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100% huge risk. But with risk comes upside.
Loan is not good...it has to be a fee.
That's not guaranteed though, not every young player is a potential superstar and I watch a lot of Championship football and would say you are paying for the name not the ability at the moment with Bellingham. I think we need to focus on a mixture of players of most ages preferably under the ages of 27 (Like Thelwell said) We are going to have a new manager with a new system in a new stadium, its very hard to guess what the team will look like tbh.Very different age profiles though.
Signing a 25 and 26 year old from the championship 'may' bring a good premier league player...on the other hand an average squad player.
As you know, going for the younger players may not bring instant rewards but at the same price points...far greater potential upside.
Going back a few years, if we had signed Branthwaite for £30mil we'd all be delighted with that business now.
Obviously we need a mix of players but i think our focus should be on the u21 bracket simply because they offer us the greater upside.
That's not guaranteed though, not every young player is a potential superstar and I watch a lot of Championship football and would say you are paying for the name not the ability at the moment with Bellingham. I think we need to focus on a mixture of players of most ages preferably under the ages of 27 (Like Thelwell said) We are going to have a new manager with a new system in a new stadium, its very hard to guess what the team will look like tbh.
Very different age profiles though.
Signing a 25 and 26 year old from the championship 'may' bring a good premier league player...on the other hand an average squad player.
As you know, going for the younger players may not bring instant rewards but at the same price points...far greater potential upside.
Going back a few years, if we had signed Branthwaite for £30mil we'd all be delighted with that business now.
Obviously we need a mix of players but i think our focus should be on the u21 bracket simply because they offer us the greater upside.
Very different age profiles though.
Signing a 25 and 26 year old from the championship 'may' bring a good premier league player...on the other hand an average squad player.
As you know, going for the younger players may not bring instant rewards but at the same price points...far greater potential upside.
Going back a few years, if we had signed Branthwaite for £30mil we'd all be delighted with that business now.
Obviously we need a mix of players but i think our focus should be on the u21 bracket simply because they offer us the greater upside.
I know it will divide opinions but we should try and bring Richy back for at least a loan till the end of the season if Spurs want. I mean ideally we bring a right winger. But Richy will bring goals, January is the not the month you get the best players out there and he might feel up for coming home and save us again
As long as the deals have "market value", it's fine.Are there any rules against us doing mutually profitable deals with Roma? If Roma needs a striker and we need a rb, can we just trade? Or sell to each other for equal prices that helps both clubes like we did with Villa and Dobbin? It seems like that should be illegal, but i hope its not.
As long as the deals have "market value", it's fine.
Have you read moneyball mate?
Pressure is on across the board now. Everyone knew Moshiri was a lame duck owner so there was no real accountability. However, I do accept that Thelwell has had very little leeway to get decent deals done given the financial situation at the club. Still on the fence tbh.Looking at that bench today, it's so dire...one key injury and we have to rely on players like harrison today. Supposedly our new owners are very impressed with thelwell...he better deliver in January, and I am not talking deadline day. We need new players by January 1st ready to go, or at the very least within the first 2 weeks. He had months to look at the market and the positions that needs reinforcement. However I have no trust at this stage that he will deliver unfortunately. It's about accountability and our windows have been very average or poor in the last couple of years...no excuses, has to deliver.
I think he's read it twiceHave you read moneyball mate?