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January 26 transfer rumours

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by king karl, Dec 14, 2025.

  1. Sergio Pinto III

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    Sibley is an option at LWB but surely brought in as a CM/AM first and foremost. Positions we lack depth.

    Richards has to follow Pattison out of the door unfortuantely. We cant be paying players a wage to miss games consistently or have long spells out. That is not David Sharpes strategy....
     
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  2. Captain Grumpy

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    I remember how excited people were when Wagmi were wanting to take us over and the meltdown when Rupp turned it down. They would have been a disaster for us.
     
  3. Birky Bantam

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    It seems that as soon as any player is out of favour the rumour starts that it is because of an argument with the manager, the same rumour seems to be starting with Cook. Ultimately I think the reason is simply that he's lost the trust of the manager with that Barnsley game being one of the games that contributed to it. With us playing only 2 in midfield we can't afford to have someone in their who presses at the wrong times which is one of the reasons Metcalfe has done so well over the last month.
    It's a good move for him and good that we can get a bit of money for him.
     
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  4. Hulmebantam

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    Plenty were sceptical at the time with the idea of funding the club through NFTs.

    I haven't kept up to date with their approach at Crawley, but they are clearly on a downward spiral now.
     
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  5. Klaatu

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    If we all had to read pages and pages of threads before commenting we could be here all day...
    Mind, some of us are.:whistle:
     
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  6. Foghornleghorn

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    And so finally the exit door opens for the first but not the last to leave this window.
    Good Luck to Patto at The Saddlers.
     
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  7. Hulmebantam

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    I think the Huddersfield game was the start. Patto was all over the place in the first 15 minutes when Huddersfield were in the ascendency. His injury allowed us to reorganise and play in a more structured way.

    A very talented footballer at this level and I enjoyed watching him when he was on form. He just didn't quite fit with how we've evolved as a team.
     
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  8. Allotment Bantam

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    No problem.
     
  9. Kevin1954

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    Attendances can’t be gauranteed unless there is investment . I get what you mean for sure, but attendances have to be earned to be maintained .
     
  10. BantamJ

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    AI of Ryan boarding a plane then?
     
  11. Bigrod

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    On his day Pattison was a very good player. However a lot of injury has limited him to around 66 appearances and some of those off the bench. Attractive on the eye. Wish him well.
     
  12. Bigrod

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    Oi Powell (Nick, I had to remind myself) has made 4 appearances in the league, a mere 85 minutes in total, all of them off the bench.

    Not been in the squad for three and a half months.

    I would move him on, well before Richards!
     
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  13. Bigrod

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    The figure of £100 million dates back to 2018. So if his wealth has increased at the Bank of England rate of inflation, then that would equate to £1,315,700 at today’s value.
    If you switch to Euro’s then the £100 million would equate to roughly €115 million in 2018. Using the Euro inflation calculator, his wealth in Euro’s could, if he hadn’t got returns above the inflation rate, be in the region of €1,649,529.
    As the inflation rate is higher in the Euro zone, he could be worth substantially more than the £100 million quoted in 2018.
     
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  14. Park bantam

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    What’s he involved in these days. Is it property
     
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  15. Allotment Bantam

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    But that is the thing about inflation. On paper he might be worth a larger number but unlikely its purchasing power would be much greater, if at all.
     
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  16. Bigrod

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    According to Google…..’Before football, Rupp made his fortune selling shares in Fischer Seats, a German aerospace seat manufacturer, and also has interests in high-tech and pharmaceutical sectors, focusing on business development’. So looks like an investor.
     
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    Forgot about him tbf but im sure I read he is on a pay as you play deal so no real urgency if thats true...
     
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    You’re welcome!

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  19. Park bantam

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    Thought I read somewhere he had an interest in buying and selling high end housing
     
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  20. Keefly Bantam

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    If you actually genuinely know-
    Point 1-how do you know this?
    what was the actual valuation at point 2 and how do you know this seeing as you confidently assert point 2?
     
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