Go 7 points clear,what is the deal with our naughty center half,wasnt there some sort of deal if Norwich bounced back into the premier league this season?

Naaarch

£8M if Norwich get promoted.

TsarBomba wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:05 pm

£8M if Norwich get promoted.

Only 7 million down then? Great piece of business by us!

Clear the air and bring him back

File under Drinky and Hart in the never needed waste of money category
Hes certainly no better than Kev Long who we already had

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:10 pm

File under Drinky and Hart in the never needed waste of money category
Hes certainly no better than Kev Long who we already had

Really the lad never got a chance

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:10 pm

File under Drinky and Hart in the never needed waste of money category
Hes certainly no better than Kev Long who we already had

You're on a windup clearly by saying our 4th choice for the last decade is equally as good as Gibson

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:07 pm

Only 7 million down then? Great piece of business by us!

I believe a good chunk of the often quoted £15m fee was down to add ons such as appearances etc which we’ve obviously not come close to triggering. Most likely will still take a hit on the fee but don’t be anything like £7m.

the sale will go down as a profit, because of the book value of Gibson when it goes through - could be as much as £3m - £4m

perhaps more important will be the cash flow improvement if Norwich are required to pay in full immediately

Ive got brentford to win the league
I still think they will do it

More importantly Rovers are 9 points shy of the play-offs, it's looking like another season of mid-table mediocrity for our neighbours, they've even been overtaken by PNE tonight.

Norwich should be returning to the top flight soon, and any money we receive for Gibson will be welcome, he's never going to right the wrongs at Burnley, so it's best for all parties if he moves on.

A pity things never worked out, because on paper he looked an ideal signing, but it happens in football sometimes.

Wellsy1882 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:22 pm

Ive got brentford to win the league
I still think they will do it

Not that I've seen much of the championship but a club that won the league 2 years ago and has that experience with the same manager and most of the players.
7 point lead looks too much.

Wellsy1882 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:22 pm

Ive got brentford to win the league
I still think they will do it

"A fool and his money" how true a saying is that

Bosscat wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:39 pm

"A fool and his money" how true a saying is that

I need city brentford pompey and salford for 10k off 10 quid

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:35 pm

Not that I've seen much of the championship but a club that won the league 2 years ago and has that experience with the same manager and most of the players.
7 point lead looks too much.

Games in hand

Wellsy1882 wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:51 pm

I need city brentford pompey and salford for 10k off 10 quid

Good luck with that I hope you win

Norwich apparently have an obligation to buy at 8m should they get promoted.
That's as well as the 3m loan fee they apparently paid for his services this season.

That should ensure we get most if not all our outlay back, as the fee we paid Boro was rising to 15m with add ons, and I'd very much doubt theres been that many add ons achieved.


Yes, Norwich really did spend more than us this summer, but youd be pushed to find a side in the top 2 divisions who didnt.

Norwich have done well they usually manage to get back up after relegation and have held onto Cantwell despite pressure from buyers

We should have tried to prise Cantwell away from them on their relegation. Perfect, young dynamic central midfielder. Just what we need right now.

International class wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:59 am

We should have tried to prise Cantwell away from them on their relegation. Perfect, young dynamic central midfielder. Just what we need right now.

Which is precisely why we didn't..

Will be a handy £7m.

It'll help nicely with our debt servicing.

If we get 7 million for him it’s a genius agreement given the way it ended with him and Dyche.

I still think it’s poor man management on this occasion and could have been handled a lot better.

Norwich fans are raving about Gibson. They will be over the moon they have the obligation to buy in place.

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:10 pm

File under Drinky and Hart in the never needed waste of money category
Hes certainly no better than Kev Long who we already had

And there's the poof kids "the drugs don't work"

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:48 am

Norwich fans are raving about Gibson. They will be over the moon they have the obligation to buy in place.

Rightly so.
He was on the verge of an England cap at one point, and ball playing left sided centre backs aren't that common.
7m will be an absolute snip if he is rediscovering his form and potential prior to us buying him.

A leader too, and you can never have enough of them when trying for promotion or battling relegation.

Never understood why he was never given real gametime ,we weren't exactly pulling up any trees in the defensive department at the time

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 8:10 pm

File under Drinky and Hart in the never needed waste of money category
Hes certainly no better than Kev Long who we already had

Those first matches of this season showed exactly why we needed him (or an equivalent).

snapcrackleandpop wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:17 pm

And there's the poof kids "the drugs don't work"

Just hang on a minute here....who are you calling a Poof?

Steve1956 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:09 pm

Just hang on a minute here....who are you calling a Poof?

He called Woodley a poof

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:48 am

Norwich fans are raving about Gibson. They will be over the moon they have the obligation to buy in place.

If Norwich didn't have players like Grant Hanley but did have Tarkowski & Mee as their centre halfs, do you think they would be raving about those 2 or Gibson ?

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:39 pm

If Norwich didn't have players like Grant Hanley but did have Tarkowski & Mee as their centre halfs, do you think they would be raving about those 2 or Gibson ?

He replaced Godfrey. Who is very highly rated.

My personal opinion is Mee should have been replaced by Tarky to play alongside Keane and then Gibson when he came in.
Mee is a great last ditch defender, puts his body on the line for us every week. Looks great on camera.
But let's be honest, better defenders engage and sort the issues out much further up the pitch. No need for the desperation.
Mee backs off faster than an Italian tank.

Like Baresi said, if he got his shorts dirty he had made a mistake by being out of position.

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:26 pm

He replaced Godfrey. Who is very highly rated.

My personal opinion is Mee should have been replaced by Tarky to play alongside Keane and then Gibson when he came in.
Mee is a great last ditch defender, puts his body on the line for us every week. Looks great on camera.
But let's be honest, better defenders engage and sort the issues out much further up the pitch. No need for the desperation.
Mee backs off faster than an Italian tank.

Like Baresi said, if he got his shorts dirty he had made a mistake by being out of position.

Hopefully we get to see Gibson in the Prem with Norwich next season and we can compare Mee & Gibson against the same opposition week in week out.

Safron wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:49 pm

Never understood why he was never given real gametime ,we weren't exactly pulling up any trees in the defensive department at the time

Two knee operations, I believe. Some sort of operation, anyway. For his first half season he wasn't available, and for the following year we were pulling up all the defensive trees as if deforestation wasn't a problem.

dsr wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:31 pm

Two knee operations, I believe. Some sort of operation, anyway. For his first half season he wasn't available, and for the following year we were pulling up all the defensive trees as if deforestation wasn't a problem.

Didn't know that thought he was available when mee was off form

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 2:31 pm

Hopefully we get to see Gibson in the Prem with Norwich next season and we can compare Mee & Gibson against the same opposition week in week out.

Hopefully, it was the one away game I was gutted we missed out on.