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Russell Martin has Ross Stewart as his main target **Transfer confirmed **

Alfa said:
After today we’ve got five days left in the window and tomorrow is a bank holiday which no financial transactions will take place on. We’ve had moths to get deals sorted and failed. I agree with your summation of what probably needs to happen (definitely wouldn’t lose Pritchard) but I can definitely see the old “we tried hard but just couldn’t get deals over the line” being trotted out after the window shuts.
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probably what’s in KLD wallet
 

YohanKebab said:
It's a risk from the club either way. We give him the contract he must want, and he could get injured again, but if we let him leave, he could go somewhere, stay fit, and score 25/30 goals. We'd of went up last season imo if he was fit all season. Easily tbh.

For me, get him signed up, he's worth the risk.

Keeps fit, scores loads, and we go up, his value shoots up massively.
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I agree, but it is an even bigger risk - and maybe more expensive - to sign an unknown quantity.

Anyone can get an injury, and his latest is an “impact” injury. So I don’t worry too much about that side of things. He has had previous tissue/hammy injuries, but I would class him as injury prone either.

If he really doesn’t want to stay, then we should have backfilled by now. The fact that we haven’t leads me to think he will stay. Optimism? Delirium? I’m not sure…
 
Perryqhill said:
He might also play this season and get 15 to 20 goals.goals which gets us much further up the league and progresses us and makes us a more attractive proposition. It might mean we also can demand a similar fee in January anyway if he hits some kind of form.

5m isn't enough given what he potentially could give us when fit for a player of his quality. There is, as always, a risk because of his injury but then there's also a risk with any transfer.
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Big word 'might'

Is he unhappy with the club? Could a foreign club be interested in him and would he be interested? If so he could sign a pre contract agreement in January and there's nothing you can do about it.

You could demand what you like in January. You might get it. But it's a gamble. And another 300k to 400k in wages until then?
Bada Bing said:
I agree, but it is an even bigger risk - and maybe more expensive - to sign an unknown quantity.

Anyone can get an injury, and his latest is an “impact” injury. So I don’t worry too much about that side of things. He has had previous tissue/hammy injuries, but I would class him as injury prone either.

If he really doesn’t want to stay, then we should have backfilled by now. The fact that we haven’t leads me to think he will stay. Optimism? Delirium? I’m not sure…
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Maybe it's his wage stopping you from signing another striker. Can't think of any other reason why they would leave Mowbray without a fit decent striker.
 
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I get the feeling as we haven’t been able to get the strikers we want, the club will keep Stewart for at least a season and banking on him getting fit after the international break
 
No team will bid for Stewart until he's proved his fitness. Might get minutes in OCT. Will have to be 100% and scoring before a bid comes in.Our first 2 home games BOTH bigger gates than Chelsea FFS ! Millions spent on trying to win things. SAFC haven't even got team strips to sell in the club shop.:rolleyes:
 
safc9450 said:
No team will bid for Stewart until he's proved his fitness. Might get minutes in OCT. Will have to be 100% and scoring before a bid comes in.Our first 2 home games BOTH bigger gates than Chelsea FFS ! Millions spent on trying to win things. SAFC haven't even got team strips to sell in the club shop.:rolleyes:
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I would be shocked if our gate money was a quarter of what Chelsea make from theirs
 
safc9450 said:
No team will bid for Stewart until he's proved his fitness. Might get minutes in OCT. Will have to be 100% and scoring before a bid comes in.Our first 2 home games BOTH bigger gates than Chelsea FFS ! Millions spent on trying to win things. SAFC haven't even got team strips to sell in the club shop.:rolleyes:
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Are you actually comparing Sunderland to Chelsea? :lol::lol::lol:
 
Hope so....this saga has completely derailed the club past 6 months. It has virtually put the recruitment team on hold in their planning
 
Perryqhill said:
He's back or almost on the grass iirc, so not actually injured but not actually fit. As for his recovery and the level he'll be at - could go either way, he might also come back the best striker in the division.

Clearly there's no chance of getting 20m. There probably little chance of getting 10m.

What's the point of taking 5m for someone who was probably one of the best two forwards in the division last season, when you are desperately lacking forward players and you're shanking 1m to 1.7m here and there on teenagers who aren't close to being ready and any decent loan might cost you over a million anyway?

I'd rather keep him for the season and see how it pans out with injuries and form etc because there's not enough value in him at the moment to sell.

If you could get 10m then maybe it's a different story, but we are so lacking in forwards and have been for sometime - why would you sell for such a low amount?
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Spot on.
If we manage to sneak promotion then we can make him a PL sized offer. If he turns it down then 20+ championship goals plus a good Euros makes the world his lobster. At least the owners have shown willing in that situation.
 
Mowgli said:
Are you actually comparing Sunderland to Chelsea? :lol::lol::lol:
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Did you read the whole thing. I compared our crowds at home this season with Chelsea's who will be trying for Champion League place.What didn't you understand. Maths not your thing ? Our supporters want a good team,hopefully trying for top 6 +.They are turning up to support the club. Some faith from the owners would help.
halfpast3 said:
I would be shocked if our gate money was a quarter of what Chelsea make from theirs
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Bet they have shirts to sell !
 
safc9450 said:
Did you read the whole thing. I compared our crowds at home this season with Chelsea's who will be trying for Champion League place.What didn't you understand. Maths not your thing ? Our supporters want a good team,hopefully trying for top 6 +.They are turning up to support the club. Some faith from the owners would help.
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Maths clearly isn't your thing. Attendances might be a similar number but their fare incomes will be 3 or 4 times what ours is.

I dont understand what the comparison is...its makes no sense whatsoever.
 
scotch said:
Sell LND and I think TM walks, we cant even bring in a striker after 4 weeks not sure bringing two in 4 days is happening

Boro on Tuesday
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He won’t walk. He’s working from home for the first time in decades and there’s compo in being sacked. Walking is a black mark on your CV. He won’t want to be lobbing his CV in at Walsall, Preston and Cambridge etc
 
riffraff said:
He won’t walk. He’s working from home for the first time in decades and there’s compo in being sacked. Walking is a black mark on your CV. He won’t want to be lobbing his CV in at Walsall, Preston and Cambridge etc
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Imagine thinking TM would walk :lol:
 
Mowgli said:
Maths clearly isn't your thing. Attendances might be a similar number but their fare incomes will be 3 or 4 times what ours
I dont understand what the comparison is...its makes no sense whatsoever.
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FFS ! When did i mention income ,average wage in London area off the scale.Chelsea can charge their fees because the supporters can afford it . Same as Spurs and Arsenal. Man. U make more money from their restaurants on match days than most clubs ticket sales on match days.At least we have stopped giving away free tickets. One step in right direction,now build on it.Otherwise crowds will fall.
 
safc9450 said:
FFS ! When did i mention income ,average wage in London area off the scale.Chelsea can charge their fees because the supporters can afford it . Same as Spurs and Arsenal. Man. U make more money from their restaurants on match days than most clubs ticket sales on match days.At least we have stopped giving away free tickets. One step in right direction,now build on it.Otherwise crowds will fall.
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So whats your f***ing point comparing Sunderland and Chelsea then?
 
Mowgli said:
Maths clearly isn't your thing. Attendances might be a similar number but their fare incomes will be 3 or 4 times what ours is.

I dont understand what the comparison is...its makes no sense whatsoever.
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Last time round in the PL for both at the same time for a couple of seasons our gate income matched Fulhams. The Cottager at work brought there figures in and they matched ours to within £200k or so.
Eventually a SAFC ownership is going to attempt to bring our tkt prices further in line with the SEs. If that succeeds and figures don’t drop off to any great amount we may be ”back” Fast Eddie style.
 
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