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Holmes fee too much for Swindon
           


  SWINDON Town were interested in bringing Lee Holmes to the County Ground before the winger agreed to join Preston, but the Robins were unwilling to match
  the offer tabled by their League One rivals.

           

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I liked this quote from JW:

" “We were keen to have him but Preston were prepared to offer him a package that we would not."

I like the fact that he says "WOULD not" not "COULD not"...big difference.

Really surprised that he got a six figure signing on fee!

He's good, but not pay-over-the-odds good.

The amounts of money (wages and signing on fee) being talked about with Holmes are surprising. For somebody who has experienced such a torrid time with injuries throughout his career, it seems a very risky strategy. It could all backfire if he gets crocked again 15 games into the new season, which will probably happen.

Shit, is this due to our late accounts?! PANIC

Is anyone else concerned that this is the same PNE that has the infamous Peter Risdale as their chairman?

They'll be like a lower league Leeds soon, and plummet down the leagues. It wasn't so long ago that they had money issues, so where is the new investment coming from?

Ageed but it will backfire on Preston (I do think they are flirting with disaster with Westley in charge) and not the wealthier Holmes.

When Swindon first had him on loan he was a genuine England prospect and nowadays he has to find games in League Two. I dare say that he has a good agent which would no doubt be one of the final relics of his early years at Derby County.

Good luck to him.

It amazes me that clubs still appoint this guy given his awful track record of running a football club.
These clubs are in a pretty bad position when he takes over, but they are in much worse state when he leaves.

It's the equivalent of being in hospital and having Harold Shipman appointed as your personal doctor.

 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

shame decent player. we move on.

Some quicker than others it would seem  ;)

ha ha. just finding my feet on this forum pal.

To be fair, JW said we 'wouldn't' match what Preston offered - not we 'couldn't'.

Nice to see we are not prepared to pay over the odds no matter who the player is

It is good to hear.

I have a niggling doubt in my mind that the board are allowing themselves to be bullied a little by PDC in the transfer market. Stuff like this is quite re-assuring as it suggests my doubts may be wide off the mark.

To be honest Paolo has a budget to work to as well and I doubt he even wanted to use that much against someone like Holmes.

Certainly didn't show me enough to warrant paying over the odds for and risk pissing off others in the team.

A good decision.

Agreed....has it stopped raining? :D

We have Rooney who no doubt will improve. Can't Bodin also play on the wing, presuming he stays of course

I'm pretty certain Bodin won't stay. My money would be on him going to Torquay (as opposed to Turkey - which would be ever so boring and unfunny).  PDC seems to be quite keen on wide players and seeing as how we just got shot of Esajas and Gabilondo I would imagine we would be looking at getting someone in. On that basis I would say we could do a lot worse (and possibly better than Holmes) by going for McGlashan from Cheltenham.

Was impressed with McGlashan in the PO final, so yeah why not

From talking to Chelt fans, McGlashan is inconsistent.
As could be seen from the PO games, where I thought he did well, he's tricky and quite pacy but his crossing is far from great and he's a bit lightweight, going down too easily.
Wasn't over-impressed with him in either of his performance at the CG this season but is still young so plenty of room for development.

Levi Porter being touted on that wank rumours site, winger I believe. He was shit at Leicster IIRC...

Seem to recall Gills fans saying the same about Rooney

Is there such a thing as a 'consistant' winger though :hmmm:

Matt Ritchie is probably as close as you'll get in the lower leagues.

It has thanks Lee, it's been ridiculously hot, although thunder storms are forecast towards the end of the week.