Quote Originally Posted by baggieal View Post
Correct Omeg! Who would want them or pay Mepham?s wage? Someone could equally take a gamble on Dike if we don?t but no club would pay Wallace 25K a week or anywhere near this now when he?s had it at this level and too injury prone.

As for players not doing themselves credit - a lot of this is because they simply are not good enough. Very disappointed in Gilchrist coming from Chelsea and we are stuck with him. Then again the two loans from Villa were shockingly poor too as was Charlie Taylor. As for that Mustapha - does he even exist on Planet Earth?
Certainly agree with you that far too many of our incoming for this season have been failures -and some of them rather expensive ones.

Phillips isn't cheap but has definietly earnt his place, Bielik I think is a good acquisition (though, again, my understanding is that his wages are quite high for a player who may rarely start) and I really like Campbell who has improved since being moved to CB but who worked hard to transition from the MLS to the Championship and to cover RB until Imray's arrival. Signing Mepham (especially on his salary) and Gilchrist on the other hand have proven poor acquisitions.

Loan-wise, I think O'Leary has done ok after those initial fumblings and will likely be offered something for next season and Imray (much improved under Morrison) is definitely one to try and keep but Taylor has been very variable and Illing Junior, Jimoh-Aloba and Mustapha have all been poor.

Our recruitment over the summer certainly has to be much better!