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Flint to finalise City switch today
           
           


  SWINDON defender Aden Flint is due at Bristol City today to have a medical and finalise the terms of his transfer to Ashton Gate, the Advertiser understands.

           

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Very happy with £350,000 as long as its re-invested, Flint was second choice to Troy at the start of the season anyway, so we already have a ready made replacement.

Does anybody know how Troy's injury is coming on?

Last I saw he was pretty pissed at having to 'rehab himself' (Source: Twitter), so I assume he's still on the road to recovery - no clue as to how close he is to reaching full fitness though. A few rumours abound that his surgery wasn't that great and his recovery was slow, but no idea how reliable any of that is.

Wasn't he unhappy recently that he wasn't getting any help from the club for his recovery? Or I may have imagined that.

'Flames..'

Just shows there's no loyalty in football.

Taking my own love of STFC out of the equation, I would probably do what Flint has done - better money, longer term security, less uncertainty around the club, and Bristol is a nicer place to live than Swindon (if he doesn't already live there, it's not a bad commute). Also, we've a had a good few years of service, made some money, and may even profit from a sell-on clause in the future. It is potentially a good move for everyone involved, if we are shrewd in the transfer market in the next 2 months or so.

£350k plus add ons for a player who has handed in a transfer request, more than double what we paid.

Take the money and lets move on.

Haven't we also kicked him out of the hotel he was staying in at our expense due to the bill he was running up...

350k is fantastic for someone who can't kick a ball straight.

It does have it's lovely parts but I am guessing you haven't travelled around much of Bristol?

I have, but he won't ever have to experience that, I'd imagine.

I'm with Lucien, St Pauls is beautiful...

Avonmouth picturesque...

I believe the flats behind Ashton Gate were used for the opening titles of Only Fools and Horses.

The pubs and bars in Bristol will love his custom.

This smacks of someone who doesn't really know the place, if I'm honest.  They've been gentrifying St.Paul's for about 10 years now, and Avonmouth is hardly Bristol.  Pretty much everything south of the river is a dive though.

you are joking right

I used to live in St Pauls when I was at Uni ! Lovely place, especially Saturday nights !

Amir, you are right mate. I try and avoid Bristol as much as possible.

Last time I set foot in St Pauls was probably 5 or 6 years ago, gentrifying it they were not.

Bristol may have its shite areas, but they tend to have character and soul, unlike Swindon which is made up of badly designed non-descript, toy town cul-de-sacs centred around district centres and populated with 'motorway men'.  Its only saving grace is its surrounding countryside and football team.

I wouldn't be so bothered about Flint going if we'd kept hold of Devera.

Similarly to the loss of McCormack, how good this transfer is completely depends on who we end up bringing in as a replacement.

I live South of the River in Bedminster and we've got Ashton Court, Clifton and on a smaller scale bits like Southville are really nice nowadays to name but a few.

I love living in Bristol.

If we are being honest Bristol is a far better place to live

As I said last month, I heard Flint wanted out as soon as the season was over and was not happy with the club extending his contract.

We have got a very good price for him so we move on and hopefully we can bring in someone decent to play alongside Darren Ward, who was our best defender last season.

Confirmed by club on twitter.

Four year deal. Lucky boy.

Good, now we dont have to hear about the lanky judas cunt anymore.

Still a bit amazed they actually paid £300k for him. Mugs.

Wonder if city have any youth players that could knock him out in town as well as our one did

Fee undisclosed, is it too much to assume that City are paying in Pounds Sterling, and not people?

They are paying in bitcoins :D

I wish him well...always gave his all and was our best player by miles in the last few matches.

Four year deal is massive for him.

Just listening to an interview with Flint on Bbc Bristol  Fee quoted as £300,000 and apparently he's looking forward to the step up in level of football and to a bigger club. Looking forward to coming back but expects some stick. Grateful to Swimdon for the chance to play proffesionally and enjoyed his time.

He was led slightly by the reporter who seems to have an inflated opinion of City's stature

I don't understand

I know neither did Flint, as i said the reporter forgot they got relegated.

Good player, good money... Not worth 350k so fair play to Jed & co for getting a good deal.

Agreed, plus he handed in a transfer request too so not much else we could do anyway.

Yup. Hopefully Troy can come good next season after his injury, liked the look of him early in the year.

Agree...play him in his right position would be a start....but i get the feeling this injury is going to hamper his career here.

Hope not. Cost us a lot of £££ which we need to recoup some way or another..

Troy is leg pressing 300kg in the gym according to Oakley... his knee must be getting better!

Good news then.

Out of interest who was it that cleaned him out??

If he plays Billy Big Bollocks around Bristol he will inevitably get his arse kicked

Whereas North of the River you have the delights of Southmead

Great bit of business getting £350k for Flint, decent defender and nothing more, wanted out and seemed a twat generally.

Hope his career goes the way of the slower, slightly shorter, equally technically gifted (ha) Matt Heywood. He did well after he left us...

Tomo's adver reveals why flint had to leave. We expecting anything dramatic to be in there?

Adver want Town to show interest in David Healy?

Strewth.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BMgNmY6CYAA_aZC.jpg

Flint is a good player especially in this league....we paid £150,000 for him didn't we?....for a non league player...so what we are getting isn't that brilliant.

So he is going to City...who gives a fuck....for me personally i am pissed off that player after player is leaving...good players at that.

Who is going next :(

Collins is my guess.

Isn't that Nicky Bailey :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Absolutely no chance. Delusional from the Adver.

Wolves.

Cant hack travelling apparently

Leefer, personally I'd guess Luke Rooney and Paul Benson will both be in the 4th tier come August. Can't see anyone taking a punt on Navarro at his age on his alleged wages. Think we are stuck with him until his deal expires...

The worry for me is we start the new season with McEveley, Archibald-Henville and Cox all struggling to shake off long-term injuries. We could be down to the bare bones by August!

I think Wes and Collins will stay. If Wes goes I'll be fucking worried we'd go down..

^

Collins would be harder to replace than Wes.

You could find an average 'keeper on a free who would do a job without being as good as Wes but finiding a 15-20 goal a season striker is much harder as we well know.

DRS was saying that Collins was unhappy a few weeks back.

If they're back in training in the next fortnight then one would expect activity over the next week.

Hopefully...

Agreed about the goal thing Changy lad. Collins was badly treated last year I reckon.

However Wes is our best player and has won us bucket loads of points since he signed.

Jalal is available

The window doesn't open for another 3 weeks yet. We shouldn't 'expect' anything for another couple of weeks at least.

Jalal is good, there are usually plenty of keepers out of contract and even the older heads can do a job. No point expecting a Wes standard replacement, yes he is our best player but also worth a small fortune. Unless we spend a similar amount we won't get anyone like him in unless we stumble across someone by luck which history shows is very rare.

Anyway, I reckon we will keep him.

I take your point but you know what I mean. You can still announce the signing of a player ahead of the window.

Clubs tend to like to have their squad in place once training begins.

Why he had to leave the CG? Because he got a longer contract for more money from City?

Four years is one hell of a risk.

That's not a concern to Flint, bet he couldn't believe his agent managed that.

Anybody who someone else wants...we've a way to go yet...I'd say another 5 minimum need to be moved on.

Fair play to him, gone to a club in a stronger position than us on a 4 year deal.  Money is about right I would say.  City can enjoy his attitude instead.

Fuck me its like Jeremy Kyle.

Nice for him to stay but meh....nice welcome for him when the shitheads come visiting!

So he's off to our rivals and is going to bitch about the team tomorrow?

Not really a surprise. We all knew he was a bit of a cunt, but at least when he was here he was our cunt.

Will stick a 20 on him scoring against us at home next season mind.

Double it up with being sent off & you could make a fortune. ;)

More money.  Longer contract.  Presumably few ties in the Swindon area - and if I'm wrong, Bristol is hardly far away.  I hardly think tomorrow's article will be groundbreaking.

What would he be unhappy about? Only Wes made more appearances than him last season and he was our top goalscorer. Okay, a lot of those appearances came as a substitute but if you've got a knack for scoring goals after coming on as a substitute then of course you'll be utilised like that.

I can see Collins leaving but Wes I hope will not leave, he has a good offer on the table but some players you will never keep happy, I fear Collins is one of those.