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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 8:18:56 GMT 1
Well yes but that's progress from being a giving away club. A couple of hundred thousand for Collins 3 seasons ago and nothing for 3 of our other best players compared with 1.5 mil to 2 mil for our 2 best players and 2 youth team players now. No comparison. The trick now is to get that money to help the club develop on and off the field.
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Post by ipswichshrews on Sept 2, 2015 8:34:12 GMT 1
Better return on players it would seem, and listening to MW, he's made sure there is further income from each player that has been sold.
Every club apart from the top 1/2 in the world are a selling club.
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Post by neilsalop on Sept 2, 2015 9:25:37 GMT 1
Better to be a selling club and a club that is getting a reputation for developing players, than just be seen as well run club in the lower reaches ticking over and keeping our heads above the water. Does anyone really think that the likes of Fulham would continue to send us loan players if they were likely to stagnate here? Yes they want us to give them game time and experience, but they also know that we can bring on their coaching and their attitude and return them to their parent club a better player and one that can push for their first team.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 12:50:18 GMT 1
Last few days I've had conversations with non STFC fans, they have said that its ridiculous that we have had a poor start and then sold our two best players, it shows we lack ambition. On face value its hard to disagree with that and I can understand the lack of ambition argument but I think there’s two arguments to counter that:
Firstly the players were both out of contract next summer and unlikely to sign new contracts. We would have got money from a tribunal but history shows you get a fraction of what the true value is. Let’s say we got half the amount that we have got today, for our club that is a big amount to lose
Secondly, Connor Goldson allegedly forced the move and made it clear he didn’t want to stay. Therefore his sale was out of our hands and Woods seeing that may also have been keener to move than he was a year ago
Of course you could say keep the players, have a better chance of stopping up and then if they go cheaply next summer you are still in L1. But I think Roland is more conservative so would prefer the cash in the bank now, particularly as we have been making losses for a number of years. Until we get new investment or things drastically improve off the field I suspect we will become a yo-yo club
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2015 13:00:42 GMT 1
From the edges, looks like sensible and inevitable transfer dealing.
To lose two of our best players, who were young and who had become real stars to many, to clubs one rung up after starting the season with just two points from 5 games, feels pretty bloody depressing though.n
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Post by camdenshrew on Sept 2, 2015 13:12:48 GMT 1
I agree. However, it's what the recent activity could do for home attendances - already below what most of us expected - that I am worried about.
I can't see many casuals flocking back through the gates after seeing the best two players have gone and haven't been replaced. OK, so we are upgrading our training facilities but in the short term that's not going to boost attendances.
Clearly, it's a results game and if we string a run of wins together that could all change but I've hardly been encouraged by what's transpired so far in the League.
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