Im a bit disappointed that Utd have sold Harry. I can see the reasoning that we need defenders with quality and experience now but selling your potentially best future asset now before we've seen anything of him sparks of real short-term thinking. It also highlights the shite that Thompson has left us in when we can't cope financially with relegation after taking in the kind of transfer fee's we have since 2012 and are forced to sell our kids for a song to finance a couple of signings. Not good.

Last edited by lifesanocean (16/8/2016 9:45 pm)

lifesanocean wrote:

Im a bit disappointed that Utd have sold Harry. I can see the reasoning that we need defenders with quality and experience now but selling your potentially best future asset now before we've seen anything of him sparks of real short-term thinking. It also highlights the shite that Thompson has left us in when we can't cope financially with relegation after taking in the kind of transfer fee's we have since 2012 and are forced to sell our kids for a song to finance a couple of signings. Not good.

 
Pretty much sums it up.

  Short-term thinking is what got us where we are and its forcing even shorter-term thinking.

Arab_plumber wrote:

We really need to know what the fee is to try and work out if this is a good deal for the club or another Thompson fuck up.....the fact they are trying to keep in under wraps has my cynical side buzzing.

Obviously Ray needs money for players and ST has failed to invest money or find outside investors

I'd imagine ray will get some of the fee to spend and the rest will go to keeping the club afloat. 
 

There's no danger we're getting 4 players out of this. 2 maximum and the rest will be used to pay off whatever loan is decided to be most important this time (probably STs again).

Sorry lads but not a single penny of this will be going towards the debt, it is being used to keep the club afloat. Looking forward to seeing the spin they put in this one. Can't see a single positive from watching another promising kid go out the door so more money can get lobbed into the Thompson Black Hole. Fukin depressing.

Seems the deal is 400k plus add-ons.
200k upfront and 200k early next year.

Goodie Conway 2 wrote:

Tek wrote:

Seems the deal is 400k plus add-ons.
200k upfront and 200k early next year.

The Courier reporting that it's half of that. £100k + £100k
 

 
Yeah I seen that.

You'd think they'd know better because of Spence.

Strange because we'd reportedly knocked back a bid of 350k in June 

I guess we won't know the proper amount (or not until next years accounts are published anyway).

If that is the amount though (100k+100k) it's too cheap.

£100k in installments over 48 months then another £100k if Stoke with the Champions League.

£50 more if they retain the Champions league.

Tidy.

blackandtangerine wrote:

As HeggyHandshake is saying this deal is probably for cashflow reasons.  Club needs investment and if none forthcoming then we have to sell. 
One man has caused all this.

 
And that same man could and should fix it. He won't tho.

Tangerine'n'Black wrote:

TheShed wrote:

blackandtangerine wrote:

As HeggyHandshake is saying this deal is probably for cashflow reasons.  Club needs investment and if none forthcoming then we have to sell. 
One man has caused all this.

 
And that same man could and should fix it. He won't tho.

 
Are we really surprised that he's not got a Scooby Doo how to sort it though ?

 
He knows how to sort it, he just won't do it.

HeggyHandshake wrote:

The usual head in the sand brigade saying this sale is to find new players, we are still waiting on the other Soutar and McGowan money getting used for the same players. Fukin brutal.  Are we away to get the last minute panic signings yet again??

 
There's a difference between hoping some unbudgeted income allows us to sign a better player than we are currently looking and having our head in the sand.

You know we are looking to sign two players, and the chances are the closer we get to the window closing the more risky these signings will be, that's the nature of the transfer window and almost all clubs, minus the big hittets, who buy in the last day will be panicking to a certain extent.

I bet Ray is hoping that some of the Souttar money goes into his budget, and surely the money received from the sales you mention has went towards signing Flood, Murdoch, Toshney, Bell etc and paying off Anier, Paton etc.

If the club is in as bad a financial state as the head out of the sand brigade seem to think then the chairman has been completely reckless in his backing of the new manager thus far.

You can't have it both ways though.

Last edited by Andy (20/8/2016 8:41 am)

No argument there Heggy.

maybe he'll do the same as his bro and knock the move back.

Baldy would be fucking raging!