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We can't replace him with 1 mil or whatever. Think a few clubs will want him. Hopefully hold out for 3 or 4 mil.
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I think this is the best place to put this amidst the myriad of Dykes/Scotland posts. Lots of praise for Dykes and good mentions of QPR in the following.
Now we just have to convince a few Directors of Football or managers that he is as good as the writer of this article believes. The one thing Dykes is is a team player and one whom the manager knows will play the way the manager wants to.
I think this is the best place to put this amidst the myriad of Dykes/Scotland posts. Lots of praise for Dykes and good mentions of QPR in the following.
Now we just have to convince a few Directors of Football or managers that he is as good as the writer of this article believes. The one thing Dykes is is a team player and one whom the manager knows will play the way the manager wants to.
That performance in a Scotland shirt must have increased his transfer value, surely it's proof that playing with better players he will get you results, we just need somebody like Sheffield United to go all in like they did with Mcburnie, we won't get that sort of a fee, but if he has to leave we need as much as we can for him...
That performance in a Scotland shirt must have increased his transfer value, surely it's proof that playing with better players he will get you results, we just need somebody like Sheffield United to go all in like they did with Mcburnie, we won't get that sort of a fee, but if he has to leave we need as much as we can for him...
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Dykes did great at the death of that game and made a huge contribution to Scotland's win. Think we really should hold out for a fair chunk more than what we paid for him. But one of the Norway CB's Østigård the one who screwed up for the 1st goal, was suffering from cramp from before that and probably should have already been substituted. The defensive play for the 2nd was almost non-existent and the Manager is getting a lot of criticism for all his substitions including that of Haaland and Søloth, before the late goals which Norway have a bad habit of conceeding.
An option to extend Dykes on higher wages? If he is willing to of course. Would at least, for now, postpone the burning need for a new striker and will make him worth more in January if he does well for us before then.
That performance in a Scotland shirt must have increased his transfer value, surely it's proof that playing with better players he will get you results, we just need somebody like Sheffield United to go all in like they did with Mcburnie, we won't get that sort of a fee, but if he has to leave we need as much as we can for him...
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Rather than selling Dykes how about and maybe this is a bit drastic getting some better players around him
Rather than selling Dykes how about and maybe this is a bit drastic getting some better players around him
Sorry I'm not in the camp of wanting him sold, I would much prefer we keep him, the problem is its reported in the Press he won't sign another contract, so we're back to Catch 22, we either keep him for another year and he runs down his contract or we take the best offer financially available to the club. The club can't win whatever they do will be criticised, for Ainsworths sake I hope he stays he's got a bad enough job replacing all the others who have left, how exactly we replace him with a budget of zero is anybody's guess, my post is driven by Clive and Simons posts that we have to get some money in for FFP and not that I want him sold. Maybe releasing Johanson means we can offer an improved contract but I get the feeling his head has been turned and he can see a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, definitely agree that with better service I feel he can score more goals.
Barry Ferguson, in the Daily Record, on the subject of Dykes:
Rangers may have missed the boat where bringing Billy Gilmour back to Ibrox this summer is concerned. But I genuinely hope they don’t make the same mistake with his Scotland team-mate Lyndon Dykes.
But the more I watch our national team go from strength to strength under Steve Clarke, the more certain I am that Dykes is a ready made Rangers No.9. Put it this way, if I was Michael Beale I’d be all over the big man right now. They’ve already worked together at QPR so the manager knows what he’d be getting if he did bring the Aussie back over the border.
I know there will be some fans rolling their eyes at the thought of it but I don’t care what anyone else says, he’d be an absolute sensation in a Rangers shirt. I remember thinking the same thing when he was at LIvingston and the higher up he goes in the game, the better he’s becoming.
He’s not just a big throw back of a centre forward, although there is no doubt his physicality is one of his biggest strengths. He ruffles defenders up, he wins everything in the air, he knows where the back of the net is and he works his backside off.
But technically, he’s a lot better than most people give him credit for. He can take the ball down and bring others into play — which is exactly the job Alfredo Morelos did for the team when he was fit and looking interested.
So, yes, if I was Beale I wouldn’t think twice because it would be a no risk signing and Dykes would guarantee him 20 goals a season as well as everything else he would bring. There’s a lot of talk of him being linked with Championship clubs like Millwall now he’s going into the final year of his contract at Loftus Road.
For something like £2million? It’s an absolute no brainer for my old team.
£2m is probably all Grangers would offer for Dykes but I'm sure we could get more for him from a Championship club, or even a newly promoted PL like Luton who've apparently shown interest.
£2m is probably all Grangers would offer for Dykes but I'm sure we could get more for him from a Championship club, or even a newly promoted PL like Luton who've apparently shown interest.
I'll say it again - only chance Dykes has of PL football is north of the border.
Rather than selling Dykes how about and maybe this is a bit drastic getting some better players around him
Because Dykes has entered the final year of his contract and doesn't look like signing a new one. QPR can't afford to let players leave on a free transfer. Moreover, getting better players around him costs money which QPR don't have and therefore have to generate by selling first.
On the other hand Kieffer Moore ended up in the PL and Dykes about that level.
Moore's stats seem to suggest he's a better player. Dykes has got nowhere near Moore's best haul of 20 in the Championship. For all that I doubt Moore would have played in the PL by transfer rather than promotion.
Moore's stats seem to suggest he's a better player. Dykes has got nowhere near Moore's best haul of 20 in the Championship. For all that I doubt Moore would have played in the PL by transfer rather than promotion.
Was about to say the same thing. For Cardiff he scored 25 in just 64 games.
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