clint van damme
Well-Known Member
True, I keep forgetting we got the Peterboro lad but they played hardball on the loan back
I think spending over 5m in January is proof he try to help us in every window
It is also a 5 year plan, not a 1-2 seasons go all in for Premiership football.Our squad has looked paper thin every January since we returned to the Championship.
If King isn't going to fund a bigger squad then he needs to change his stance on loans.
He can't have it both ways and expect Robins to achieve the objectives he's been set.
Hardly, he agreed to loan the player backI think spending over 5m in January is proof he try to help us in every window
Given that King by his own admission has almost no knowledge of football whatsoever, I don’t know why he’d dig his heels in to this extent when Robins asks him for help in building a squad.
Hardly, he agreed to loan the player back
Was either that or lose the player completelyHardly, he agreed to loan the player back
To what extent ?Given that King by his own admission has almost no knowledge of football whatsoever, I don’t know why he’d dig his heels in to this extent when Robins asks him for help in building a squad.
Yeah agree with that, he may not have been a regular starter but we needed a back up left sided centre back. I don't see him as a waste, we brought in Thomas and Lati to compete for RCB and Kitching and Binks to compete for left centre back, with Fadz in the middle. Then we went to a back 4.Don't think Binks deserves mentioning in the same breath as Ayari!
He was a very poor loan.
It was either that or we didn't agree the signing at that time. The real point is though that the deal did not help in January.Was either that or lose the player completely
Life doesn't always work out perfectly.
We have had 5 loans under DK.Let's hope Doug King has learnt his lesson, re loans.
3 top quality players, "which you can't afford to buy" is the difference between promotion and finishing 8th in the league.
Lots of inaccuracies with what you said but for one Casadei was recalled because Chelsea had injury problems in central midfield and wanted him to play a part in the squad.Ok can we expose some myths on loans ….
1) The most sought after players are not cheap. Clubs insist on a loan fee and the club pick up all / majority of the players wages. This means that loan signings are often the highest paid players at the club they join. It is not unusual for the loan fee to be a 7 figure sum.
2) The player and the loaning club have clear expectations on both how many matches they will play and in what position. This can create issues within the squad as other team members feel it’s not a level playing field for first team selection
3) attitude is everything …. Some loan players embrace their new club, the chance they have for first team football …others act billy big time and think the club, its facilities, etc are below them. This can also cause squad issues.
4) The data is mixed. It’s a bit lazy to say that you have to have loans to go up because almost every club in the championship has loan players. Therefore yes loan players appear in promoted teams but they are also in relegated teams.
If we take Leicester as a case in point. 4 loans this season. Only 1 of which has been a real success. 2 flopped and have barely played and 1 has been injured most of the season.
They have spent over £3m in loan fees.
One loan was recalled by Chelsea in January because he wasn’t playing enough ( he was getting mins off the bench ) ….
No the real point is that the intent was there to help in januaryIt was either that or we didn't agree the signing at that time. The real point is though that the deal did not help in January.
A winger on loan would not have cost a few million and would have made a massive difference to our season.We could have brought in a couple but I think we were always reaching this season. If they worked out, we could have made playoffs but I don't think we win them. If it didn't work out, we p*ss a few million away.
Maybe the Semi was a lesson for DKThe Hull game should have been a lesson for DK if he’s still against loans.
1st hull goal assisted by Carvalho (loanee). 2nd is a penalty won by Delap (loanee) scored by Carvalho (loanee). 3rd is scored by Ohio (loanee).
Meanwhile we’re dredging up Kelly, Godden, Dasilva playing on the wing etc just to put a team out.
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