houston_bud Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Strange that Jakubiak has gone to Dundee, they're cutting players' wages and apparently we couldn't afford him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munoz Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, houston_bud said: Strange that Jakubiak has gone to Dundee, they're cutting players' wages and apparently we couldn't afford him. I think JG may have been telling porkies , unless Dundee are paying 6-7K a week for him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: How was Alex Jakubiak for you? Soften the blow of losing Hemmings? Good link up with Mullen? Goodwin said he could sign three players for the price of Jakubiak's wages. Hence, why we're not signing him. Didn't really link up with Mullen, as Mullen wasn't getting a look in. Linked really well with Obika though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Just now, Munoz said: I think JG may have been telling porkies , unless Dundee are paying 6-7K a week for him. The average weekly salary at Watford was £30K in 2019. I doubt that JG was telling porkies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulysses Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Bit scunnered with that to be honest. Would have loved him back. Oh well. Great signing for Dundee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I think JG may have been telling porkies , unless Dundee are paying 6-7K a week for him.It is Dundee we are talking about here. They’ve been full of dodgy money for years.FWIW I never really seen the big deal with Jakubiak. 10 appearances and 1 goal, which was in the cup. That’s awful numbers for a striker and I hope and think we can do better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenburn bud Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Have to say I’m a bit taken aback with Jakubiak signing for Dundee Although you’d have to guess that Hemings was on a fair amount of cash, so with him off they probably gave Jak a hefty wage in order for him to sign. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Does seem a little odd, even if we could/couldn't afford him he certainly seemed to be capable of hacking it in the Premiership. Maybe Dundee gave him a guarantee of first pick which he wouldn't have got with us, albeit he'll be playing just 3/4 of a season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddie06smfc Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Dundee have got 2 very good strikers for Championship level. Surprised Jakubiak hasn't got a club in the Premiership as he's a very nifty player. Danny Mullen everything you need in a striker for Championship, won't be thrown about by the diddies most clubs have at centre half. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buttocks Brown Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) Dundee fans would be able to enlighten on this but.... They signed Steven Caulker a couple of years ago to everyone's surprise. However, he had a clause in his contract which meant he could walk away from the club at any time. He did just that not long after the club had reportedly turned down a £££££££ offer for him. Might be a similar deal for Jakubiak. Would allow him to sign for someone else outside the transfer windows. Back to England once a suitable club expresses an interest? Edited August 5, 2020 by Buttocks Brown 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 What's Obika like? Just asking in advance. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBank Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Jak is really strong and holds the ball well. Good running off the ball too. Obika's scoring rate improved with Jak next to him. Think he could form a good relationship with Danny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergie's no1 fan Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 What's Obika like? Just asking in advance.He's an actual goalscorer [emoji12].Not gonna lie would have been delighted to get the Jak back, he is a good foil for Obika but does most of his work outside the box. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossC93 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Jakubiak was very over rated IMO. Decent enough foil for Obika in the sense that he could actually make decent runs off him - very poor finisher though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 Good foil for Obika, that's all he was. He scored 1 in 10 games for us at the end of the day. He came to us following his Watford release with a price via his agent, we instantly baulked at it and that was the end of it. Dundee have came back in and got him on a significantly lesser wage than he asked us for initially about 6 weeks ago (presumably we know this as his agent has come back to us to try and match the revised offer) and we've still not taken him up on it, so Goodwin clearly didn't think he was worthy of the wage he was asking. No big deal, really. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: Good foil for Obika, that's all he was. He scored 1 in 10 games for us at the end of the day. He came to us following his Watford release with a price via his agent, we instantly baulked at it and that was the end of it. Dundee have came back in and got him on a significantly lesser wage than he asked us for initially about 6 weeks ago (presumably we know this as his agent has come back to us to try and match the revised offer) and we've still not taken him up on it, so Goodwin clearly didn't think he was worthy of the wage he was asking. No big deal, really. You seem very ITK these days, which strikers does JG have his eyes on? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambling syd rumpo Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Buttocks Brown said: Dundee fans would be able to enlighten on this but.... They signed Steven Caulker a couple of years ago to everyone's surprise. However, he had a clause in his contract which meant he could walk away from the club at any time. He did just that not long after the club had reportedly turned down a £££££££ offer for him. Might be a similar deal for Jakubiak. Would allow him to sign for someone else outside the transfer windows. Back to England once a suitable club expresses an interest? Caulker was a one-off. He had relatives in Kinross so he could stay with them while he was getting himself sorted out. Neil McCann realised there might be a deal and sold the idea to Caulker. He was always going to be with Dundee for as long or as short a period as it suited him. Yeah, Dundee got a big bid, but the idea that Caulker could be packed off to sign for another club so Dundee could cash in was fanciful. It was about four months later that he chose to go. I don't have any problems at all with Caulker's or Dundee's actions. It was a special case that only arose because of the player's personal problems. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, djchapsticks said: Good foil for Obika, that's all he was. He scored 1 in 10 games for us at the end of the day. He came to us following his Watford release with a price via his agent, we instantly baulked at it and that was the end of it. Dundee have came back in and got him on a significantly lesser wage than he asked us for initially about 6 weeks ago (presumably we know this as his agent has come back to us to try and match the revised offer) and we've still not taken him up on it, so Goodwin clearly didn't think he was worthy of the wage he was asking. No big deal, really. His agent being this man might also be a factor: Once said his only regret in his career is that he never got to join Dundee when he was in his 20s and became a supporter for life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: You seem very ITK these days, which strikers does JG have his eyes on? Dunno. I know less than I have in previous seasons! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAD Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 I never really got the hype with Jakubiak either, I just thought he gave the ball away far too much. He always seemed too slow in passing, a there was a lot of head down, aimless dribbling. Obika did seem to play a lot better after he arrived mind you, but I'm still not convinced that wouldn't have happened anyway, I certainly don't remember many assists from him either. I wonder if we might be sniffing around Hemmings now? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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