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CitizenYank wrote:I think we are asking the wrong question: Why give him to a team
who can take points away from us?

CitizenYank wrote:I think we are asking the wrong question: Why give him to a team
who can take points away from us?

john@staustell wrote:

CitizenYank wrote:I think we are asking the wrong question: Why give him to a team
who can take points away from us?

That thought process would ban all same-league transfers. Or we could flog him to Exeter I guess.

You should be thinking about us winning games not teams taking points off us - glass half full and all that.

In any case it's open to question whether they are more likely to take any points of us with Nervous Ned included. Check out the Dippers' equaliser at Anfield, and the Scum game..............................

MaineRoadMemories wrote:Maybe we are keeping him for the homegrown from the club player rule?

Quite a few pundits predicted players will be refused moves they would have got previously because they were trained at the club are are needed for a numbers reason rather than a playing reason.

john@staustell wrote:

CitizenYank wrote:I think we are asking the wrong question: Why give him to a team
who can take points away from us?

That thought process would ban all same-league transfers. Or we could flog him to Exeter I guess.

You should be thinking about us winning games not teams taking points off us - glass half full and all that.

In any case it's open to question whether they are more likely to take any points of us with Nervous Ned included. Check out the Dippers' equaliser at Anfield, and the Scum game..............................

CitizenYank wrote:

john@staustell wrote:

CitizenYank wrote:I think we are asking the wrong question: Why give him to a team
who can take points away from us?

That thought process would ban all same-league transfers. Or we could flog him to Exeter I guess.

You should be thinking about us winning games not teams taking points off us - glass half full and all that.

In any case it's open to question whether they are more likely to take any points of us with Nervous Ned included. Check out the Dippers' equaliser at Anfield, and the Scum game..............................

Hold on! My point is not banning all same-league transfers, Unless losing him will hurt us in the new 'homegrown' rule--more power to the agents! If Nervous Ned wants the Stadium of Tiny Lights, more power too him. But just don't want us to sell him for less than a profit. Teams are probably looking to take us to the cleaners now that we have a premium of available talent.

CityGer wrote:

CitizenYank wrote:

john@staustell wrote:

CitizenYank wrote:I think we are asking the wrong question: Why give him to a team
who can take points away from us?

That thought process would ban all same-league transfers. Or we could flog him to Exeter I guess.

You should be thinking about us winning games not teams taking points off us - glass half full and all that.

In any case it's open to question whether they are more likely to take any points of us with Nervous Ned included. Check out the Dippers' equaliser at Anfield, and the Scum game..............................

Hold on! My point is not banning all same-league transfers, Unless losing him will hurt us in the new 'homegrown' rule--more power to the agents! If Nervous Ned wants the Stadium of Tiny Lights, more power too him. But just don't want us to sell him for less than a profit. Teams are probably looking to take us to the cleaners now that we have a premium of available talent.

Hold on! You didn't mention profits in your initial post. What you did say was that he shouldn't be sold to a team who can take points of us - That is every team in the Premier league. It's ridiculous and completely unrealistic stand point.

Ted Hughes wrote:

MaineRoadMemories wrote:Maybe we are keeping him for the homegrown from the club player rule?

Quite a few pundits predicted players will be refused moves they would have got previously because they were trained at the club are are needed for a numbers reason rather than a playing reason.

We've got plenty of those atm though. May be a case of keeping hold of him until the close of the window in case some of the home grown defenders get injured?

18.08 No club may have more than 25 players on List A during the season. As a
minimum, places 18 to 25 on List A (eight places) are reserved exclusively
for “locally trained players” and no club may have more than four
“association-trained players” listed in places 18 to 25 on List A. List A must
specify the eight players who qualify as being “locally trained”, as well as
whether they are “club-trained” or “association-trained”. The possible
combinations that enable clubs to comply with the List A requirements are
set out in Annex VIII.

18.09 A “locally trained player” is either a “club-trained player” or an “associationtrained
player”.

18.10 A “club-trained player” is a player who, between the age of 15 (or the start of
the season during which he turns 15) and 21 (or the end of the season during
which he turns 21), and irrespective of his nationality and age, has been
registered with his current club for a period, continuous or not, of three entire
seasons (i.e. a period starting with the first official match of the relevant
national championship and ending with the last official match of that relevant
national championship) or of 36 months.

18.11 An “association-trained player” is a player who, between the age of 15 (or the
start of the season during which the player turns 15) and 21 (or the end of
the season during which the player turns 21), and irrespective of his
nationality and age, has been registered with a club or with other clubs
affiliated to the same national association as that of his current club for a
period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons or of 36 months.

18.12 If a club has fewer than eight locally trained players in its squad (i.e. in places
18 to 25 on List A), then the maximum number of players on List A is
reduced accordingly.

Ted Hughes wrote:Ned doesn't seem as if he's departing judging from his comments when the official team turd just interviewed him on the pitch.