[Adeyspire]

Bought Sam Clucas for £70,000 sold for 1.3 million

[BlueRover52]

Adeyspire, on 26 July 2015 - 11:10 AM, said:

Bought Sam Clucas for £70,000 sold for 1.3 million

Obviously Pompey couldn't afford him.

[Wooden Spoon]

Adeyspire said:

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Bought Sam Clucas for £70,000 sold for 1.3 million

If DA keeps his 70/30 split on all about goings, including Roberts and Cook himself then DS may well have a healthy "war chest". I wonder if Cook looks at this with just a little hint of envy

[ELTON 2020]

a kick in the balls, on 26 July 2015 - 11:30 AM, said:

If DA keeps his 70/30 split on all about goings, including Roberts and Cook himself then DS may well have a healthy "war chest". I wonder if Cook looks at this with just a little hint of envy

MMM...... Have we had 30% of previous sales in the war chest????

[Cartman]

djs, on 26 July 2015 - 02:32 PM, said:

I think chris turner had a lot to do with it!

Don't say that, you do know you are not allowed to praise CT on here don't you?

Everything that goes wrong is his fault, yet he cannot be given any credit for anything that goes well

It's like the first rule of Bob's Board or something!

[Westbars Spireite]

At least Cook doesn't get his pockets filled with this deal.

[lindave]

Cooky left us in a strong position on the player front, I'e never known us to have so many saleable assets.

[Siberian Spireite]

lindave, on 26 July 2015 - 03:11 PM, said:

Cooky left us in a strong position on the player front, I'e never known us to have so many saleable assets.

That is true, and great, but the disappointing thing is that we seem to be selling all of those assets off at once.

[gb007]

Adeyspire said:

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Bought Sam Clucas for £70,000 sold for 1.3 million

Cook could have had Clucas before he joined Mansfailed BUT he didn't want to know !!

[technium]

I was told he was one of Paul Mitchell's recommendations, under Sheridan, and tabs were kept on him since then.

A shrewd investment indeed. The biggest loss (so far - Morsy would be on par) I feel.

[Norton Blue]

Lot to be said about paul mitchell, a key person in the recruitment. More him than any former manager necessarily that we should be thanking. Its no secret Cook wanted him big time down at Portsmouth.

[60s 70s Spireite]

Norton Blue, on 27 July 2015 - 07:25 AM, said:

Lot to be said about paul mitchell, a key person in the recruitment. More him than any former manager necessarily that we should be thanking. Its no secret Cook wanted him big time down at Portsmouth.

Let's not get carried away. Every coach with an eye on lower league football knew of Sam Clucas and his left foot. He was winning rave reviews playing for England C and Hereford and Crewe tried to sign him before Mansfield succeeded.

[Norton Blue]

Hereford did sign him, Mansfield bought him off then didnt they??

Not getting carried away, just a point that people are crediting managers with these signings - in this case Cook - when he was well known to us in this case, and tried to sign him before Mansfailed

[lindave]

Siberian Spireite, on 26 July 2015 - 05:33 PM, said:

That is true, and great, but the disappointing thing is that we seem to be selling all of those assets off at once.

But that's not PC's fault is it. DA & CT still have quite a few promising youngsters who could rake us in a lot more money if all goes well for them.

[Siberian Spireite]

lindave, on 27 July 2015 - 07:17 PM, said:

But that's not PC's fault is it. DA & CT still have quite a few promising youngsters who could rake us in a lot more money if all goes well for them.

No, not Paul Cook's fault- I didn't say it was. Cook did great things in terms of recruitment and we are reaping the cash benefits right now but my fear is that it will be nigh on impossible to keep up the high standards the Cook regime set in getting players in.

[Sammy Spireite]

Worth mentioning several board members put their hands in their own pockets to help fund the £90k purchase of Clucas.

£10k a man is what I've heard.

[Wooden Spoon]

Sammy Spireite said:

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Worth mentioning several board members put their hands in their own pockets to help fund the £90k purchase of Clucas.

£10k a man is what I've heard.

Not from the Cooper fee received then?

[Trigger]

Siberian Spireite, on 28 July 2015 - 09:06 AM, said:

No, not Paul Cook's fault- I didn't say it was. Cook did great things in terms of recruitment and we are reaping the cash benefits right now but my fear is that it will be nigh on impossible to keep up the high standards the Cook regime set in getting players in.

I thought mitch was the brains behind recruitment? And with him still being here - the success should continue. Cook just reaped the rewards.

[Spire-Power]

Trigger (not the freak), on 28 July 2015 - 02:23 PM, said:

I thought mitch was the brains behind recruitment? And with him still being here - the success should continue. Cook just reaped the rewards.

Was Mitch here before Cook?