Bostock open-minded on future (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Only way he may come is on a free at the end of the season if we extend his loan till then which I can't see PDC doing. What money PDC will be left with in Jan window will go on a striker who can hit the back of the net on a regular basis.

Bostock and Ferry best players at the club. Hope we find a way to keep him.

southside7 wrote:
Bostock and Ferry best players at the club. Hope we find a way to keep him.

Err don't tell Richie or fodders that !

Brilliant news, he's basically saying he hasn't hit full form, that the training is hard but he appreciates being developed by Paolo and the team and that he wants to come here.

I'm hopeful that buying him was always in the plan a la Super Sir Wes in January and like Sir Wes we'll get the best out of him second half of season and season's to come. Of course we're winning the league....

What ever happened to a player simply saying "hey I like it here , it suits my play here and I want to stay here " rather than as we always read .
(he stressed that any negotiations would be left to his agent ) , I hear on the radio this morning that Beckhams agent is working a deal for him as he plays his last Galaxy game this weekend , but he does'nt know if it will be France, Spain, QPR or West Ham , surely he has made enough money now to simply say I am going to West Ham or I am going to The Mighty Swindon Town to see out my playing days . Blasted agents are a pain in the wotnot . COYR

Agents and sky ruining football, I also rate Ferry Bostock combination

hertz wrote:
What ever happened to a player simply saying "hey I like it here , it suits my play here and I want to stay here " rather than as we always read .
(he stressed that any negotiations would be left to his agent ) , I hear on the radio this morning that Beckhams agent is working a deal for him as he plays his last Galaxy game this weekend , but he does'nt know if it will be France, Spain, QPR or West Ham , surely he has made enough money now to simply say I am going to West Ham or I am going to The Mighty Swindon Town to see out my playing days . Blasted agents are a pain in the wotnot . COYR

Fully agree, I can't understand why players would put their futures in somebody else's hands. Can't the players of today see that the agent is looking after himself probably more than the player he's representing. I hope that if Bostock wants to remain here he will have the guts to tell is agent, if not I no doubt he will be on his way,

Quality player, lets hope we can keep him. He keeps the ball where it is meant to be - on the ground. That is if he can pluck it out of the air first!

Davidsyrett wrote:

hertz wrote: What ever happened to a player simply saying "hey I like it here , it suits my play here and I want to stay here " rather than as we always read . (he stressed that any negotiations would be left to his agent ) , I hear on the radio this morning that Beckhams agent is working a deal for him as he plays his last Galaxy game this weekend , but he does'nt know if it will be France, Spain, QPR or West Ham , surely he has made enough money now to simply say I am going to West Ham or I am going to The Mighty Swindon Town to see out my playing days . Blasted agents are a pain in the wotnot . COYR

Fully agree, I can't understand why players would put their futures in somebody else's hands. Can't the players of today see that the agent is looking after himself probably more than the player he's representing. I hope that if Bostock wants to remain here he will have the guts to tell is agent, if not I no doubt he will be on his way,

Agents are there for one principal reason, to wangle the best deal for their client (the incentive being that the better the deal, the better they're cut will be).

Although I can understand this to a degree, as your average footballer is not, in the politest possible way, best equipped to negotiate a contract, it really is money for old rope, agents as far as I can tell take a huge amount of money out of the game by artificially inflating transfer fees / signing on fees for their own purposes. It's one of the reasons why silly money gets paid for average players (remember Jermaine Pennant signing for around eight million at Liverpool a few years back, crazy money for a footballer who was nothing special, and a bit of a liability at times). Wages and transfer fees have risen exponentially since the premier league began but without TV money off-setting this for the majority of clubs, and seeing as attendances haven't risen drastically (and gone down for many clubs) the only option to keep up seems to be by putting the squeeze on existing supporters. Shame.

Just realised that was totally off subject - on the subject of Bostock, nice lad, good player, would be a good signing but it's out of our hands (and his by the sounds of it!) so we'll just have to see. Would add some quality to our permanent lineup but wouldn't be screwed without him in my opinion.

Would like to see him stay and not sure why we didn't buy him at the beginning of the season? Were Tottenham not selling then?

graham81 wrote:

southside7 wrote:
Bostock and Ferry best players at the club. Hope we find a way to keep him.

Err don't tell Richie or fodders that !

Can't argue with that. Was thinking outfield players as Sir Wes is in a class of his own and have often posted that he is one of our best 'ever' signings. Richie is awesome when he's on his game, great professional too who just gets on with it and no sh1tty pretenious crap so prevalent in football today...great bloke.

I see Caddis is back tonight for the Brummies and its on Sky live. Certainly going forward well but getting caught out down the line in defence which was one of the issues here at Swindon I remember. Thompson is a better defender that Caddis for sure.
Bostock would be a major signing if Swindon could get him, but can't see it coming off somehow. Very tough game coming up next Saturday as Donny are flying.

mikek wrote:
I see Caddis is back tonight for the Brummies and its on Sky live. Certainly going forward well but getting caught out down the line in defence which was one of the issues here at Swindon I remember. Thompson is a better defender that Caddis for sure.
Bostock would be a major signing if Swindon could get him, but can't see it coming off somehow. Very tough game coming up next Saturday as Donny are flying.

All good points. Caddis was great but did get caught out going forward so much, it's the price we paid for him and Ritchie's combination. Who knows, we may have conceded more goals this season playing in that way.

Swindon1984 wrote:

mikek wrote:
I see Caddis is back tonight for the Brummies and its on Sky live. Certainly going forward well but getting caught out down the line in defence which was one of the issues here at Swindon I remember. Thompson is a better defender that Caddis for sure.
Bostock would be a major signing if Swindon could get him, but can't see it coming off somehow. Very tough game coming up next Saturday as Donny are flying.

All good points. Caddis was great but did get caught out going forward so much, it's the price we paid for him and Ritchie's combination. Who knows, we may have conceded more goals this season playing in that way.

I agree defending not his strong point (as a defender) but was so consistent going forward. Reminded me of the consistency Kerslake gave us, same thing time and time again but it worked. Still, Thompson is fantastic and rated him in his early days, cracking right back.

Listening to music and heard "Those were the days" Mary Hopkin. It was played at Coventry in 1969 when we drew 2-2 in that eponymous year. Those really were the days. Will love it if Bostock stays longer - quality human being! / footballer