| Wells off? on 15:20 - Jan 22 with 5015 views | jonno |
| Wells off? on 11:48 - Jan 22 by Antti_Heinola |
i think we've got some leverage.
We can offer him a signing on fee in the summer. By all accounts, he and his family are happy here and he's said many times he wants to stay.
If Bristol take him now, there are several issues. Let's say he's on £30k a week at Burnley (may not even be that much as they run a tight ship). He's getting £30k per week until the end of the season regardless. If Burnley sell him, he will be taking a huge pay cut. Burnley would be happy to sell, but someone has to compensate that money. Let's say burnley let him go for nothing to get his money off the wage bill and save themselves maybe £700k. But now Bristol have to pay that to Nahki AND offer him a decent wage over and above that. That's quite a lot of money.
Alternatively, he could wait, pick up his £700k playing for a team where he is valued and wanted and successful, leave on a free in the summer, pick up a pay-off from us of possibly even £500k AND he's still earned his £700k in the meantime. He might also want to wait and see who else comes in in the summer and see what sort of signing on fee he can get elsewhere too.
I know we're skint, but I don't think it's as clear cut as people are making out.
Not saying he won't go, but there's been talk all season of us taking him permanently this month - this 'approach' to Burnley may well be pretty similar to ours for all we know. |
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| Wells off? on 17:45 - Jan 22 with 4616 views | queensparker |
Given all the chatter around him alerting everyone in sight that a decent centre forward is up for grabs, plus the fact he’s got the best goals/minutes stat in the entire Championship (which our team have played a big part in), plus the fact Burnley will grab the money, plus the fact he’s 30 and it’s probably his last chance for a big payday, I think we’d better resign ourselves to the inevitable.
He’ll leave with my very best wishes, and if that Leeds game is his last what a game to go out on. Ironically it was his tireless defending that really impressed on Saturday.
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| Wells off? on 17:59 - Jan 22 with 4545 views | golborne |
| Wells off? on 17:45 - Jan 22 by queensparker |
Given all the chatter around him alerting everyone in sight that a decent centre forward is up for grabs, plus the fact he’s got the best goals/minutes stat in the entire Championship (which our team have played a big part in), plus the fact Burnley will grab the money, plus the fact he’s 30 and it’s probably his last chance for a big payday, I think we’d better resign ourselves to the inevitable.
He’ll leave with my very best wishes, and if that Leeds game is his last what a game to go out on. Ironically it was his tireless defending that really impressed on Saturday.
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It's his tireless aggression that's made me really like him since he first arrived. Always proper defending from the front |  | | |
| Wells off? on 18:01 - Jan 22 with 4532 views | RBlock |
| Wells off? on 15:19 - Jan 22 by bosh67 |
Not seeing this yet on the wires. Where did you see it? |
Some virgin on twitter made one of those mock Twitter accounts pretending to be QPR saying he'd been recalled, so may have been that. |  | | |
| Wells off? on 18:55 - Jan 22 with 4269 views | Boston |
| Wells off? on 17:59 - Jan 22 by golborne |
It's his tireless aggression that's made me really like him since he first arrived. Always proper defending from the front |
Me too. | |
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| Wells off? on 19:20 - Jan 22 with 4192 views | southbrookstreet |
he could be back at loftus road Feb 1st...... against the Rs | | | |
| Wells off? on 19:37 - Jan 22 with 4113 views | francisbowles |
We are getting a bit carried away hear, he has a down side as well, has been guilty of stupid defensive mistakes costing us goals this season, probably second in the list of bad errors.
Also was absolutely awful at the end of his first spell.
Not saying we won't miss him but just putting a bit of perspective into this thread. | | | |
| Wells off? on 19:47 - Jan 22 with 4062 views | bosh67 |
| Wells off? on 19:37 - Jan 22 by francisbowles |
We are getting a bit carried away hear, he has a down side as well, has been guilty of stupid defensive mistakes costing us goals this season, probably second in the list of bad errors.
Also was absolutely awful at the end of his first spell.
Not saying we won't miss him but just putting a bit of perspective into this thread. |
This is kind of up there with the Monty Python line "What have the Romans ever done for us?" |  |
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| Wells off? on 20:01 - Jan 22 with 4004 views | daveB |
| Wells off? on 19:37 - Jan 22 by francisbowles |
We are getting a bit carried away hear, he has a down side as well, has been guilty of stupid defensive mistakes costing us goals this season, probably second in the list of bad errors.
Also was absolutely awful at the end of his first spell.
Not saying we won't miss him but just putting a bit of perspective into this thread. |
If this had happend after the Hull game a few weeks ago very few would have cared |  | | |
| Wells off? on 20:22 - Jan 22 with 3920 views | queensparker |
It’s a side benefit of Warburton’s gung ho tactics too - if we get a reputation for a place where out of favour strikers (Wells / Hugill) can go and tuck 20+ Championship goals in a season and rebuild their reputation then that can only be a good thing. They’ll be lining up to come to us as compared to the Arsenal lad at Leeds etc [Post edited 22 Jan 2020 20:24]
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| Wells off? on 21:09 - Jan 22 with 3792 views | Northernr |
| Wells off? on 20:22 - Jan 22 by queensparker |
It’s a side benefit of Warburton’s gung ho tactics too - if we get a reputation for a place where out of favour strikers (Wells / Hugill) can go and tuck 20+ Championship goals in a season and rebuild their reputation then that can only be a good thing. They’ll be lining up to come to us as compared to the Arsenal lad at Leeds etc [Post edited 22 Jan 2020 20:24]
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Yes there is a certain argument to say that anybody* playing up front for QPR this season is going to score a few goals given the way we play, though I do like Wells.
*Not you Bamford. |  | | |
| Wells off? on 21:33 - Jan 22 with 3707 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Wells off? on 21:09 - Jan 22 by Northernr |
Yes there is a certain argument to say that anybody* playing up front for QPR this season is going to score a few goals given the way we play, though I do like Wells.
*Not you Bamford. |
Not Bamford, naturally. A man who, it seems to me, must have been abducted by Aliens and brainwashed into detesting the sound of leather hitting netting. |  |
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| Wells off? on 22:34 - Jan 22 with 3537 views | VancouverHoop |
Couple of other factors to throw into the speculative pot.
As noted he's married with a family. He's already played in Carlisle, Bradford, Huddersfield and Burnley. Granted Bristol might be more congenial than any of them, but would your wife and kids want to up-sticks from London on the off-chance?
Second. He's a Bermudan national. I obviously don't know the specifics but I'm pretty sure the tax situation there is very lenient. Meaning whatever he makes in the UK will be worth a fair bit more there. So money, in his case, may not be as critical as it would be for others. | | | |
| Wells off? on 22:41 - Jan 22 with 3508 views | Metallica_Hoop |
I said to Dag Steve at the Olympia beer festival. 'I'd be very happy if he came back'
He's excided my expectations.
Good luck to him.
Whichever path it leads. (hopefully with us) |  |
| Beer and Beef has made us what we are - The Prince Regent |
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| Wells off? on 10:10 - Jan 23 with 3082 views | francisbowles |
| Wells off? on 19:47 - Jan 22 by bosh67 |
This is kind of up there with the Monty Python line "What have the Romans ever done for us?" |
Bosh67
I appreciate his goals, even more so his lucky ones, but were you praising him after the Brentford game? | | | |
| Wells off? on 10:22 - Jan 23 with 3041 views | ingeminate |
| Wells off? on 22:34 - Jan 22 by VancouverHoop |
Couple of other factors to throw into the speculative pot.
As noted he's married with a family. He's already played in Carlisle, Bradford, Huddersfield and Burnley. Granted Bristol might be more congenial than any of them, but would your wife and kids want to up-sticks from London on the off-chance?
Second. He's a Bermudan national. I obviously don't know the specifics but I'm pretty sure the tax situation there is very lenient. Meaning whatever he makes in the UK will be worth a fair bit more there. So money, in his case, may not be as critical as it would be for others. |
If he was playing in Bermuda that would be relevant, but if he's paid in the UK I would have thought he will be paying UK tax. The cost of living in Bermuda is one of the highest in the world so I'd say there is every reason to think he'll be wanting to earn as much as possible. |  |
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| Wells off? on 15:23 - Jan 23 with 2624 views | Antti_Heinola |
Club hinting he ain't going anywhere...
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| Wells off? on 15:27 - Jan 23 with 2593 views | Mick_S |
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| Did I ever mention that I was in Minder? |
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| Wells off? on 15:40 - Jan 23 with 2490 views | davman |
| Wells off? on 15:36 - Jan 23 by LongsufferingR |
Hang on, isn't that Bristol City's training ground?  |
He is wearing red after all... |  |
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| Wells off? on 15:48 - Jan 23 with 2432 views | BlackAndGoldRanger |
Forest now in the mix. As if they didn't have enough players.... | | | |
| Wells off? on 15:59 - Jan 23 with 2356 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Wells off? on 15:36 - Jan 23 by LongsufferingR |
Hang on, isn't that Bristol City's training ground? |
Jesus, don't mention training grounds!!! | |
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| Wells off? on 16:00 - Jan 23 with 2346 views | BrianMcCarthy |
We're in for him, an' all.
"Rangers have long planned to hold talks with Burnley about the possibility of signing him on a permanent deal this month rather than waiting until the summer, when his contract expires." | |
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| Wells off? on 16:01 - Jan 23 with 2342 views | distortR |
| Wells off? on 15:59 - Jan 23 by BrianMcCarthy |
Jesus, don't mention training grounds!!! |
Having played alongside you, I'm quite surprised that you're aware of the concept?
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