Grimes deal off - confirmed

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Joey
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BURYFC wrote:£200 for an adult season ticket, that isn't that cheap is it??

Anyway we have also (apparently) signed Andy Procter from PNE. So unless we do a Cheltenham it's a done deal.
Ugh.

Are you done yet? You're just being a pest more than anything now, leave.
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Chelt Luke in Glos
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Poor old Bury! :lol:
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Chelt Luke in Glos wrote:http://twohundredpercent.net/?p=22618

Poor old Bury! :lol:
Where not poor anymore mate :lol:
Chelt Luke in Glos wrote:
BURYFC wrote:£200 for an adult season ticket, that isn't that cheap is it??

Anyway we have also (apparently) signed Andy Procter from PNE. So unless we do a Cheltenham it's a done deal.
The fact you slashed your ticket prices in a desperate attempt to get more fans is laughable :lol:

FC United of Manchester (your ground tennants) have more supporters than you! :lol:

Thats like Gloucester having more fans than us.
Except you're wrong, because FC United averaged about 1,400 last season. And how in any way are FC United comparable to Gloucester? They have the whole of the Man U fan base behind them, whereas Gloucester do not.
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Probably because the two clubs play in the same division and both grounds share at Gigg Lane and Whaddon Road respectively.
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BURYFC
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Looked on Twitter and a rumour doing the rounds is and one of your players is on our books called McGlashan
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Uppy
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Now, now. That's just not true.
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darreno
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Time to move on :roll:
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I like this place, I'm here to stay folks
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Chelt Luke in Glos
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Next your be moving to the area! :lol:
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Might do, A bit of countryside would do nicely
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Robin
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BURYFC wrote:Looked on Twitter and a rumour doing the rounds is and one of your players is on our books called McGlashan
Yeah we are giving him to you as we are about to sign Messi :D
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Maybe you could host the site?
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I agree, make me a moderator please
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Gremlins
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This forum is dead! Anyone got anything interesting to talk about?
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BURYFC wrote:This forum is dead! Anyone got anything interesting to talk about?
It's none of your business. :lol:
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BURYFC wrote:I agree, make me a moderator please
8-)
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ban the prat.
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BURYFC wrote:£200 for an adult season ticket, that isn't that cheap is it??
Worcester City's adult season ticket is £240.
So yes it is, you're cheaper than a BSB South club!
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BURYFC wrote:This forum is dead! Anyone got anything interesting to talk about?
Sign up to Tiger Roar and go troll there, Neil will love you.
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Pie wrote:
BURYFC wrote:£200 for an adult season ticket, that isn't that cheap is it??
Worcester City's adult season ticket is £240.
So yes it is, you're cheaper than a BSB South club!
That's what I was thinking. If our season tickets were £200 I'd buy two.
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If Bury had not managed to find out that Grimes was available once he had not signed for their near neighbour, they are hardly likely to pick it up from a local paper 100+ miles away
Because of the locality, I would think Bury would only needed to have matched our offer, or even come up slightly lower, and still got their man. I cannot be 100% certain, but I would imagine that Grimes had been talking to both clubs and indicated that our offer was OK, but then got a suitable offer closer to home.
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BURYFC wrote:£200 for an adult season ticket, that isn't that cheap is it??
That's dirt cheap - the local economy must be dead if that's what is deemed the price point for a season ticket. That equates to £8.70 per game. People must be really poor up north!

Maybe we should get on the phone to Ban Ki-moon and organise some care packages :lol:
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leohoenig wrote:If Bury had not managed to find out that Grimes was available once he had not signed for their near neighbour, they are hardly likely to pick it up from a local paper 100+ miles away
Because of the locality, I would think Bury would only needed to have matched our offer, or even come up slightly lower, and still got their man. I cannot be 100% certain, but I would imagine that Grimes had been talking to both clubs and indicated that our offer was OK, but then got a suitable offer closer to home.
Agree, but all local papers are in the public domain on the net.

I suggest we move on and look forward to any signings we do make over the next few days / weeks.

Mods - any chance this thread could now be locked?
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51/84
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why should it be locked , its on topic and is worthy of debate
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Ralph
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worthy of debate? No amount of posts will make him change his mind...
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I do feel debate over why the deal fell through is a valid discussion.
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MarkHalliwell
It fell through because he went back on his word. Simple as.
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Ralph
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MarkHalliwell wrote:It fell through because he went back on his word. Simple as.
Bingo!
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Uppy
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Wonder if we will be more hesitant to deal in verbal acceptances in the future.
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Uppy wrote:Wonder if we will be more hesitant to deal in verbal acceptances in the future.
When you say "we", do you mean "the press" ?? To the best of my knowledge, the club didn't announce anything...

Or maybe "we", the fans?
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51/84
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A question that JP can ask MY ( if he dares)

Did Mark actually meet the player or was it all done on phone and email etc
Did the player commit or was it the agent
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MarkHalliwell
No point in carrying it on. He's gone to Bury so we move on.
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Uppy wrote:Wonder if we will be more hesitant to deal in verbal acceptances in the future.
Why? It's shows trust and loyalty of a player.
As said already, Penn, Troy Brown and Cureton all agreed verbally to join us yet still have offers afterwards from bigger clubs.

But as Mark said, why are we still going on about it?
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asl wrote:
Uppy wrote:Wonder if we will be more hesitant to deal in verbal acceptances in the future.
When you say "we", do you mean "the press" ?? To the best of my knowledge, the club didn't announce anything...

Or maybe "we", the fans?
No, but I'm sure that the club were pretty expectant of Grimes signing. If we had asked him to sign a contract at the time then I wonder whether he would now be a Cheltenham player. That's what I meant.
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