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Last couple of hours to sign a striker?!

There are a few transfers going through now. Wonder what Sturrocks up to  :?

sleeping ?

Well he's leaving at the end of the week, so he can get away with sleeping.

He should be trying to sign a striker though!! every minute counts.

You remembered when I said I'd rape the face of the next person who started one of these threads? There's been like 5 since then and to be honest I don't like making empty threats. I'd watch your eyes and nose and ears DV. Maybe your mouth if I'm feeling old school.

i tihnk ears would be more comical for the rest of us.

Turn Google safe search off and put "Ear Rape" into the image search. I dare you. To be honest I haven't tried it but I might now.

meh, it's pretty lame.

If Sturrock hasn't been waking up agents/fellow managers all night with phone calls then im going to be extremely pissed off!

whens the cut off ?

Apparently Plymouth bid 300K for Easter and it was rejected. I'd imagine that's a dead deal for us now.

Well Wycombe are stupid, they'll now have to let him go for peanuts in January or for free next summer.

Witching hour tonight!

Sturrock is not doing any negotiations!!  He has already stated that the board are negotiating for two targets (one presumes that means Starnes is doing it!), he is dealing with loan signings about which there is not so much pressure as that transfer window will reopen in a week's time.

The problem with leaving loan signings 'til September is that only short term deals will be allowed - ie maximum 3 months and the parent club can recall them after the first month.

Loans done today could be long term - ie until January or the end of the season with no right to recall.

Probably a good thing imao.

He has been useless until last season for his whole career, he only has one year left on his contract ffs?

Wycombe are dickheads, i think they'll end up getting jack shit for him and he'll only score 2 or 3 by Jan.

I can't see anyone paying more than £300k. Fallon was younger and had a scoring record similar to Easter and we were shocked at £300k we got for him. Besides, as Fallon proved, a short lived rich vein of scoring form doesn't mean you don't forget how to score as easily as you discover it.

I think our £125k bid, was about the most you could risk paying for what is really no more than a gamble.

Another question is why turn down decent bids for a player who clearly doesn't want to play for them!!!!!!

Wycombe are being pathetic here. How much do they expect clubs to offer for somebody who has never really proven themselves outside of League 2 and who is out of contract at the end of the year?!

And its not even like they can afford to turn down £300,000...they're hardly rolling in the stuff. I'm glad we're not going to be wasting our money quite frankly

As far as I know Wycombe are not in a financial state so do not need to sell for money.  Quite a tigthly run ship, being a Community run club still (sort of co-op basis).

Why sell for the first bid when it seems more than one club is interested, bidding is increasing, and they may just feel they could cope with him having another season scoring around 20 even if it means him going on a free?

Just because we sell to the first bidder, doesn't mean other clubs should.  If we had a player who scored 20 goals in the previous season and had clubs sniffing around, I'd want our club to a) try and hold on to him, b) sell for top dollar if that isn't possible.

If we believe the press they've had at least 3 bids for him and no sign of the interest going away.  They also are making absolutely no noises about needing to sell.

I take back a bit of that, seems they have changed their status to a PLc, although the supporters trust holds 100,000 shares in them and the club want fans to own 25%.

Some debt, which they can't sustain long term but not reviewing that situation until end of this season depending on whether they go up or if ground plans move further forward (Wasps want a new ground with up to 20,000 capacity).  Planning on a joint ownership scheme for the ground with Wasps and their local Council.

Still doesn't seem they NEED to sell at such a small amount of money in relative terms.

Well if they won't sell him,they won't sell him,not a lot can be done about it.

Ive been looking for that whoosh smilie but i can't find it anywhere!

I've saved it in my photobucket account. So there.

Damn you and your quick thinking!