| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... 15:27 - Jul 7 with 18432 views | ITFCBlues |
Why are we bothering with the academy? Seems pointless if you're letting your best players walk for peanuts. |  |
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| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 12:08 - Jul 15 with 1317 views | dirtyboy |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 19:24 - Jul 14 by doodah |
Erm!!! Norwich have recently signed Milot Rashica and Pierre Lees-Melou, and you think the possible signings of Crooks and Gibson might encourage him to stay? Really? |
Is he more likely to be ahead of those or who we sign in a years' time?
I understand his thinking completely, but there's still an opportunity here which is looking better than it was in January when he didn't sign, that's all I'm saying. |  | | |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 12:34 - Jul 15 with 1284 views | Pinewoodblue |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 10:50 - Jul 15 by chrismakin |
He wasnt swayed either way
We refused to offer more money
Be left
Signed for closest club to home who offered what he wanted. Really nothing exciting here. |
Not sure signing for that lot up the road shows ambition. Will certainly ,in the short term, be better rewarded financially but would have more chance of making a real breakthrough at Town leading to the prospect of an established Premier League club coming in for him.
Had he signed for Town he could, this weekend, be playing against Man City U23’s and who knows they might have shown an interest. He would get paid a lot more, and Town would have received a decent fee.
On the question of agents not comfortable with Brother of U18’s coach being Gibb’s agent. |  |
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| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 13:32 - Jul 15 with 1247 views | chrismakin |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 12:34 - Jul 15 by Pinewoodblue |
Not sure signing for that lot up the road shows ambition. Will certainly ,in the short term, be better rewarded financially but would have more chance of making a real breakthrough at Town leading to the prospect of an established Premier League club coming in for him.
Had he signed for Town he could, this weekend, be playing against Man City U23’s and who knows they might have shown an interest. He would get paid a lot more, and Town would have received a decent fee.
On the question of agents not comfortable with Brother of U18’s coach being Gibb’s agent. |
Be interesting to see if the coach ends up anywhere local in the near future..... |  |
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| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:21 - Jul 15 with 1198 views | doodah |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 11:35 - Jul 15 by chrismakin |
It is a long term approach tho. Rebuilding the club from top to bottom. Part of that is being careful with expenditure. That includes having a cut off when it comes to players. It's ok saying just a few hundred pounds. But it's still more than the club were willing to pay. So again. They havent let him leave. He chose to reject the deal and move on.
Weve signed 7 players on 3 year deals. Not 1 or 2 but 3.
We have also signed some youngsters on new deals. We havent closed the Academy. |
Not that long ago we were in the champs and that lot were in league 1 with big debts and owners who had a fraction of the wealth of Evans. Yet here we now find ourselves miles behind them in virtually every footballing respect. Not one town player would get close to their first team yet most of their reserve players would walk straight into ours. How this happened is a digrace, but we are where we are and it looks like a long road back to any sort of parity. Like it or not we could learn an awful lot from their transformation from our inferiors to where they now are literally out of our league. One stand out fact is that they didn't buy their way into this position. They seem to have achieved this by building from the bottom to top rather than your suggested top to bottom. By which I mean they significantly invested in the recruitment and development of academy players. That's why the loss of Gibbs should not just be seen as the loss of one over-blown prospect but as a failure to recognise the value of investing in youth as the foundation of future prosperity. |  | | |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:24 - Jul 15 with 1187 views | chrismakin |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:21 - Jul 15 by doodah |
Not that long ago we were in the champs and that lot were in league 1 with big debts and owners who had a fraction of the wealth of Evans. Yet here we now find ourselves miles behind them in virtually every footballing respect. Not one town player would get close to their first team yet most of their reserve players would walk straight into ours. How this happened is a digrace, but we are where we are and it looks like a long road back to any sort of parity. Like it or not we could learn an awful lot from their transformation from our inferiors to where they now are literally out of our league. One stand out fact is that they didn't buy their way into this position. They seem to have achieved this by building from the bottom to top rather than your suggested top to bottom. By which I mean they significantly invested in the recruitment and development of academy players. That's why the loss of Gibbs should not just be seen as the loss of one over-blown prospect but as a failure to recognise the value of investing in youth as the foundation of future prosperity. |
Ok now you've shown the nodge colours
Good day to you. | |
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| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:32 - Jul 15 with 1172 views | Steve_M |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:21 - Jul 15 by doodah |
Not that long ago we were in the champs and that lot were in league 1 with big debts and owners who had a fraction of the wealth of Evans. Yet here we now find ourselves miles behind them in virtually every footballing respect. Not one town player would get close to their first team yet most of their reserve players would walk straight into ours. How this happened is a digrace, but we are where we are and it looks like a long road back to any sort of parity. Like it or not we could learn an awful lot from their transformation from our inferiors to where they now are literally out of our league. One stand out fact is that they didn't buy their way into this position. They seem to have achieved this by building from the bottom to top rather than your suggested top to bottom. By which I mean they significantly invested in the recruitment and development of academy players. That's why the loss of Gibbs should not just be seen as the loss of one over-blown prospect but as a failure to recognise the value of investing in youth as the foundation of future prosperity. |
You lot got lucky with Lambert and took advantage of the Premier League money from two successive promotions. Even then you had basically fooked it and it was all or nothing in 18-19 - it worked but had it not you were in big trouble.
You'll want Delia out again once you've been relegated meekly in April. |  |
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| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:38 - Jul 15 with 1149 views | DropCliffsNotBombs |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:21 - Jul 15 by doodah |
Not that long ago we were in the champs and that lot were in league 1 with big debts and owners who had a fraction of the wealth of Evans. Yet here we now find ourselves miles behind them in virtually every footballing respect. Not one town player would get close to their first team yet most of their reserve players would walk straight into ours. How this happened is a digrace, but we are where we are and it looks like a long road back to any sort of parity. Like it or not we could learn an awful lot from their transformation from our inferiors to where they now are literally out of our league. One stand out fact is that they didn't buy their way into this position. They seem to have achieved this by building from the bottom to top rather than your suggested top to bottom. By which I mean they significantly invested in the recruitment and development of academy players. That's why the loss of Gibbs should not just be seen as the loss of one over-blown prospect but as a failure to recognise the value of investing in youth as the foundation of future prosperity. |
Fck off budgie. |  | | |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 16:17 - Jul 15 with 1092 views | itfcjoe |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:21 - Jul 15 by doodah |
Not that long ago we were in the champs and that lot were in league 1 with big debts and owners who had a fraction of the wealth of Evans. Yet here we now find ourselves miles behind them in virtually every footballing respect. Not one town player would get close to their first team yet most of their reserve players would walk straight into ours. How this happened is a digrace, but we are where we are and it looks like a long road back to any sort of parity. Like it or not we could learn an awful lot from their transformation from our inferiors to where they now are literally out of our league. One stand out fact is that they didn't buy their way into this position. They seem to have achieved this by building from the bottom to top rather than your suggested top to bottom. By which I mean they significantly invested in the recruitment and development of academy players. That's why the loss of Gibbs should not just be seen as the loss of one over-blown prospect but as a failure to recognise the value of investing in youth as the foundation of future prosperity. |
I think you might be putting the cart before the horse here - they did the short term thing with lambert, and bounced from L1 to PL with players who were ready to 'win now' and then have subsequently used those riches to build a club structure which has then worked brilliantly.
None of that was done when they were in L1, they just did what was needed to get out of there as quickly as possible, including sacking a club legend after a couple of games |  |
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| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 16:19 - Jul 15 with 1085 views | textbackup |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 10:54 - Jul 15 by PassionNotAnger |
Classy,
Wishing pain on someone because they chose to move to a Prem club rather than staying at a League 1 club on substantially less money?
He may well have made a poor career choice ultimately but no need for what you posted |
i'm sure he wont see, or cry about it |  |
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| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 18:56 - Jul 15 with 1012 views | doodah |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:38 - Jul 15 by DropCliffsNotBombs |
Fck off budgie. |
How eloquent you are. Can't face the reality of how low this club have sunk. Nothing will improve with fans like you burying your head in the sand. | | | |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 19:04 - Jul 15 with 1005 views | Funge |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 18:56 - Jul 15 by doodah |
How eloquent you are. Can't face the reality of how low this club have sunk. Nothing will improve with fans like you burying your head in the sand. |
The only reason you budgie fcks even exist, is to have a rivalry with us.
That's it. Without us, you're Exeter City. |  | | |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 19:48 - Jul 15 with 961 views | Oldboy |
Our new owners are after pretty much instant success and not willing to wait for youth to prove themselves. The first team will be senior pros. I would love to have a steady stream of home talent coming through, but I prefer a successful first team. As for Gibbs, I am sure that the club offered him a new deal and he turned it down. Not much you can do but get as good a deal as you can. If he goes on to have a great career, good luck to him.
The academy will probably be drip fed until closer, unless they can bring first team players through quicker. |  | | |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 20:04 - Jul 15 with 933 views | jeera |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 15:21 - Jul 15 by doodah |
Not that long ago we were in the champs and that lot were in league 1 with big debts and owners who had a fraction of the wealth of Evans. Yet here we now find ourselves miles behind them in virtually every footballing respect. Not one town player would get close to their first team yet most of their reserve players would walk straight into ours. How this happened is a digrace, but we are where we are and it looks like a long road back to any sort of parity. Like it or not we could learn an awful lot from their transformation from our inferiors to where they now are literally out of our league. One stand out fact is that they didn't buy their way into this position. They seem to have achieved this by building from the bottom to top rather than your suggested top to bottom. By which I mean they significantly invested in the recruitment and development of academy players. That's why the loss of Gibbs should not just be seen as the loss of one over-blown prospect but as a failure to recognise the value of investing in youth as the foundation of future prosperity. |
Wtf is this wall of words?
Are you not familiar with paragraphs man?
If indeed, you are a man.
And not some bot. |  |
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| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 14:05 - Jul 30 with 668 views | doodah |
| If we're prepared to let Gibbs walk... on 20:04 - Jul 15 by jeera |
Wtf is this wall of words?
Are you not familiar with paragraphs man?
If indeed, you are a man.
And not some bot. |
WTF with spaced out ungrammatical sentences? Are you a child?
Perhaps you need to take a grammar lesson so that you have something remotely sensible to say about what determines the length of a paragraph you illiterate buffoon (I'll give you a clue, it has nothing to do with the number of words, but rather the subject matter). | | | |
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