| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... 10:02 - Jan 14 with 1101 views | SomethingBlue |
... which is hardly an unreasonable scenario given we are a third division club, you'd keep Downes — right? Bad choice to have to make, but Downes is well en route to being this team's heartbeat at a very young age while centre-backs competent enough to get you up the divisions aren't massively hard to come by. James Wilson has done fine from being a trialist who couldn't get a game at Lincoln, as one example. None of that is to take away from Woolfenden's current ability or his potential but it's one way of looking at it.
I suspect Woolfie may go and then be loaned back, as there's little point him playing next to no football for the rest of the season, and if that meant we kept hold of Downes for longer I think we'd just have to be OK with it. |  |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:08 - Jan 14 with 1052 views | homer_123 |
We've done the right thing already. Nsiala has gone. |  |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:08 - Jan 14 with 1055 views | Bluefish |
I think Woolfenden has the potential to be valued highest in the future but i think Downes makes the biggest difference to our team now. I would keep Downes he has been different class this season. |  |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:10 - Jan 14 with 1039 views | JakeITFC |
I think Woolfenden has more upside, but we are not really in a position to worry about upside right now so it has to be Downes. |  | | |
| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:10 - Jan 14 with 1040 views | ElephantintheRoom |
Town can't keep either of them unfortunately - if any of the 40 clubs above Town in the financial pecking order want them.
Just one sniff of an offer (and instant millionaire status) and they'd be off. | |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:10 - Jan 14 with 1039 views | itfcjoe |
I don't see that Sheff U would loan him back, they only have 3 wide CBs to cover 2, and unless they sign someone else he won't be a mile away from the team - plus they will want him doing all their tactical and sports science development that Wilder is keen on.
They aren't a big club for loans, if he goes there then think they will assess him until the summer in house with a view to where he will play next season.
But the answer to the question is Downes, although Woolfie will probably end up being worth more if they both stay as CBs that can play are rare as anything |  |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:11 - Jan 14 with 1027 views | Keaneish |
A midfielder will typically command a higher price point than a defender. Exceptions to the rule obviously but its a no brainer for me to retain Downes over Wolfenden. Without Downes he lose our heartbeat as has been proven in the games he's not played. Downes is the difference between automatic and play-offs, Wolfenden isn't as quality as he has been. |  |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:11 - Jan 14 with 1022 views | chicoazul |
| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:08 - Jan 14 by Bluefish |
I think Woolfenden has the potential to be valued highest in the future but i think Downes makes the biggest difference to our team now. I would keep Downes he has been different class this season. |
Agreed blubbers. |  |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:12 - Jan 14 with 1017 views | SomethingBlue |
| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:10 - Jan 14 by itfcjoe |
I don't see that Sheff U would loan him back, they only have 3 wide CBs to cover 2, and unless they sign someone else he won't be a mile away from the team - plus they will want him doing all their tactical and sports science development that Wilder is keen on.
They aren't a big club for loans, if he goes there then think they will assess him until the summer in house with a view to where he will play next season.
But the answer to the question is Downes, although Woolfie will probably end up being worth more if they both stay as CBs that can play are rare as anything |
Fair point about Blades and bedding him in, you may well be right. Also agree he could end up being worth more than FD, but FD is just more important to the way we function effectively as a team. | |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:14 - Jan 14 with 1003 views | chicoazul |
The perfect banter of course would be if we sell Woolf for 3 now, he gets loaned back, we go up, then the Blunts sell him for 10 in the summer. | |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:15 - Jan 14 with 980 views | SomethingBlue |
| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:14 - Jan 14 by chicoazul |
The perfect banter of course would be if we sell Woolf for 3 now, he gets loaned back, we go up, then the Blunts sell him for 10 in the summer. |
To Derby, presumably. | |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:17 - Jan 14 with 965 views | chicoazul |
| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:15 - Jan 14 by SomethingBlue |
To Derby, presumably. |
Man City and Spurs need centre backs this summer! | |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:17 - Jan 14 with 958 views | Swansea_Blue |
| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:15 - Jan 14 by SomethingBlue |
To Derby, presumably. |
Who've just appointed Mick as their new manager. |  |
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| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:34 - Jan 14 with 896 views | crossyitfc |
| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:10 - Jan 14 by itfcjoe |
I don't see that Sheff U would loan him back, they only have 3 wide CBs to cover 2, and unless they sign someone else he won't be a mile away from the team - plus they will want him doing all their tactical and sports science development that Wilder is keen on.
They aren't a big club for loans, if he goes there then think they will assess him until the summer in house with a view to where he will play next season.
But the answer to the question is Downes, although Woolfie will probably end up being worth more if they both stay as CBs that can play are rare as anything |
They have quite a few loanees knocking around in the EFL no? Heneghan at Blackpool, Norrington-Davies at Rochdale come to mind. |  | | |
| If you could only keep one of Woolfenden and Downes .... on 10:38 - Jan 14 with 879 views | Herbivore |
I think ultimately Woolfy could command a bigger fee as ball playing centre backs are at a premium whereas good box to box midfielders aren't so hard to come by. That said for us right now Downes is the more important player. We miss him badly when he doesn't play in a way that isn't really the case with Woolfy. We saw on Saturday what Woolfy can potentially do and how he could be a dynamic part of our team but that's a relatively recent thing. For most of the season he's simply looked a very competent CB who is good on the ball. |  |
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