Simic gone

[Former Labour leader]

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[Underhill1980]

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The strangest signing I think we’ve ever made. What a waste of money.

[Hilts]

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Tsunoda similar. Both crazy. Loaned to Tan's Belgian clubs.

I wonder if we will buy and send players there this season?

[Rjk]

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Tsunoda similar. Both crazy. Loaned to Tan's Belgian clubs.

I wonder if we will buy and send players there this season?

it's not crazy, it's an entirely valid approach, plenty of other clubs do it.
Hasnt worked out for us yet, but that doesn't mean it won't.

Tsunoda has done very well in his 2 spells in Belgium, if he hadn't have been injured in-between he'd probably have been in the first team by now, or sold at a profit.

Simic didn't work out in Belgium, again hampered by injury, but if he does well on this loan we can either flip him at a profit or have a new striker waiting in the wings.

[Underhill1980]

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it's not crazy, it's an entirely valid approach, plenty of other clubs do it.
Hasnt worked out for us yet, but that doesn't mean it won't.

Tsunoda has done very well in his 2 spells in Belgium, if he hadn't have been injured in-between he'd probably have been in the first team by now, or sold at a profit.

Simic didn't work out in Belgium, again hampered by injury, but if he does well on this loan we can either flip him at a profit or have a new striker waiting in the wings.

We were desperate for an injection of something up front last season. Nothing to lose, didn’t play him. Strange.

[Trigger]

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it's not crazy, it's an entirely valid approach, plenty of other clubs do it.
Hasnt worked out for us yet, but that doesn't mean it won't.

Tsunoda has done very well in his 2 spells in Belgium, if he hadn't have been injured in-between he'd probably have been in the first team by now, or sold at a profit.

Simic didn't work out in Belgium, again hampered by injury, but if he does well on this loan we can either flip him at a profit or have a new striker waiting in the wings.

For clubs of our size spending £m on simic and then loaning him out when we ourselves needed a striker was odd.

If we buy someone for a 100k and do it, it makes sense.

[J R Hartley]

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it's not crazy, it's an entirely valid approach, plenty of other clubs do it.
Hasnt worked out for us yet, but that doesn't mean it won't.

Tsunoda has done very well in his 2 spells in Belgium, if he hadn't have been injured in-between he'd probably have been in the first team by now, or sold at a profit.

Simic didn't work out in Belgium, again hampered by injury, but if he does well on this loan we can either flip him at a profit or have a new striker waiting in the wings.

The loan includes an obligation to buy so it’s unlikely to turn a profit as how he does this season is largely irrelevant. We may have put down caveats on the fee depending on how he does this season but this is Cardiff City so I’d guess thats was most unlikely. After the season he had last year it’s more likely to be another loss.

You’re talking like we are a premier league club with cash to burn and can just make signings with no intention of using them in our first team in the hope they will come good in the future and turn a profit.

We are a club that’s making losses year on year, who don’t spend a lot on transfer fees and so if we are going to be making 7 figure sum signings I don’t think it’s unfair for fans to expect these players to be ready for our first team, not some fanciful “investment” hope that we bugger off to Belgium and we keep burning our fingers on time and time again,

[J R Hartley]

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For clubs of our size spending £m on simic and then loaning him out when we ourselves needed a striker was odd.

If we buy someone for a 100k and do it, it makes sense.

Spot on. RJK has played too much football manager.

[splott parker]

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Any signing that we actually pay money for has to be first team material in the current situation at our club. You’d never buy anything for your house that was more expensive than any other appliance you’ve got, then lend it to your next door neighbour to see if it improves things in their house before deciding whether to have it back.

[goats]

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The strangest signing I think we’ve ever made. What a waste of money.

He’s got money to blow it’s fine…..

[Carl Dale's Mole]

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Poor man’s Javi Guerra

[pomeroy]

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Tsunoda similar. Both crazy. Loaned to Tan's Belgian clubs.

I wonder if we will buy and send players there this season?

I watched Tsunoda play two games for the under 21’s last season and he looked a decent player. Isaac Davies certainly rated him at Kortijk. Injury free he could be one to watch!!

[the other bob wilson]

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Maybe the author of the article i read saying we were the worst run club in the EFL had a point.

[Des Parrot]

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I’m at a loss. If this had happened in any other business, the person instigating the purchase (of such a value) would also be gone. Incompetence, no other word for it.

[Rjk]

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I’m at a loss. If this had happened in any other business, the person instigating the purchase (of such a value) would also be gone. Incompetence, no other word for it.

I think that depends how much of a hit we end up taking on him