Jimmy Dunne Off?

[SheepRanger]

This time last year he refused to sign a new contract and thus made his future intentions clear. The club massively ballsed up by not selling him last summer. Once again we've idiotically held onto a player (presumably for one final big promotion push) and pee'd away money. We HAVE to be prepared to sell a player when they're "hot" and under contract. Continually letting players walk away for free or peanuts will ultimately see us relegated cos we'll have no money to buy the new players we need every year.

Hopefully this will be a lesson to fans who assume players love it at W12 and will always want to stay. They all follow the money - and so they should. Whilst we continue to bump around the lower half of the table every year you have to assume EVERY player has one eye on the out door.

On the basis that every player has a price and we're a selling club, without interested parties and him willing to leave, I can't see how we've ballsed anything up. It's his right to run down his contract, refuse any move put to him and leave on a free.

Are you aware of any club that came in for him in the summer? I'm not even aware that any clickbait sites that could even be bothered to invent stories of him leaving.

[topperharley]

On the basis that every player has a price and we're a selling club, without interested parties and him willing to leave, I can't see how we've ballsed anything up. It's his right to run down his contract, refuse any move put to him and leave on a free.

Are you aware of any club that came in for him in the summer? I'm not even aware that any clickbait sites that could even be bothered to invent stories of him leaving.

I agree with you both because you both could be right. There's no clear indication that he could've been sold in the summer, January yes, Summer we don't think so.

If offers come in for players that make sense then we should be taking them because Abs is right, especially in the last year of a contract. But if the offers aren't there, then the club haven't ballsed up other than in the sense that they should be pitching players to other clubs actively.

I think it's fair to say most players have an eye on moving upn the club and pay ladder, but not many have recently been assholes and i believe most would (maybe not agents) make their intentions clear behind closed doors, so as a club we should be proactive in that sense and start looking for transfers for these players while they have some value.

[SheepRanger]

If offers come in for players that make sense then we should be taking them because Abs is right, especially in the last year of a contract.

Just because we accept an offer it doesn't mean the transfer will go through without Jimmy's consent. If an offer was a miserly £1m transfer fee, Jimmy might say I'll have that £1m in my package next year when I leave on a free.

I seem to remember we agreed a £4m transfer for BOS but he decided to stay with us and eventually went for a very nominal fee as he was approaching being a free agent. The same nominal was probably made by Sheff Utd, but it was deemed more valuable to keep Jimmy to help out our promotion / relegation battle.

Players have contracts and can honour those contracrs if its financially beneficial to them in the long term.

I wouldnt be suprised that even if we agreed a transfer fee from SU Jimmy would have turned it down because thered be no guarantee that he wouldn't still be a championship player next season. He'll try and jump into a promoted team, or one that just avoid relegation from the prem. He wants to play in the prem and will hang on until the summer to see if that's feasible.

No clubs came in for him in the first two years of his contract that I've noticed on social media.

[davieqpr]

He's good at our level but he seems to think he is better than he actually is. Can't ever see him playing Prem football but as a bench warmer for a top Championship side.

[Isleworth116]

Hard to replace. Robust, played lots of minutes last few seasons.

My take, he already knows where he'll play next season.

[Shania]

Off to Sheffield Utd I guess.

[72bus]

He'll go to a top 6 championship team methinks.
Not good enough for the PL.
Always turned up for QPR

[WeAreQPR12]

He'll go to a top 6 championship team methinks.
Not good enough for the PL.
Always turned up for QPR

I'm not sure I agree with this statement bus but I certainly respect why you think that. For me Dunne is definitely premier league level. He has physique, versatility and even goals in his locker but more importantly belief. He certainly has the confidence to play at a higher level. When you think of players that made it on physique alone ie Titus Bramble others like Phil Jones, Victor Lindelof, Ben Davies he has every chance to make it

[Dono77]

I'm not sure I agree with this statement bus but I certainly respect why you think that. For me Dunne is definitely premier league level. He has physique, versatility and even goals in his locker but more importantly belief. He certainly has the confidence to play at a higher level. When you think of players that made it on physique alone ie Titus Bramble others like Phil Jones, Victor Lindelof, Ben Davies he has every chance to make it

Whilst I agree the above named players are shocking, the game has moved on hugely in the last 10 years. Centre backs and full backs are now being asked to be able to pass long and shirt with both feet, happy to have the ball when under real pressure and be able.to carry the ball if required.

In the Championship I think Jimmy can just about manage most of those things, in the prem he will look like a Championship level defender trying to do what the premier league defenders do and look fairly comfortable doing it.

Can't see Jimmy pulling it off but i would him to have a crack at it. Can't see him playing on at 4pm on super Sunday unfortunately.

[LoloJizz]

I watched his recent games and wasn’t too impressed either, but I think he’s still got a role to play if used right. For anyone looking to dig deeper into stats or other fan opinions, la grada online has been handy—plenty of match breakdowns and transfer chatter there that give a bit more context than what we’re seeing on matchdays.

[Abseits]

He's good at our level but he seems to think he is better than he actually is. Can't ever see him playing Prem football but as a bench warmer for a top Championship side.

I don't think he's courting a Prem team. I'd guess he'd like a move to a club with a credible chance of promotion this season or next. Sadly, our showings over 10 years suggest we simply cannot put a consistent run of form together and mount a credible promotion charge. He's spent more than 18 months playing out of position whilst watching us largely struggle to find a decent/solid CB pairing. He should move on, I reckon it's the best option for all sides.

[DJ Hooper W12]

He'll go to a top 6 championship team methinks.
Not good enough for the PL.
Always turned up for QPR

Agree served us well but PL is different gravy all together probably end up as squad player for bottom end side. But on more money so can understand his motives