Simon Cox

[leefer]

nah whilst at celtic JVOH has scored 34 in 74
cox is 35 in 62 (not including the loan period)

And of course against much tougher opposition!

[herthab]

But you've got to remember, Cox had better players around him

[ahounsell]

As someone else said to me, we should sell Coxy and Morrison to Celtic for a combined fee of 2.5 million.

2 Million for Morrison, 500,000 for Cox. Stitch up Reading's sell on clause!!

The only problem with this ruse is that is seriously undervalues Morrison.

I really dont think people appreciate what a valuable asset we have there. There are some seriously big clubs taking an interest in his progress, and Celtic are not the biggest of them.

Personally I would put fair value for Cox at £1.5m, but given the number of clubs interested Fitton is quite right to wait and see the colour of their money before he is prepared to do business. If we play our cards right we could get £2m or even £2.5m although I dont see it going higher than that.

With another season of first team footbal behind him I believe Morrison could fetch a similar fee on his own in a years time.

[leefer]

The only problem with this ruse is that is seriously undervalues Morrison.

I really dont think people appreciate what a valuable asset we have there. There are some seriously big clubs taking an interest in his progress, and Celtic are not the biggest of them.

Personally I would put fair value for Cox at £1.5m, but given the number of clubs interested Fitton is quite right to wait and see the colour of their money before he is prepared to do business. If we play our cards right we could get £2m or even £2.5m although I dont see it going higher than that.

With another season of first team footbal behind him I believe Morrison could fetch a similar fee on his own in a years time.

Exactly...spot on....dont need to sell.

[dell boy]

Dont wish too long, wait until early June, the serious bids will come in when all the laddies have had a break - chairman, players, managers.

Cox is a gonner.

[Don Rogers Shop]

We know what morrison would be worth but would the tribunal?

[flammableBen]

Wouldn't any tribunal money for Morrison be cut down because we nicked him off plymouth? It's supposed to be compensation for developing players isn't it?

[Bennett]

was he realeased from pmuff or did we nab him?

[Don Rogers Shop]

Released i think

[jonny72]

Wouldn't any tribunal money for Morrison be cut down because we nicked him off plymouth? It's supposed to be compensation for developing players isn't it?

That isn't how it works in England (it does work differently under FIFA/UEFA rules though), this is from the Football League website (the Premier League are signed up to it as well) - how the tribunal sets fees for players under the age of 24:

In making its judgment the committee will take into account the costs of both clubs in operating a Football Academy or Centre of Excellence, as well as the age and playing record of the player, the length of time he was registered with his original club, the terms offered by both clubs, the status of the two clubs, the substantiated interest shown by other clubs in acquiring the registration of the player and any amounts paid by the original club to acquire the player in the first place.

[JPC82]

we didnt steal Morrison from Plymouth, hes wasnt contracted to Plymouth he was playing for the college which had a link up with Plymouth academy i think, bit like how New College have their best players playing for Supermarine.

[flammableBen]

But the fact he hasn't been with us that long would still affect how much we'd get under the rules jonny72 posted wouldn't it? We'd certainly get less from a tribunal than we would if we sold him properly?

[JPC82]

why are we talking about tribunal when hes under contract?

[flammableBen]

I'm not sure.

[JPC82]

the under 24 rule applies when they are out of contract