I just got back from Cheltenham with my son Kyle & watched quite a good first half but second half didnt create enough chances. We were sat at the front to the right of goal & i got chatting to the guys behind me about Nicky Maynard and what we thought was happening with the whole will he wont he signe and i said personaly i think he will sign but if he doesnt get injured by Jan transfer market & keeps scoreing then a prem club like Everton or Liverpool will snatch him up & he will more than likely go to which one agreed with me but the other chap thought that this so called new offer by Sven of 5.3mil might go through by Wednesday and he N.M might go then a voice just behind them said he's not going knowhere he is staying with City so the guy behind me said do you reckon he said i know he is I'm his dad to which i said nice to meet you & thank god for that lol. So there you have it if Nicky Maynards dad says he is staying with City he is Staying and you wouldnt want to argue with the big guy either lol...
posted on 22/7/11
'I find it difficult to understand why BCFC haven't forced his hand by now' -
Are you having a laugh. The power is entirely with the player and his agent.
'It's time for the lad to make his mind up' -
No it's not, he can do as he pleases - it's reality.
'If I was the BCFC chairman' - You really are having a laugh.
posted on 22/7/11
mikeynoski - sorry mate I don't see how we're being arrogant. We haven't said we're definitely going to get promoted, in fact most City fans while excited about the season ahead, also understand that there is hell of a lot of pressure on us to win the league.
The squad we have is 'arguably' the best in the league and we have some excellent players and a resounding strength in depth.
Our squad now is:
GK Schmeichel/Weale
RB Pantsil/Peltier
CB Tunchev/Mills/Bamba/St Ledger
LB Konchesky/Ball
MD Wellens/Danns/King/Abe/Oakley/Moussa
FW Gallagher/Vassell/Nugent/Waghorn/Howard
We have a good mix of experienced quality Championship and PL players and the only thing missing is a top quality striker, but I have no doubt that Sven will get the right man in, eventually!!
I haven't said that NM should join us, though if he did he would obviously be joining a team who have a very good chance of doing well this season, what I have said is I don't understand why the board would risk losing a substantial amount of money on him because he is going to leave and the longer it goes on the lower his price will become.
You're not going to need his goals to fight off relegation but at the same time it is extremely unlikely that his goals will get you promoted either. The league is getting stronger and, in my opinion, you're way off the pace.
I understand you wanting to keep one of your best players but its the cost at you're willing to hold on to him that I don't understand. Let's face it, if you took 5 mill you'd be able to buy some good players to improve you're team and give yourselves a better chance of promotion. You could buy a striker, someone like Billy Sharp who has scored 15 goals for Donny the last two seasons, for 2-3 mill and have the rest for defenders (I hear that is what you need) but if your board continue to hold out they're going to have to dig into their own pockets to find the cash to buy the players to improve your squad. If money isn't a problem for them, why have they not already bought the players you need?
And it isn't all in the players hands, if the board accepted a bid it would force NM to make a decision, leave, or sign a new contract, simple!!
Good luck for the season anyway, I have nothing against BCFC, I just don't understand the viewpoint of your board
posted on 22/7/11
No disrespect and I know it's nice to stick up for your team but I don't think you're that good..
A good bet for next season..1 2 and 3
West Ham,Notingham Forest and Ipswich..
Play-offs..
Reading,Cardiff,Portsmouth,Southampton and Leicester..
Why would Nicky be desperate to join you.
Be Realistic,have a good season....
posted on 23/7/11
That just shows how much you know about football hey mate!!
West Ham > yeah they will be the team to beat
Forest have you no idea what a mess they're in?? They haven't got a team and the wally with the brolly couldn't go on the pre-season tour because he needed to try to sign some players. Eight players out, one in
Ipswich > just lost their best player, signed Chopra but nobody else - will be lucky to push play-offs at best
Reading > lost their captain to us, haven't improved their squad from last season, nothing special
Cardiff > lost all their best players and not replaced them with anyone.
Portsmouth > were rubbish last season, haven't signed anyone and have lost players - no chance of play-offs
Southampton > just come up, if they get a good start they could carry on through momentum but doubt it.
Bristol City > rubbish last season, haven't improved their squad, will more than likely lose their best player - mid-table
How about you try to justify you're comment that "we're not that good"? Which players exactly are not that good and who in the league is better?
Everyone can see that Sven has assembled a very good team with experienced, quality PL full backs, four of the best centre halves in the league, three of the best midfielders in the league with Wellens, Danns and King and that's not including Abe who was Japans best player in the last world cup and then Gallagher, Nugent and Vassell, add to that whoever else we bring in, yeah we're really not good!!
The only player you have that's probably better than anything we have is Maynard and he's well overrated!!
I never said that he should be desperate to join us but the bookies haven't got us a favourites to win the league for no reason!!
posted on 23/7/11
How can a mere mortal explain to you people that we all have opinions,mine are that your lot simply are not good enough,your manager and players on paper are alright but not the best,there are better in our league.
I'm don't have to justify my opinions to anybody and I'm certainly not your mate.
I wish your team well but have no expectation of them doing anything special,ave a good season.
posted on 23/7/11
What a wnak response, i'm not wasting anymore of my time on "you people".
Enjoy your future of mediocrity
posted on 23/7/11
Nice sensible person,we all agree...
posted on 23/7/11
comment by arrothefox (U8567)
posted 10 hours, 53 minutes ago
That just shows how much you know about football hey mate!!
Forest have you no idea what a mess they're in?? They haven't got a team and the wally with the brolly couldn't go on the pre-season tour because he needed to try to sign some players. Eight players out, one in
And you know even less if you think:
1. We've let 8 "first team" players go
2. That we've only brought 1 in
3. That we won't be bringing more in
4. That your team is better than ours as it stands
Wait until our 3 or 4 signings and we'll see duck
posted on 23/7/11
Quack bloody quack
posted on 24/7/11
Yep Forest are the new DADS Army of the Championship, used to be us buying all the deadwood, now its Florist! Love it! Be nice to see them struggling next season with Wally in charge of them! LMAO!
As for Bristol City, yep very mediocre side /club average support, no real ambitions, mid table at best next season and hopefully Maynard leaves them for nothing at the end of the season now that would be funny!