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James Vaughan

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just looking on transfermarkt.com.... when given time on the pitch he has a good goal scoring record at championship level and at 900k it seems like a low risk option.
 

Strength and depth is one thing, but were potentially going from Defoe to a striker from Bury for £900k. Money isnt the be all and end all when it comes to the rating of a player, but it does tell you the mood of the club behind the scenes.
 
Banks said:
Says the fan of the club who couldnt take Bristol Citys best player :lol:
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Midds is on the wind up, but you can do better than that comeback. The lad is a Chelsea player and its widely reported he was advised to join Swansea as its quieter there. He also signed a new Chelsea contract before the loan.
 
GOLDENOLDIE said:
Aye,and look what he did there.....!!!!
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Yep, had a decent season there, a very good one in fact and I'd maybe expect a Blackburn or Wigan to try and sign him to lead their League One promotion charge or maybe someone like Bradford looking to go one better this season. Not a team who might just harbor their own ideas of getting out of this league.

Anyway, I've wasted enough time between the 3 or 4 James Vaughan thread on here. I'm pleased you're pleased with this signing mate.
 
jimb said:
just looking on transfermarkt.com.... when given time on the pitch he has a good goal scoring record at championship level and at 900k it seems like a low risk option.
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Moneyball ! gerrin
 
Julio said:
We have been relegated

We are totally skint

I wonder when a vast majority of our fans are going to accept this
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I don't buy this totally skint crap at all. Yes, we're in debt. £110 million but we've lost 2 big wage earners and those on loan (we'd have been paying at least part of their wages) and those on 1 year deals with more on the way out and those staying - Plodwell apart - on reduced money. We've got the parachute payment, Pickford sold and more to come from whoever decides to fuck off and can get some club remotely interested in signing them, We're not skint by any means though no doubt we'll have to be canny with whatever Shorty gives us to spend.
 
johnny kayo said:
Happy times, I will hoy Brett angell, billy whitehurst and Thomas hauser into the mix:lol:
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We've had some flops as strikers in my time such as Angell, Laslandes, Prica, Nunez, Stead but I will always have a soft spot for Billy Whitehurst. During desperate times at Roker Park, he always gave 110% and was a real handful for defenders, almost like a 'very' poor man's Frankie Worthington in some respects.
 
Katmandoo said:
I don't buy this totally skint crap at all. Yes, we're in debt. £110 million but we've lost 2 big wage earners and those on loan (we'd have been paying at least part of their wages) and those on 1 year deals with more on the way out and those staying - Plodwell apart - on reduced money. We've got the parachute payment, Pickford sold and more to come from whoever decides to fuck off and can get some club remotely interested in signing them, We're not skint by any means though no doubt we'll have to be canny with whatever Shorty gives us to spend.
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We're more than £110m in debt. Part of that has to be serviced during the course of the season and IIRC a large amount of it (or even all of the £80m or so owed to the american loan company I forget the name of) before 2019 IIRC. The Pickford fee could well be allocated against that alone.

Our income has gone down more than the 40% wage reductions (58% according to Bain).

Parachute payments won't cover the short fall.

We'll have fuck all in the scheme of things to spend or allocate to wages till more high earners leave, because a few players will still be on upwards of 30k a week here and that simply isn't sustainable at this level.
 
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Left For Dead said:
Worth a punt, buy hungry low league players, or buy premier league players and pay double, fuck that. We will make money on this bloke
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He's 29 year old - ended up at Bury after being on a downward trajectory for years - and on the assumption that he'll probably sign a three year deal here - the lad must be rubbing his hands together that we've come calling with a last big pay-day for him.

Chuck a questionable attitude into the mix, and I say this has all the hallmarks of a being a typically bad Sunderland signing.
 
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