£14.5 million for Gyokeres..


Doesn't really matter to safc supporters if he's gone where he goes. Seeds of this were sewn 2 years ago.
well it should matter cos he is under contract and SAFC get money..if he is good enough to get to a higehr division club then SAFC gets more money which can be used to get more players..two years ago he was a nobody..now he is an injured nobody..
 
Come the end of the window teams will start panicking when other targets fall through and with the striker shortage coventry will prob get closer to 20m, think we'll get big bids for stewart and clarke too.
Unlikely for Stewart as he’ll probably not be fit for the start of the season according to Speakman. Might be physically fit, maybe not match fit. A team coming in & offering big money for a player that’s been out for 8 months with no indication of how he’ll respond is a huge risk considering he’ll be free in May.

Bit of a catch 22. Obviously we want him back the same player as last year on a new deal. If he has decided to go elsewhere, him being injured up until the end of the window fucks us a bit as the chance to get decent money diminishes a bit.

I still can’t see a Premier League club going for him until he has a good run of games & form in this league.
 
well it should matter cos he is under contract and SAFC get money..if he is good enough to get to a higehr division club then SAFC gets more money which can be used to get more players..two years ago he was a nobody..now he is an injured nobody..
As proven with Diaz last year and fee in last 6 months would be nominal and not worth taking. Once players down to last 18 months they hold all the cards. It's why we're extending deals for as many as we can.
 
As proven with Diaz last year and fee in last 6 months would be nominal and not worth taking. Once players down to last 18 months they hold all the cards. It's why we're extending deals for as many as we can.
yes and diaz sharp decline in performance last season shows taking the money can be more prudent
 
yes and diaz sharp decline in performance last season shows taking the money can be more prudent
It shows you need to sign your best talent to long term deals, which in this case we haven't. I don't think he'll drop as much as Diaz as he'll want to go to prem not Spain. This is a problem of our own making. We either need to offer something he'll sign or if we don't think he's worth it replace him with someone as good, which may be more expensive. Either way club needs to act this window. They've started with Semedo but more work to do. Plenty of time so no panic just yet.
 
It shows you need to sign your best talent to long term deals, which in this case we haven't. I don't think he'll drop as much as Diaz as he'll want to go to prem not Spain. This is a problem of our own making. We either need to offer something he'll sign or if we don't think he's worth it replace him with someone as good, which may be more expensive. Either way club needs to act this window. They've started with Semedo but more work to do. Plenty of time so no panic just yet.
well your point in contracts is a very good oine of course...though stewrat is a complicated one...when fit, in the championship lst season he was exceptional, and TBH I have been wrong about stewrats ability level pretty consistently from day one so dont want to damn him..but ion terms of his value one thing is irefutable..he is much older than Diaz and has done much less...though I think he is a better player than him...and also his injuries complicate any current assessment of his value
 
Worst case scenario for us if he decides to wait and go on a free next summer. A very good player who will be motivated to earn his big contract.
He's not popular with the Cov fans right now. They are incensed at his disloyal antics and may well be unforgiving for the first few games of the season at least.

He could become their Rodwell, except that they saw him perform at a reasonable level for them before switching off.
 
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I get Gyokeres is a decent player but the way some on here go on about him is ridiculous. He did very little across 3 play off games and would I swap him for Clarke or Stewart, no chance!
Fair comment but he played the last 6 or 7 games injured
Still managed to assist Hamer both at the Riverside and Wembley
On his day he's been a handfull for many a defence , I for one will be sorry to see him go but we need the funds to rebuild
 
well your point in contracts is a very good oine of course...though stewrat is a complicated one...when fit, in the championship lst season he was exceptional, and TBH I have been wrong about stewrats ability level pretty consistently from day one so dont want to damn him..but ion terms of his value one thing is irefutable..he is much older than Diaz and has done much less...though I think he is a better player than him...and also his injuries complicate any current assessment of his value
Right after decoding the above I can respond. Diaz wasn't injury free and hasn't been great season after season. If we get to January with rs fit there will be a scramble. If I were his agent I'd say get fit and sit tight, January would be interesting for him.
 
yes and diaz sharp decline in performance last season shows taking the money can be more prudent

7 goals in the first half of the season vs 7 goals in the second half of the season.

You keep saying this, but there was no noticeable decline in his performance and suggestions to the contrary are baseless.
 
7 goals in the first half of the season vs 7 goals in the second half of the season.

You keep saying this, but there was no noticeable decline in his performance and suggestions to the contrary are baseless.
ok so he scored 14 last season..how many the season before?
the answer is 24..so he scored fewer by a significant margin last year compared to the year before..and he played more games last season than the prior one..

thats the definition of a decline in performance..
 
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I’d like to see us go for that Chong from Birmingham. Skint ain’t they? Tore Cirkin a new one at SOL
He did look good that day but I’ve heard he only plays well once in every 6 games

(I’ve only seen him play once and it was the game you’ve mentioned so I need to go away and watch him play 5 shit games to confirm)
 

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