23-08-2023, 12:53
(This post was last modified: 23-08-2023, 12:53 by Slick_Footwork.)
I think the main problem with the club is our dreadful recruitment.
I think the fans could tolerate selling young players if we bought in better replacements, who would push us on to a higher level.
But we have a track record of bringing in high earning journeymen who can't play and contribute to the club going backwards...
From what I've seen, I'm still undecided if TGH will push on and become a good player or not. At times he's really looked the part. On other occasions, he's not been so good.
So only time will tell if we've made a reasonable decision cashing in for (what seems to be a very measly) £1.25m...
But it does seem bizarre to sell a young player who has shown a lot of promise, when we have so many bang average players at the club with no potential.
Furlong, Townsend, Kipre, Bartley, Reach, Chalobah... The list goes on and on...
Just shows how skint we must be if we need to sell a low earner for so little, especially when you consider his potential.
I hope I'm wrong, but I give us about 0.5% of making the playoffs this season. So it would've made sense to keep and improve the likes of TGH and ship high earning dross like Furlong and Reach. Players that will never get any better. Even if we gave these away for free and kept TGH, it would almost average out the same financially, as they must be on a lot more cash.
I think the fans could tolerate selling young players if we bought in better replacements, who would push us on to a higher level.
But we have a track record of bringing in high earning journeymen who can't play and contribute to the club going backwards...
From what I've seen, I'm still undecided if TGH will push on and become a good player or not. At times he's really looked the part. On other occasions, he's not been so good.
So only time will tell if we've made a reasonable decision cashing in for (what seems to be a very measly) £1.25m...
But it does seem bizarre to sell a young player who has shown a lot of promise, when we have so many bang average players at the club with no potential.
Furlong, Townsend, Kipre, Bartley, Reach, Chalobah... The list goes on and on...
Just shows how skint we must be if we need to sell a low earner for so little, especially when you consider his potential.
I hope I'm wrong, but I give us about 0.5% of making the playoffs this season. So it would've made sense to keep and improve the likes of TGH and ship high earning dross like Furlong and Reach. Players that will never get any better. Even if we gave these away for free and kept TGH, it would almost average out the same financially, as they must be on a lot more cash.