Plymouth bid 750k for Jatta

[midshipman]

If we sell which we should not we will still have AJ on contract at the end of the season. If he goes now promotion goes with him IMHO. A good second half by AJ with a least 10 more goals will increase his value unlike ML he has size, pace and all round work rate and will fit into most style of football and will have many more clubs interested in him if notts decide to sell at the end of the season. We will soon know if he is in the team on Saturday it would be very doubtful he will sold. COYP.

[tommopie8]

Not sure why it quoted you too KTD. Not my intention.

[SmiffyPie]

The owners business model isn?t making promotion the priority. It?s making promotion a byproduct of buying quality players for cheap, getting the best out of them and selling them for a fee

I find that so depressing (I don't doubt it, just the ramifications of it).

[kill_the_drum]

We've made a lot of money in the last 18 months starting from the LW and his backroom staff fee and apart from the AJ fee where has this money been reinvested then apart from the beloved Nest and paddle courts and pitch??
Fancy pitches and paddle courts and packed out fan zones don't win you promotion.
Certainly hasn't been reinvested in the playing squad YET as we know for a fact we aren't getting a seasoned pro to replace Crowley like we need instead we are expecting basically kids with barely a professional game in men's football to replace him and we have been crying out for god knows how long sine Macca left for another striker which so far hasn't materalised.

So much bull s**t in one post.

[matt_magpie]

I find that so depressing (I don't doubt it, just the ramifications of it).

I don?t think the models to sell straight away and the owners have proved that to the point of letting players contracts run out. Nemane and Crowley would have been offered silly wages for L2 and once a players heads turned there?s not a lot you can do, either match them which wouldn?t be sensible or just get rid.

We?re no different to any other club when clubs come offering decent money it just appears at the moment we?re probably better than a lot at recruiting very good players.

[Boomerangpie]

So much bull s**t in one post.

I know. So many inaccuracies and bizarre takes it?s difficult to know where to start. WarsopPie certainly is not a happy camper

[kill_the_drum]

I find that so depressing (I don't doubt it, just the ramifications of it).

Only if you look at the one side of it.
A Ray Trew or Alan Hardy would have tried to keep players like Wootton, and would have never taken a chance on players like Langstaff or Jodi Jones.
We?d have no identity, turning over managers every 9 months and have an average squad age of 30.
Now that?s depressing.
If our players are attracting interest from other clubs then we?re light years ahead of where we?ve been at any point in the last 25 years.

[1955pie]

Couldn?t agree more. Anyone who thinks the owners will turn down ?750k or more for a single player are naive.

I suspect a chunk will end up at Viborg as part of a sell on clause.

[matt_magpie]

Only if you look at the one side of it.
A Ray Trew or Alan Hardy would have tried to keep players like Wootton, and would have never taken a chance on players like Langstaff or Jodi Jones.
We?d have no identity, turning over managers every 9 months and have an average squad age of 30.
Now that?s depressing.
If our players are attracting interest from other clubs then we?re light years ahead of where we?ve been at any point in the last 25 years.

Amen.
In an industry where the authorities are trying to prevent club owners saddling clubs with debt, PSR in the prem etc the clubs that can generate profitable player sales, have sensible wages, higher incomes from off the field activities will be the ones that will succeed on the whole and the bros know where the industry is going.

[Old_pie]

[Quote Originally Posted by kill_the_drum]
The owners business model isn?t making promotion the priority. It?s making promotion a byproduct of buying quality players for cheap, getting the best out of them and selling them for a fee [/quote]

I find that so depressing (I don't doubt it, just the ramifications of it).

I'd rephrase what KTD says. Unless you're prepared to risk megabucks you cannot guarantee buying promotion. But you can put in place a process where the club's footballing ability steadily improves and one day the cream will rise to the top. We have paid for players and not bought them on the cheap eg Bass. When we sell, and we haven't always (eg Rodrigues) it has been where the value for money has meant we have some freedom in replacing.

However, I'm starting a thread on Team v Squad, because there are other risks in this approach.