Plymouth bid 750k for Jatta

[matt_magpie]

For me completely opposite

Yeah I can see why but my 2 takeaways were when asked does he think he?ll be here at the end of Jan, he said yes and he talked about the owners will sell ?when the time is right? gave the Crowley example of keeping him in the summer.
There?s a lot said about the process on here but it?s not all strictly true I.e we look for hidden gems and then look to sell. We didn?t sell Wooton and Ruben and we also paid market rate or above for Platt, Beadeu and Bass at this level as their would have been a few clubs after them as they were proven in L2.
We can?t lose Jatta at the moment and the owners know this, I?m 99% sure we will keep him.

[kill_the_drum]

Those who are seemingly confident wed get a decent replacement in have apparently forgotten that we spent the entire summer looking for another striker and ended up with Jevani Brown.

Completely different scenarios.
If we were to sell Jatta then we?re looking at replacing the main striker.
Langstaffs replacement was already at the club so we were looking at a bracket of player that wouldn?t cost the earth and has to accept they?re a squad player.

[magpie_mania]

Completely different scenarios.
If we were to sell Jatta then we?re looking at replacing the main striker.
Langstaffs replacement was already at the club so we were looking at a bracket of player that wouldn?t cost the earth and has to accept they?re a squad player.

I was thinking the same. I know it is a squad game but there are some positions where any prospective new player will want to know if they will be highly likely to be playing or be squad players. Keeper and main striker are possibly the two. In some cases it is the actual player though - Crowley I am pretty sure would have been almost assured he would go straight into the team at MKD - which he did.

[i961pie]

It's the one position where we are short of cover so it would be silly to sell your main striker and top scorer if you are serious about promotion this season. It's ok bringing in some one else but there is no guarantee he would fit in. I remember Newcastle selling Andy Cole to Man.Utd.which backfired on them.

[The Dug Out]

Just seen what looks likeJatta in the Wrexham crowd, then again it could have been. Dion Dublin, specsavers in the morning perhaps.

[jonnyt1]

Don't worry Rashford's coming on loan.

[Pie-eyed&legless]

Don't worry Rashford's coming on loan.

Not sure he would be suitable for our style of play

[ancientpie]

It's the one position where we are short of cover so it would be silly to sell your main striker and top scorer if you are serious about promotion this season. It's ok bringing in some one else but there is no guarantee he would fit in. I remember Newcastle selling Andy Cole to Man.Utd.which backfired on them.

I think that getting promoted this season is probably not the A1 priority of the brothers, nice if it happens but not disastrous if it doesn't is the way they will see it, rightly or wrongly they are looking to the future. I do find it amusing how posters who haven't rated our chances all season are now talking like promotion is almost guaranteed if we keep Jatta & impossible if we sell, I would love to keep him at least until the end of the season but the money would be hard to refuse, you never know when he could get a serious injury & nothing is guaranteed even if he stays with us & fit, likewise we could still achieve promotion if he goes we know the team can score without him & you never know what cover we would bring in, it's all guess work. COYP

[SmiffyPie]

I do find it amusing how posters who haven't rated our chances all season are now talking like promotion is almost guaranteed if we keep Jatta & impossible if we sell

Minds and assessments will have changed for most because of the way SM has settled, the way the team managed the injury crisis, the way DM/AJ and others are popping the goals in and the obvious weakness of the division in general. Take away Walsall and automatic is there for the taking. Strike while the iron is hot and all that and this season the iron has never been hotter.

[Boomerangpie]

It?s certainly a difficult and complex decision. Promotion to League One elevates the ceiling of the fees you can command for your star players. I?m sure the owners are fully aware of that. However as jacobncfc says offers in and around ?1 million is historically huge money for this level