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Not sure if I misheard DW after the game but did he say we had received an offer for Austin that was being considered?

I thought he said we hadn't yet had anyone say We want Charlie for x amount.

We've had a few offers for Austin so far. I suspect it may not be the last.

Eddie Howe was interviewed at the end of the Burnley game last night.

He was specifically asked about Charlie Austin but refused to comment.

At the moment i just wish all of them would fuck off

Burnely it is then.

Hes not happy at the club any more then I would accept any offer that is within 75% of his original, valuation, so if Fitton and Wilson rate him at £2 mill then accept any offer of £1.5 mill.

I have a feeling that it will be either Burnley or Southampton, Saints having a lot of money to spend if the transfer of Alex Double-Barrel goes through for £10 mill to the Arse or whoever it is.

Wherever it is, they either do it in the front half of the week, or not at all. We need to have time to use the cash.

Fair enough he wants to better himself no problems with that, he was always going to leave he has just gone about it the wrong way, and it is effecting his performance in games and training, and the messages he's been sending on bbm shows how unhappy he is here

Read in the News Of The World today that Holloway's set to offer £1.5million.

£1.5 mill + Chris Iwelumo would do me if it is Burnley, or £1 mill + Charlie Adam if it is Blackpool!!!

http://www.burnleyexpress.net/sport/football/burnley-fc/eddie_howe_looking_to_bolster_burnley_fc_front_line_1_2949235

Nothing here we didn't already know, other then their interest in Vaughan.

Buy a decent paper.

£1.5million plus add-ons would be fine.

That is a disgrace of an offer.

Fee will be undisclosed anyway no doubt.

My old man had someone who round who fitted an oven for him the other day who was a mate of charlie.

He said theyve all been telling him to keep his feet on the ground and stay put but his head has been turned by advice from his agent.

(Mind you i suspect we already knew this)

I hope we quote Holloways words back to him when he was talking about Charlie Adams....

"He has signed a contract and someone can come in, but it's not his choice and it's not their choice," added Holloway. "He belongs to us.

"I think he is still improving, and if someone wants to offer money I think they are wasting their time because we don't need to sell him at the moment."

"We're not stupid little Blackpool. If you want him, I want the right amount of money.

All agents can go fuck themselves in my opinion, they don't give a shit about their clients, only how much ££££ they make for themselves

I think we should say this to him

wtf is BBM?

Blackberry Messenger.

blackberry messenger

Sexy Fat Men.

I had to go to the Urban Dictionary as my immediate thought was the The Battle of Britain Monument  :nod:

maybe it is before bristol match?

You speak to Charlie on Blackberry Messenager? Are you his mate or something?

It's Michael Pook, innit.

I don't know, you tell me!

I thought everybody knew footballers fall into two categories....those who favour  iPhone and those who favour Blackberry, to match their designer wash bags. Usually it's defenders who favour Blackberry....this could be the root of the disharmony apparent in our squad, if Austin is a Blackberry man, might  explain why Morrison wanted out.

Just heard a horrible rumour that he has a medical at Southampton tomorow.

Hope it's bollocks

I've said it before and I'll say it again, 2 million for him any less and they can tell the club to fuck off. He's still has a long way to go on his contract and we are one of the more profitable clubs in this league. We can't let an agent of a player or the player himself dictate what we do. Football has gone fucking crazy.

Wouldn't surprise me one bit if thats true to be honest.

I see you have read the guardian as well Reg however Charlie is a striker therefore iphone

A fellow League One club? That would disappoint me. However, if they have the money....

Bigger club, got money and looking like automatic contenders. Also on his doorstep.

I'm sure he would like that. Well handy for his mum and dad too. I'm not too keen on the idea tho

True, but they could just as easily fall at the last and end up in League 1 again next season.  It wouldn't be such a great move then would it, although it would be highly amusing?  Foolish to take the risk IMO, but quite honestly I'm tired of him hogging all the attention at the moment, so the sooner he goes the better tbh.

I think they'll probably check all of him

burnley or celtic i reckon.
dont think we'll get 2 mill either

Not Saints....please!!!   Fuck off!

The only highlight would be booting out Lambert!

Barnard's going to prison apparently so Lambert and Austin would be upfront.

Rumours are that their lad chamberlain has been sold to Arsenal for stupid money so they may well be offering the asking price or significant cash plus player. WHEN we sell Charlie I just hope a significant amount is re-invested in the team the whole thing needs freshening up.

He'll just hand in a transfer request.

Giving the benefit of the doubt that there's any substance to this and not just the usual trolling, the misery must be intense - getting paid thousands a week to play football, scoring nearly a goal a game (before the "unhappiness" set in) that's making him one of the most sought after prospects at this level so he could probably have his pick of moves in the summer and idolised by thousands. It must be awful, the poor lamb

It won't be Southampton...he likes scoring AGAINST them !!!

I heard last week that a deal has been done in regards to him signing for a London based club.

What sort of reaction did he get at the Rovers game yesterday?  I'd have liked to think he was a bit sheepish towards the Swindon fans, but something tells me that probably wasn't the case?

What sort of Oven did he have fitted ?

I honestly don't care where he ends up as long as its not Brighton.

I dunno, one that works i suspect

All true but they are still a fellow League One outfit and therefore it would disappoint me.

Either way pay up.

Good post paul. I'm still of the opinion he's extremely ungrateful. And I'm being extremely polite

going near his mum like one Joey

At least if he went to Saints my bet on him being league 1 top scorer is still on the cards.

In all seriousness though, would be surprised if he chose to go to another club in this division. Burnley still makes the most sense.

Sell him quick and pick up BWP and Fallon from Argyle for about £500k.

I was wondering if we might get Rory back :hmmm:

Maybe next season!

Pretty sure BWP's rumoured £13k/wk could prove a stumbling block but I'd have Fallon back in a flash providing the Lord santioned the move.

What?! Are you mad. Fallon is pony now

Failed a fitness test at Reading so championship clubs might be wary of him. Out of contract at the end of the season so he might not have too many options

No he's not.



Check....mate :hmmm:

Its all rumours but the one thing that's true is Austin has no interest in playing for us any more and the sooner he goes the better.

Wouldn't be a bad signing at all.

Surprised he's only 28, seemed to be around for ages.

Fuckingcuntycuntycuntcunt. Knew I should have started laying off my bets on him when I had the chance last week.  :crash:

He got a fairly decent reception had his name chanted a few times, tried the hand waving gesture to the crowd to liven up but when he had an attempt on goal his reaction to the save / miss seemed to be a bit OTT in front of the stfc fans, certainly didn't hang back at the end to wave goodbye

Ah, I see my protege is now posting!  Go easy on him guys!

Perhaps we are going for the tried and tested Stuart Baggs the brand 'field full of ponies' method of success.

Yeah, cos that's gonna happen :)

Another one who's head has been turned by all the attention and the lure of bigger bucks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/9371791.stm

Clearly there's a problem with players called Charlie A.

 :D  Yeah I know, I have warned him, he knows what to expect!  Time for a boy to become a man in the world of TEF!

Fallon isn't all that in CCC, but he's proven at this level.

Fuck all this building a team that can compete in the division above, I'd settle for a team that can compete in this fucking league

Austin has had a medical at Southampton and is expected to join them.

 ::)

But I know nothing...

Well you are a Bradford fan.

Did you call him a cunt?

I was wondering how a brum fan would know? I suppose it could also be Bradford.  :-[

Or Brechin City.

Bath City?  :hmmm:

I'm just passing the info from someone who works in the backroom staff. The deal is supposed to be £1.5m but I don't know the fee for certain.

And yea I'm a Brechin fan. Onwards and up...

That's all the BCFCs isn't it?

Can't think of any more BCFC's.

Bristol City.

What you mean BCFC 1982 Ltd

He might be a Broadway Celtic fan of course

I reckon he's Bangor City firm

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Nah, you're all miles off. Bentley Colliery massive, innit?

Bangor City?

Something else that may seem funny aswel, is that you guys may well be getting David Connolly from Southampton.

Now theres a push in the right direction. Looking good for the Swindon.

So is Bangor your first team and you follow us on the side?

33 year old and would command a decent wage I would have thought. Maybe 4 or 5 years ago but think he is past his best now.

Connolly for Austin.

Hmm... let me think about that one. No thanks!

Better than anything else we've got.

Are you kidding me? Pericard is ex-Juventus don't you know!

and Dossevi played alongside Adebayor for Togo.

If only you could merge Footballers, there's a top player in those two: One has all the talent in the world but a shocking attitude, the other works really hard but just isn't very good.

So we could combine the two to create a talentless cunt who doesn't work hard?

No thanks, one Ben Hutchinson was enough.

Mind sharing the joke my Scandinavian friend.

No, but I did warn him to expect it from here!  I don't think I can get away with it without social services getting involved, even if it might be true!

 ;D

I suspect Brizzle was the first BCFC that most people thought of Ralphy, we all just avoided mentioning the sleeping giants of Western Europe on purpose. :D

They aren't BCFC tho are they ?
Slavetraders (1982) Ltd maybe, but BCFC suggests a football club, so can't be them

Oh right, whoosh.

Southampton seem to think he'll be signing for them by Wednesday.

I think he'll be going to Blackpool.

Don't shoot the messenger but a reliable source who normally gets this sort of shit right says that Austin is going to join either Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers Barnsley, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Harlem Globetrotters, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Preston North End, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Swansea City, Watford, Southampton or Celtic.

Deal should be concluded by Wednesday.
 

So Sheffield are the favourites

Surely you've missed out Rangers?

I've heard that the club he'll go to will have one or more of the letters from the word mackerel in their name.

Like I said, don't shoot the messenger.

I really hope he signs for Wolverhampton Wanderers Barnsley.

For fuck sake, how many times? I am only relaying information. Next time I'll keep this blinding information to myself.

You're such a shit WUM. You haven't even put where he's been seen having a medical today. You need at least 5 clubs 200+ miles apart. Sort it out!

I only pass on the information that's been given to me.

Tweet from stfc adver. Charlie not going anywhere today

So end of another day at Town. No movement, plenty of speculation. Austin didn't leave Swindon - he trained all day. Bring on Tranmere

Aye but this morning they say bids are in from Blackpool and Burnley.

Knowing Holloway and Blackpool though their bid will be around a pound.

Reckon they will bid low at around 1.2 million and we'll probably accept 1.5 million with add ons for appearances etc which could take it up to 2 million.

Or I could be totally wrong and they'll just accept 1.2 million.

900k

Still reckon Fitton will hold out for £2m plus add ons, or something equivalent. So maybe a lower fee with some easily achievable add ons or a higher than normal sell on clause, perhaps with a player or two thrown in. Fitton hates agents and Austin putting in a transfer request will have just pissed him off and less likely to give ground on the money.

I cant see the up front fee being much more than £1mill but with add ons taking it over £1.5mill in all honesty.

From the Beeb

Blackpool are to sign former Arsenal striker Jeremie Aliadiere, who is a free agent, and Moroccan international defender Salaheddine Sbai on loan from Nimes.

i agree with you with regards to upfront.i think add ons might push it nearer 2 mill though.that's more hopeful than thinking it will happen though

A lot of the add ons will be dependant on Charlie being a success though so it's a gamble when jumping 2 levels.  Look at Cox, who IMO is a better player.

Maybe aroun 900K and Charlie can buy some bricks for the new stand that we will wait for another 5 years

I  really don't see what the problem is with lower bids. If someone bids less than your valuation you turn it down. Then they either up the bid or go away. Either way we win, either by getting the right money or keeping the player.

Trouble is that this just drags it out and leaves us less time to bring a replacement in..

In that case don't sell !

other trouble is-it unsettles the player and apparently makes him become crap!

pointless holding onto a player who wants out.getting the best price is what matters now

As long as the low bid is a starting point I reckon the fee will be around £1m up front £1m in installments and then add ons and a sell on clause - I was told down the pub last night so it must be true

Exactly.

Which pushes his value down anyway...

Damned if we sell, damned if we don't (unless Charlie can overcome the issues).

We're not going to know the fee anyway.

Someone down the pub will have a source at the club that will.....

either way it is likely to be a club record fee I expect

I don't think we will get more than Cox

Surely he has to go for more than cox look at his goal to game ratio.

He's younger than Cox and has more potential at this stage clubs are not only buying for what he can do now but what he can potentially do in the future which is where all the add on's will come into play, I suspect Austin will go for more than Cox

Cox is/was a better player though

Correct me if I'm wrong but Austin has longer on his contract than Coxy Had

Cox was consistent for a longer period of time.  Less of a gamble with Cox because of his history and proven quality at a club from higher levels.  Charlie has only been a pro for a year so is more of a gamble.  Cox wasn't much older than Charlie when he left, and Cox was/is a better all round player (IMO).  Charlie has got a longer contract but less history so it evens itself out.

We will get maximum 1.5m up front with add ons, more likely 1m - 1.2m with bigger add ons including a big motherfucking sell on fee.

I would guess!

I dont say much and haven`t read the rest of this thread BUT if we get £ 1.5m offer we should take it. The sale of Cox got us to the play off final...Wilson can go now....get some serious lower league defenders in quick - avoid going down and spend the money over the summer on wages etc to give us another go at getting out of League 1. I will now read what everyone else has been saying....