Josh Windass!

[shakermaker]

Originally Posted by baldy

Maybe his agent has said he has turned down a deal and name dropped Arsenal to get more clubs looking at him and a good move in January/summer

This.

Jimmy Ryan was all set for West Ham before the mighty Scunthorpe stole him from under their noses.

[monkey hanger]

No doubt Coley has got a good enough replacement lined up![/QUOTE]

if josh goes in January for the sake of argument a half a million pound undisclosed fee and coley is given half the amount for a replacement who could he sign who would play for us on our wage structure. its been said people don't come here for the money and to break this principle could lead to dressing room upsets. its a top young non league player who is hungry for a league career would be the best bet .

[VALAIRIAN]

There are players in the squad that could fill the gap

In my opinion

[Whalley Red]

Agreed. Not as good as Windass when he's at his best, but there are other options in a similar no.10 role.

Matt Crooks would be far more difficult to replace within the current squad IMO.

[VALAIRIAN]

Originally Posted by Whalley Red

Agreed. Not as good as Windass when he's at his best, but there are other options in a similar no.10 role.

Matt Crooks would be far more difficult to replace within the current squad IMO.

Agree completely. Crooksy will be a massive miss.....

[yerself]

Crooksy will be a massive miss.....

Do you know something or do you mean would be?

[VALAIRIAN]

Originally Posted by yerself

Do you know something or do you mean would be?

Sorry Yerself, wrong words chosen

Though Coley has stated himself, Crooksy will go on to bigger and better things, let's just hope that he will take us on part of his journey

[Jeg Red]

Both Matt Crooks and Coley should take credit to Crooksy's current position.

Coley obviously saw something that most of us didn't when he persisted in playing him whilst on loan last season and made a priority of signing him in the Summer.

And to the lad himself. He's gone from being public enemy no. 1 to a cult hero in less than 12 months. I'm willing him to do well every time I see him play and given how his team mates react to him, I think he's a very important member of the squad and good to have around the place. He must be the first name on the team sheet every week. He's even managed to turn a Josh Windass string of posts into a Matt Crooks string of posts!

[pidge]

Originally Posted by Jeg Red

Both Matt Crooks and Coley should take credit to Crooksy's current position.

Coley obviously saw something that most of us didn't when he persisted in playing him whilst on loan last season and made a priority of signing him in the Summer.

And to the lad himself. He's gone from being public enemy no. 1 to a cult hero in less than 12 months. I'm willing him to do well every time I see him play and given how his team mates react to him, I think he's a very important member of the squad and good to have around the place. He must be the first name on the team sheet every week. He's even managed to turn a Josh Windass string of posts into a Matt Crooks string of posts!

Agree entirely that Matt crooks would be a far bigger miss than josh Windass, he is really on top of his game at the minute and is a joy to watch week in week out.

[andyd]

John Coleman on fishy saying that despite speculation in the press nobody is leaving in the January window also if we where to get £1,000,000 for a player it would go towards the ground does that mean plans for the ground are in peoples thoughts?

[cashman]

Originally Posted by andyd

John Coleman on fishy saying that despite speculation in the press nobody is leaving in the January window also if we where to get £1,000,000 for a player it would go towards the ground does that mean plans for the ground are in peoples thoughts?

He also says that in this weeks Observer andy, and no doubt thats his intention imho. but the only opinion that counts is who holds the purse strings!! hopefully they agree with him?

[Outback Ozzy]

Would it make any difference if Josh was sold in the summer? Surely his age means we will get a fee whenever he leaves.

[cashman]

are the age fees not peanuts by comparison?

[mab]

I really think we're selling our selves short I mean £1 million for our Josh when last season Swansea payed £1.75 million for an unknown 19yr old Exeter midfielder Swansea set to sign Exeter's Matt Grimes for £1.75m | Daily Mail Online Now £2 million and your closer to the mark

[carpon]

Originally Posted by mab

I really think we're selling our selves short I mean £1 million for our Josh when last season Swansea payed £1.75 million for an unknown 19yr old Exeter midfielder Swansea set to sign Exeter's Matt Grimes for £1.75m | Daily Mail Online Now £2 million and your closer to the mark

That's the guy I was thinking of when I posted the same sentiments / thoughts about Josh's value on another thread.....

I seriously hope that we are not gambling on getting a fair deal when the lad's contract expires in the summer.....tribunals are notorious for their ridiculous decisions when it comes to a players TRUE value......

What irks me...... is that as a club we are now seemingly playing the same brinksmanship game when it comes to player contracts.....i.e. potentially letting them get to the point where the contract runs out and then hoping that we can get a good deal.....or pick up replacements on the cheap / free.

Beattie broke that trend when he started awarding some longer contracts to players....now it seems we're going back to the same old scenario of potentially losing players for either nothing.....or next to nothing .....when their contracts run out !!

Other clubs try and tie down their most saleable assets on longer contracts before it gets to the point where we are at...... yet again ......with our more saleable assets.

Whilst I don't doubt that there may be efforts being undertaken behind the scenes to remedy this situation.....whilst we now say we are in a more stable position financially, I think we need to show a little more forward thinking when it comes to sorting out contracts.

I know we can't afford to pay silly wages and hand these longer term contracts around like we're handing out candy to kids.....but surely it would make sense to protect our interests when it comes to promising talent ?????

We most probably won't get anything near to true and proper values for players when their deals expire in the none too distant.