Pleased to see us getting stuck in this week with our signings, although we knew they were going to sign it was just a matter of when. So now that we have got a few in, who can we be expecting to leave? - 'B*****d - Oly - Killer - Harper - Cairney?
He's on £13k a week and we're trying to avoid paying players to play for other teams, so them taking him was dependant on promotion, so they could afford a bigger wage contribution(or a new longer deal at a lower wage).
I've always liked Lee Clark. If he takes Kilbane, I'll ****ing love him. Anyone who takes Bullard now is stupid. Why would you pay him to sit out pre-season? Heard PSG have bid £13.5m for Taarabt. If he goes, maybe they'll come back for Jimmy.
I'd like to see McShane added to that list, very versatile. i.e equally useless in many positions. Ghilas? unknown quantity and apparently unfancied. These two players are a major drain on resources and my guess is unlikely to feature apart from the odd bench warming. Same for Kilbane as it goes. The bigger conundrum is Bully and Oli, two talented players who would be capable of playing at this level. If we cannot shift them then should they be considered as first team squad members? If we are paying them, should we be playing them?
No offers for anyone other than Bullard so far. Rumour that Brighton want McShane for £500,000 in the southern press.
If that is true and with Warnock admitting he is struggling to sign anyone then they would deffo be desperate enough to take a punt on Bullard and maybe Olifinjanma. i would love Oli to stay especially if Killer goes back to Huddersfield and McShane goes to Brighton. That would 75k a week saved on Bullard - Killer - Macca alone. JOB DONE.
I can't believe we'd actually get money for him, but he did win player of the season for them(on loan from Man United) in the 2005/6 season, so you never know.
It would shock me if we got a fee for McShane but if there is anything in the McShane to Brighton rumour than I would be more than happy.
Totally different management back then though. Unless Gus Poyet's had a bang on the head, i think it's a nonsense rumour.
Why ? Macca would be a good signing for Brighton. There not exactly overloaded with quality and have lost 3 key players from there promotion last season. Macca would be a good for them. Not to mention Hull City. Fingers crossed.
It would be amazing for the mighty tigers, McShane earns the wages of two decent players and half a million quid would fund a third.
Would quite like to see Oli stay - he's not a world-beater, but in this division he has a bit of pedigree to him. Oli, Koren and Stewart plus Evans, McKenna or AN Other has a nice balance to it.
Things are quiet on the out-going front. There are players who due to high wages would hope to move out, but I am surprised that approaches to our first team squad haven't been mentioned. Except for Koren, who was supposed to be Germany bound nothing has been speculated. Maybe just current policy of keeping things quiet until the ink has dried.
