ITK Charlie Austin 13:35 - May 8 with 20678 views | NoDiddley | Close to signing a 2 year deal. | | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 13:59 - May 8 with 7053 views | BrianMcCarthy | With who? | |
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ITK Charlie Austin on 14:32 - May 8 with 6967 views | Toast_R | Talksport | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:32 - May 8 with 6573 views | tonyQPR | I did notice on the match feed amit and Charlie having a big all smiles man hug during the warm up. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:41 - May 8 with 6467 views | itsbiga | With the huge hike in steel prices is it possible the Mittals are chucking in some extra cash? | |
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ITK Charlie Austin on 15:42 - May 8 with 6454 views | dannyblue | Lynch me now, but I think it would be a mistake to push the boat out for him. Can barely run. Plenty of misplaced and mistimed passes last few weeks. Great in the box and done wonders for Lyndon, but 2 years sounds expensive and heart over head. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:46 - May 8 with 6376 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:41 - May 8 by itsbiga | With the huge hike in steel prices is it possible the Mittals are chucking in some extra cash? |
Lets hop they can iron something out. | |
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ITK Charlie Austin on 15:49 - May 8 with 6340 views | QPR_John |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:42 - May 8 by dannyblue | Lynch me now, but I think it would be a mistake to push the boat out for him. Can barely run. Plenty of misplaced and mistimed passes last few weeks. Great in the box and done wonders for Lyndon, but 2 years sounds expensive and heart over head. |
He scored today after getting the ball tangled in his feet. A strikers goal in all senses. I don’t remember Clive Allen doing much outside of the penalty area. He will score goals because he knows where to be in the penalty area he does not have to run. I think we can chance a two year contract. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:49 - May 8 with 6343 views | itsbiga |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:46 - May 8 by CliveWilsonSaid | Lets hop they can iron something out. |
Yes. No more Tin pot investments. | |
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ITK Charlie Austin on 15:49 - May 8 with 6331 views | ed_83 |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:42 - May 8 by dannyblue | Lynch me now, but I think it would be a mistake to push the boat out for him. Can barely run. Plenty of misplaced and mistimed passes last few weeks. Great in the box and done wonders for Lyndon, but 2 years sounds expensive and heart over head. |
Completely agree, noticed him giving the ball away a lot today too. He's been absolutely brilliant for us this half-season, and if we can convince him to give up the massive payday he'd undoubtedly get somewhere else, then we should sign him up in a heartbeat. But there's absolutely no way we should be breaking our wage structure for a striker who'll be 32 before next season, whatever sentimental attachment we might have to him. People were livid when we refused to fork out for Nahki Wells, who'd just had an even better 6 month spell than Charlie, and that turned out to be absolutely the right choice. We've finally got a solid, sustainable basis on which to run the club, and we need to stick to it above all else. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:52 - May 8 with 6260 views | SimonJames | Maybe he's getting some of WR's bookmaker wages. | |
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ITK Charlie Austin on 16:32 - May 8 with 6039 views | GroveR |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:42 - May 8 by dannyblue | Lynch me now, but I think it would be a mistake to push the boat out for him. Can barely run. Plenty of misplaced and mistimed passes last few weeks. Great in the box and done wonders for Lyndon, but 2 years sounds expensive and heart over head. |
He misplaced every pass apart from the one into the bottom corner. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:37 - May 8 with 5974 views | CliveWilsonSaid |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:49 - May 8 by QPR_John | He scored today after getting the ball tangled in his feet. A strikers goal in all senses. I don’t remember Clive Allen doing much outside of the penalty area. He will score goals because he knows where to be in the penalty area he does not have to run. I think we can chance a two year contract. |
Agree with this. He was never a great "footballer" first time in fact i'd say his all around play is better now. His movement in the box and strike rate is about the same. I've almost decided to get a season ticket for next season as it is - regardless of restrictions. Would love it if we sign him. | |
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ITK Charlie Austin on 16:38 - May 8 with 5966 views | rsonist | Please be advised I have said all along he'll sign. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:39 - May 8 with 5941 views | Benny_the_Ball |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:41 - May 8 by itsbiga | With the huge hike in steel prices is it possible the Mittals are chucking in some extra cash? |
I doubt it given that he only holds a 3% stake. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:45 - May 8 with 5890 views | itsbiga |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:39 - May 8 by Benny_the_Ball | I doubt it given that he only holds a 3% stake. |
What is his definitive stake? He bought 20% back in 2007. When did it go down to 3%? | |
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ITK Charlie Austin on 16:47 - May 8 with 5876 views | LoftusR | The obvious deal here is to offer him our max weekly wage (whatever that is) but then give a massive bonus if we get promoted. That would then keep us inside FFP and kept the rest of the squad onside. I think Charlie likes a punt so might go for it Win Win if you ask me. Oh and the same goes for JoJo. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:50 - May 8 with 5828 views | Benny_the_Ball |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:45 - May 8 by itsbiga | What is his definitive stake? He bought 20% back in 2007. When did it go down to 3%? |
We've had that conversation many times before. Do keep up! | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:52 - May 8 with 5809 views | joolsyp | If we’re going to push the boat out I’d much much rather it be on JoJo to be honest. Charlie’s a legend and he’s had a big influence on the dressing room, and in the penalty box, bit I’d much rather we send Andy Belk out to find the next Ivan Toney or Ebs with sell-on value. That said, both would be very very nice. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:53 - May 8 with 5806 views | DWQPR | Wasn’t there an interview recently where he said that he would love to stay if the club showed him the ambition that they are looking at a promotion tilt? | |
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ITK Charlie Austin on 16:59 - May 8 with 5730 views | thame_hoops | Didn’t realise there were two Austin posts. This sounds really ITK, but someone I know knows a member for backroom staff, and he told me a week ago that Charlie was going to sign for us. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:59 - May 8 with 5724 views | Benny_the_Ball |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:52 - May 8 by joolsyp | If we’re going to push the boat out I’d much much rather it be on JoJo to be honest. Charlie’s a legend and he’s had a big influence on the dressing room, and in the penalty box, bit I’d much rather we send Andy Belk out to find the next Ivan Toney or Ebs with sell-on value. That said, both would be very very nice. |
Agree. If we had a choice of one, it would be JoJo for me as he's improved the midfield immeasurably and made life a little easier for the defence. That said, both would be nice! | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 17:10 - May 8 with 5638 views | rrrspricey | If he's agreed to a huge pay cut then great but if not I'll be disappointed to see we've learned nothing from past mistakes. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 17:11 - May 8 with 5619 views | kensalriser |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:50 - May 8 by Benny_the_Ball | We've had that conversation many times before. Do keep up! |
Indeed we have, but just to restate: every time the other owners put in money (ie every month) some of the debt gets converted to equity, or put another way, the Mittals give up some of their holding instead of having to stump up more cash. So it seems extremely unlikely they'd do a 180 turn on investment all of a sudden. | |
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ITK Charlie Austin on 17:21 - May 8 with 5526 views | CiderwithRsie |
ITK Charlie Austin on 16:52 - May 8 by joolsyp | If we’re going to push the boat out I’d much much rather it be on JoJo to be honest. Charlie’s a legend and he’s had a big influence on the dressing room, and in the penalty box, bit I’d much rather we send Andy Belk out to find the next Ivan Toney or Ebs with sell-on value. That said, both would be very very nice. |
Agreed on all points, but it's not impossible that (a) Austin is affordable, that he is willing to sign on reduced terms and (b) Johansen isn't because Fulham want him back or another club is in for him with a better offer than we can afford. In those circs it'd make sense for us to sign Charlie and refuse to break the bank for Johansen. | | | |
ITK Charlie Austin on 17:24 - May 8 with 5508 views | hantssi |
ITK Charlie Austin on 15:41 - May 8 by itsbiga | With the huge hike in steel prices is it possible the Mittals are chucking in some extra cash? |
Doesn’t matter how much our owners are worth you can’t loose more than £13M per season to keep within FFP. | | | |
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