The Holgate loan only makes any sense if we are much better off financially than with the Southampton deal
John from Bootle
Player Valuation: £8m
Not really a rival though, are they? At least not imo.
Forest, Luton, Brentford and Palace are our rivals here. The other 2 are already gone, imo, of course.
….i expect we are, Tim, but surely not enough to be taking such a risk.
You could argue he poses a greater risk to the Sheffield Utd defence.
He hardly got a game at Southampton, at least moving to Sheffield he's close to donny. Home to his mums for tea.
Suffice to say I’m not as confident of Holgate single handedly transforming Sheffield United’s season and dragging them up the table as much as Eggs seems to be.
This is what Dyche hinted at in the press conference.
Not long ago Luton were considered a certainty to go down , to dismiss any team as relegation certainties is a dangerous game as the whole picture can change very quickly over 3 games.
I agree with eggs an unnecessary risk and could only be justified with him having a burst of good form increasing his saleability in the summer but would we really want that?
Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
Southampton wanted rid of him which in itself is already telling. So the options were to loan him out again or have him back with us. I guess after weighing up both options they’ve decided it’s more in our interest to loan him to another club than have him playing for us and even just training with us
toffeeblue9
Player Valuation: £35m
Holgate going to Sheffield United for half a season isn't going to turn their fortunes around, nor will it be a decision which relegates us. They will go down whatever happens, it's just about the team who goes with them and Burnley.
If it's a move which makes financial sense for us, given the situation we are in, then I'm absolutely fine with this decision from Thelwell.
If it's a move which makes financial sense for us, given the situation we are in, then I'm absolutely fine with this decision from Thelwell.
….which could be an issue when they play the likes of Luton.
He demonstrated after he’d been on loan to West Brom that he can grasp an opportunity. His future with us looked gone but we failed to bring in a CB on the last day of the window and injuries meant he was given a chance which he took. He’s a Yorkshire lad, I wouldn’t be surprised if we see an upturn in form.
its simply an unnecessary risk, ridiculous but unsurprising management.
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Kicking him for loaning Mason Holgate to a team already relegated? Hmm
If he`d gone to Lutoncelona, he`d have been the missing piece in their identikit 1970`s Brazil team.
Furey1878
Player Valuation: £70m
If we maintain our PPG for the season, -10 of course, we are on course for a 38 points finish. Shef U are on course for 17.
If we'd loaned him to Luton, maybe I would have raised an eyebrow.
Well Holgate can’t play against us, but he can help them beat our other rivals . He’s good enough to do that but not to keep them up on his own . People are getting exercised over nothing.
