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Walker was a fairly calculated risk. His performance and stats at L1 are genuinely excellent. If he goes on a mad run between now and summer (perfectly plausible, look at McGoldrick (or McGoalDrougt as he was known) when he dropped Champ to L1then he’s an asset again who we could at least...

Not disappointed, we’ve kept our backbone and main players. Bidwell in - he hasn’t set the world alight but it’s early days and he has pedigree at this level. I think most people here will have done some back-of-the-fag-packet sums and deduce that Bright’s wages, most of Walker’s and those...

Into thin Ayr?

The old and very valid saying is that when you leave a job, leave on good terms. Some players play better for some managers and teams. MR got the best out of McNulty and I often thought that he’d dip back in for him - particularly with MG out (who to me plays a similar role). Can’t see MR...

To me this is all straightforward: We are run as an investment business item in a hedge fund portfolio. We have a playing budget based on income / net of overhead. If we make money on a player either as a academy graduate or by buying and selling then SOME of that money goes back to playing...

Kelly was a free in his 20’s on low wages after having a bad rep for pushing a ball boy. Fadz spent years non-league. I’ve waffled before that non-league graduates seem to carry on playing later since they haven’t worn out their joints so much in their late teens by training / playing whilst...

That’s the point. I’m sure somewhere you had calculated what their “real” investment was and from that we can deduce an “out” figure. For the layperson, SISU putting in £20m, the squad and assets being worth £20m, the titular of this thread “is it time for SISU to get out” seems...

Gyok fits the model as said previously. Waghorn doesn’t. Baka was signed from Walsall. Luton signed Adebayo last year from Walsall. Hindsight aside, a 23 year old from the Midlands fits the model. Not a 31 year old.

Ok. When fully fit, how much can we sell him for?

Really simple: By looking at their birth certificate. Then look at the club’s de facto mission statement. Which is IMO something along the lines of “don’t spaff money away on players who won’t be worth a bean in a year. It’s f——n stoopid”. Buying virtually any player over 27 isn’t the way...

Cracks me up that people on here think that they are somehow “white knights” for defending stupidity. Waghorn was a daft signing. Not his fault, he’s just not a sensible use of budget.

Do you think signing Waghorn was sensible? I’m not on about hindsight. Is signing 31 year olds in long contracts for big money sensible? Would any sane owner think that this shows shrewd money management?

Maybe with a sarcastic comment in your case? Bravo. The point is simple SISU (a business / hedge fund) set a playing budget for transfers and wages. They seem to give the management team an amount of autonomy with what they do with that budget. Let’s look at this hypothetical (but not...

If our recruitment was a bit less erratic then I’m sure SISU would invest more easily. SISU are a stone cold business unlike many other club owners, who are either fans, egotists or see a club as a grown up train set. SISU refer to football as “product”, fans as “consumers”, players are...

Shippers keeps his place.

Jodi Jones is being overlooked here. He’s perfectly capable of playing off Gyok.

Left field post: Was there more to the BCD fixture against Solihull B than the fact they were local and we wanted to get some minutes into the fringe players? Did Mark & Ady want to look at one of their players? The only player is thr 6’10” 21 y.o. that was being scouted by Celtic, Man City...

Pay better attention. Wasn’t suggesting that he convert, just asked if he used to be a central defender at any stage. He came through the ranks from very young at Forest, where his dad was one of the best defenders in England for many years. Maybe, just maybe, the boy Walker idolised his dad...

Anybody know if he has ever played as a defender? He’s very much like his dad in the way he moves and so on - so I’m just curious if he’s ever played back line?

They was a smattering of satire in the post but I am absolutely delighted to be proven a pudding. Had Gyok been on from the start and Moore in goal it’d have been 10-0 though. 😉