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Originally Posted by GazFish35
WTF You on about??
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Originally Posted by GazFish35
WTF You on about??
ha! returning = re-turfing
stupid ipad.
Leading goal scorer for the club.......hmmmmm let's see.Quote:
Originally Posted by sh10
Oh right, we give them away for free.
Middleby'd.
Couldn't see that joke coming :deadhorse:Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Well the herald are saying that Taggs & Birraz both have $400k buyout ceilings in their contracts, so I’m guessing at absolute best we’ll get $400k, no club CEO would pay over an existing buyout ceiling……….. (go on plague I’ve set it up nicely now just tap it in)
Brillante is the other that’s rumoured to potentially be on the move come the end of the season and he has no buyout ceiling so we could theoretically get more for him then our starting GK & our leading goal scorer, but I’m not sure when his contract is up he could actually walk for free.
400,000 + 1
Wonder if any clubs would be interested in buying all three. Similar to Utrecht with the Roar boys.
Beard I am sure signed on for another year after this one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pico
Was one of the first of GVE's kids to commit longer term
FFS WLGQuote:
Originally Posted by pv4
Delete post QUICKLY
IF Middleby sees it and thinks what a great idea a buy one get 2 free offer we will never hear the end of it.
FFS Plague will never shut up on the subject if he doesn't neck himself
It wasn't a joke. That is what actually happened.Quote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
I'm a very serious person.
Wasn't it an undisclosed fee? :lulzturtle:Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
So they are going to Arsenal then?Quote:
Originally Posted by GazFish35
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by leftrightout
When you take home the pretty girl you can't wait to tell your mates how hot she was.
When you take home the not so pretty one you're not so quick to announce it.
That is what an 'undisclosed fee' is.
Mate when I take home the not so pretty girl I just embellish how hot she was to the mates. Don't you do the same???Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Their all glamours by the time I have finished big noting them
That's right.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
"Errrrr trust me, she was awesome. Oh I'm sorry I don't have any photos, but trust me, she was great".
Exactly what an 'undisclosed fee' is.
you boys reckon Ian Holloway knows what you're on about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJB3-vEKQDc
So if you go a not so pretty girls once, you can never ever get one of the pretty ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by plague
Besides that, a not pretty girl is still not no girl...
so after you "big note" them they are glamours? impressive :grin:Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
:blush: Here we go post season shenanigans start nowQuote:
ADAM Taggart believes the time is right for a move to Europe – now it’s up to his management to secure a club.
The youngest player to win the A-League Golden Boot, Taggart has a year remaining at the Jets but regards an overseas transfer as a priority.
‘‘If there is a time to go, it is when you have scored 16 goals,’’ he said.
‘‘For me it would be a bit silly to stay for another season.
‘‘If there is going to be an opportunity it is now when you are scoring goals.
‘‘Going overseas is a priority and it is up to management to get it sorted.’’
The Herald understands that Taggart negotiated a transfer ceiling in his most recent contract with the Jets.
The 20-year-old has been linked to a move to Holland but a formal offer is yet to materialise.
His agent Zeljko Susa was in China on Monday but business partner Richie Hinton confirmed that there were a "a lot of people interested" in their client.
Taggart, who is expected to be named in the Socceroos squad for a friendly against South Africa next month, has long held ambitions to head abroad.
"It would be stupid for any young player to say they don't want to go overseas and challenge themselves at the highest level," he said.
The Perth-born attacker capped a breakout season with a late goal, his 16th, in the 2-0 win over Adelaide on Friday night.
It created a new club record and moved him four clear in the race for the leading goal-scorer's title.
"At the start I didn't want to say anything about the Golden Boot," he said.
"You don't want to put more pressure on yourself than there already is.
"At the same time, it would be stupid if you are striker and said you were not going for the Golden Boot.
"Who are you to be a striker in the A-League and not want to score the most goals.
"It doesn't matter what league you are in, if you don't want to score the most goals why are you playing.
"That is why I said yes, of course it is a goal.
"It was on my mind from the first game. Even when I hadn't scored in the opening four rounds, it was still a goal.
"As they went in, I put more pressure on myself to work harder and keep improving and score more goals each week.
"You have to set standards and you have to set them high.
"If you don't meet them then you have to work harder."
Taggart credited former coach Gary van Egmond for "toughening him up" and admitted it was a difficult time when his AIS coach departed after round 15.
"A lot of coming here had to do with Gary in terms of hardening up the mentality and becoming a senior professional rather than a youth team player or someone on the verge," he said.
"We were away with the Olyroos at the time [of van Egmond's sacking].
"For us to be away when he left was a little disappointing.
"At the end of the day, Clayton [Zane] came in as coach and it was a positive move.
"He was a striker himself and has been good to me.
"As an attacking player, he encouraged the team to play forward and encouraged the team to take risks in the final third and things like that."
Zane also orchestrated a change in formation from a 4-3-3, in which Taggart played largely in a wide role, to a 4-4-2 where he partnered Emile Heskey up front.
Taggart had scored six goals in his first 13 games, including a brace and a hat-trick.
After the change in round 16, the striker netted 10 goals in the final 11 rounds.
"To be able to play up top alongside Emile, where more of the attention goes to him, was nice," Taggart said.
"I was able to sneak in around him and pinch a few goals.
"He does so well holding the ball up, and winning everything in the air.
"It allows me the space and freedom to go and attack and score goals."
Can see plenty more of this occurring
On another note I will get in early and say if Middleby has signed and agreed a clause in his contract allowing him to leave for a minimum 400k the bloke needs running out of town.
Strikers with his potential at his age are likely to develop and improve to say that no one expected him to continue to improve when he was re signed to a new deal early in the season shows naivety and incompetence.
400k is chicken feed for a bloke of his ability and talent and particularly with the position he plays if this 400k figure is true then he is well undervalued and the decision to allow a clause in his contract of those terms is a ****ing disgrace
Well now that depends on your opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by MFKS
Is it better to get a bloke to sign a 12 month extension, meaning if he leaves in the next transfer window the club gets a transfer fee, albeit capped at 400k, or is it better to allow a player’s contract to run out and then not have the player signed for the following year, meaning he could go and sign an early contract for the next season with one of your rivals and when the player lands a transfer you receive nothing & your rival cashes in, or even not have him sign a contract at all and move on a free as the golden boot winner.
Whilst I don’t like players having transfer ceilings I can see how they work out as a sort of compromise for the player and club.