tbf I came here for the meltdown about the type of deal it is, and am slightly disappointed that after a promising start it's all petered out into reasonableness.
Too busy composing new songs these days to be unreasonable. Very disappointing
He’s done brilliantly for himself here - having gone from being a Rochdale benchwarmer to signing a long-term contract with a Championship club off the back of almost no first team football is a great result for a player who’s almost totally unproven. He’s missed out on a lot of football of course but I imagine he’ll be able to get a move to another league club in the summer.
That will be offset by the loss of O'Hare though, we will either have to replace him with a player for a reasonable fee to develop over a few years or spend a big fee for a ready made replacement.
wouldnt Godden be heading the other way in July ?
No, why would he be?
If only we had a set period during the season where we could at least draft in some short term cover so our players don't break down. Let's call it... a transfer window? Yes that sounds good actually, I going to make some calls.
Should have done something about it then lol
Won’t have much of a kitty? I think we will regardless of vik going
Will the lad be like Maddison when he was loaned back to us? Went for a stroll around the pitch and never committed to a tackle just in case of injury!
What with a ruptured Achilles ?
I'm not sure there's that much left in the pot tbh and we don't know what add ons we might have to start paying out either on Thomas, Kitching, Wright, MVE etc.
So he didn’t come in with any money to spend then? Look I’m not really knocking doug as I like him. I think we have been too conservative in this transfer window, we’re not in a position where we can afford to spend money on players for next season. I very much doubt we will make the play-offs now as the squad is not big enough. I agree with most of what Doug has done, but not this transfer.
What has an injury he sustained after being 20-21 got to do with anything? He’s 23 now so would have got injured when he was 22, at a guess.
i wondered as Godden came from the Posh- he may get a good offer after the season
He was just 13 days from his 22nd Birthday when he got injured.
Difference here is that unlike us that season, Peterborough are very much in a race for promotion
I had to go back and check - we were much more in it than I remember! But still eight points off the automatic places and clearly in financial disarray. Peterborough are one point away and could go top over Portsmouth if they don’t lose their games in hand. You’d hope that was motivation to play without fear!
By god you’ve done it
It’s glaringly obvious though.
