| Charle Austin 20:06 - Mar 6 with 8542 views | QPRSteve |
I said it the other week, Charlie is reminding me more and more of Kevin Gallen in his second spell at Rangers. The way he drops back to get the ball and then spreads it out to the flank to set up an attack. Saw another example of of it today. |  | | |  |
| Charle Austin on 16:08 - Mar 8 with 1212 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Charle Austin on 15:52 - Mar 8 by Myke |
There's a very good Irish wing-back not getting much game time for his current club. Probably get even less if they are promoted. His name just won't come to me... |
Oh you tease!!!
It's Séamus Coleman. Just tell them! |  |
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| Charle Austin on 16:13 - Mar 8 with 1193 views | Myke |
| Charle Austin on 16:08 - Mar 8 by BrianMcCarthy |
Oh you tease!!!
It's Séamus Coleman. Just tell them! |
 No way would Coleman get a game with the form Kane is in!! | | | |
| Charle Austin on 17:35 - Mar 8 with 1054 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Charle Austin on 14:21 - Mar 8 by BAWHoops |
The only way I can see us keeping Austin is if we sell it to him that it will essentially become his club.
He would be club captain
He would always be the highest paid player
He can do some coaching badges
He takes pens, free kicks, corners, organizes the Christmas do etc etc
Tell him he can have what Deeney has at Watford, free run of the place.
He can do all that whilst building 'brand Austin'. You'd also need to offer him a 3 year deal at aged 32.
It's really really risky, and you've seen what happens at Watford if Deeney isn't happy (just like at Chelsea when Terry wasn't).
To keep Austin here we either have to break the wage structure or the culture that the club is trying to build |
Not sure we do.
I think it's a long shot, but it's possible. for West Brom to trigger his extension, they'd have to commit to his very large wages - and he wasnt even a regular last time they were in this division. They'll want to spend that money elsewhere for sure.
So if he's out of contract, we have a chance for a number of reasons. One is that this year of Covid will have punished a lot of teams in this league hard - and let's face it, Sheff U and Newcastle won't be signing him when they come down. So i don't think his value is maybe as great as some thing it might be. Secondly, if we do still have spending money, there's a fat signing on fee to be considered. £2m for Charlie Austin, plus a decent wage matching our highest earner? I'm not sure he'll get a much better deal than that at a club he wants to go to.
Guess we'll see. |  |
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| Charle Austin on 17:36 - Mar 8 with 1054 views | Stanisgod |
| Charle Austin on 20:43 - Mar 6 by PBLOCK |
Would love to see Austin stay longer. He’s been great and definitely isn’t finished as a quality striker. Pace was never his game so if he’s lost a yard so what
If WBA don’t take up the option and on the terms he’s said to be on they may well not, there will be countless clubs queuing for his signature
Wells is ‘on’ circa £27k at Bristol City if you believe reports and if you believe reports our top earner is less than half of that
There would be many Championship clubs prepared to hand significantly bigger money than we will and as much as we love Charlie and I truly believe he loves us, money talks.
Would also love Johansen but same applies [Post edited 6 Mar 2021 20:44]
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Can't see him staying, be his last decent contract and he will want to obviously maximize that which he won't do here. Have his pick of about 6 champ clubs I would think.
Unless of course we could get a Rooney/Derby deal with a sponsor fiddle wage thing. [Post edited 8 Mar 2021 17:37]
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| Charle Austin on 17:55 - Mar 8 with 1022 views | bakerloo8 |
| Charle Austin on 17:36 - Mar 8 by Stanisgod |
Can't see him staying, be his last decent contract and he will want to obviously maximize that which he won't do here. Have his pick of about 6 champ clubs I would think.
Unless of course we could get a Rooney/Derby deal with a sponsor fiddle wage thing. [Post edited 8 Mar 2021 17:37]
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Nice signing on fee, Top earner at club, 3 year contact and pathway into coaching/management career. Job done.
Bloke has already said him and QPR are meant to be together so let's make it happen. |  | | |
| Charle Austin on 18:06 - Mar 8 with 1001 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Charle Austin on 17:55 - Mar 8 by bakerloo8 |
Nice signing on fee, Top earner at club, 3 year contact and pathway into coaching/management career. Job done.
Bloke has already said him and QPR are meant to be together so let's make it happen. |
I'd be very wary about giving a 3-year contract to a 31-yr old who's only managed to hit the 30 league appearances mark once in the last six years. | |
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| Charle Austin on 18:52 - Mar 8 with 916 views | QPR_John |
| Charle Austin on 17:36 - Mar 8 by Stanisgod |
Can't see him staying, be his last decent contract and he will want to obviously maximize that which he won't do here. Have his pick of about 6 champ clubs I would think.
Unless of course we could get a Rooney/Derby deal with a sponsor fiddle wage thing. [Post edited 8 Mar 2021 17:37]
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Cannot see the FL allowing us to have player whose wages are paid by an outsider!!!!!!!!! [Post edited 8 Mar 2021 18:55]
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| Charle Austin on 19:00 - Mar 8 with 892 views | bakerloo8 |
| Charle Austin on 18:06 - Mar 8 by BrianMcCarthy |
I'd be very wary about giving a 3-year contract to a 31-yr old who's only managed to hit the 30 league appearances mark once in the last six years. |
Get the point but dont we dish out 4 year contracts like confetti. Luke Amos has one despite only playing about 50 games by the time hes 24.
Only was Charlie will stay is if we can offer him something others wont. Every contract is a risk.
Edit. Also that's why you would get him to do his coaching badges etc so if hes not playing hes coaching at the club and still contributing. Need as many winners/positive influences around the club as we can. They drive standards [Post edited 8 Mar 2021 19:02]
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| Charle Austin on 19:17 - Mar 8 with 869 views | Stanisgod |
| Charle Austin on 18:52 - Mar 8 by QPR_John |
Cannot see the FL allowing us to have player whose wages are paid by an outsider!!!!!!!!! [Post edited 8 Mar 2021 18:55]
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No, because they have a brilliant track record for following their own rules don't they 😳 | |
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| Charle Austin on 21:25 - Mar 8 with 748 views | derbyhoop |
| Charle Austin on 18:52 - Mar 8 by QPR_John |
Cannot see the FL allowing us to have player whose wages are paid by an outsider!!!!!!!!! [Post edited 8 Mar 2021 18:55]
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He'd have to give up playing halfway through his contract so he could go straight into the Manager's role. |  |
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| Charle Austin on 22:32 - Mar 8 with 677 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Charle Austin on 18:06 - Mar 8 by BrianMcCarthy |
I'd be very wary about giving a 3-year contract to a 31-yr old who's only managed to hit the 30 league appearances mark once in the last six years. |
you wouldn't have signed Paul Furlong then?
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| Charle Austin on 22:51 - Mar 8 with 654 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Charle Austin on 19:00 - Mar 8 by bakerloo8 |
Get the point but dont we dish out 4 year contracts like confetti. Luke Amos has one despite only playing about 50 games by the time hes 24.
Only was Charlie will stay is if we can offer him something others wont. Every contract is a risk.
Edit. Also that's why you would get him to do his coaching badges etc so if hes not playing hes coaching at the club and still contributing. Need as many winners/positive influences around the club as we can. They drive standards [Post edited 8 Mar 2021 19:02]
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Good points, and it is about balancing risk and reward of course. Amos got a 3-yr deal with possibly a Hoos option but will have a re-sale value.
Austin would be our highest earner, turns 32 in the Summer and would have to prove between now and then that he can finish games regularly and finish the season with no health/fitness issues. If he did, then maybe a two-year deal along the imaginative lines you mention would be good. But 3 years brings him to 35 and that's a hell of an outlay to commit.
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| Charle Austin on 22:55 - Mar 8 with 642 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Charle Austin on 22:32 - Mar 8 by Antti_Heinola |
you wouldn't have signed Paul Furlong then?
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Not as top earner on a three-year deal. And I wouldn't say that Rangers did either. | |
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