Skinemrippers 895 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 There’s still a lot of players out there without a club. I wonder if we will pick up a few squad fillers once the window closes on the cheap, we are very low on numbers. Even players like Kevin Stewart who seemed to be in demand and turned us down is still without a club. Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie-H 1,322 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, Skinemrippers said: There’s still a lot of players out there without a club. I wonder if we will pick up a few squad fillers once the window closes on the cheap, we are very low on numbers. Even players like Kevin Stewart who seemed to be in demand and turned us down is still without a club. The season he got Cardiff promoted he signed 11 free agents/bosman transfers! Just for RWB alone you have Kieron Freeman and Gunter out there who would improve us, there's a couple of creative mids/CBs out there as well maybe Warnock's waiting it out until free agents drop their wage demands... Link to post Share on other sites
Liquid 284 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 It's been said on here many times, but I'd love for us to have a go for Marcus Maddison. Surely his wage expectations are within our reasonable budget. I think he'd be a good fit for us. Link to post Share on other sites
Brunners 7,982 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Liquid said: It's been said on here many times, but I'd love for us to have a go for Marcus Maddison. Surely his wage expectations are within our reasonable budget. I think he'd be a good fit for us. The fact that he is still a free agent says a lot about his perceived attitude IMO. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ScarBoro 856 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, Brunners said: The fact that he is still a free agent says a lot about his perceived attitude IMO. Possibly - or maybe he’s just like Kevin Stewart, Gunter etc. mentioned earlier? You have to assume that they are still asking more than clubs are willing to pay. It really seems that this window is going to be “who blinks first” for many clubs and players. i know Maddison did tweet to ask why no one seemed interested in him - but if his agent is putting out silly wage demands that would also explain the lack of interest in him. Link to post Share on other sites
thatoldchestnut 583 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Skinemrippers said: There’s still a lot of players out there without a club. I wonder if we will pick up a few squad fillers once the window closes on the cheap, we are very low on numbers. Even players like Kevin Stewart who seemed to be in demand and turned us down is still without a club. I think the Boro boat has sailed as far as Kevin Stewart is concerned! Link to post Share on other sites
Skinemrippers 895 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 minute ago, thatoldchestnut said: I think the Boro boat has sailed as far as Kevin Stewart is concerned! Oh totally agree, was just giving an example of an apparently in demand player still being without a club. Link to post Share on other sites
GrimsbyBoro 1,968 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, ScarBoro said: Possibly - or maybe he’s just like Kevin Stewart, Gunter etc. mentioned earlier? You have to assume that they are still asking more than clubs are willing to pay. It really seems that this window is going to be “who blinks first” for many clubs and players. i know Maddison did tweet to ask why no one seemed interested in him - but if his agent is putting out silly wage demands that would also explain the lack of interest in him. An agent was on the radio saying a lot of players are still owed bonuses from their contracts (something to do with how they are paid). He seemed to think that a number of players deferred this payment which was due in June due to Covid, the problem is that if they sign a new contract they loose the bonus. This is apparently why some free agents haven't gone anywhere. All sounded very confusing to me. Link to post Share on other sites
thatoldchestnut 583 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 minute ago, GrimsbyBoro said: An agent was on the radio saying a lot of players are still owed bonuses from their contracts (something to do with how they are paid). He seemed to think that a number of players deferred this payment which was due in June due to Covid, the problem is that of they signed new contract they loose the bonus. This is apparently why some free agents gave gobe anywhere All sounded very confusing to me. So is likely there will be more free agents after 16th of October than is usual. Link to post Share on other sites
LinoJo3 3,191 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Personally I’m hoping we drop the 352 and go 343, bringing Roberts back if possible would allow us to do this. With the players we have at wing back 352 just doesn’t get us stretching teams enough imo. Link to post Share on other sites
BoroJake 2,345 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 7 minutes ago, LinoJo3 said: Personally I’m hoping we drop the 352 and go 343, bringing Roberts back if possible would allow us to do this. With the players we have at wing back 352 just doesn’t get us stretching teams enough imo. I think we would be conceding 5 every game if we did that 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GrimsbyBoro 1,968 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, thatoldchestnut said: So is likely there will be more free agents after 16th of October than is usual. I think from so what he was saying. The illustration he gave was one of his clients is on 10k a week. 3k is a weekly wage and 7k is bonus and other things. The player gets his 3k as a wage and the other rolls on and is paid every three months as a lumper. He had a special word for it but I forget. That means this player is currently owed something like 100,000. So not peanuts. The agent seemed to think players will either have to sacrifice their bonuses, loose them if clubs go bust or wait until the money is paid. It will effect everyone differently. Those starting the game and those near the end if their careers will be the biggest effected. I will see if I can dig up a link it was a good interview 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Robin Johnson 616 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I am surprised neither Roberts or Murphy have been loaned out yet. Two very capable players for Championship clubs. Link to post Share on other sites
DanFromDownSouth 1,706 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 34 minutes ago, ScarBoro said: i know Maddison did tweet to ask why no one seemed interested in him - but if his agent is putting out silly wage demands that would also explain the lack of interest in him. From everything I've heard/seen he does seem to have a massively over inflated opinion of himself. I'm sure in January, there was talk in the press that he'd priced himself out of a move to the championship. I found this YouTube video (I'll post the link below) of the Peterborough chairman talking about their January window, of which Maddison is discussed at length. Very much backs up that Maddison has priced himself out of moves and has a high opinion of himself. His agents also seem like tools too. In the video he also mentions that 7 clubs had interest in Toney and another 7 had interest, but couldn't do a deal until the summer due to FFP. Wonder if we were one of those. He also mentions 1 club making 4 bids in January, and he mentions he "loves their model", which in my opinion is Brentford. Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 2,492 Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 I'm not usually in favour of going for players who have reputations for attitude problems, leopards and spots and all that. But I do think with a team as functional and as rigid as ours, Marcus Maddison wouldn't be the worst signing in the world, assuming the wages were at the lower end of the scale. As an option off the bench, even having an impact a handful of times over the season could make a difference. However, I'd imagine that if we're still in for Roberts, he's probably going to fill that same spot in the squad. Link to post Share on other sites
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