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Frazier Campbell signs for Crystal Palace

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  1. Proud Fox

    Proud Fox Well-Known Member

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    According to fourth official Frazier Campbell is having a medical over the weekend after turning down Crystal Palace and we are also considering selling Chris Wood

    So Vardy, Nugent, Ulloa and Campbell look like being our strikers for next season
     
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  2. MIAMI_FOX

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    Excellent. Starting to come together now
     
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    Fantastisch Herr Fuchs Well-Known Member

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    I don't think we should sell Wood. He's still young and we could loan him out- he's already proven he could cut it in the Championship, send him to someone like Derby. But I'm happy if we're going to sign Campbell, especially with the Ulloa deal looking close. That looks like a good, varied bunch, and Campbell brings PL experience, something only Nugent really has out of the rest. Vardy's probably wetting his pants with excitement at playing in the top flight.
     
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  4. leicester_ed

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    Wood should be kept in the squad and at worst loaned out.
     
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  5. Lesta Gangsta

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    We also have to consider what Wood might want and I'm sure he won't want to be fifth choice at our place. We could send him out on loan, but what will that achieve? He'll just start to settle at the club he goes to and request a transfer anyway (after we've been paying most of his wages), or he'll end up back at Leicester and will probably be sixth choice then. Even if he goes out on loan, does really well AND wants to come back to us, all he'll have proven is that he can cut it in the lower leagues (highly unlikely he'll go on loan to a Prem club), which we knew anyway.

    I think a lot of clubs would pay well for him now, remembering what he achieved in the season before last. He's still young, so could command a good fee. Would be a good signing for a club like Forest or Cardiff, or could even replace Ulloa at Brighton. I'd sell I think.
     
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  6. Lesta Gangsta

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    And Campbell would be a good squad player.
     
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  7. THE FOXES 1884

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    Ok, who´s going to lead our line then this season ?
     
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  8. Proud Fox

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    Home games i think Ulloa and Vardy

    Away games most of the time Ulloa on his own
     
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    Wood is our Connor Wickham! he'll come back from loan and stop us getting relegated!

    Very surprised that we have reached a wage agreement with Campbell, my guess would be that he'd be on more at Cardiff, even in the Championship, unless he got a relegation wage cut.
     
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    apparently you're paying £40k a week plus bonuses. my guess is he had a basic wage of £30k at cardiff which went up upon promotion, so he could afford to hold out for a higher offer, though it must be said it is alarming that he was earning more than two premier league clubs were initially offering, though with kenwyne jones here on £40k, it shouldn't come as a surprise!

    he is an honest player, and can be an acceptable punt at £1m or so, but it says it all that most CCFC fans are indifferent about his exit, though we all knew he would move on sooner rather than later as he only had a 2.5 year contract here (from Jan 2013). you'll go down if he is expected to score goals to keep you up though.
     
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    I personally don't want him. If he turned down the original offer of 30k p.w to see what else he could get it is quite apparent that he is not coming to us for the right reasons.
     
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    I can promise you that we won't be paying him more than Kasper who is on our wage limit of 30k p/w.

    He'll be a squad player and will rotate with Vardy as the 'pest'.

    I think Ulloa will be the main striker and we'll mix and match depending who we play. For example, if we need to pack the midfield then Nugent will play off Ulloa because he's excellent at keeping possession.
     
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  13. Swamp

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    if thats the case, then he stands to gain very little from this transfer, other than being able to say to people that he's a premier league footballer.

    the hold up seems to have been over money, its believed he had £30k basic here, so i very much doubt he would move for the same money. probably a £1m bonus if you stay up! <ok>
     
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    He'll be on the same wage structure but I guess we'll have offered him goal bonuses or something to bump our offer.


    What formation did you play him in last season?
     
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    451, though he has played on the wing before&#8230;..

    he got no service though, so he was on a hiding to nothing.
     
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  16. AKCJ

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    I imagine that we'll fluctuate between 4-5-1 and 4-4-2.

    I don't think we'd play him on his own, I think we've signed Ulloa for that reason.
     
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    You don't think we'd go for the 4-2-3-1 that we tested at the tail end of last season?
     
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  18. Jack Lesterfan

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    I can't think of a single reason why anyone would leave a Championship club to go to a Premiership club, unless they'd be getting more money.

    Hang on, shouldn't that be the other way around!? <doh>
     
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  19. PattyNchips2

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    hahaha you are getting a Tigers cast off?
    oh Lesster are nailed on for relegation now.
    muhahaha
     
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  20. AKCJ

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    Yeah but I think it'd be more of a 4-5-1 in the Premier League, with Nugent dropping more into midfield.


    A 4-4-1-1 to be precise.
     
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