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Depends what the conditions of the option are.
Depends what the conditions of the option are.I wouldnt really be loaning him out with an option.
I'd either be doing a straight sale or loan only. Not sure an option benefits us
I wouldnt really be loaning him out with an option.
I'd either be doing a straight sale or loan only. Not sure an option benefits us
I’m surprised you’ve seen £500k worth of potential in him.Let's be honest frank hasn't really got the best out of any of the forwards .. so a move on could see him really flourish , letting him go for 500k would be insane
We all see different things in footballers i guessI’m surprised you’ve seen £500k worth of potential in him.
I mostly see him offside!We all see different things in footballers i guess
He was mostly dreadful in those minutes, let’s be honest.He played 452 minutes in the championship last season and scored 2 goals .... at 20
He was mostly dreadful in those minutes, let’s be honest.
I’m not saying he won’t improve, he might. But I barely see the evidence of a £500k player in waiting atm, let alone a £2.5 million one.
He is fairly quick but I don’t see many attributes outside of thatYou are giving a player on average a few minutes to show what he can do , its hard
Hes got alot of good attributes , playing off the shoulder will definitely be a strength of his but will ofcourse see him offside more .
The fact we haven't played him constantly in the u23s pisses me off too when hes not getting 1st team minutes
The player who's offside isn't always to blame. He would make some good runs and then the timing of the pass in behind was the issue.I mostly see him offside!
I also think hes the type of forward that you can play across the entire front line if needed .. always seemed to work hard whenever he played despite lampard indirectly suggesting hes lazy in trainingHe is fairly quick but I don’t see many attributes outside of that
This is what I meant in post 72 of this thread. Some players have benefitted massively one way or another since FL became manager and some haven't. One poster suggested I was blaming the manager, it's not as simple as that but you have to ask whether under different circumstances, and/or a different approach, some of our other players could have benefitted more.Let's be honest frank hasn't really got the best out of any of the forwards .. so a move on could see him really flourish , letting him go for 500k would be insane
Bassette won't be a top level footballer, he isn't good enough and I haven't seen anything to suggest otherwise. This is not even taking into account his seemingly immature and bad attitude.Like his predecessor FL is a 'my way or the highway' type of manager. Great to work with if you buy in to what he wants, but you'll be persona non grata very quickly if you don't.
It wouldn't shock me if Bassette worked better under a different manager and we'd be very silly to just gift him away on the assumption that he won't.
This is absolute drivelThe fact MvE is still here and we’ve got a squad full of deadwood and the only rumours that come out are us massively over valuing our players meaning deals break down. The fact the only sales he’s sanctioned have been wildly overvalued like Palmer and Binks. The fact we keep handing out long contracts the the middest of squad players.
But yeah, “Twitter”
Yeah probably when he leaves usCharity bet says he will transfer at some point in the next 5 years for more than we paid for him.
Yeah probably when he leaves us
How much did we pay for him again?Charity bet says he will transfer at some point in the next 5 years for more than we paid for him.
How much did we pay for him again?
Kinda tempted to take this bet tbh. The longer he doesn’t play the worse value he’ll get due to the reputation he’ll gather for the reasons he’s not in the squadAbout £2m.
If he goes on loan to a decent standard of football his value will shoot back up if he does well, Man City and Chelsea been playing this game for years.Kinda tempted to take this bet tbh. The longer he doesn’t play the worse value he’ll get due to the reputation he’ll gather for the reasons he’s not in the squad
Doug is holding out for £30 million for Bassette, smart move, he has a Belgium cap you know
Me too, worth about the same as Bassette's 30 second appearance:Doug is holding out for £30 million for Bassette, smart move, he has a Belgium cap you know
That’s the thing though, it’s a lot of ifs atm for a player who seems to be below Obikwu on the bench.If he goes on loan to a decent standard of football his value will shoot back up if he does well, Man City and Chelsea been playing this game for years.
I don’t hate him. I don’t know him. I think he’s fucking up this transfer window with his stupidity but that’s not hate.
I don’t hate him. I don’t know him. I think he’s fucking up this transfer window with his stupidity but that’s not hate.
You think he is fucking up the transfer window - fine. But the reality is you have no idea of what the landscape of our transfer window has been. No idea of what enquiries we have done or what deals we have tried to make.
It is all about your expectation verses what has happened so far. None of us have a clue what Frank thinks about players or who he may or not wish to bring in.
You say Kings 'stupidty' but he has driven some good deals so far.
Of course on here as posters we all have options and at times strong opinions. But let's be honest non of our opinions never get tested as they remain in the realms of fantasy or hypothesis's.
Let's face it, all of that is based on not much. It's the same as the "he won't allow loans".It doesn’t matter about any of that. They are all things someone can fuck up: they can go after the wrong targets, they can negotiate too slowly and not give themselves other options to move to, they can not do any scouting. The long and the short is Austin and Kings job is to ensure the squad is closer to their goal of promotion. The rest is just excuses. We could have accepted bids for BTA, Simms, MvE, etc if funds or wage bills are tight. We could not have offered Wilson Eccles Allen and Bidwell extended contracts if we had no wage budget. We could not have spunked £2m on a terrible striker who has fallen out with every manager he’s had then we could have got rid once he fell out with another two of our managers, but each time King makes decisions consistent with someone who sold a couple of generational players at the start and then lost a valuable player on a free. He’s refusing to let contracts run down for deadwood, won’t get people off the wage bill unless he makes a profit, and demanding the clearly inadequate players he’s provided are good enough because we’ve run out of wage bill before we’ve built a squad that’s promotion competitive.
We’re two games into a new managers first season proper as a promotion contender and we’re talking about repurposing our past it LB as a CB and blooding kids because they looked ok against Luton reserves. This summer has been a disaster in terms of squad building and even if he does pull his finger out now we’ll be paying through the nose and any signings will have missed pre season (though as that seemingly consisted entirely of “lump aimless crosses to no one all game” maybe that’s not the worst thing)
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