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[GazLaz]

We haven’t got him 10 months ago. Willie McKay levels of nonsense and bluster this


That’s me out of this conversation, some crazy comments.

Hopefully he smashes the league to bits.

So in ten months he’s gone from being worth 1.2 million to it being considered nonsense to suggest he’s worth over 1 million

What you have to understand is,Alfie has 2 yrs left on contract at Huddersfield,for anyone to buy him/buy him out currently would cost over 1million.

Mays book value to Huddersfield is in the region of £800k.


The fact they paid £1.2m for him last season, played him out of position and by the end of the season didn’t even want to play him and started a kid instead of him, probably shows that Huddersfield are run atrociously and the fee they paid is perhaps not a barometer of his value. Birmingham paid around £750k the year before, when he was a year younger. That felt more like it. He can’t be worth half a million more a year later can he.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

We haven’t got him 10 months ago. Willie McKay levels of nonsense and bluster this


That’s me out of this conversation, some crazy comments.

Hopefully he smashes the league to bits.

So in ten months he’s gone from being worth 1.2 million to it being considered nonsense to suggest he’s worth over 1 million

What you have to understand is,Alfie has 2 yrs left on contract at Huddersfield,for anyone to buy him/buy him out currently would cost over 1million.

Mays book value to Huddersfield is in the region of £800k.


The fact they paid £1.2m for him last season, played him out of position and by the end of the season didn’t even want to play him and started a kid instead of him, probably shows that Huddersfield are run atrociously and the fee they paid is perhaps not a barometer of his value. Birmingham paid around £750k the year before, when he was a year younger. That felt more like it. He can’t be worth half a million more a year later can he.

He's only worth what clubs are willing to pay.

Our gain is Huddersfield's pickle in playing a high risk game, as do other clubs,  when they throw good money after bad, when players don't perform.

They've made a complete pigs ear of managing Joe Taylor too when he was sent out to Wigan on loan last season. They've done exactly the same with Alfie, so let's hope he can feel free to play with a smile on his face and score lots of goals too.

[mpc123]

He’s been farmed out on loan to another club and they’re willingly subsidising his pay. So yes

(I am actually out of this conversation now).

Now this is where your thinking it maybe them thats willing to ship out. Its obviously a deal has been done on wages, but was that to do with player more than club, based on Rovers interest??

[Ian Nimmo]

God this thread is getting so boring and thus difficult to open and read.
Bulk of thread debating financials, which I believe no one on their forum will know what finances are involved and therefore become immaterial, except for can rovers afford whatever we are paying.
In terms of Alfie, I welcome him back.
He wasn’t brilliant when he was with us, but he was very green having been plucked from non league, so did anyone consider he would be first on the starting eleven etc.
Fair play to the guy, he’s obviously worked very hard in the years since he left us, so his commitment to improving his game cannot be questioned.
It also appears his commitment to our city has to be admired, particularly when he is not from this area.
His commitment to rovers well, no doubt there, ever since he left he has always attended games, and been very open to speak to supporters around the city.

Thus the conversations should focus on how we consider he will do a job here at rovers, particularly given grants favoured formation and somewhat reluctance to change same.

[mpc123]

God this thread is getting so boring and thus difficult to open and read.
Bulk of thread debating financials, which I believe no one on their forum will know what finances are involved and therefore become immaterial, except for can rovers afford whatever we are paying.
In terms of Alfie, I welcome him back.
He wasn’t brilliant when he was with us, but he was very green having been plucked from non league, so did anyone consider he would be first on the starting eleven etc.
Fair play to the guy, he’s obviously worked very hard in the years since he left us, so his commitment to improving his game cannot be questioned.
It also appears his commitment to our city has to be admired, particularly when he is not from this area.
His commitment to rovers well, no doubt there, ever since he left he has always attended games, and been very open to speak to supporters around the city.

Thus the conversations should focus on how we consider he will do a job here at rovers, particularly given grants favoured formation and somewhat reluctance to change same.

Think you should read the thread

[Drover]

God this thread is getting so boring and thus difficult to open and read.
Bulk of thread debating financials, which I believe no one on their forum will know what finances are involved and therefore become immaterial, except for can rovers afford whatever we are paying.
In terms of Alfie, I welcome him back.
He wasn’t brilliant when he was with us, but he was very green having been plucked from non league, so did anyone consider he would be first on the starting eleven etc.
Fair play to the guy, he’s obviously worked very hard in the years since he left us, so his commitment to improving his game cannot be questioned.
It also appears his commitment to our city has to be admired, particularly when he is not from this area.
His commitment to rovers well, no doubt there, ever since he left he has always attended games, and been very open to speak to supporters around the city.

Thus the conversations should focus on how we consider he will do a job here at rovers, particularly given grants favoured formation and somewhat reluctance to change same.

That post was so boring,I stopped reading it after 2 lines,sorry it may have been a good informative post,but I just cannot be bothered to find out.

[RugbyRover]

These figures can't be right surely.

8 grand a week, so 32 grand a month, for 10 months = 320 grand for the season.

So if he has a poor season and gets 10 goals that will be a staggering 32k per goal.

Even if he has a good season and gets us 20 thats still 16k

When you think how the pitch screwed up Mols and Haks and how the back four launched those fight balls up to the forwards it brings home what a gamble this is for McCann.

[Nudga]

These figures can't be right surely.

8 grand a week, so 32 grand a month, for 10 months = 320 grand for the season.

So if he has a poor season and gets 10 goals that will be a staggering 32k per goal.

Even if he has a good season and gets us 20 thats still 16k

When you think how the pitch screwed up Mols and Haks and how the back four launched those fight balls up to the forwards it brings home what a gamble this is for McCann.

Bit of a simplistic view there. You're not taking into account the points these goals might get us. The assists and also you'd hope a better playing style with Alfie in there.
And let's not forget ticket and shirt sales that this signing might bring in.

[drfchound]

These figures can't be right surely.

8 grand a week, so 32 grand a month, for 10 months = 320 grand for the season.

So if he has a poor season and gets 10 goals that will be a staggering 32k per goal.

Even if he has a good season and gets us 20 thats still 16k

When you think how the pitch screwed up Mols and Haks and how the back four launched those fight balls up to the forwards it brings home what a gamble this is for McCann.

Don’t think about what the £40k a week players produce for their money in the Championship mate.
I remember Barry Bannon at the Owls being talked about as on similar money and although he is a very good player I don’t recall him being especially outstanding.