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Post by Long Live Clarkey on Jan 9, 2011 18:26:17 GMT
no i hope clarkey that he doesnt go! but why dont the club come out and say so? the truth is he might go, or he might not! Beano is still the best forwad we have ,so if any clubs are looking at our players then its a good chance they are looking at him. The club has come out at one point recently and said there has to be serious money involved, Beano has said he's staying, I just think that's really as much as we're ever likely to go on. I'm sure every player has their price, but Clarke and Constable are the two players that I think would demand a serious inflated price before they went. We aren't struggling financially, at least in comparison to other league sides (£4 million debt sounds a lot but I think you'll find plenty of other league 2 teams with around that figure, may be wrong though), but crucially we're making a profit. Quite possibly a big one considering the squad and if we have a late playoff run. Other players might be sold, but we won't sell off our star man to pay back a small fraction of our debt.
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Post by captainox on Jan 9, 2011 18:43:15 GMT
i think hes gone! i also think midsons gone aswell! in brodie (it was us who put a bid in i think .just aguess .) and mclean. York and Stevenage enquired/placed bid for brodie. Wouldn't suit our style of play
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Post by peterdevo on Jan 9, 2011 19:34:46 GMT
To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if the rumour was true especially if Austin goes. We will find it hard to keep hold of all of our strikers as they all seem to be in a rich vein of form. For me I hope the rumour is untrue.
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Post by windows on Jan 9, 2011 20:33:45 GMT
Constable will be staying.Playoffs are within our reach.We have had our usual Christmas downhill period early.Three wins at home out of those games we lost and we would be top.We are on the way up.NEXT HOME GAME IS GOING TO BE THE TEST ,WIN THIS AND WE WILL BE GOING ON ALONG UNBEATEN RUH WAIT AND SEE
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Post by static on Jan 9, 2011 20:37:12 GMT
if it's true that we're 4m in debt and would find it hard to turn down a 250000 bid, makes you realise how important it is to try and get a bit of a cup run occasionally
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Post by salaghaf on Jan 9, 2011 21:17:51 GMT
IMO if the price is right we should sell... That goes for all the squad... Best post from you ever Junior. Oxford United always have been, and always will be, a selling club. Every player has a price on their head. So yes, in theory, every player in the squad is for sale all of the time. At the right price. And that is for the board to decide: what is the right price? For Constable i would suggest 250k+ Would he want to go? Doubt it very much. So maybe only at 400k would the board force the sale? I have been impressed with his general wing play and playmaking recently. This must surley push his value up?
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Post by Lone Gunman on Jan 9, 2011 21:34:12 GMT
i think hes gone! i also think midsons gone aswell! in brodie (it was us who put a bid in i think .just aguess .) and mclean. York and Stevenage enquired/placed bid for brodie. Wouldn't suit our style of playIn addition to which, if we are bringing in the expensive maclean, why would we want to bring in the equally expensive (and probably less good) brodie?
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Post by baldy on Jan 9, 2011 21:34:21 GMT
Anybody who thinks we would get anywhere near £200,000 for Constable is in cloud cuckoo land. £100,000 would be brilliant money for us. Personally I think he's worth about £80,000.
Misses far too many chances, takes up poor positions getting caught off side, walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game and sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement.
Craddock, who boasted an impressive league 2 record with Luton, cost us £50,000. Is Constable twice the player let alone three, four times the player Craddock is ?
Having said all that I love Beano and hope he stays with us. He's a cracking league 2 player but only League 1 or Championship will fork out silly money and it just isnt going to happen because he's not quite good enough - at the moment.
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Post by bornyellow on Jan 9, 2011 21:40:35 GMT
Anybody who thinks we would get anywhere near £200,000 for Constable is in cloud cuckoo land. £100,000 would be brilliant money for us. Personally I think he's worth about £80,000. Misses far too many chances, takes up poor positions getting caught off side, walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game and sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. Craddock, who boasted an impressive league 2 record with Luton, cost us £50,000. Is Constable twice the player let alone three, four times the player Craddock is ? Having said all that I love Beano and hope he stays with us. He's a cracking league 2 player but only League 1 or Championship will fork out silly money and it just isnt going to happen because he's not quite good enough - at the moment. Craddock cost more then 50k
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Post by 'Beav' on Jan 9, 2011 21:45:20 GMT
Anybody who thinks we would get anywhere near £200,000 for Constable is in cloud cuckoo land. £100,000 would be brilliant money for us. Personally I think he's worth about £80,000. Misses far too many chances, takes up poor positions getting caught off side, walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game and sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. Craddock, who boasted an impressive league 2 record with Luton, cost us £50,000. Is Constable twice the player let alone three, four times the player Craddock is ? Having said all that I love Beano and hope he stays with us. He's a cracking league 2 player but only League 1 or Championship will fork out silly money and it just isnt going to happen because he's not quite good enough - at the moment. Misses far too many chances - 3 weeks ago I would have agreed but I cannot remember a home game since Chesterfield when BEano has 'missed a chance' takes up poor positions getting caught off side - Attacking coach. That is all. and furthermore he is always in the correct position in the box, I think its poor timing more than anything Walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game - wouldn't agree with that one, yes he is generally a hot head but how many yellow cards has he picked up this season? sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. - Neither does Wayne Rooney or Messi, yes they are a lot less frequently going to bollocks it up You made a point which I agree with sort of. Beano is probably overestimated and that includes his Price. Maybe I am being ironic in saying that £150k is about right.
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Post by baldy on Jan 9, 2011 21:50:11 GMT
Anybody who thinks we would get anywhere near £200,000 for Constable is in cloud cuckoo land. £100,000 would be brilliant money for us. Personally I think he's worth about £80,000. Misses far too many chances, takes up poor positions getting caught off side, walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game and sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. Craddock, who boasted an impressive league 2 record with Luton, cost us £50,000. Is Constable twice the player let alone three, four times the player Craddock is ? Having said all that I love Beano and hope he stays with us. He's a cracking league 2 player but only League 1 or Championship will fork out silly money and it just isnt going to happen because he's not quite good enough - at the moment. Misses far too many chances - 3 weeks ago I would have agreed but I cannot remember a home game since Chesterfield when BEano has 'missed a chance' takes up poor positions getting caught off side - Attacking coach. That is all. and furthermore he is always in the correct position in the box, I think its poor timing more than anything Walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game - wouldn't agree with that one, yes he is generally a hot head but how many yellow cards has he picked up this season? sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. - Neither does Wayne Rooney or Messi, yes they are a lot less frequently going to bollocks it up You made a point which I agree with sort of. Beano is probably overestimated and that includes his Price. Maybe I am being ironic in saying that £150k is about right. We might just eke £150,000 out of someone for him but no more. Maybe £80,000 is a bit low. I'll compromise on £125,000. He would be a big gamble for a League 1 club working on a tight budget for that sort of money.
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Post by unification on Jan 9, 2011 21:56:57 GMT
Anybody who thinks we would get anywhere near £200,000 for Constable is in cloud cuckoo land. £100,000 would be brilliant money for us. Personally I think he's worth about £80,000. Misses far too many chances, takes up poor positions getting caught off side, walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game and sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. Craddock, who boasted an impressive league 2 record with Luton, cost us £50,000. Is Constable twice the player let alone three, four times the player Craddock is ? Having said all that I love Beano and hope he stays with us. He's a cracking league 2 player but only League 1 or Championship will fork out silly money and it just isnt going to happen because he's not quite good enough - at the moment. Craddock cost more then 50k £65k was the figure, I think, bought with the profits of the West Ham game.
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Post by risdon on Jan 9, 2011 23:36:26 GMT
Anybody who thinks we would get anywhere near £200,000 for Constable is in cloud cuckoo land. £100,000 would be brilliant money for us. Personally I think he's worth about £80,000. Misses far too many chances, takes up poor positions getting caught off side, walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game and sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. Craddock, who boasted an impressive league 2 record with Luton, cost us £50,000. Is Constable twice the player let alone three, four times the player Craddock is ? Having said all that I love Beano and hope he stays with us. He's a cracking league 2 player but only League 1 or Championship will fork out silly money and it just isnt going to happen because he's not quite good enough - at the moment. Craddock cost more then 50kNo he didn't.
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Post by fredwest on Jan 9, 2011 23:43:09 GMT
if he was sold for peanuts it would be pointless as i would imagine it would affect the attendances thus costing revenue 400 grand tho would be too tempting and we would all understand..........not sure if he'd wanna go to the scum tho,i know hes from wiltshire but...............
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Post by bornyellow on Jan 9, 2011 23:47:53 GMT
Craddock cost more then 50k No he didn't. It was the media that stated the fee as 50k Never officially reviled by OUFC.
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Post by tatabanya on Jan 10, 2011 0:34:31 GMT
Anybody who thinks we would get anywhere near £200,000 for Constable is in cloud cuckoo land. £100,000 would be brilliant money for us. Personally I think he's worth about £80,000. Misses far too many chances, takes up poor positions getting caught off side, walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game and sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. Craddock, who boasted an impressive league 2 record with Luton, cost us £50,000. Is Constable twice the player let alone three, four times the player Craddock is ? Having said all that I love Beano and hope he stays with us. He's a cracking league 2 player but only League 1 or Championship will fork out silly money and it just isnt going to happen because he's not quite good enough - at the moment. But due to Beano's talismanic nature at the club he is worth more to us than his ability suggests. 100,000 may not be a great bargain for a L1 club, but would be way under our value.
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Post by scoob on Jan 10, 2011 0:43:17 GMT
Anybody who thinks we would get anywhere near £200,000 for Constable is in cloud cuckoo land. £100,000 would be brilliant money for us. Personally I think he's worth about £80,000. Misses far too many chances, takes up poor positions getting caught off side, walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game and sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. Craddock, who boasted an impressive league 2 record with Luton, cost us £50,000. Is Constable twice the player let alone three, four times the player Craddock is ? Having said all that I love Beano and hope he stays with us. He's a cracking league 2 player but only League 1 or Championship will fork out silly money and it just isnt going to happen because he's not quite good enough - at the moment. Why? When was the last time we had a player consistently with a strike rate of over 50%. Another club may not be willing to pay more than £100k but he is worth more than that to us. £100k would not buy us much so why sell at that price as a replacement will cost considerably more. I believe that we paid a small feee for him and Shrewsbury have a sell on clause so our profit will be small if he goes at that price.
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Post by Long Live Clarkey on Jan 10, 2011 0:47:47 GMT
Anybody who thinks we would get anywhere near £200,000 for Constable is in cloud cuckoo land. £100,000 would be brilliant money for us. Personally I think he's worth about £80,000. Misses far too many chances, takes up poor positions getting caught off side, walks a disciplinary tightrope every single game and sometimes doesn't look capable of trapping a bag of cement. Craddock, who boasted an impressive league 2 record with Luton, cost us £50,000. Is Constable twice the player let alone three, four times the player Craddock is ? Having said all that I love Beano and hope he stays with us. He's a cracking league 2 player but only League 1 or Championship will fork out silly money and it just isnt going to happen because he's not quite good enough - at the moment. Why? When was the last time we had a player consistently with a strike rate of over 50%. Another club may not be willing to pay more than £100k but he is worth more than that to us. £100k would not buy us much so why sell at that price as a replacement will cost considerably more. I believe that we paid a small feee for him and Shrewsbury have a sell on clause so our profit will be small if he goes at that price. Exactly. No player is worth simply their weight in gold, there are so many other factors. Firstly, in no way are Oxford looking to sell him. Value increased. He doesn't want to go. Value increased. In this rumour, Swindon are interested. Value increased a lot. However, most importantly, Beano has been more valuable to us than he will be to any other club, and is a fan favourite and probable legend in the making. To some he can do no wrong. Does this make him invaluable? Not necessarily. Valuable beyond anything like a reasonable amount? Absolutely.
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Post by saddletramp on Jan 10, 2011 5:50:29 GMT
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Yesterday at 11:36pm, risdon wrote: Yesterday at 9:40pm, bornyellow wrote:
Craddock cost more then 50k
No he didn't.
It was the media that stated the fee as 50k
Never officially reviled by OUFC
Now i know he got a lot of stick earlier in the season,and Oxford must have thought they had wasted there money,but, REVILED by the club,surely not!
As i have stated earlier in the post,he is not exactly first on the team sheet every week is he,and to suggest selling him would affect gates,what a load of balls. If Wilder announced on Friday that Constable was dropped and wasnt even on the bench for the game against Bradford,how many people would say"well thats it,im not going now,i was only going to watch Beano" I,and every other long serving/suffering United fan,has seen the sale of Aldridge,Houghton,Hebbard,Saunders,Elliot,Mustoe, Etc etc,all players of whose laces Beano couldnt lace. I am still convinced that the sale of Dean Windass in 1999 at a crucial time of the season was the main reason for us being relegated from what is now the championship,who knows where we could have been if we had stayed up that season, Blackpool anyone! But despite being disappointed did it stop me,and 99% of other fans going to the game,no of course it didnt.
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Post by Eric Read on Jan 10, 2011 11:13:37 GMT
bornyellow Senior Member member is offline Joined: Jul 2010 Gender: Male Posts: 445 Re: Constable to the scum?? « Reply #54 Yesterday at 11:47pm » -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yesterday at 11:36pm, risdon wrote: Yesterday at 9:40pm, bornyellow wrote: Craddock cost more then 50k No he didn't. It was the media that stated the fee as 50k Never officially reviled by OUFC Now i know he got a lot of stick earlier in the season,and Oxford must have thought they had wasted there money,but, REVILED by the club,surely not! As i have stated earlier in the post,he is not exactly first on the team sheet every week is he,and to suggest selling him would affect gates,what a load of balls. If Wilder announced on Friday that Constable was dropped and wasnt even on the bench for the game against Bradford,how many people would say"well thats it,im not going now,i was only going to watch Beano" I,and every other long serving/suffering United fan,has seen the sale of Aldridge,Houghton,Hebbard,Saunders,Elliot,Mustoe, Etc etc,all players of whose laces Beano couldnt lace. I am still convinced that the sale of Dean Windass in 1999 at a crucial time of the season was the main reason for us being relegated from what is now the championship,who knows where we could have been if we had stayed up that season, Blackpool anyone! But despite being disappointed did it stop me,and 99% of other fans going to the game,no of course it didnt. Good post. Especially the "reviled" bit. I was about to post my own funny comment before I saw yours! And I agree about the Windass situation, very poor management to sell him when we did. In those days the TV money for that league was £1 million and we should have told Windass that he is under contract, keep banging the goals in, and we'll give you your transfer in the summer (it was about March when we sold the big headed northern tw*t). He would have got his move, we would stil have got the TV money for at least another year, evryones a winner.
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