07-02-2019, 05:21 PM
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(07-02-2019, 04:16 PM)Salvatore Matrecano Wrote: It sounds so easy doesnt it, “get rid of x”.
The reality is we will probably be stuck with paying the wages of, Steele, Dawson, Hefele, Guediora, Watson, Bridcutt, Clough, Cummings, Soudani, Ansarifard, Vellios.
There you go, Ive managed to make a whole team of 11 players who are dead wood and shouldnt have been given long term contracts. Who is going to to take any of them? Some will go on loan to L1 clubs but they will only pay a proportion of those wages. If we move on a few than great.
The problem being of course will we have to sacrifice some of our better players to fund the dead wood above? My guess is yes we will yet again suffer for the mistakes of previous regimes.
Of course we should be building a spine of a team around Darikwa, Figs, Worrell, Yates, Cash, Lolley, Carvalho,Appiah, Grabban. Make Colback and maybe Bonatini permanent and it looks strong. Just dont bet on that lot all being here.
Broadly agree on the lists. Bridcutt we could probably move on for a fee, Dawson I don't begrudge and having him in reserve is fine - or if he retires then I guess there is some sort of insurance compensation. But generally yes, I shudder to think what the annual cost of that load of mostly 30-somethings is as compared to our revenues.
The key thing is if people like Cash, Yates, Darikwa don't work out, there will surely be interest from Championship level clubs and we wouldn't be stuck with them contributing nothing but on hefty wages. Signing 'experience' basically needs to be a sure thing, or on a short-term deal, else its a poor strategy. Going for relative youth is just a much cheaper option in both current wages and future costs if a player doesn't work out. Unless you didn't do your homework on their character and they're a cummings.
I guess partly to a change in tack by the ownership, but our transfer strategy seems to have been the worst of both worlds. On relative youth, we went for Clough at an insane price, but not the likes of Marriott or Watkins. Then brought in 'experience' in numbers, throwing it at the wall to see what sticks, with relatively low transfer fees but lumbered with ongoing wages.
Surely with the sophistication around they can be looking at the risk / reward of these approaches, cos I don't understand why they've done what they've done. I'd love to be a fly on the wall when they're going through the transfer strategy.
Having said that, the loan nature of the January business seems ok to me. Short-term deals to fix the centre half issue, with options to buy on Pele at least, seems a smarter approach. So there is hope.