£3million for Ola John

[Maneki Neko]

Royston drenthe the 2nd

mildly entertaining, and no doubting the potential quality, but I wouldn't want him near the squad next year.
no fight, not bottle, head goes down way too easily.

[Top Flight]

Royston drenthe the 2nd

mildly entertaining, and no doubting the potential quality, but I wouldn't want him near the squad next year.
no fight, not bottle, head goes down way too easily.

I think Brian could get the best out of him and could help him become a great player for us.

But you're right, his lack of fight and defensive contribution is a major concern. The truth is, every player needs to defend if you are going to win anything. He will have to add that to his game if he is to succeed.

[Ian Royal]

Plenty of potential as a left winger in a 4-4-2 or as a left forward in a 4-3-3 or maybe at the tip of a diamond.

£3 m is way too steep for what he is currently IMO.

Just gonna throw it out here that the 'supposed promotion front runners and proud historic giants of the Championship' Sheffield Wednesday signed their top man Lucas João for around £2m. 'Forces-to-be-reckoned-with-come-title-favourites' Derby County signed Abdoul(lol) Camara for £2m and Nick Blackman for £3m.

My point being that if we want to mix it wiht the 'big boys' then £3m is what we need to be spending. Ola John has done enough for me to show he could be worth that fee.

If Blackman is the benchmark, then £3m for Ola John seems reasonable.

However, that doesn't mean there are not necessarily better signings to be had, with or without £3m to spend on a winger although you'd hope the scouts/club would have already explored those options and discussed with the manager before making a bid.

Blackman's an awful benchmark. He was English which inflates the price, had just been on a short but excellent run of form and was not good value for money.

[John Smith]

Blackman's an awful benchmark. He was English which inflates the price, had just been on a short but excellent run of form and was not good value for money.

No it's not; it's an example of a club aiming high and buying someone they believed that would get them there and stating the fee paid. His performance beyond the payment is irrelevant to the point being made.

[Maguire]

£300k for Ola John and I'd think about it.

£3M for a bloke who couldn't get in the 1st team? rofl

[leon]

£300k for Ola John and I'd think about it.

£3M for a bloke who couldn't get in the 1st team? rofl

Does seem a trifle steep.

[Forbury Lion]

I'd rather have a hard working Jamie Mackie type forward than a Ola John

[Nameless]

Blackman's an awful benchmark. He was English which inflates the price, had just been on a short but excellent run of form and was not good value for money.

No it's not; it's an example of a club aiming high and buying someone they believed that would get them there and stating the fee paid. His performance beyond the payment is irrelevant to the point being made.

So by that logic we should just offer inflated money for any old players and a section of fans would be able to think we were 'ambitious' because they could throw prices around without actually caring whether the players were any good.
Personally I find the approach that finds. Kevin Doyle for 3 washers and a packet of Juicy Fruit much more satisfying than the one that chucks several million on Greg Halford.
Obviously the reality is somewhere in between but we compete with Derby by finding better players, not by spending more money.

[Ian Royal]

Blackman's an awful benchmark. He was English which inflates the price, had just been on a short but excellent run of form and was not good value for money.

No it's not; it's an example of a club aiming high and buying someone they believed that would get them there and stating the fee paid. His performance beyond the payment is irrelevant to the point being made.

Good one.

[JimmytheJim]

I'd love it if he stayed, but not at the cost of our entire summer budget.

He has bags of potential and will only get better.

I can't see us breaking our transfer record to bring him in though.

[linkenholtroyal]

If we could get him for 1.5-2 I think it may be worth doing but it does worry me where the money for any other transfers will come from?? We are not exactly flush supposedly.....

[linkenholtroyal]

But to contradict myself if lets say there was a kitty of 2 million already and let's say the fees from hector, blackman and da were sitting there for next season 11.5 million ish then john for 2 million would make sense, but if it's not then no money could be spent in better places

[3points]

Could we throw in Hurtado into the deal? Straight swap?

[P!ssed Off]

Could Brian have made it any clearer that he has no interest in buying Ola John.

Though tbf Ian Royal's expecting a Summer bid for Alex Fernandez so perhaps these things really do need spelling out.