Can't see why we'd weaken our team just to strengthen a rival team.
I'm of the opinion Notts may cash in on Roberts and reinvest the money back into the sqaud or fend off offers for Ruben or Wooton.
Main reason being, are the Club convinced that 1)Cal can play in this system effectively 2) he's reached the peak of his worth and now is the time to cash in.
It could be argued Ruben, Vincent and Palmer play his position better and with the signing of Brunt too, Cal is far from a guaranteed starting place.
Hmm fair enough. Not living in Notts I don’t see that much of what they have to say or write( the post website being pretty much unreadable) but it seems like Birchnall has been fending off these questions for weeks.
Either way, let’s just hope it doesn’t affect performances much.
I don’t think he’s hit his peak, horrific season for him last season, he’s come back probably trying a bit too hard trying to make up for lost time and also adapting to new positions. The ideal situation for me is similar to Man City (never thought I’d say that) but in that they have a lot of technical players that IB just finds a way to constantly rotate keeping them fresh, hungry and consistent.
I agree. He’s adapting to a new position, a new style of play all on the back of his toughest year in football. I think he stood out when he first came to the club due to how bad some of the other players were. I don’t look at Notts now and see a player that you wouldn’t want anywhere near the starting line up.
Some of his passing and creativity in recent weeks has been very good and I for one hope we keep him. Cashing in on a 24 year old with his best years ahead seems bonkers to me unless the offer is too good to be true. Imagine if we sold him for 300k then in 2 years the next team sells him for a million.
I want the club to make a stance with not letting players we want to keep leave in January. It’s disruptive. By all means assess where we are in the summer and cash in then it needs be.
January should be seen as a month to strengthen not weaken the squad.
I don’t think it will. IF Cal does have his head turned I believe IB is bright and astute enough to sit him down and tell him how important he is and rub his ego (if he is one of those players that needs it). The clubs being linked aren’t exactly a step up, even Hartlepool can’t be seen as that. With that in mind I can’t see Cal being that bothered, especially as we are the ones that have given him a platform to make his way back up the leagues, giving him a longer term contract, which still has 18 months or so to run.
Last edited by SwalePie; 05-01-2022 at 10:55 PM.
Love this kind of stuff, Cal’s mam discussing her lads future on FB…. Proper non-league.