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Clucas - bluepooch - 01-09-2015
A Hull fans verdict and goes towards my point that 1.3 million was a fantastic deal for us .
http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2015-09-01/off-the-post-blog-can-hull-city-keep-hold-of-their-star-names/
RE: Clucas - Devongone - 02-09-2015
I agree Sam was great business for us, if only because there is a limit to how much a club our size can get for a player in his mid-twenties.
I am left wondering what Hull want and expect though. They are challenging at the top of their division. Clucas didn't go to them as a flying winger, he wasn't Depay or even James Rodriguez. He's a worker, who'll do it all over the field and sweat blood for them. Versatile. And capable of sticking the ball in the onion bag, maybe ten times at Championship level .... or even covering at full back.
From our point of view it was a good deal, but from Hull's, what did they expect for £1.3 million? They are playing in the Championship, they don't need to outclass David Silva, or outsprint Hector Bellerin. They need some guys who'll be happy to work their socks off week-in week-out and contribute all over the pitch. They needed a Clucas, even if they aren't bright enough to know it.
RE: Clucas - SaltergateBorn - 02-09-2015
To be fair, that`s only one individual`s opinion, and you know what some fans are like; if a new arrival doesn`t play 4 blinders and score at least 2 hat-tricks in his first 5 games, he`s a useless waste of money. As I recall, we have one or two like that ourselves. There`s no indication that Steve Bruce thinks that - unless somebody knows different.
Any new player needs a dozen or so games to get used to a system and the players around him; it`s too early to judge yet whether he will turn out to have been worth the money.
RE: Clucas - Devongone - 02-09-2015
That's true Saltergate. But the impression I get is a couple of years in the top section turn fans' heads. When Norwich were apparently in for Clucas their fans were all "never-'eard-of him". Yet they don't blink at the millions wasted on Wolfswinkel.
They expect a level of player they are unlikely to get from Division One ..... but there are fighting qualities in those players they ought to value.
Unfortunately managers are judged alongside the false expectations of their team's fans.