John?With Conor and George before him, has any surname been this common in our squad over the post-PL years?
You're forgetting Kwame and LukeWith Conor and George before him, has any surname been this common in our squad over the post-PL years?
The loans add extra quality and we would be missing out compared to on our rivals not to take advantage of those opportunities. Apart from Hamer, and to a lesser extent Bidwell and Palmer, virtually all our best players in recent years have at least started as loans. We wouldn't have become a top Championship side without players like Gyokeres, O'Hare, Sheaf, Doyle and McNally.
Indeed, if your model of making money by signing low and selling for big bucks is to work, it relies upon it.I agree with you, but the loan market is there to supplement your squad rather than to plug gaps. COH is a case in point - he wasn’t brought in as a starter initially and worked his way into the team to be a key play and permanent player for us.
The priority from Robins, Boddy and King that we need to own our players rather than loan them.
What a shit video5 min 55 seconds on the video below
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Good point. If we move to a place where we use loans for players unattainable to most in the League, and spend £2m on a promising player, that's a step fwd.We will still need the loan market but hopefully only for more unattainable players (like Maatsen & Doyle).
*FWIW I think we will still sign McNally, but we could have got him for £2m last summer and will have to pay double now due to a successful loan with us.
Nah the third one was a Atkinson signing, surely? Think the other two had returned to the lower leagues where they belonged by then?For a month under Booby G we had three players called Paul Williams
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Nah the third one was a Atkinson signing, surely? Think the other two had returned to the lower leagues where they belonged by then?
i kept thinking, what am i supposed to see here, then i remembered he is good at long throws. Let's just hope we learn to use him (MR is not thick so he will already know).5 min 55 seconds on the video below
I think you mean that YOU know nothing about him. That doesn’t mean that our scouts know nothing about him.I feel spending close To £2M on him is a massive gamble when we hardy know anything about him, i see Burnley were quick to offer him as part of the Hamer deal along side Mcnally, if true, and suddenly we are making an offer on him, rather we had Mcnally, this Thomas guy could be shit.
I feel spending close To £2M on him is a massive gamble when we hardy know anything about him, i see Burnley were quick to offer him as part of the Hamer deal along side Mcnally, if true, and suddenly we are making an offer on him, rather we had Mcnally, this Thomas guy could be shit.
I agree it's a big gamble, 2 million is a lot of money by our standard, especially as he's totally untested above league 1 .I feel spending close To £2M on him is a massive gamble when we hardy know anything about him, i see Burnley were quick to offer him as part of the Hamer deal along side Mcnally, if true, and suddenly we are making an offer on him, rather we had Mcnally, this Thomas guy could be shit.
Literally every transfer is a gambleI agree it's a big gamble, 2 million is a lot of money by our standard, especially as he's totally untested above league 1 .
however, i'm happy he's here, and I trust that we've done our homework on him, it could prove to be a brilliant piece of business or a complete disaster, time will tell.
In the history of the club, have we ever paid as much money for a player who's never played above league 1.
Not a £2million gamble though.Literally every transfer is a gamble
No doubt, As they did with Kastaneer, Reid, Dacosta, Dinanger, Walker etc.I'm sure our Recruitment team know plenty about him.
McNally hadnt played higher than league one before us had he?I agree it's a big gamble, 2 million is a lot of money by our standard, especially as he's totally untested above league 1 .
however, i'm happy he's here, and I trust that we've done our homework on him, it could prove to be a brilliant piece of business or a complete disaster, time will tell.
In the history of the club, have we ever paid as much money for a player who's never played above league 1.
Was he ours or was he a loan?McNally hadnt played higher than league one before us had he?
This guy will be class
Thomas will be a great addition who perfectly fits our recruitment model.Was he ours or was he a loan?
Did he cost us £2million?
How many appearances has he made for the club who own him?
No doubt, As they did with Kastaneer, Reid, Dacosta, Dinanger, Walker etc.
Some you win, some you lose, but the more you invest in a player, the greater the risk.
We've never payed so much for a player who's only ever appeared for 1 season in the third teir, so we simply have to get this one right.
On the plus side, I could never see us paying that kind of money for this kind of player under SISU.
Again I'll ask, who's moaning???Thomas will be a great addition who perfectly fits our recruitment model.
don’t moan about needing our own players and then moan at the price of up and coming promising defenders, that’s what they cost
He hadn't spent £2m on anybody until this summer. It's almost as if selling a player for £20m gives you more options in the market...Again I'll ask, who's moaning???
Show me 1 post where I've moaned about needing our own players, just 1, expressing shock about a valuation is NOT moaning.
How much did we pay for Latibeaudiere or Dasilva? When has MR ever paid £2m for a defender?
I answered the 2 mil question before but shockingly you chose to ignore it. He hasn't spent it because he hadn't had the opportunity to. I'll ask you if we paid 2 mil for latibeaudiere and 500k for thomas would you even be questioning it?Again I'll ask, who's moaning???
Show me 1 post where I've moaned about needing our own players, just 1, expressing shock about a valuation is NOT moaning.
How much did we pay for Latibeaudiere or Dasilva? When has MR ever paid £2m for a defender?
We haven't paid £2 million for a defender before because we've never been able to afford the kind of defenders who cost £2 million.........Again I'll ask, who's moaning???
Show me 1 post where I've moaned about needing our own players, just 1, expressing shock about a valuation is NOT moaning.
How much did we pay for Latibeaudiere or Dasilva? When has MR ever paid £2m for a defender?
I didn’t mean you specifically, I meant generally.Again I'll ask, who's moaning???
Show me 1 post where I've moaned about needing our own players, just 1, expressing shock about a valuation is NOT moaning.
How much did we pay for Latibeaudiere or Dasilva? When has MR ever paid £2m for a defender?
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