Zatman Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Not sure he'll score many at championship level but good luck to him anyway, he tried his best on the rare occasions he did play. Up there with Salifou for most baffling signing of recent times. nothing will ever be that baffling, that was so obscure you had to have a super large database to find him on football manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezvilla Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Bit harsh that you have to dig through the site to find out that he has left, with a great article: "The club can confirm Jordan Bowery has joined Rotherham on a permanent deal." No word from the AVFC Twitter either. I cant even find the confirmation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pembers Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Must have got a fee, according to the Rotherham twitter page he's their record signing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 article removed? was it false or put on too early? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Good luck Jordan. Thank you for your contribution to help keep us up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SikhInTrinity Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) article removed? was it false or put on too early? He's signed for Rotherham. Edited June 10, 2014 by SikhInTrinity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted June 10, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted June 10, 2014 Good luck to him. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 An official Rotherham tweet says they have broken their transfer record for him According to Wiki, their previous record was £160k (for Lee Frecklington?) So it looks like we picked up a young player with potential for what, about £500k. And we have sold him on without making too much of a loss. If we do 10 of these, and only 1 or 2 work out, we are quids in. So for me, a nice attempt, and he never let us down. Good luck fella. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Disappointed to be honest, I always thought he had something to offer us and he was showing signs of it at the end of season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 So it looks like we picked up a young player with potential for what, about £500k. And we have sold him on without making too much of a loss. If we do 10 of these, and only 1 or 2 work out, we are quids in. How are we quids in? We have got back less than paid plus we have paid his wages the last few yrs... Wish him well, was never good enough and was never going to be, but that's not his fault. At least he gave his all when on the pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Good luck to the lad. Relieved we don't have to worry about him being brought on for our most threatening player every time we are chasing a game. Glad he managed to get a good performance in for us against Hull too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasoncb Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 So it looks like we picked up a young player with potential for what, about £500k. And we have sold him on without making too much of a loss. If we do 10 of these, and only 1 or 2 work out, we are quids in. How are we quids in? We have got back less than paid plus we have paid his wages the last few yrs... Wish him well, was never good enough and was never going to be, but that's not his fault. At least he gave his all when on the pitch If we sign 10 players on the cheap and one or two work out then we would be in profit. Ideally like a Gareth Barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 So it looks like we picked up a young player with potential for what, about £500k. And we have sold him on without making too much of a loss. If we do 10 of these, and only 1 or 2 work out, we are quids in. How are we quids in? We have got back less than paid plus we have paid his wages the last few yrs... Wish him well, was never good enough and was never going to be, but that's not his fault. At least he gave his all when on the pitch If we sign 10 players on the cheap and one or two work out then we would be in profit. Ideally like a Gareth Barry. It depends though doesn't it...yes if we sell for a very high fee, yes we may make profit. But if the two who work out are only sold for a few million then after wages etc, It is unlikely that we would be making a profit from them. Don't forget once they start doing well for us, we increase their wages so the profit is always lowered. Barry was here for a long time and probably on a high wage so it is unlikely that in the end we made much profit on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabby Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 £150k fee...which is more than we got for Dunne , Albrighton , NRC , Cullear and Ireland combined ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I don't mind taking the occasional punt on players like Bowery. It annoyed me more than when he wasn't good enough, and he was getting game time ahead of youth players better than him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG_Villa_Fan Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 £150k fee...which is more than we got for Dunne , Albrighton , NRC , Cullear and Ireland combined ... Will cover Bent's wages until the end of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bunnski Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Good luck J-Bowz, thanks for the memories. That wheelchair gif shall never be forgotten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I actually didn't want Bowery to leave. Showed a bit of potential so we immediately sold. Sounds like us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) So it looks like we picked up a young player with potential for what, about £500k. And we have sold him on without making too much of a loss. If we do 10 of these, and only 1 or 2 work out, we are quids in. How are we quids in? We have got back less than paid plus we have paid his wages the last few yrs... Wish him well, was never good enough and was never going to be, but that's not his fault. At least he gave his all when on the pitch If we sign 10 players on the cheap and one or two work out then we would be in profit. Ideally like a Gareth Barry. It depends though doesn't it...yes if we sell for a very high fee, yes we may make profit. But if the two who work out are only sold for a few million then after wages etc, It is unlikely that we would be making a profit from them. Don't forget once they start doing well for us, we increase their wages so the profit is always lowered. Barry was here for a long time and probably on a high wage so it is unlikely that in the end we made much profit on him. Or perhaps we don't sell them and we have players with a value of £m's in the first team (like Barry) who cost very little. Rather than paying the £m's for them, and still having to pay their wages. Quids in. Who was 'better' for the club - Bowery or Balaban? (sorry - a rather frivilous question, but it is somewhat relevant - perhaps who was least worse for the club?) And I never suggested Bowery was one of the sucessfull ones! This model worked quite well for Spurs for a few years - Kyle Walker; MacNauhton; Dawson; Andy Reid; that Bale fella; Lennon; Huddleston; Bentalab; Zeki Fryers; Danny Rose; Chris Gunter; K-P Boateng - off the top of my head! Not all have worked brilliantly (and I am not suggesting the next Bale will be found this way), but they have a lot of good players in their squad who cost them relatively little to acquire. The opposite of what MON tried to do here! Edited June 10, 2014 by Pez1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Pez1974 - I disagree with your examples, a large amount of those players were not cheap transfers and therefore were more likely to work out. Taking a gamble on lower league players, is just that a gamble and the likelihood is that they won't work out. Bowery did not have a reputation in the lower leagues, therefore his gamble was far more than someone who at least has shown promise at the lower level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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