I think it actually meant to say "pay up sky blues" and it's a massive ST price hike.
Apparently it's going towards the funds to buy the stadium which DK will be going into partnership with our old chairman to buy. It's being billed as "a Kings Ranson".
Next year is probably THE best shot we will have at it.
By the end of next season we are likely to have a bunch of players at the stage of their development cycle who are ready to move on. Ie MVE, Wright, Simms so we may need to go through another partial rebuild midway through uncle Dougs 5...
If he sees it as a business (sensible) then selling at the first opportunity won't progress the long term goals for the business which is to get into the premier league.
For this "model" to work, you can't rely on an endless conveyer belt of stars that you will develop and make a profit on...
Exactly, punts on lower league players are fine as long as they are backups/understudies to proven top quality championship level players.
There's a reason clubs aren't queuing up for the list of players above but Hamer/O'Hare/Sheaf all have suitors.
People's perception of our shit defence is twofold
1. People are comparing to last years excellent defence and holding that as "the norm" - anything less than that is seen as a failure and means the defence are shite.
2. Individual howlers. You can't ignore these. We have a habit of pissing...
The cost of not getting in the playoffs/autos is surely way more than cutting our losses with him.
Continuing with him is suicide - he is not a goalkeeper.