Fantalk

scotty · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 8723 Location: Almost Dysart.

Firstly this deal speculation and conjecture by newspapers and other media sources, is there any concrete evidence anywhere?

Secondly I'd love to get £200,000 or £0.5M but if it’s only £100k then why not? Again this is a figure that has been plucked out of the air by those same people supposedly in the know who that also informed us it’s a done deal. We have no concrete evidence at this moment that it was ever on let alone been completed so why all the knicker wetting about a monetary value that is potentially equally bogus?

Bowie went to an English outfit (with miney to burn) and netted us an undisclosed fee (thought to be a modest £160,000ish) with add ons, Regan Hendry got us the square root of nothing and Vaughan, who is a probably the best player we had would but for injuries likely have been worth more than all of them combined. An injury can rob a player of a career in a moment, is it any wonder that especially with the amount of injuries we accumulate that all parties involved look to cash in sooner than later?

The deal could be nonsense or it could have been concluded and we haven’t heard yet. Likewise if it has been done it could be for any given amount with any given number of lucrative add ins, also it may include the loaning and / or sale of one of their players.

However much we’d like it, we as supporters have no right to know the details any deal anymore than we have the right to know the salaries of players or managers.

IF a deal with Hibs was done and Tait is on his way then £100k with add ons isn’t the worst deal, especially if there’s an initial loan back and if there was to be a further loan or loans (plural) I’d take it gladly.

QotS had a sell on cause to Livvi for Lyndon Dykes, as soon as QPR announced the deal a year ago QotS found the transfer market already knew what they had to spend and set prices and wages accordingly. Is it any wonder that clubs don't want their dealing aired in public?
_________________
Competitive goals: Poplatnik 11, Zanatta 10, Connolly 10, Ross 7, Vaughan 4, Matthew 3, Spencer 3, Varian 3, Benedictus 2, Tait 2, Tumilty 2, Arnott 1, Dick 1, Gullan 1, Snow 1, Stanton 1, OG 1.

Craig_1986 · Joined: 18 Jun 2011 Posts: 1762

southstander · Joined: 13 Jul 2008 Posts: 386 Location: Kirkcaldy

badpress139 · Joined: 19 May 2015 Posts: 2141 Location: Glenrothes

Tait signed a 3 year deal with us, there may well be a clause in that, that determines any transfer away from us.

embow · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 11:36 am Post subject:

Critics of the Rovers communication can compare ours with communication from Hibs on this.

Oh! Wait!

What have Hibs said about this? Zilch far as I can see to date. You'd have thought they'd be wanting to tell the world and its dug about all of its new deals. However, that's not to say something has maybe been done and is as yet incomplete, for whatever reason, which restricts both parties from going public.
_________________
Talk on! Talk on!
You'll never talk alone.
🤗🤗

scotty · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 8723 Location: Almost Dysart.

I've heard that the Gullan to Killie move has completely fallen through.
_________________
Competitive goals: Poplatnik 11, Zanatta 10, Connolly 10, Ross 7, Vaughan 4, Matthew 3, Spencer 3, Varian 3, Benedictus 2, Tait 2, Tumilty 2, Arnott 1, Dick 1, Gullan 1, Snow 1, Stanton 1, OG 1.

Gary Parker · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 11:59 am Post subject:

badpress139 · Joined: 19 May 2015 Posts: 2141 Location: Glenrothes

red zebra · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:31 pm Post subject:

Craig_1986 · Joined: 18 Jun 2011 Posts: 1762

FFP reporting it's a 4 year deal to Hibs. It's went from 100k to now an 'undisclosed fee'.

Vinnie · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 2:39 pm Post subject:

Midfield star Dylan Tait has been the subject of a transfer bid from SPFL Premiership side Hibernian, which has been accepted by Raith Rovers and approved by the football authorities before the transfer window shut last night.

The midfield playmaker has signed a 4 year contract until June 2025 with the Easter Road side. As part of the transfer arrangement Dylan will be immediately loaned back to Raith Rovers until January 2022, and the paperwork for this aspect of the transfer is already underway.

The exact amount of the transfer fee is undisclosed, but there are clauses built into the agreement that will see Raith Rovers benefit as Dylan progresses in his career.

Dylan (19) has made 68 appearances in total for the Rovers, scoring 8 goals, since making his debut at the end of the 2018-19 season away to Montrose in SPFL League One.

He made a further 21 appearances in season 2019-20 as Rovers were promoted as SPFL League One Champions, and then played 36 matches last season as the club made a triumphant return to the SPFL Championship, culminating in a Playoff Semi-Final defeat to Dundee FC.

Dylan started off in the Partick Thistle youth system before moving on to FEFA (the Fife Elite Football Academy) – he signed signed his first professional contract with the Rovers in January 2019 and started as a 1st year Modern Apprentice in summer 2019.
After featuring regularly in matchday squads in season 2019-20, Dylan had impressed with his work-rate, application and commitment and was rewarded with a contract extension in February 2020. In December 2020 Dylan agreed a contract extension through to the summer of 2024.

Dylan was presented with the Malcolm Szpera Award for Endeavour in season 2019-20, and the award for Young Player of the Year at the end of season 2020-21.
_________________
THERES FIVE OF ME

CALDERON · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 1668 Location: Aberdeenshire

Well, hopefully this puts paid to any more chat about ambition from the board. Genuinely ambitious clubs don't sell their best young talent to the first suitor, after learning that their best player is out for at least the season.

If Raith Rovers are only ever going to be a yo yo club between this league and league 1, I don't have a huge problem with that. However don't spin us yarns about ambition and all the great things going on off the pitch.

Talk is cheap, as we are now learning.

There obviously a chance that the club desperately need the money, but given the fundraising, handouts and increased prize money of the last 12 months, that would be gross negligence so I'd like to think that isn't the case.

Craig_1986 · Joined: 18 Jun 2011 Posts: 1762

Acht well, Sim will probably invest this money into Starks Park Properties to go towards painting the pie stalls.

southstander · Joined: 13 Jul 2008 Posts: 386 Location: Kirkcaldy

Selling our best prospect for peanuts to the first bidder makes absolutely no sense, what the hell are the club paying at?, if there are mitigating details then we deserve to be informed, I can't fathom it out.
_________________
We dont need no stinking badges

Northern_Rover · Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 2553 Location: Granite City

Well at least we now know the club has zero ambition to progress beyond our current status. Survival / mid table mediocrity it is.

Mind you, you cant shift season tickets on that so may as well make out that our young talent is being tied up for the long term as a part of our ambition to progress only to sell out at the first opportunity.