Craig Reid was a regular scorer for Newport, 58 goals in 96 games , many in Confernece South (not as prolific as Vardy I grant you). He signed for Stevenage for about £200k and has scored 9 times in 49 games in Divs. 1 & 2. I rest my case. Vardy a gamble at £1m rising to £1.7m. If going for a lower league player I would prefer someone with recent Football League experience as a more accurate measure of ability.
If he was 19 or 20 and still easily moulded it might be different, but at 25 you'd have thought he'd have made it if he was going to. I know you get late developers, but....... How does the deal compare to £250k for Joe Mason?
I dont think we have missed out on much there, where on earth though will he fit in at Leicester given the amount of strikers they already have ?
we cant afford to risk £1m on a conference player, no matter how prolific he may be. i'm guessing here but i suspect we entered bidding at a sensible price (£300k-500k) only to be gazumped by leicester, a club with more money than sense.....
£1,000,000 for a conference player? Big big gamble by Leicester. Hope they fall flat on their arses now there's a danger of them over inflating the market with more purchases like this one!
Jeez, I just read on WOL we bid a million! Now I am a tad annoyed, don't really want us to go down that route. If the guy is that good why haven't the premier clubs gone in for him?
I saw Fleetwood Town at Forest Green Rovers and they looked far from being a Conference side. I thought they wouldn't look out of place in League 1, and Vardy looked a class act within that team. I actually think Leicester may have a bargain. Still, as already pointed out, we probably don't have that sort of money to gamble.
