NO LONGER A RUMOUR - Alan Bennett

xtreme rebel · by **xtreme rebel** » 18 Jan 2007 14:48

Jaques Francais
xtreme rebel Reading have had a second bid turned down for Alan Bennett in the past 24 hours.

Source please.

Quote from Cork City boss Damien Richardson in the 4th column of the following article:

doylefan · by **doylefan** » 19 Jan 2007 20:56

we didnt go wrong with our buys from cork so got to trust coppell

Banjax · by **Banjax** » 20 Jan 2007 10:14

i reckon sc has a mistress in cork, needs a reason to keep going over there so he tells everyone he's scouting

M4 Junction 11 · by **M4 Junction 11** » 20 Jan 2007 10:19

Banjax i reckon sc has a mistress in cork, needs a reason to keep going over there so he tells everyone he's scouting

Football is Coppell's mistress!

Row Z Royal · by **Row Z Royal** » 20 Jan 2007 10:23

M4 Junction 11
Banjax i reckon sc has a mistress in cork, needs a reason to keep going over there so he tells everyone he's scouting

Football is Coppell's mistress!

Yeah, football's a slag, ain't it?

xtreme rebel · by **xtreme rebel** » 20 Jan 2007 15:23

From the Irish Mirror

xtreme rebel · by **xtreme rebel** » 20 Jan 2007 15:33

From the Evening Echo in Cork:

susieroyal · by **susieroyal** » 20 Jan 2007 16:14

Who cares about our squad, we need more players of this standard.

Anyone got any other photos. Preferably naked.

Banjax · by **Banjax** » 20 Jan 2007 16:23

your not shy are you!

RoyalBlue · by **RoyalBlue** » 20 Jan 2007 18:50

Time to pay Cork the money they want and get him signed. Not as though we've been ripped off by them in the past!

Barry the bird boggler · by **Barry the bird boggler** » 22 Jan 2007 17:27

Bid now doubled to 200k

xtreme rebel · by **xtreme rebel** » 22 Jan 2007 17:34

Barry the bird boggler Bid now doubled to 200k

I think if Cork City are to even think about selling, the current bid will have to be at least doubled again.

The Surgeon of Crowthorne · by **The Surgeon of Crowthorne** » 22 Jan 2007 17:36

xtreme rebel
Barry the bird boggler Bid now doubled to 200k

I think if Cork City are to even think about selling, the current bid will have to be at least doubled again.

Quid or euros though?

xtreme rebel · by **xtreme rebel** » 22 Jan 2007 18:21

The Surgeon of Crowthorne
xtreme rebel
Barry the bird boggler Bid now doubled to 200k

I think if Cork City are to even think about selling, the current bid will have to be at least doubled again.
Quid or euros though?

The latest bid being rumoured is Â£200,000, I think it'd want to be Â£350,000 to Â£400,000 before Cork City consider it. Just my opinion.

Lets face it, how much are Reading bidding for that Colchester chap who is out of contract in a few months. Bennett is a similiar situation so why should he be a fraction of the price the Colchester lad is?

Slinky · by **Slinky** » 22 Jan 2007 19:19

xtreme rebel
The Surgeon of Crowthorne
xtreme rebel
Barry the bird boggler Bid now doubled to 200k

I think if Cork City are to even think about selling, the current bid will have to be at least doubled again.
Quid or euros though?

The latest bid being rumoured is Â£200,000, I think it'd want to be Â£350,000 to Â£400,000 before Cork City consider it. Just my opinion.

Lets face it, how much are Reading bidding for that Colchester chap who is out of contract in a few months. Bennett is a similiar situation so why should he be a fraction of the price the Colchester lad is?

agreed, we should just go straight in with a Â£400000 bid, snap him up and watch his value rise! There are enough reports on the cork city website to prove he's a decent quality player, and I totally agree about Halford. I think Â£2million is the absolute max we should go for him. The difference between him and Bennett though is that from what i know Halford is more versatile, soemthing greatly required within the Reading squad!

Victor Meldrew · by **Victor Meldrew** » 22 Jan 2007 20:00

I thought we weren't going in for foreign players .

royaldownunder · by **royaldownunder** » 22 Jan 2007 20:55

if he's any good, 200k is taking the piss!! - Cork got ripped off by us with Doyle, they won't do it again if they've got any sense!!

xtreme rebel · by **xtreme rebel** » 22 Jan 2007 22:25

royaldownunder if he's any good, 200k is taking the piss!! - Cork got ripped off by us with Doyle, they won't do it again if they've got any sense!!

That is true. Doyle had a clause is in his contract, Bennett doesn't. CCFC are obviously going to make a much tougher stance this time round.

Bowman's Quiver · by **Bowman's Quiver** » 22 Jan 2007 22:30

I thought this was the Eircom League's close season.

If so, surely Bennett isn't exactly match fit in any case which rather negates his immediate value to us.

Ian Royal · by **Ian Royal** » 22 Jan 2007 22:55

royaldownunder if he's any good, 200k is taking the piss!! - Cork got ripped off by us with Doyle, they won't do it again if they've got any sense!!

Mr Mad is a business man, Our club is a business. You get nowhere in business paying more than you have to for something. We are building up to the lowest price we will have to pay for him. If we believe this will be more than we are willing to invest on him being a success at our club we will drop the interest.

That is how it works. Not "oh he looks good, lets chuck em a hundred grand more than we think it'll take to land him to make sure we get it over nice and quick for the fans!"

Some people really are morons.

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