oafc1955 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 £100k.......we would be as barmy to refuse that as Baaarnsley would be to pay it!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamoafc Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 £30 to playershare if he scores more than 10 league goals this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melia Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Lets be sensible here. There is no way the club would consider letting him go if they didn't think they were going to get a return out of him this year be it appearances or goals. He has obviously been assessed in pre-season and consider the fact that he only joined in full training less than a week ago I think its a no brainer to take a fee for someone who could have been released for nothing 4 weeks back. You have to weigh up the probabilities and IMO its a no brainer to take the cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mighty_bosh Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) He's injury prone, goals pretty much dried up in the 2nd half of the season and I think he had the perfect system for him when he was scoring goals early on. So keeping him would be a gamble. However despite having a lot of strikers who could have breakthrough seasons this year, we wouldn't have any striker who has proven that they can score goals for us. So losing him would be an even bigger gamble and certainly not worth a small fee. He's not irreplaceable but, being a pacy, experienced, left footed winger/striker, he's not far off. Edited July 23, 2015 by the_mighty_bosh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4froale Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 He scored 15 in 35 last season, some of them appearances coming from the wing. We complain every season that we need to sign a goalscorer, we get one, and then we say we should sell him. Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melia Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 As above. I'm certain if we thought we could get a return close to that we wouldn't even consider letting him go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Where has the figure of £100k come from? The journalist has mentioned a small fee I think. £120k has been knocking around Barnsley. It's bollocks the idea he won't be prolific again. He has always been a player that scores in bursts - he's done it his whole career. He will do the same for Barnsley. He also was a menace down the left side - better than any other player we have in that sense too. What will happen with the small fee? We won't find a player as good as him on the market again even if it's reinvested and we've come away a worse team for it. Those who are gleeful at £100k are seriously deluded and should have no complaints about his replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 As above. I'm certain if we thought we could get a return close to that we wouldn't even consider letting him go. Think you are giving Corney and co far too much credit there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I'm in the "He's not the Messiah" camp. Of course, he could stay, come good again, and I'd feel daft. I'd want that in fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiecat Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Should there be any substance to these rumours and having read the previous posts, one can only assume that firstly, DK is already proving himself to be a genius in offloading an injury prone player for a fee ! and secondly, that the little Judas is a total mug ! Try as i might, i just can't seem to go for that. As far as i am concerned,Forte leaving would be a step backwards and that is taking into account his injury record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluecal Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Although I'd rather he didn't leave, if the rumoured £100k is true then that's not terrible business for a 29 year old with a poor injury record & only one 10+ goals season in the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueatheart Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Back page of the chron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 If we manage to only lose Forte to Johnson, that wont be too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 If you're upset about him going, he only actually scored eleven goals after you invoke Pawel's Law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueatheart Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 I would more be annoyed at losing: Kelly Winchester Jones J Wilson Mills Turner In that order, before Forte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 If we manage to only lose Forte to Johnson, that wont be too bad.This. I'd be far more pissed off if we'd lost Kelly or Winchester. They won't get more than 20 games out of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Stupid? I'd say the definition of stupidity is selling your best players and replacing them with crap ones, its a good reason we have spent the last 19 years in decline. Exactly. Utter madness if this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wozzer Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Exactly. Utter madness if this happens. It's also the reason we've made it through the last 19 years at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 The journalist has mentioned a small fee I think. £120k has been knocking around Barnsley. It's bollocks the idea he won't be prolific again. He has always been a player that scores in bursts - he's done it his whole career. He will do the same for Barnsley. He also was a menace down the left side - better than any other player we have in that sense too. What will happen with the small fee? We won't find a player as good as him on the market again even if it's reinvested and we've come away a worse team for it. Those who are gleeful at £100k are seriously deluded and should have no complaints about his replacement. this burst of goals all through his career you keep mentioning is a burst of 5 goals every few years. Last season was not the norm. He appearence record is also sketchy everywhere he has been. Im not saying sell him but I would take Barnsleys arm for 100k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Also, he is a winger. The goals are a bonus. Saying 'he only scored x goals in the last few months of the season' would only be reasonable if he was a striker, but you won't find other wingers scoring 5 goals a season. It's not even his primary concern as a winger to score yet he was so prolific it's come to the point where people are so expectant of him to score they are critical when he produces the average amount of goals for a winger. Edited July 23, 2015 by NewBlue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Also, he is a winger. The goals are a bonus. Saying 'he only scored x goals in the last few months of the season' would only be reasonable if he was a striker, but you won't find other wingers scoring 5 goals a season. It's not even his primary concern as a winger to score yet he was so prolific it's come to the point where people are critical of just the average amount of goals for a winger. how may assists as a winger did he have last season which must be his primary concern then? is he worth keeping on assists if the goals dry up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SavageTheBeast Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Johnson ruined forte by moving him to striker he was more deadly on the wing. Remember first half of leyton Orient he destroyed their right back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corazzin19 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Based on what? You're a negative bastard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfatjoe1 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Expectations levels go up a notch when Jon's in the team because he's got that bit of quality and pace that most players in this division sadly lack. A forward line of Croft, Cassidy and Forte with Green playing behind, could be a force. Take Forte out and it is greatly diminished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaticMark Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Selling your top goal scorer for a paltry fee on the eve of a new season doesn't make very good football or business sense. Although not very nice to say, I hope he fails the medical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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