Apologies to Dean Austin (16 Viewers)

[Captain Dart]

Bassette has definitely got potential, but there's a lot to work on for him to reach the level required to compete and perform in this league week in week out.

He undoubtedly needs a loan move away next season , probably in L1 or in Scotland for him to work on his game and gain some experience as did look like a fish out of water for the most part when he featured.

I can see why FL has taken him out of the side. It was way too soon to thrust him into the thick of it at this stage really.

Very parochial thinking for a loan destination, the lad is from Belgium so why not a French, Belgium German or Dutch club?

I don't actually see him going on loan anywhere.

 

---

[blunted]

Since Dean Austin came in December 2022
All fees from Transfermarkt

Jan 2023

Sean Maguire - free - 3/10
Low risk but useless signing.

Josh Wilson Esbrand - loan - 4/10
Needed LB cover, was ok.

Brooke Norton-Cuffey - loan - 7/10
Got better as the year went on, big part in the play off push.

Luke McNally - loan 8/10
Great signing.

2023/24

Haji Wright - €9m - 9/10
Big outlay for someone unproven in England, Sheff U have just spent more on Tom Cannon. Great signing and credit Dean Austin. Our best player and one of the best in the league.

Ellis Simms - €7m - 7/10
Had some up and down spells so far, been much better under Lampard.

Ephron Mason-Clark- 5m- 8.5/10
Great signing

Liam Kitching- €4.6m - 5/10
Quite like Kitching but not worth what we paid.

Milan Van Ewijk- €4.3m - 9/10
Will play in the premier league

Victor Torp- €2.5m - 7/10
Started slow but another looking much better under Lampard

Bobby Thomas - €2.3m - 7/10
Probably our best CB

Sakamoto - 2.25m - 6/10


Brad Collins - €685k 3/10
No better than Wilson, pointless signing.

Jay Dasilva - free - 3/10

Joel Latibeaudiere - free - 5/10
Big Character and bit of a leader but not good enough.

Yasin Ayari - loan - 3/10
Obviously a decent player but we didn’t see it here.

Luis Binks - loan - 5/10

2024/25

Jack Rudoni €5.8m - 8/10


Luis Binks €3.8m - 5/10
Didn’t really want him back and haven’t seen anything to change my mind

Brandon Thomas- Asante - €2.95m - 6/10

Norman Bassette -€2.7m- 6/10
Think this signing will age well

Oliver Dovin- €1.9- 8/10
Best player last 10 or so games

Raphael - Undisclosed - N/A
Matt Grimes- Undisclosed N/A
Jamie Paterson - free- N/A

sorry for the essay quiet night at work

What you have done is capture a moment in time when most (not all) of those players are at their optimum worth. The same post earlier in the season would have provided a completely different set of marks.
What is important is their marks from here on in. The end of this season will be a good benchmark.

 

[blunted]

This and the Lampard thread will be golddust for Grendal's spreadsheet when we're next on a bad run

Well it has all gone a bit Pollyanna.

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

Very parochial thinking for a loan destination, the lad is from Belgium so why not a French, Belgium German or Dutch club?

I don't actually see him going on loan anywhere.

So you'd rather him not get any game time whatsoever. Interesting logic.

 

[Hobo]

He has some pace but looks miles off the level

That's because he is young and a developing player. I wasn't one that jumped on the Bassette is the answer after a few games. But come on he is 19, slightly immature (surprise), stepping up several levels and settling in a new country.

The lad needs to be given time. He certainly gets into goal scoring positions most games, so he isn't that far off 'the level'.

Fans need to remember he was bought to develop, not as a solution. Injuries to key players forced him into the fray. It's the fans that have got carried away, not the manager or coaches.