Dan_Boro_Till_I_Die 1,384 4.2k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, DocMartin said: Giles definitely unhappy, but I haven’t been told an official offer has been lodged since the summer one, never mind agreed and I have asked again. Hope Marks info is accurate. Be interesting what you find out thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinoJo3 4,685 12.1k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 57 minutes ago, Humpty said: I've said it before but losing ELL or Doak will end our hopes of promotion this season. it really is that simple. The way things are going anyway our chances don't look great regardless. Question is, will ELL have the same demand in the summer and if we tell him he's staying will he knuckle down? I don't think he'd kick off fpor an MLS team but if we get something concrete from a Premier League side again, i think his attitude could go south. Could work in our favour tbh, if we’ve told him we’d be open to letting him leave in January and then demonstrate that by accepting a bid, he can’t really hold any negative attitude towards us. If the only team with an acceptable bid was an MLS team that’s not our problem. The onus is on him then to knuckle down to get a better move in summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macapes 2,504 2.7k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 7 minutes ago, SzilardNemethsCurtains said: The stats are pretty similar championship wise, they sold in summer window and it was 2 years ago. 24 million euros is more than fair Gyokeres got 21 goals and 12 assists in the Championship the season before his move. That's a monster season. ELLs good but he's not hitting 33 goal contributions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changing Times 14,290 21.4k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 7 hours ago, mendieta420 said: tbh sunderland are desperate for a striker, aaron connolly is their backup Doesn't this present a fantastic opportunity for us then? We sell Lath, Sunderland sign Cannon, and then we can bring in Connolly from Sunderland to replace Lath. It's a win win situation for everyone! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverbefore 13,720 28.2k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Just now, Changing Times said: Doesn't this present a fantastic opportunity for us then? We sell Lath, Sunderland sign Cannon, and then we can bring in Connolly from Sunderland to replace Lath. It's a win win situation for everyone! What a hero's welcome he'd get too, im sold! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changing Times 14,290 21.4k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 3 hours ago, p_mards said: If we sell Lath for big money then I won't be too bothered as we'll have huge money to rebuild with. And given our success in the transfer market at reinvesting the funds from selling Akpom and then Rogers, we've shown that we can take one step back to take two steps forward so I think we'll continue to grow stronger without him Have we taken any steps forward? We aren't a better team than we were two years ago. It's also worth considering that some of the money was spent well but a lot hasn't been. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changing Times 14,290 21.4k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 2 hours ago, MarkT73 said: Just to break up the ELL talk My Hull mate thinks they'll accept our offer for Giles, he's heard £2m via Baz Cooper. Apparently he was at fault for Donnie's first, then the crowd turned on him, and he lost the plot a bit. Subbed off 5 mins later Well in that case let's up our bid and get it done! 🙌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_19 71 219 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 I'll be really disappointed if ELL goes this window. Not because it's a bad deal financially, but because we're losing a key player right in the middle of the season. Wait and see if we get promoted and if we don't then sure, cash in on him and reinvest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changing Times 14,290 21.4k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, EstonSmog said: Brentford and Brighton have shown it works. It just takes time for it to take shape. It’s getting nigh on impossible for a non parachute payment club to get promoted. I get it’s frustrating but when the accounts are released I think it’s showing Gibson is doing all he can to get us there. He can’t really do much more in this climate. It's not nigh on impossible for a non parachute payment club to get promoted. It happens just about every season. It's certainly a challenge but look at recent promoted sides, including us, and it gets done regularly - Ipswich, Forest, Luton, Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford, Huddersfield, Wolves, and us, off the top of my head they all managed it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SzilardNemethsCurtains 3,483 3.9k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 22 minutes ago, macapes said: Gyokeres got 21 goals and 12 assists in the Championship the season before his move. That's a monster season. ELLs good but he's not hitting 33 goal contributions. I don't disagree with that but the contract situation and timing makes the price is a relevant number for me. ELL over a full season could definitely get close too but no denying how good Gjokeres was/is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boro 86 670 2.5k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 Will be disappointed to see LL go but am guessing we would only sell if the price suited us. What some teams are supposed to have offered us before or other players have gone for is irrelevant. As for season over comments surely we wait and see how the window plays out. I get the distinct feeling that Carrick and Scott have known LL is leaving for months now and have been lining up a replacement. Ultimately a war chest of around £25m (inc Izzy money) might just get us to the promised land after all. Well we can only hope….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinoJo3 4,685 12.1k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 3 minutes ago, Changing Times said: Have we taken any steps forward? We aren't a better team than we were two years ago. It's also worth considering that some of the money was spent well but a lot hasn't been. We can’t be expected to spend every penny perfectly, surely it’s hard to deny that our transfer business has improved massively compared to just 5 years ago when we had Warnock ringing his mates up to do us a favour. The flops are out numbering the hits and the hits have proven to be pretty big ones. We may not be performing better than we were 2 years ago but the best players from that team Wernt ours and we had to rebuild purely with the money we got from Akpom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Changing Times 14,290 21.4k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 minute ago, Boro 86 said: I get the distinct feeling that Carrick and Scott have known LL is leaving for months now and have been lining up a replacement. Ultimately a war chest of around £25m (inc Izzy money) might just get us to the promised land after all. Well we can only hope….. Yeah you'd assume that since the summer they've been working on new strikers ready for this eventuality. I dunno if we'll have £25m to spend though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply Red 411 795 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 1 hour ago, AnotherSmoggy said: We have to be ruthless this year in regards to squad places, Jones already gone I think a few more fringe players need to follow him, Barlaser should be the next to follow him I expect these players to leave Dieng Clarke edmundson Barlaser Gilbert de register Smith lenihan Mcabe loan Mccormick loan leaves room for new players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty189 1,171 2.7k Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 4 minutes ago, Changing Times said: Yeah you'd assume that since the summer they've been working on new strikers ready for this eventuality. I dunno if we'll have £25m to spend though. You would imagine so well hopefully we only sanction the deal when his replacement is wrapped up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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