we cant afford Cody McDonalds wage when he is at Gillingham or Marshalls wage when he is at Port Vale, yet we can outbid Barnsley and Peterborough for Swanson and O'Brien ?
Mcdonalds around a 1 goal in 3 games at this level, not a bad return. Over a season he'll probably get you around the 15 mark at this level which is respectable. The problem is his all round game was quite poor and his goalscoring record isn't amazing enough to make up for it, he can often go 4/5/6 games without scoring and he's a passenger when he's not scoring. For me he either has to score even more goals or either improve his overall game to be considered good enough.
I never really seen Marshall play but I don't get the feeling he's one that got away, maybe could have been a useful squad player.
Mcdonalds around a 1 goal in 3 games at this level, not a bad return. Over a season he'll probably get you around the 15 mark at this level which is respectable. The problem is his all round game was quite poor and his goalscoring record isn't amazing enough to make up for it, he can often go 4/5/6 games without scoring and he's a passenger when he's not scoring. For me he either has to score even more goals or either improve his overall game to be considered good enough.
I never really seen Marshall play but I don't get the feeling he's one that got away, maybe could have been a useful squad player.
Marshall pretty piss poor he looked ok when we were so god damn awful at the end of last season....not that we are much better now!! A player who flattered to deceive though no real end product either via goals or assists!
None of them because they are not playing regularly. No matter how good a striker you are, you cannot score sitting on the bench. Jackson or Miller would both probably score 10 or more if they played every game. Tudgay maybe not.