| When is selling Good and when is it Bad ? 13:42 - Apr 23 with 627 views | OldFart71 |
We have seen examples in the past under Marcus Evans in particular where selling a player has been bad because he has then not reinvested that money often buying far inferior players. We are currently staring relegation in the face and various players are being put forward as likely targets for other clubs. Whilst not surprising as football is dog eat dog these days. But I believe that any of our players, especially those that have performed to a decent level in the Premier League should not be sold unless stupid offers come in. Even though we have been told the Delap clause is 30 million unless there are financial reasons or the player wants to go is there any reason to sell. To get a player of his calibre should we return to the Premier League would cost us £50,£60 or £70 million. The same applies to O'Shea and Hutchinson. We cannot sell our best players and then have to pay more if we returned to the Premier League. Obviously we are going to have to replace players that have been loaned and we must look at those such as Taylor that haven't managed to find a regular place. If the ultimate aim is to achieve and sustain a regular Premier League place then a great deal of thought needs to be put into who we keep, who we sell and who we buy, with the emphasis on having a team capable of staying in the Premier League. |  | | |  |
| When is selling Good and when is it Bad ? on 15:17 - Apr 23 with 478 views | monty_radio |
You'd hope that, with the attention to detail that Town's owners and Ashton show, therre are indeed various plans in place to cover all possible contingencies though, wouldn't you? | |
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| When is selling Good and when is it Bad ? on 17:40 - Apr 23 with 395 views | Swansea_Blue |
I think the point of Delap’s clause is that he’s able to talk to clubs if they meet the £30M figure, so that then is out of our hands and down to Delap/his agent.
It’s a good question though. Really, it’s only good or bad once you’ve got hindsight. Using the money well is important. Your example of Evans shows what happens when money’s not reinvested or is invested badly. We had the opposite of that under Burley when we used money from sales to strengthen the squad and make a promotion push.
If we’ve got to sell (and we have to help balance the books and because I think we won’t stand in the way of players who want to leave), I believe we’re in a pretty good spot with how the money will be spent. The owners have shown they’re prepared to invest in the squad and under the management team we’ve tended to buy well (although obviously there have been some failures). |  |
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| When is selling Good and when is it Bad ? on 18:26 - Apr 23 with 335 views | PrideOfTheEast |
Think we saw one material example of that under Evans for Darryl Murphy. If we’d had a proper ceo he’d have been moved on much earlier in that window and we’d have replaced him differently.
Evans turned down massive money for McGoldrick when the player clearly wanted to go. He turned down big money for Mings in a January window, and something ridiculous (several million) from Burnley for Freddie Sears right at the end of another (I think August) window around 2016. Latterly he held on to Woolfenden and Dozzell when we were in L1 and he could have got well over £5m for the pair. Similar with Bart.
Whatever Evans was he didn’t like to sell assets when it might have been in his interests to do so. | | | |
| When is selling Good and when is it Bad ? on 18:46 - Apr 23 with 303 views | OldFart71 |
| When is selling Good and when is it Bad ? on 17:40 - Apr 23 by Swansea_Blue |
I think the point of Delap’s clause is that he’s able to talk to clubs if they meet the £30M figure, so that then is out of our hands and down to Delap/his agent.
It’s a good question though. Really, it’s only good or bad once you’ve got hindsight. Using the money well is important. Your example of Evans shows what happens when money’s not reinvested or is invested badly. We had the opposite of that under Burley when we used money from sales to strengthen the squad and make a promotion push.
If we’ve got to sell (and we have to help balance the books and because I think we won’t stand in the way of players who want to leave), I believe we’re in a pretty good spot with how the money will be spent. The owners have shown they’re prepared to invest in the squad and under the management team we’ve tended to buy well (although obviously there have been some failures). |
With regards to the Burley era don't get me wrong as I love the fella. A great player and a pretty good manager but maybe ill-advised when in the Premier League with guys like Matteo Sereni and Finidi George. Whilst many seem to wet their pants at the thought of Town replacing the Cobbold as they are afraid that a similar situation may happen when Town got relegated in their second season with the North and Churchmans development hanging over their heads and a several million outlay to get rid of Sereni and George. That won't happen. For starters instead of having to pay off players we have saleable assets and secondly the parachute payment system hasn't fallen apart. Whoever is managing ITFC next season won't be a pushover. Several players need replacing without taking into consideration any that may be sold and my opinion for what it is worth is leaving aside replacements for players sold the midfield is our biggest problem. We are just not mobile or strong enough in that department. It puts pressure on the defence and limits the chances created for the forward line. | | | |
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