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Cheers.

 

But he did at youth level.

 

The club is very expensive to run and gets 400kj less this year from the league

 

Or wrong sometimes.. Just keeping up with the Park Posting

 

we'd suddenly find we are being sponspored by a german helicopter company

 

To be fair to Fools Gold there were a fair few City fans who were far from sure about Ollie - I always thought there was something there but have to be honest the extent of his elevation has surprised me and happy to admit he has proved me wrong. Assuming his medical today goes well I for one will really look forward to seeing how he copes in the Prem

 

I don’t think you can develop a football brain as such, it’s more a natural skill and you’re sort of born with it. Patrick will do well to play in the Conference North in my opinion.

 

He chose the correct club. Some of the premiership youngsters at the big clubs should look at this. First team games , now big wages and a cut of the transfer fee

 

Fantastic player. Was always going to play right at the top level.

 

Wasn't Graeme Tomlinson deemed 'ready'? Man Utd paid a relatively similar price to Ollie, though without the amazing 'add ons' .

 

I didn’t say he would become a top player did I? I said he’s already been written off but he could still come good. He’s playing in League 2, pace, physique and commitment will go a long way. You don’t know any more than I do how his career will pan out. Just as much as you didn’t know Oli’s development would take off.

 

https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-united/latest-blades-news/sheffield-united-snaring-oli-mcburnie-has-been-a-test-of-financial-muscle-and-footballing-diplomacy-487813

 

Did you see anything in McBurnie’s 20 appearances in Claret and Amber and 0 goals that made you think he’d be going to a premier league team for £20 million? I don’t remember anyone on C&B thinking he was worthy of a place in the starting XI.

 

It doesn't matter what I saw, Swansea saw something in him and they were right. I don't see any other clubs seeing something in Patrick and taking a punt on him do you?

 

Wonder if the existence of the clause increased the value of the club previously

 

Wonder why just 15% given the fee was so small? Delph was 25% as was Cleverly. Think Wisdom was 25% also. What was Wells?

PL club came in and took our youngster for 250k. Nice to get 15% but maybe could have gotten more.

 

Absolutely no-one at the time rated him. It’s not like folk were saying we might have a player here, let’s wait til he fills out a bit. He got pelters like Devine and Colville get now.

Omari’s development hasn’t progressed the way he or the fans would have wanted to so far, but he’s still young. He’s not had that much game time for us, a lot of his appearances have come from the bench.

But he wasn’t 12 so what is your point? I think you’re being ridiculous to be honest.

 

I don’t see why your desperately trying to google stats to try and vindicate yourself when the fact is when he was here no-one gave a flying feck what he’d done at youth level. He played for City, he didn’t score any goals, no-one rated him as any good and nobody bothered their ass when he left. I think that’s a closer analogy to Omari Patrick. There’s no point trying to make out you had some insider knowledge all along that he would come good, because you didn’t.

 

We DID !! £250k PLUS £250k in add ons

 

If you’re asking did I think here was a potential Premier League forward, the answer is NO (and I’m not sure where my mates come into this) and neither did you or anyone on the old website, or any of your mates for that matter. When he left there was no hysteria, no wailing or mourning. Nobody gave a shit. Everyone went “wow we managed to pocket £250k for that gangly, kid that couldn’t hit a barn door. Cool.” So please don’t try to reinvent the past.