Torquay United Fans Forum

My understanding is purely based on years of playing Football Manager, so there's plenty of scope to this being wrong.

There are a few possibilities as far as I can tell. As mentioned about the initial fee paid was less than the criteria needed for us to receive money. Any future fee would be dependent on extra targets being met - international appearances, promotions, league games, which would then trigger more money being paid to Bournemouth and ourselves.

There is also the possibility that they sold him for essentially nothing - or very little at all, and all fees are dependent on him meeting targets. The fact that it's been stated that we might get fees in the future is good, but it require Eunan to achieve great things - and then the bonus payments might only just trickle over into the realm of where we're owed money.

The point is that clubs usually want a disclosed fee when they've either lost money on a player, spent too much on a player, or if another club is being screwed over in the transfer. The latter could well be a possibility - the fee could be structured in a way to remove us from the equation as much as possible. But that would surprise me as Bournemouth seem to be a decent club. Leeds on the other hand...

Our damp squid firing players won't even be sure how they will get there, having had taxis and their own cars as transportation to the last two games. On the wages they pick it, and I am certainly not suggesting any of them deserve any more, I expect most of them will walk.

Couldn't let this go. It's damp squib.

I agree the first and last games at home is good, but my worry is march april. 6 from 8 away, with 4 in a row. In a perfect season, we might go into that period challenging for 7th. I can't see the season ending well with games at cheltenham, hartlepool, Brizzle and Exeter and southend all away.

mid table it'll be then.

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Knill hoping to re-sign @JermaineRene86 - but says he has ha offers from elsewhere. #tufc