chriswho
Player Valuation: £5m
There are plenty of rodwell threads, while this is related, I wanted to give this it's own thread as I tHink it is a separate discussion.
During the season, the fans complain about not having ambition, no trophy, NSNO, etc. When we sell, many complain about us being a "selling club" even when we think we get value for the sale. These ideas seem to be completely at odds with each other to me. At some point, if we want to show ambition don't we have to kick on and say we are making a run for the next year or two, and it becomes about results, not future sellon value?
When we look to buy, many complain about us buying players with limited sell on value, even if they are proven assets in the league like Dempsey or in our actual squad like pienaar or donovan. Or when we look to buy we talk about players who MAY increase in value, like AJ, Holtby, or Ince but may or may not cut it in the league or make it in the team.
If we want to be a team with ambition, actually secure a trophy and not a selling club, shouldn't we be pursuing players that we KNOW will improve our squad, and not constantly build for a tommorrow that will never come?
We've got a solid academy, one of our fringe players (Barkley) may be the best in the squad one day soon, and we've picked up players like junior and Naismith for free both of whom already have sell on value.
During the season, the fans complain about not having ambition, no trophy, NSNO, etc. When we sell, many complain about us being a "selling club" even when we think we get value for the sale. These ideas seem to be completely at odds with each other to me. At some point, if we want to show ambition don't we have to kick on and say we are making a run for the next year or two, and it becomes about results, not future sellon value?
When we look to buy, many complain about us buying players with limited sell on value, even if they are proven assets in the league like Dempsey or in our actual squad like pienaar or donovan. Or when we look to buy we talk about players who MAY increase in value, like AJ, Holtby, or Ince but may or may not cut it in the league or make it in the team.
If we want to be a team with ambition, actually secure a trophy and not a selling club, shouldn't we be pursuing players that we KNOW will improve our squad, and not constantly build for a tommorrow that will never come?
We've got a solid academy, one of our fringe players (Barkley) may be the best in the squad one day soon, and we've picked up players like junior and Naismith for free both of whom already have sell on value.