City transfer thread

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merchantman5 said:
We might have a shedload of money but who's to say the Allams will not keep it in their pocket. They will probably keep the money and sell the club
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can`t help thinking the only way the would get anything like the money they are after for the club would be to get us back up, surely common sense would dictate they spend a bit to be competative
 
Blaknamberblood said:
can`t help thinking the only way the would get anything like the money they are after for the club would be to get us back up, surely common sense would dictate they spend a bit to be competative
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Interesting perspective on how competitive we really are from a PNE blogger after Saturday's match...

http://www.lep.co.uk/sport/national-football/exclusive-sean-gregan-column-1-7435514?

Hull are fresh down from the Premier League, awash with parachute money and it was always going to be a very difficult game there.

What PNE have to realise is that they are not going to be playing teams with Hull’s wealth and quality every week.

Looking at their squad on Saturday, Tom Huddlestone was only an unused substitute. I’m sure he is the type of the player who clubs in the Premier League will be after, yet Hull could afford to leave him sitting on the bench.​
 
Sterling Archer said:
Well ok, we bid £1.1m for Kuciak (2nd offer) which was rejected. We bid something similar for Bentley and it was also rejected. The price quoted was £2m. We didn't meet that valuation.

The problem isn't what they quoted, the problem is that we don't want to meet their valuation. We don't value him at £2m, they do.
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I value him at £2 million. <whistle>
 
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Blaknamberblood said:
can`t help thinking the only way the would get anything like the money they are after for the club would be to get us back up, surely common sense would dictate they spend a bit to be competative
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Yes but EPT is referring to when/if we get promoted. If the Allams keep the money we get for going up it would reduce the amount they need from selling the club to get their money back.
 
Blaknamberblood said:
can`t help thinking the only way the would get anything like the money they are after for the club would be to get us back up, surely common sense would dictate they spend a bit to be competative
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You're completely correct, but most things I've seen from the Allams have convinced me that they have no common sense.
 
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Tuckin said:
That wasn't the criterion, though - he'd asked which players improved under Bruce, not which players "already at the club" improved under him.

Not that I agree with the list. Davies, Aluko, Quinn and others were good from day 1, so you can't really say they improved. Brady, Chester, Elmo, Meyler - they definitely improved.
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Been following this conversation and only using yours as an entry, Tuckin.

Brady is the only improvement I would attribute to SB, but how anyone can use his set pieces for that is beyond me, as our set pieces are ****e and have been for a very long time. His improve has been his confidence on the ball, his covering and a gradually better quality of passing - he can and will improve further.
Chester has always been decent, Dawson gave him a quality he lacked.
The rest always had it and Bruce has, at times, been confused by it.
 
On the basis that last time our signings looked frigging awesome, and turned out to be...less so, I am adopting a view tomorrow of anyone who doesn't blow my socks off might actually turn out ok.

It'll be alreet I reckon.
 
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