Even Walker, joint top scorer first season despite being out for spells including Covid, and had a terrific game against Barnsley early the next season but went off injured. On such margins are careers made or lost and it's undeniable since then he hasn't justified his place (although being dropped after scoring in successive games probably didn't help *his* confidence either!), but he's not been all bad.
I was at those two games Blackburn and Preston both away and yes he scored two good goals and was denied a blatant penalty in one but his overall performance especially the PNE game wasn’t good. I just don’t think he suits our stile of play.
They get conveniently forgotten by those who like to have their little veiled pop at Robins, you can add Mark McNulty 28 goals and £1.5 million in the bank and not done a lot since, McCallum bought for a song from non league had two good years sold on for couple of million. Rose & Hyam bargain buys too but it seems only Hilsner and Jobello get remembered.
The problem with structured deals tbf. You get a Wilson or Maddison and all is good, you get the bloke stuck in Norwich reserves, and...
But they were players signed from other clubs, not ones that the Manager had watched in training every day for years. If new contracts were being offered to Hilsner, Walker and Jobello then the point would be valid.
Yeah, it was all SISU’s fault.
That’s the way the game works always has just players seem to move around quicker nowadays, you mention McNulty I don’t think we paid anything like 1.5 mill but we did get 28 goals and a promotion that year.
How many marketing emails would the CRM system need to send out to cover that?
He was 18 years old four years ago and then went out on loan - how many league games for us should he have started?
So let’s take O’Hare for had no injuries until this season but has had two unconnected long injuries, torn hamstring out 2/3 months and now an ACL out 9 months+ is he now classed as injury prone when his next contract is due.
I think he means that a player who signs a 2.5 year contract with us and then spends (at least) a full year injured can be reasonably classed as injury prone.
If it’s at a reasonable wage (i.e. a hometown discount) and we’re confident that his injury problems have been down to bad luck rather than some kind of recurring problem, then I can see the case for it. Especially with a player whose best years may be ahead of him, and will likely be easy to move on if it doesn’t work out in the Championship a la Shipley. Best case scenario you’ve tied down a player who will develop into a first team regular as early as next year. I’m not saying it’s a slam dunk, risk free deal but he’s clearly shown potential and it seems the coaching staff agree.
David Bell? Not sure. Is this another quiz?
So you would rather he be on higher wages than the deal we actually gave him?
