| Those saying we changed too much too quickly. 11:18 - Aug 15 with 2387 views | Guthrum |
There really wasn't a lot of choice.
Firstly, having the owner suddenly splash many millions in transfer fees was not an option. He said specifically he wouldn't. Whatever his notional wealth (which is mostly the value of his company), I doubt Evans actually has a lot more in the way of spare funds to put in. He did stump up for Bialkowski's new contract. Also, I don't think an FFP transfer embargo would really help matters.
Top quality Championship players are pretty unaffordable nowadays anyway, frequently going for eight-figure sums.
So in order to spend, we have to sell. Who were the most marketable members of our squad? Waghorn and Bialkowski. You want to hang on to the 'keeper, because 1) he has been critical to our defence for several seasons; and 2) they don't command such high fees as strikers. Waghorn was also attracting serious interest from a number of clubs willing to make pretty unrefuseable offers. So he's going anyway.
Webster similarly. A very generous bid came in for a player who had missed a lot of time due to injury anyway. The offer for Garner was pretty unrefuseable, too, plus he wanted to move. McGoldrick only wanted to stay for a good contract which, given he's injured for about half of every season, isn't worth it to the club. Bru was always on the way out, Smith wanted to go to America to reboot his career. The loans obviously went back to their parent clubs. This left us with a major rebuilding job whether we wanted it or not.
So to replacements. Keeping Waghorn in the teeth of Derby and Boro would have left us in the familiar position of rooting around for freebies and loans. One or two of them might have been very successful, but remember we no longer had a manager with extensive contacts in the Championship to possibly swing those uregarded gems. They would have had plenty of second-tier experience, sure, but may not have been very good or patricularly fit.
Plus our own Youths, whom everybody thinks are marvellous with the rosy-tinted spectacles of a new parent. But might not be all that hot really, especially over a long and gruelling season in the Championship. Remember, they all broke down pretty quickly last time. And they're still all in their late teens or only just into their twenties.
The alternative is to buy some of the best young prospects in the lower divisions of the League, players who have done well in teams pushing for promotion. We have a manager who knows these lads well, having played for or against him in recent seasons. This takes money, so Waghorn and Webster have to go. But it gives the chance of an injection of fresh energy and talent. It also means in a lot of areas having to get up to speed for the new level. Some of those players may not make the grade. But at least it is taking a positive approach, rather than struggling on with the same old same old.
To summarise: We were left with a pretty extensive rebuilding job whether we wanted it or not. The choice was then between trying to keep one good player and filling up on freebies and loans, or losing that man and buying young talent from lower down. We went for the latter. |  |
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| Those saying we changed too much too quickly. on 15:20 - Aug 15 with 326 views | BtreeBlueBlood |
| Those saying we changed too much too quickly. on 12:05 - Aug 15 by christiand |
Disagree with some aspects here. With what was left by MM that squad was a mid table championship side that played agricultural football. Yes, some element of change was needed, but the amount for ‘unproven’ players at this level was far too extreme in such a short space of time. The youngsters in Dozzell, Nydam and Downes are all highly thought by Klug, who we can all agree on as a well respected coach in youth football, they have represented their country they aren’t a crop of bog standard academy players. They should be involved, their energy and enthusiasm alone would be a huge benefit to our side. I do appreciate it is early days, but results last night with ‘predominantly’ your first team, is worrying and much more work is still needed on the training ground to turn this around before things seriously unravel. [Post edited 15 Aug 2018 12:09]
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That championship side had
celinas,connolly,awful,ccv loanees in the team
46 goals have been taken away (celinas,waggy, garner and McG)
also our 1st 3 games last season - we had 100% strike rate - so we didn't create that much last yr either |  | | |
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