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Captain Grumpy Impact SubP.L.23/24 Entrant SupporterBotswana Bantam, Doodle, meelin and 14 others like this.
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are people angry that the money has gone back to Stefan Rupp, if so, why? he's cleaned up the mess Rahic made, shouldered the financial mess himself, and given us a 2.5 million pound budget for this year. if you genuinely thought this money was going to just get lumped onto our budget for this season you're living in cloud cuckoo land. quite right that it should go back to Rupp.
he's still commited to the club, isn't selling up, and will continue to run and finance us.
I know this is rich for me to say, but stop picking faults that aren't there. we have most of our signings in the door, we'll add a couple more I imagine as GB has said a couple of times he still wants a couple more players, the squad looks decent for the level, it's been a positive pre season. lets go.champions by christmas.How, Bantam Boy, JimmyBantam and 14 others like this. -
The Evidence Squad PlayerP.L.22/23 EntrantInspector, BoingBoing, Allotment Bantam and 10 others like this.
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It will be the biggest fee we have ever received for a player and he barely kicked a ball for us.
It is going to prove fantastic business for the club and Rupp can only thank the previous regime for sticking the clause in.
It could be the difference between promotion or a middle of the road season or even to ensure the club break even after last year’s shambles.
Whatever happens it is worthy of lots of talk. It’s massive for our clubrmbenson007, Smartmart, JimmyBantam and 9 others like this. -
The Swansea scout who took a punt on a kid who never scored really needs a pat on the back .
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Offcomedun Important PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Supporter Euro2020 Winner Euro 2020 P.L. 20/21 3rd Place
On the old Claret & Banter board there were many comments to the effect that he had obvious promise but was being thrown to the lions by PP when he clearly wasn't physically ready for the physicality of L1.
It was blindingly obvious to me, and others around me at VP, that his movement and control were outstanding. If you couldn't see that then it says far more about you than about him or the Swansea scouts that correctly identified him as a future star.Inspector, Pineapple Salesman, Onside and 9 others like this. -
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FrenchBantam Squad PlayerP.L. 21/22 Entrant Supporter
Some meat on the bones.
I have absolutely no sympathy with anyone who gets behind the wheel of a motor whilst over the limit. Irrespective of wealth etc.Ollylondonbantam, CRASS, Storck and 8 others like this. -
bantam2708 Squad PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020 P.L. 20/21 Winner
Whatever the truth is, Oli shouldn't be discussing the terms of his contract on social media.
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bantamdave41 Regular StarterP.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Euro 2020
Tbh, in all of this drama around Oli and what and if City earn xyz, I wish The lad nothing but success. The day he moved to South Wales, I was surprised, no dumbfounded. Today Oli, has proved in the early part of his career that he has the ability, nounce and drive, to achieve.
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Offcomedun Important PlayerQatar 2022 Entrant P.L.22/23 Entrant P.L.23/24 Entrant Supporter Euro2020 Winner Euro 2020 P.L. 20/21 3rd Place
I think most of us were surprised at the fee we got. But it's simply not true that no one rated him.
He scored for fun at every previous level he played at, so to say he 'couldn't hit a barn door' is laughable. He had very few clear cut chances in the first team games he played for us, because he spent most of his time with his back to goal being bullied by hulking centre backs that were three stone heavier than him.
If you couldn't see his potential then that's your problem. Plenty of us could, and said so at the time. So stop trying to tell other people what they did and didn't think.Disillusioned of Bingley, Pineapple Salesman, Onside and 7 others like this. -
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To be honest I think we all just need to chill out a bit and wait and see what happens, a lot of comments about where the money will go but none of us really knows. All I will say is S Rupp has been as good as his word since the Edin debacle and I for one am happy to trust he has the interests of the club much more to heart now. I dont know for sure but I am pretty certain if GB has in mind someone he would like from the McBurnie money (and remember this is still far from a done deal) then SR is far more likely now to look to support him than when he was previously somewhat in the dark to what was going on. And before anyone pounces, I know he should not have been in the dark to such a degree but I am only interested in us moving forward .
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I don't know if anyone has mentioned it. However someone on Twitter made a very good point. Whilst Rupp may decide to take the transfer fee out. What the transfer does do is raise our income for the year significantly, which in turn allows our wage budget to increase as the 2 are directly linked int he EFL's FFP rules. At no point has the club said there's no more money available but what it has been intimated at is that we're at the 55% threshold.
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Captain Grumpy Impact SubP.L.23/24 Entrant Supporter
It's no different to Mark Lawn getting his £1 million plus significant interest back in 2013 after our League cup final run. We were then desperate to sell Wells the following January to make ends meet. Surely people don't expect Rupp to throw in the 2 million for new players. What it will do is make the club a lot more solvent than It was over the next 12/18 months.
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What really stood out to me was how quickly he bombed Rahic out once he learnt the true picture. Correct me if I'm wrong but it was a matter of days (not heart) or a week or two from the fans going to see him and Rahic getting booted out. That shows to me he was guilty of trusting rahic to run his investment too much as opposed to anything more nefarious.CRASS, Flying Duck, Keefly Bantam and 6 others like this. -
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