Cresswell Tribunal

[Rockford's Love Child]

An adjudication was made today, demanding that Ipswich pay £240,000 up front, rising to a possible £520,000, but probable £420,000.

I was pleasantly surprised at the size of the settlement for a player who wasn't in the same class as some of our other youth products.

 

[drwhoman]

CRESSWELL

Plus 20% of any onselling fee. A reasonable outcome - as RLC say - better than we have received for arguably better players.

Will give Les a bit more flexibility if he needs to get someone in - certainly someone who can put the ball between the posts with any sort of regularity. What has happened to all those lower division strikers who scored with regularity knowing they did not have it at a higher level? Shows my age but oh for a John Manning, Barry Dyson, George Yardley or Charlie McDonald!!

 

[SonkORLY?]

I was pleasantly surprised at the size of the settlement for a player who wasn't in the same class as some of our other youth products.

Hmm - who did you have in mind?

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Hmm - who did you have in mind?

I was not sure if you were being sarcastic here ?

Koumas, Hulme, Taylor, Jennings. I know they all went for more money, but relatively speaking £400k - £500k is a very good tribunal fee for a relatively inexperienced player who is not super-talented and has never played higher than League One.

 

[bigmart]

the 20% is not on any sell on fee its on any profit ipswich make

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

What has happened to all those lower division strikers who scored with regularity knowing they did not have it at a higher level? Shows my age but oh for a John Manning, Barry Dyson, George Yardley or Charlie McDonald!!

Glad I am not the only one who remembers 1964/5 when we scored 99 league goals, all the forwards (including Dyson, Manning and Charlie Mac) got into double figures and we won our first 18 home league games. And the Cowshed was a cowshed. Those were the days - and fish and chips on the way home cost 1/- (5p). =D>

 

[Boz]

I'd agree it was a decent fee for Cresswell all things considered. It seems rather better than what we got for Steve Davies, a player of comparable experience, but can't remember the exact details for that.

We are seriously missing Aaron's ability at set pieces though.

 

[drwhoman]

Cresswell

Ah BBTC - you remind me - they allowed you on the bus with your bag of chips in those days! Even the players used to travel by bus. I remember having a good chat to Roy Sinclair one day. A skilful if not very strong midfielder. 10/11k there for a big game. Rovers 4 Brighton 2 - they were top of the division - Bobby Smith ex Spurs and England centre forward and Mel Hopkins Spurs and Wales in the defence and we stuffed them! Anyway, back to the reality of 2011!

 

[SonkORLY?]

I was not sure if you were being sarcastic here ?

Koumas, Hulme, Taylor, Jennings. I know they all went for more money, but relatively speaking £400k - £500k is a very good tribunal fee for a relatively inexperienced player who is not super-talented and has never played higher than League One.

Ah. Not sarcastic - I thought you were suggesting we had previously received less money for players of greater talent.

Agree to it not being a bad deal. Maybe there was some sort of unofficial reform to (or a shift within) the tribunal system after the Simon Jordan thing.

 

[Ian]

Chairman Peter Johnson said: "Although it didn't meet our expectations I am pleased with the result of the tribunal.

What on earth were his expectations?

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

What on earth were his expectations?

Approximately £6 million. :wink:

 

[The Bootle Rover]

I'll bet youre right

Greedy Twat

 

[DIW]

What on earth were his expectations?

And if it didn't meet his expectations why on earth was he pleased????????

 

[bigmart]

Dont know if anybody watched the Ipswich game tonight but Creswell was mom and peter beagrie and james scowcroft in the studio were raving about him.

He made 3 goal line clearances and his cross set up the 1st goal