Sean Goss - Official

[LoftusRoadLad]

http://www.westlondonsport.com/qpr/q...utd-midfielder

QPR are expected to confirm the signing of Sean Goss from Manchester United later today.

At half time ?

[Gtleighsr3]

Lad will be 34 and finished by the time this goes through

[acricketer]

Hands up who's bored with this .... why is it that transfers with us are never straightforward and expedient ....

Boooooring

[skranger]

Hands up who's bored with this .... why is it that transfers with us are never straightforward and expedient ....

Boooooring

[Gtleighsr3]

This is going on and on and on more than boring Bob down my local,and believe me he goes on.

[brightonr]

We must be the worst side in the country trying to get a player signed it takes for f*cking ever typical rangers.

Things may appear to take so long these days due to the rumour mill going into overdrive at the merest hint of any interest for a player.

Also, a good point that Dave Mc made yesterday : How quickly would you let someone have Alex Smithies?

[jmelanie]

Goss can also play CB, I read.

He's principally a midfielder
Read more at http://www.manutd.com/en/Players-And...Sean-Goss.aspx

[Nick]

We must be the worst side in the country trying to get a player signed it takes for f*cking ever typical rangers.

You are 1 boring carnt!

[Ginger Ninja]

We must be the worst side in the country trying to get a player signed it takes for f*cking ever typical rangers.

Yawn.

[Macca]

We must be the worst side in the country trying to get a player signed it takes for f*cking ever typical rangers.

[Fordy]

I haven't listened but Charlton are a poorly run club without any understanding of how to work a side.

And when did I suggest that everything should be done behind the computer? Use the computer as an ally. Look at Brentford, spend almost no money and Somehow managed to get into play offs a couple of years ago and survive comfortably while losing their best players. They are famously "Moneyball" with their setup and it works.

Watch a player and check the stats or you'll never get the full picture. It's really simple.

Ted Knutson? He was their stats guy. He came in after their play off season I'm pretty sure and now doing worse.

[stanistheman]

That's true. Would have to pay a compensation fee.
Would rather that though, than united reaping the benefit of any potential sale down the line (as in we get a bid of £10m come in for him but united have a buy back at a fraction of that price - they'll buy him back to sell and make a nice chunk of change out of it).

Like Real Madrid did with Morata.

[stanistheman]

I think it comes down to the amount of the buy-back. Goss sounds talented but has had injury problems. If we sign him for £500k (and lets say this rises to £800k if we get promoted within 4 years, and he is part of our squad), but there is a buy-back clause of £2m which has to be activated within 2 years then the upside is quite limited, and the deal seems more like a loan signing rather than buying a player. Of course if the buy-back is at £20m then this is very different

I take your point about the buy back fee. Obviously it has to be worthwhile for QPR, something like £10m (he would have to be a good player for then to want to buy him back so surely worth at least that amount).

[stanistheman]

I haven't listened but Charlton are a poorly run club without any understanding of how to work a side.

And when did I suggest that everything should be done behind the computer? Use the computer as an ally. Look at Brentford, spend almost no money and Somehow managed to get into play offs a couple of years ago and survive comfortably while losing their best players. They are famously "Moneyball" with their setup and it works.

Watch a player and check the stats or you'll never get the full picture. It's really simple.

And Brentford's Chief Executive is Mark Devlin, ex QPR's.

[nasser95]

Nass, have you listened to "getting to know the network"? Charlton podcast but good listen to hear what has happened to that club and how they pick players. Their main scout seems to have done it all from behind his computer!

I haven't listened but Charlton are a poorly run club without any understanding of how to work a side.

And when did I suggest that everything should be done behind the computer? Use the computer as an ally. Look at Brentford, spend almost no money and Somehow managed to get into play offs a couple of years ago and survive comfortably while losing their best players. They are famously "Moneyball" with their setup and it works.

Watch a player and check the stats or you'll never get the full picture. It's really simple.