Player Contracts

Discussion in 'The Transfer List' started by DrewH, Jul 22, 2012.

  1. WillisWasTheWorst

    WillisWasTheWorst Its making less grammar mistake's thats important

    I bet we haven’t been paying Pape Gueye either.
     
    wfc4ever and Markoa$ like this.
  2. WatfordTalk

    WatfordTalk First Team

    How could we not be tempted by his *checks notes* 6 goals in 56 appearances for Vozdovac?
     
    SerbianHornet likes this.
  3. nornironhorn

    nornironhorn Administrator Staff Member

    Agreed, I wrote this a year ago:

    Whatever scout recommended him has hopefully long since gone.
     
  4. barely1egal

    barely1egal Reservist

    I remember there was some talk at the time that Juve and a few other big Italian clubs were sniffing around him, but it was presumably just his agent doing work and we fell for it.
     
  5. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    We took a chance and it didn't pay off. It happens.
     
  6. ForzaWatford

    ForzaWatford Squad Player

    I keep making this point, but it's probably to do with agents and not the player... We probably signed him as a favour to an agent. People will think that's bad business but agents of foreign players basically control where their player goes a lot of the time so in some cases it can be impossible to sign a player without being in favour with the agent.
     
  7. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    A lot.
     
    Jumbolina, RS2 and GoingDown like this.
  8. WatfordTalk

    WatfordTalk First Team

    Same as every other club in world football
     
  9. barely1egal

    barely1egal Reservist

    Every clubs takes chances, but this one does seem pretty inexplicable.

    It was a lot of money for a guy who was doing fairly poorly in a poor league and in a league where he would really struggle to get a work permit for us.
     
  10. Steve Leo Beleck

    Steve Leo Beleck Squad Player

    We do seem to have a lot more contract related shenanigans than other clubs though. At least we feel top tier for that.
     
    Jumbolina likes this.
  11. SerbianHornet

    SerbianHornet First Year Pro

    The difference is that most clubs buy players that at least perform well in that poor quality league and not a bellow average player from a poor league. For example, if Watford signed Joveljic, or a year before they signed Stuparevic signed Vlahovic that would have been a risk worth taking as they showed at least some quality in Serbian league. Even someone like Tedic who Man City signed and sent to Zwolle on loan would have been better(he had a terrible injury and covid hence only 2 goals in Dutch league). On the other hand, Stuparevic was bad in Serbian league and showed very little and why would anyone think he would be able to perform in the PL if he couln't hack it even in Serbian league?
     
  12. WatfordTalk

    WatfordTalk First Team

    Didn't we sign him when he was 17/18? However crap he was/is, he was deemed capable of playing men's football at that age, so must have had something about him. From what I remember we bought him for a minimal fee as a low risk punt. Clubs make more inexplicable, and more costly signings every transfer window
     
  13. SerbianHornet

    SerbianHornet First Year Pro

    I get what you are saying. But for example, Kepa who Chelsea signed for 80 million or something like that flopped for them, but that transfer did make sense as Kepa was one of the top keepers in Spanish league. Stuparevic on the other hand was terrible from the start. The only reason he had made some senior apps is because football in Serbia is super corrupt. If I began to explain the situation in our FA it would take me about 2 or 3 days to do it. He got a chance because he has a good manager and because his parents have money.
     
    WatfordTalk likes this.
  14. bedmond_hornet

    bedmond_hornet First Year Pro

  15. Moosegasm

    Moosegasm Reservist

    Stuparevic was signed as a non goalscoring striker. He lived up to his billing superbly. It's a Pozzo tradition like mince pies at xmas. Watch Ashley Fletcher and Isaac score 0 PL goals this season. Troy to get 1 from open play every 1000 minutes. Andre to get 5 off the bench and b villified for having the best minutes per goal at the club yet again.
     
  16. WatfordTalk

    WatfordTalk First Team

    Read the first half of this post and thought there may be a small chance you won't mention Deeney. Maybe one day
     
  17. Moosegasm

    Moosegasm Reservist

    Gotta give a mention to our leader, talisman and legendary goalscorer =)
     
    WatfordTalk likes this.
  18. EB Hornet

    EB Hornet Reservist

    Is this every single professional footballer on our books? So, no more players we own but we’ve never seen are hardly heard of? If so there’s 59. I’m guessing that’s fairly common for a premier league club nowadays? I’m assuming the likes of Chelsea have quite a lot more?
     
  19. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    I not sure, but I think we might have a few more floating around in the lower leagues of several other countries that we have never heard of and maybe never actually will hear of.
     
  20. Steve Leo Beleck

    Steve Leo Beleck Squad Player

    You think there are countries we've never heard of?
     
    MIlton Dammers and RS2 like this.
  21. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    :rolleyes:
     
  22. MIlton Dammers

    MIlton Dammers Reservist

    Sealand
     
  23. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    Anyone know when pre-season officially starts? I know some players are back already for extra training/treatment on injuries.

    I assume the club will want the contract situation with Hughes and Chalobah sorted before everyone is back. If they're not going to sign a deal then let them train on their own away from the training ground while we try and cash in.
     
  24. Steve Leo Beleck

    Steve Leo Beleck Squad Player

    Really? You'd try to force out two of our better players just because they've only got a year left on their contract? If Hughes and Chalobah can help us stay up that would dwarf and fees from selling them.
     
    Hairyfrog likes this.
  25. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    Correct. Personally I don't think Chalobah is the difference between staying up or getting relegated, I'm fine if he goes. Hughes is maybe more important but even then, if he doesn't want to commit then let's get the money and keep building the squad.
     
  26. Moosegasm

    Moosegasm Reservist

    Would be an absolute travesty if we lose Hughes or Chalobah. Would make Pozzbury look like completely incompetent snake oil selling charlatans.
     
  27. DrewH

    DrewH Administrator Staff Member

    Updated.
     
  28. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    If we paid up the contracts of those players who aren’t in the squad, or are included but will play very little, if any part, I bet it would easily surpass what we have spent on the first instalments on this seasons incomings and their signing on fees….

    Just think about that for a moment….
     
    Jumbolina likes this.
  29. Teide1

    Teide1 Squad Player

    Interesting only one player (Pedro) currently has a longer contract than Fletcher!
     
    Jumbolina likes this.
  30. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    ALL OUT OF CONTRACT 2022 SHOULD WE TRY TO KEEP THEM OR SHOULD THEY GO?

    Goalkeepers:

    1. Foster- 2022 - Keep as 2nd/3rd Choice as would be good for up and coming GK's and can still do a job as a backup IMO.
    46. Baptiste- 2022 - Don't know enough about him so not sure?
    Roberts- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    Parkes-
    2022 - Ditto Baptiste


    Defenders:

    13. Nkoulou- 2022 - Try to keep if he stays fit and on how he performs for rest of season?
    42. Morris- 2022 - Probably let go as does not seem anything special?
    48. Agyakwa- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    — O'Brien- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    — Langston- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    — Broome- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    — Burchell- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    Janjeva-
    2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    Segura- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste

    Midfielders:
    4. Etebo- 2022 [loan with option] - Ditto Nkoulou
    45. Conteh- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    — Wise- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    — Crichlow- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    — Pochettino- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    — Harrison- 2022 -Ditto Baptiste
    — Phillips-
    2022 -Ditto Baptiste
    — Lo-Everton- 2022 - Heard good things so possibly try to keep?
    — Alvarado- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste

    Forwards:
    — Gray- 2022 - GET HIM OUT OF HERE!!!
    — Cassidy- 2022 - Heard good things so possibly try to keep ?
    — Hutchinson- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    — Chikukwa- 2022 - Ditto Baptiste
    Cukur- 2022 - Not looked good out on loan, but as still young possibly give him one more year to try & prove himself?
     
  31. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    Is Chikukwa's first name Boom?
     
    The Voice of Reason likes this.
  32. Jumbolina

    Jumbolina First Team

    Got to protect the A-Fletch transfer value plus we will be getting great loan fees.
     
    Burnsy likes this.
  33. WatfordTalk

    WatfordTalk First Team

    My eyes!!
     
    barely1egal likes this.
  34. fuzzy73

    fuzzy73 Squad Player

    Can hardly read that list but I like the sound of this Ditto Baptiste. That lad can play anywhere
     
  35. FromDiv4

    FromDiv4 Reservist

Share This Page