Speculation - Jay Rodriguez

[Royal Lady]

£7 mill accepted.

Still, that's bound not to help their chances of staying in the Prem, is it. Spending all that on one player.

[Royal Rother]

£7m wow! Burley have their very own Nicky Hammond.

[Victor Meldrew]

Ridiculous amount of money they're paying if that's true

Is it?
WBA paid us around that much for Shane Long who is older and a more limited player.
Saints fans are a bit surprised that they haven't gone for a back-up for Lambert......yet.
In fairness also they have had a lot of experience of the Premier League and are desperate to ensure that they stay up and I would expect them now to splash out on a few defenders.

[Ian Royal]

£7 mill accepted.

Still, that's bound not to help their chances of staying in the Prem, is it. Spending all that on one player.

That would rather depend on the impact the player has, which isn't particularly linked to the fee paid. See Shevchenko, Torres, Carroll, Fae, Halford, etc etc etc. And of course, how much money they have available and what / who else they need to spend their money on...

[tomrfcurz]

£7million. I thought J-Rob far outclassed J-Rod at the home game vs Burnley in the season.

He certainly isn't a £7m striker, i couldn't name many strikers outside the Prem or top leagues worth that at a team who didn't mount a strong challenge for top 6. Fair play to Burnley for holding out to get that though, yet another sign of agents using the old "thats the current market for strikers" chestnut

[Victor Meldrew]

£7million. I thought J-Rob far outclassed J-Rod at the home game vs Burnley in the season.

He certainly isn't a £7m striker, i couldn't name many strikers outside the Prem or top leagues worth that at a team who didn't mount a strong challenge for top 6. Fair play to Burnley for holding out to get that though, yet another sign of agents using the old "thats the current market for strikers" chestnut

There apparently was a lot of interest in the player( and of course he is something like 14 years younger than Roberts) so the price probably reflected that interest whereas when Swansea bought Danny Graham for less than half the price there wasn't the same interest but he has turned out to be a cracking buy.

[Platypuss]

On the up side, with the market inflated like that for strikers, we should be looking to get at least £50k for Church.

[Royal Lady]

£7 mill accepted.

Still, that's bound not to help their chances of staying in the Prem, is it. Spending all that on one player.

That would rather depend on the impact the player has, which isn't particularly linked to the fee paid. See Shevchenko, Torres, Carroll, Fae, Halford, etc etc etc. And of course, how much money they have available and what / who else they need to spend their money on...

Actually, I was, obviously, making the equation with Swansea and Gylfi - when people have suggested that RFC should spend that sort of money on a player - others shout them down saying it's too much to pay for one player.

[Ian Royal]

£7 mill accepted.

Still, that's bound not to help their chances of staying in the Prem, is it. Spending all that on one player.

That would rather depend on the impact the player has, which isn't particularly linked to the fee paid. See Shevchenko, Torres, Carroll, Fae, Halford, etc etc etc. And of course, how much money they have available and what / who else they need to spend their money on...

Actually, I was, obviously, making the equation with Swansea and Gylfi - when people have suggested that RFC should spend that sort of money on a player - others shout them down saying it's too much to pay for one player.

Obviously it depends on how much we have available, how much we need to spend elsewhere and how good the player is. Gylfi is one of the best players I've ever seen play, let alone just for Reading. And he's got top flight experience in England and Germany. That makes £7m for him a much better value than £7m for Rodriguez IMO, especially as he's already played for us and we know how he'd fit in and perform.

[Royal Lady]

Errr yeah, that's what I'm saying!!

My point is, if Swansea and Southampton (who are newly promoted like us, remember, and not got any parachute payment, like us) can speculate £7 million pounds on players which they feel could be the difference between staying up or being relegated, then if RFC haven't considered the same with Gylfi, with or without knowing the TSI deal was about to finalise, then I think they're wrong. And it could come back to bite us on the bum next May.

[Extended-Phenotype]

LOL at people being shocked at clubs buying players for more than 100K. It happens outside Berkshire.

[loyalroyal4life]

On the up side, with the market inflated like that for strikers, we should be looking to get at least £50k for Church.

[loyalroyal4life]

rather spend £7m on gylfi than rod

[Barry the bird boggler]

Ridiculous amount of money they're paying if that's true

Is it?
WBA paid us around that much for Shane Long who is older and a more limited player.
Saints fans are a bit surprised that they haven't gone for a back-up for Lambert......yet.
In fairness also they have had a lot of experience of the Premier League and are desperate to ensure that they stay up and I would expect them now to splash out on a few defenders.

Don't think WBA paid anywhere near 7m for Long, think, officially, it was undisclosed - anyone able to refresh memories?

[Royal Lady]

Thought it was rumoured to be about 4.5 wasn't it?

[melonhead]

Errr yeah, that's what I'm saying!!

My point is, if Swansea and Southampton (who are newly promoted like us, remember, and not got any parachute payment, like us) can speculate £7 million pounds on players which they feel could be the difference between staying up or being relegated, then if RFC haven't considered the same with Gylfi, with or without knowing the TSI deal was about to finalise, then I think they're wrong. And it could come back to bite us on the bum next May.

7 mill on rodriguez is a joke

[Extended-Phenotype]

Errr yeah, that's what I'm saying!!

My point is, if Swansea and Southampton (who are newly promoted like us, remember, and not got any parachute payment, like us) can speculate £7 million pounds on players which they feel could be the difference between staying up or being relegated, then if RFC haven't considered the same with Gylfi, with or without knowing the TSI deal was about to finalise, then I think they're wrong. And it could come back to bite us on the bum next May.

7 mill on rodriguez is a joke

Depends on how he performs, doesn't it?

[Simon's Church]

In both games against Burnley this season I thought Austin was the better player.

[blueroyals]

Ridiculous amount of money they're paying if that's true

Is it?
WBA paid us around that much for Shane Long who is older and a more limited player.
Saints fans are a bit surprised that they haven't gone for a back-up for Lambert......yet.
In fairness also they have had a lot of experience of the Premier League and are desperate to ensure that they stay up and I would expect them now to splash out on a few defenders.

Don't think WBA paid anywhere near 7m for Long, think, officially, it was undisclosed - anyone able to refresh memories?

The rumours were £5m but SJM said the club got nowhere near that for him and all transfer fees are inflated by the media.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Good player Rodrigues but not worth 7m but then we are in an age where Carroll went for 35m and Torres for 50m.