He’s been here 3 years and we need another mass squad overhaul. That is poor.
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Godfrey is an example that we still do, but nowadays we are seeing these young players go for high premiums. We paid, what, £1.5M for Cahill and £6M for Lescott? If we were signing them today you'd be looking at anywhere between £20M and £40M if not moreOllie Watkins is exactly the player he should have been targeting last summer. The fact we weren't in for clearly the best player in the championship worries me with Brands. I know next to nothing about football but it was so abundantly clear that the lad was a player. It was as easy as scouting can get.
We get better by signing the best young hungry players from the championship. It is tried and tested at this club and we have stopped doing it for some reason. Would we unearth a Cahill or a Lescott nowadays? It seems like we don’t look too much at these sort of players anymore and thats a concern.
Godfrey is an example that we still do, but nowadays we are seeing these young players go for high premiums. We paid, what, £1.5M for Cahill and £6M for Lescott? If we were signing them today you'd be looking at anywhere between £20M and £40M if not more
I suppose some people might argue that having holgate in the team after 3 years might mean he hasn’t recruited well enough? SPOILER - They would be right.Should kick Brands out for telling Holgate to lose possession and have a bad game
Godfrey is an example that we still do, but nowadays we are seeing these young players go for high premiums. We paid, what, £1.5M for Cahill and £6M for Lescott? If we were signing them today you'd be looking at anywhere between £20M and £40M if not more
True, honestly I think most clubs in our league would be better served scouting the lower leagues than splashing out ridiculous fees. Sheffield United being prime example, getting someone like Ivan Toney instead of Rhian Brewster and they might have had a shot of staying up this seasonOf course the values are much higher nowadays but thats not the point. We are spending enormous fees on average players when there are far better players in the championship.
Its not the money, its the players we recruit. Watkins was a prime example of how are recruitment has gone from being calculated and logical to erratic and inconsistent.
Acceptance of mediocrity in the club from top to bottomMarcel Brands took over a team who finished 8th.
3 years on we are about to finish 8th and he’s been given 3 more years.
Why is Bill even involved?! He should be in a purely ceremonial role at this stage. Summs it up. Jobs for the boysChairman Bill Kenwright said: “There hasn’t really been any doubt for some time that Marcel and I would sit down and agree a new contract. With Farhad’s blessing it took us around about one play of Z Cars to reach an agreement. “Farhad and I both wish our leadership team success and happiness as we all work together to build an exciting future for our great club,” he added.