Smithies - How much?

[Kevin Mcleod]

No im old enough mate.
I really dont think Smithies will ever be as good as Seaman, but i do think he will be England keeper cos the standard of English keepers is nowhere near the 80s days,

[WeAreQPR12]

OK fair pt kev. Also much prefer this poster, I am hoping you're far less sarcastic in 2017 because it really is an unpleasant trait which we've discussed before.

[Kevin Mcleod]

Ill try mate, i really will. But im like it in real life so its a difficult addiction to crack.

[Nick]

Stick or twist?

Would you stick, and keep Smithies between the sticks and carry on as we are. And keep searching for a salution to our goal scoring record (as we have done since CA left)

OR

Would you twist by doing a straight swap with Smithies (who imo, by far is our best/consistent/promising young player) for a proven goal scorer? And risking bringing in the wrong type to replace Smithies as well as have faith in Ingram/lumley.

[Ginger Ninja]

If getting a proven, quality goalscorer meant we absolutely HAD to lose Smithies, I'd do it. Ingram is a good enough keeper for the Championship imo. Not done badly whenever I've seen him.
Of course, I'd rather not lose Smithies, he's a different class.

[Nick]

Love to see some much needed excitement down the bush again, because of our goal scoring... but would also honestly struggle letting Smithies go. If/when we get this type of player we need to hold onto them to move forward as a club. Someone of his age and as good as him, imho would get into many Prem starting 11s.

[Hitman34]

Love to see some much needed excitement down the bush again, because of our goal scoring... but would also honestly struggle letting Smithies go. If/when we get this type of player we need to hold onto them to move forward as a club. Someone of his age and as good as him, imho would get into many Prem starting 11s.

Gone are the days of rely bombing down the wing and smashing them in the top corner.

All we are left with is a lamppost impersonator in polter.

Bloody heart breaking to see our club collapsing like this.

[Hitman34]

Remy *

[topperharley]

The loss of a player like Smithies signals the intent to be a skipping stone club, where players come to get sold on. That's ok.

However, at this point, in a team lacking quality, we must retain what little we have.

We went to far down the 'young, cheap, unproven player' route, now we are struggling.

We should build a solid team, that way when we lose a Smithies/Austin, it doesn't effect the club.

Time to spend a bit of money i'm afraid.

[Martinmalta]

We have to use the likes of Caulker or Sandro in negotiations to bring a quality striker from the Prem. Thus not make any sense to me selling our best prospect when we should of been building a very solid defense around him. We must also be freeing some wages of players that are useless to us at this level.

[qprted]

forgett all that if holloway has one great gift its his ability to find gems from the lower divisions,armed with four million he could bring in four future england internationals
traditionally we have always been a selling club and when tony tried to stop that we run into terrible trouble,lets go back to the old jim gregory days of buying and selling
without buying the poop that ferdinand has
so its lets buy players like charlie auistin,they must be out there,lets look a little harder

[nanocopic]

Smithies will use the club as a stepping stone in my eyes. He is a great keeper who will certainly exceed how good we can become before he needs to move to make the most of his potential.

[Hitman34]

forgett all that if holloway has one great gift its his ability to find gems from the lower divisions,armed with four million he could bring in four future england internationals
traditionally we have always been a selling club and when tony tried to stop that we run into terrible trouble,lets go back to the old jim gregory days of buying and selling
without buying the poop that ferdinand has
so its lets buy players like charlie auistin,they must be out there,lets look a little harder

Our dof will offer him a selection to pick from.

[Rebel R's]

four million a mighty large war chest for ollie to get some strike power,and our number two is destined to be even greater ,ingram is a new dave seaman

You are without doubt the most deluded and daftest member on this board,no offence, I'm sure you are a great guy just utterly daft.

[Rebel R's]

4 million is nothing for a quality goalkeeper.

I agree,but we have idiots running the club so will probably happen