Dowd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktwo Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Lest we forget ........ Now thats overpaying for zero resell value . Jackal, ariotofmyown and RamontheMoor 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood P Dowd Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 2 minutes ago, bucktwo said: Lest we forget ........ Now thats overpaying for zero resell value . What a waste of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 14 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: I think it's probably Mel's side-kick Pearce doing the bidding mate. 👍 But he'll clear every bid with Clowes first, you can be sure of that. FlyBritishMidland, angieram and Betty Swollocks 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 17 minutes ago, bucktwo said: Lest we forget ........ Now thats overpaying for zero resell value . What a c***. Not sure about Blackman either... Jackal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuwtfly Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Serious question: does anyone actually think, based on the way we have done business under Clowes so far, that we would really walk into a deal that we could not comfortably afford? I just don't think that's the way we do business nowadays. If we're paying 900K for Ebou, it's because we've got the budget for it. DCFC1388, DE56Ram, FlyBritishMidland and 15 others 9 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsRam Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 We seemed happy enough at £500k. If it's £500k up front and then the rest on the never-never when we get promotion etc then an extra £400k will be a drop in the ocean at that point. He may not be tried and tested in the Championship as such, but he's tried and tested for US, in a Paul Warne side/system, which is already a step up from anyone new coming in, who will carry their own risks. If DC is comfortable with the deal then I'm comfortable with the deal, this isn't another Mad Mel that's going to suddenly start splurging ridiculous money "chasing the dream". Hans Datdo-Dishes, NellyRam, FlyBritishMidland and 11 others 6 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 10 minutes ago, Nuwtfly said: Serious question: does anyone actually think, based on the way we have done business under Clowes so far, that we would really walk into a deal that we could not comfortably afford? I just don't think that's the way we do business nowadays. If we're paying 900K for Ebou, it's because we've got the budget for it. I agree with you theoretically, but we can't base our thoughts/opinions on how Mr Clowes has done his/our business thus far, as Mr Clowes/we have been restricted until now. That's not to say I don't trust him to continue in a similar vein, as I most definitely do. 👍 Nuwtfly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loughborough Ram Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 My only reservation about the cost of the deal is not whether we can afford it, because I think that we can trust the people running the club these days, it whether we are using a larger part of our budget to do this deal, which means that we can't bring in another forward for example. I should say that I'm overjoyed that he is returning to the club by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anag Ram Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 4 minutes ago, Loughborough Ram said: My only reservation about the cost of the deal is not whether we can afford it, because I think that we can trust the people running the club these days, it whether we are using a larger part of our budget to do this deal, which means that we can't bring in another forward for example. I should say that I'm overjoyed that he is returning to the club by the way. TBF we don’t know how much is available. We have Kellyman money and possibly now Delap money. Ebou is not just a player, he’s an energy. And energy costs have gone up! Jackal, Birdyabroad, Carnero and 3 others 1 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihangel Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 46 minutes ago, bucktwo said: Lest we forget ........ Now thats overpaying for zero resell value . Saying something the Jacob Butterfield fares quite well in comparison with the other 2! ariotofmyown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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