(16-02-2020, 09:35 AM)Jacksbadhobbits Wrote:(16-02-2020, 09:19 AM)Sniffer Dog Wrote:(15-02-2020, 07:52 PM)Alf Wrote: Who backs up Cash? Jenks. Not good enough - signed for 2m
Who backs up Ribero? Bong. Folk will say it's early days but he's unfit & we've only 13 games to get him fit. Not good enough.
Who backs up Watson? Bostock. A million miles behind the pace. Not good enough.
Who backs up Sow? Semedo. Nowhere near good enough. Yates is still too green too.
Who backs up Samba? Muric. Hahahaha. Awful.
Who backs up Silva? No one. Lolley at the mo. Carvalho just doesn't work there. It could be argued if Silva is good enough anyway.
Who backs up Ameobi? Adama and previously Adomah. Neither good enough IMO, fair play if you say "early days" with Adama.
Who backs up Grabs? Da Costa. Couldn't make the squad against WBA, Walker - who should be 3rd choice backup - ahead of him.
Who backs up Lolley? Ameobi.
There's only CB we have covered properly really.
Our first team is great, fair play to the odd signing which recruitment have made that contribute there. But look down that list at those backup signings. Barely any of them are good enough, and the current setup has signed almost every one of them.
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Like most clubs our recruitment has been a mixed bag. Brice and Samba Sow have been very good. I also like Silva and Ameobi but the Jan business does not look that fantastic. It is a difficult to strengthen significantly in that window. We are also at a significant disadvantage compared to teams with parachute payments and clubs like Leeds and Derby who generate for higher income. Also even more of a concern is Derby and Leicester will start to get first pick for the local youth talent because of their cat 1 academy status.
Our disadvantage comes from tying big money up in signings like Carvalho.
At 13.2m fee + 10k/wk wages, he costs us 3m/year, that's roughly £60/wk in wages for a 5 year contract. Sign the player on a 2.5 year contract and you could pay them £120k/wk (assuming it falls within FFP)
Our transfer strategy has been poor, and now we are limited to the quality which we can sign because of that.
By spending 2m on Da Costa we have just bogged our wage bill down again with a player who isn't fit for the purpose required. Same with Jenks too, another player who cost a decent amount, but isn't up to scratch.