What price Zebroski?
Posted: 30 Jun 2011, 09:27
I know that this subject has been discussed on here many times before, but given that the local press (both South Devon and Bristol) and those "in the know" posters all seem to suggest that this move (to BRFC) is imminent it got me thinking as to what should we really expect in the way of a fee for Zebs?
One thing that our BOD should be paying close attention to is the way that Macclesfield (similar size club to ours) have handled the situation with their striker Tyrone Barnett. They have been refusing to sell to Crawley (admittedly more £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£ than BRFC) for a number of weeks now but eventually caved in yesterday when their valuation was presumably met. Now, of course, as is the way these days the fee involved was "undisclosed" as will no doubt the fee for Zebs will be ... until it eventually leaks out anyway!
However, it appears that the fee they got (an unfortunate leak via Tweeter has revealed all!) was £150,000 (plus add ons). Now this is a guy who has only played one season in the League despite being roughly the same age (Zebs is 25 in October while Barnett will be 26) and having scored a similar number of goals (Barnett got 13 while Zebs got 15) last season - that despite the fact that Barnett is an out and out Centre Forward while Zebs did spend a fair chunk of his time out on the wing. The similarities don't end there though, both players had one year left on their contracts and would be able to walk away for nothing next summer, Barnett was their Player of the Year last year, while Zebs was ......runner up! Both players are also seen as really hard workers for the team notwithstanding they have their limitations technically.
Given that they got £150k for Barnett, you have to ask yourself why should we accept anything less for Zebs? The only "difference" as I can see it is that one player is being chased by "money bags" Crawley (and so inevitably the £Â£Ã‚£ goes up a bit) and the other by "skint" Bristol Rovers. Neither Macclesfield or ourselves want to sell their player and so surely we should be able to negotiate a fee that is at least close to what Crawley have just paid?????
See here....
http://www.fansonline.net/macclesfieldt ... php?id=980
As an aside, I don't know whether it went any further or not at the time but a little over twelve months ago there was a piece in the Devon Independent - a brief interview with our Commercial Manager Dean Edwards - which said that Edwards would be recommending a young striker (and a midfielder there too as it happens) to Paul Buckle who he knew was out of contract and he (Edwards) felt was good enough to make it in the League. Edwards was familiar with the striker because he had been his Manager at that club - Hednesford. Whether Buckle ever took this any further I don't know, or whether he just dismissed it out of hand I don't know either ..... but I do know that striker was Tyrone Barnett! :slap:
One thing that our BOD should be paying close attention to is the way that Macclesfield (similar size club to ours) have handled the situation with their striker Tyrone Barnett. They have been refusing to sell to Crawley (admittedly more £Â£Ã‚£Ã‚£Ã‚£ than BRFC) for a number of weeks now but eventually caved in yesterday when their valuation was presumably met. Now, of course, as is the way these days the fee involved was "undisclosed" as will no doubt the fee for Zebs will be ... until it eventually leaks out anyway!
However, it appears that the fee they got (an unfortunate leak via Tweeter has revealed all!) was £150,000 (plus add ons). Now this is a guy who has only played one season in the League despite being roughly the same age (Zebs is 25 in October while Barnett will be 26) and having scored a similar number of goals (Barnett got 13 while Zebs got 15) last season - that despite the fact that Barnett is an out and out Centre Forward while Zebs did spend a fair chunk of his time out on the wing. The similarities don't end there though, both players had one year left on their contracts and would be able to walk away for nothing next summer, Barnett was their Player of the Year last year, while Zebs was ......runner up! Both players are also seen as really hard workers for the team notwithstanding they have their limitations technically.
Given that they got £150k for Barnett, you have to ask yourself why should we accept anything less for Zebs? The only "difference" as I can see it is that one player is being chased by "money bags" Crawley (and so inevitably the £Â£Ã‚£ goes up a bit) and the other by "skint" Bristol Rovers. Neither Macclesfield or ourselves want to sell their player and so surely we should be able to negotiate a fee that is at least close to what Crawley have just paid?????
See here....
http://www.fansonline.net/macclesfieldt ... php?id=980
As an aside, I don't know whether it went any further or not at the time but a little over twelve months ago there was a piece in the Devon Independent - a brief interview with our Commercial Manager Dean Edwards - which said that Edwards would be recommending a young striker (and a midfielder there too as it happens) to Paul Buckle who he knew was out of contract and he (Edwards) felt was good enough to make it in the League. Edwards was familiar with the striker because he had been his Manager at that club - Hednesford. Whether Buckle ever took this any further I don't know, or whether he just dismissed it out of hand I don't know either ..... but I do know that striker was Tyrone Barnett! :slap: