How much do you think he is worth longtimefox?

£3m top whack. We should have walked away from this deal weeks ago.

and got who? As we clearly need a striker.

Assume you feel (like many) Waghorn wasn't worth £2m plus add ons?

If the owners are willing to spend it then thats ok with me. The longer we carry on without a striker of his quality, the more damage we do to our season.

It's a difficult one. with 1 year left on his contract, the money is an outrageous sum for a championship striker. However, buying the player now is like reserving him because if we do wait until he's on a free, we will be competing against every man and his dog for his signature.

If I was manager I'd meet the 400K price for Le Fondre - who is looking to leave and see how things pan out. If were still struggling by christmas I think we could tempt Bristol with a 2-3 million bid in january - that is hoping that another club hasnt already snapped him up by then. I'd keep Waghorn and vassell and sell Howard and Kermorgant

Andy Carroll, Shane Long, Jordan Henderson. Just a few high-priced players. These are just examples of players from this level who left for high valuations, this is without even talking about the huge fees paid for players from the Premiership and top leagues abroad; who in some cases at best, are producing an average to decent end product at that level of football.

A commodity is always comparible and interchangeable with other commodities in the same market. And at the end of the day, it is this which reflects upon the value of the individual player.

So taking that in to account and comparing Maynard to other players and other transfer valuations; how much do you think he is worth longtime fox?

I have made my offer: £3m -- take it or leave it. And when I run the team all the players will have a proper haircuts and wear suits or blazers and slacks on match days and a club tie! Haircuts first.

£6m is paying too much. He's not worth that.

But if we want him, and the owners are willing to pay it, then I guess we should get him.

I'd also walk away from the deal at £4m.

There are definitely two sides to this.

On the one hand, if the owners wish to shell out £6m, that's their business - it's not like we're being asked to cough it up as it's their investment. And there's little doubt in my mind that Maynard would be an excellent addition to the team.

However, the thing that worries me is the emotional effects of the price tag. Say for a moment that he did sign for that - £6m is a lot of pressure to carry, not only with fans' expectations but with his fellow players and those inside the club, including the guys who paid for him. Maynard would have to be very strong-willed and confident to be able to live up to that.

Would we as fans have patience in order for him to settle in, or would we expect him to hit the ground running "for that price"? Remember a certain Ade Akinbiyi who couldn't live up to his price tag, or DJ Campbell, or Martyn Waghorn?

My concern is less about the money and more about the psychological effects of the number.

£ 6 M so what if we get promoted it will be a snip.
Lets not worry about what we have to pay lets get a Striker whos better than the ones we have got.

£6m investment / gamble for a potential £70-90m return on promotion, no brainer if you are a multi multi millionaire

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On the one hand, if the owners wish to shell out £6m, that's their business
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Another example of foreign ownership of clubs inflating true values and ruining the game

We certainly lack a striker at the moment, Schupp definately has potential, but maybe just too soon for him to be our main striker, the lad from MK Dons looks pretty handy, cannot remember his name.
But consider this, yes it's a lot of money but what are the future rewards and potentail for this club if with Maynard we gain promotion and its rewards or we save £6 million and stay in the championship.

Did the Chelsea fans worry when abramovich took over and spent £28m on veron? They certainly were not worried when they won the premiership 12mnths later. The point is football is a business and like any business you invest to be successful.

South Yarra but you invest wisely

longtime
And when I run the team all the players will have a proper haircuts and wear suits or blazers and slacks on match days and a club tie! Haircuts first.

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You could throw in a bit of Jock Wallace style training while you're at it

How much did the Baggies pay for Long, £7mill was it? He seems to be cutting it with the big boys ok, 2 in 2. I suspect Sven sees Maynard as a bit more than merely a means to help get us promoted.

'Another example of foreign ownership of clubs inflating true values and ruining the game'

Over-priced valuations were coming in long before foreign ownership was a regular occurrence in our game.

In fact, I think £6m for Maynard, whilst still being too high IMO, is not as wild as some recent transfer valuations.

Personally in the current market, I would suggest he was worth around £4m with add ons. I think the offer of £5m plus add ons would be slightly over priced therefore. But Bristol City don't want to sell, so of course we would have to pay slightly over what one would consider a decent valuation in the current market.

Never a truer word spoken and for that you have to trust seven's judgement he has a pretty good track record so far!

Its simple really pay 6m get Maynard get the 20 goal a season striker we crave win the league play man utd chelsea liverpool arsenal and man city next season.

Blue army is spot on

'If I was manager I'd meet the 400K price for Le Fondre - who is looking to leave and see how things pan out. If were still struggling by christmas I think we could tempt Bristol with a 2-3 million bid in january'

We will be struggling at Christmas with Le Fondre.

Why the hell, with all our money, would we take a gamble on a League 2 striker? Where is the sense in that?

If we could have got Beckford for less, I'd have taken him. But frankly even if we had a bid accepted for him, some Premiership Club would have bid the same and he would have gone to them.

Yakubu is one argument but that's been and gone for now, and I'm not that bothered about him anyway.

We desperately need some pace and quality in the final 3rd, a striker is one of the positions we need to fill, Maynard fits the bill. Saying we should get Adam Le Fondre instead is crazy talk.

If we spend £6m and he fails, or we spend £16m and we fail, at least we've gone for it. If we're trying to pick up bargains from the lower league's and it doesn't work out, I'll be asking 'How do you justify that, after all your talk, Mr Raksriaksorn'?

You look at the state of the clubs in the east midlands and with our backing and with a 20 goal a season striker the premiership is within touching distance
Premiership would make us No. 1 team in the east midlands
We then target being No. 1 in the midlands. It's definately possible with the financial backing and the manager we have

Nice thought

Don't panic longtimefox, that's only £600k in Leicester money. Bargain.