You've missed the point, but ok.
He'd scored 16 (and got 13 assists somehow) for Ipswich the season before Lampard signed him, £5m is not far off the going rate for a striker getting those returns. His league goal return was better than Simms' is likely to have by the end of this season.His best return was 12 goasl FP, worse than Simms or BTA. He signed for Ipswich one year earlier for £1m. And he left on a free.
On present viewing, O'Hare is loads better than Rudonii struggle with the rudoni bit tbh, is he that much of a down grade on O'Hare? assists and goals wise is he better (genuinely think he is) ok he doesn't run around in to key areas like callum BUT in a better performing team i think rudoni is the better player
Very good point there, I also agree that this is Lampard's last roll of the dice in management (certainly in England anyway) so needs to ensure whatever players are brought in suit his standards and style of playApparently Lampard is wary of his track record, knowing he needs this to work for his own career let alone the clubs future and is trying to be more involved in recruitment than Robin's was to prevent it
thisi struggle with the rudoni bit tbh, is he that much of a down grade on O'Hare? assists and goals wise is he better (genuinely think he is) ok he doesn't run around in to key areas like callum BUT in a better performing team i think rudoni is the better player
He'd scored 16 (and got 13 assists somehow) for Ipswich the season before Lampard signed him, £5m is not far off the going rate for a striker getting those returns. His league goal return was better than Simms' is likely to have by the end of this season.
He was / is well thought of thereHe’d had one good season at Ipswich in his career. His record at Derby in 3 seasons was 9, 12, and 5.
It was a throw away comment and he likely relied on a recruitment team there. But people really are saying silly stuff to make sure no one even jokingly criticises him. No Derby fan thinks Waghorn was vfm
He was / is well thought of there
Apparently Lampard is wary of his track record, knowing he needs this to work for his own career let alone the clubs future and is trying to be more involved in recruitment than Robin's was to prevent it
Dougs standing by Austin publicly as he's ut he's neck on the line and his ego won't allow him to lose face. However privately, he's seething at the amount pissed up the wall, but it would be yet again more compensation to let him go, so rock and hard place
Just quickly on recruitment, people on here need to stop trying to pin the blame on just one person. Whether that’s Austin, King or management. It’s not FIFA, it’s not as simple as just bringing someone in and they are either good or bad. So many other factors at play…moving home, families, kids settling at school, game time, international games, playing in the right position etc. So many things you just cannot predict. I tell you now, I can’t remember anyone being annoyed at any of these signings when they happened. I don’t think any of the ‘recruitment team’ thought ‘you know what, Kitching will flop but fuck it let’s sign him for 4 million anyway’.
Hundred percent mistakes have been made and we have definitely overpaid but the problem with recruitment is a collective. Let’s just hope the strategy has changed now and we start to recruit players who will lead, organise, communicate and motivate.
God I miss the days of Fadz, Hyam, Kelly, Godden, Dabo, Hamer, Gyok etc. No hiding on the pitch back then. Deffo need to start recruiting on personality traits as well because we simply do not have enough of it. Talent is just not enough.
Easy to row in behind popular opinion. The case is that for good periods of last season he was our best defender and played in the best defensive partnership we had alongside Thomas. He is the only defender we have with a semblance of aggression. For some reason we’ve had the likes of non defender Binks and petrified of the ball Lati playing when Kitching is better than both. He hasn’t been given an opportunity so we at least need to see more game time before he’s written off as not worth 4m. If we want to keep it nice and convivial and only play people who the rest of the squad like having a latte with we’ll never be able to asses him.I would very much like to hear the case for Liam Kitching for £4m+
Easy to row in behind popular opinion. The case is that for good periods of last season he was our best defender and played in the best defensive partnership we had alongside Thomas. He is the only defender we have with a semblance of aggression. For some reason we’ve had the likes of non defender Binks and petrified of the ball Lati playing when Kitching is better than both. He hasn’t been given an opportunity so we at least need to see more game time before he’s written off as not worth 4m. If we want to keep it nice and convivial and only play people who the rest of the squad like having a latte with we’ll never be able to asses him.
So about £1m worth of spend over 6 years when he made £45m? Oh no
@Earlsdon_Skyblue1 hard to throw the bad without factoring in the good. You missed out Hamer and Gyokeres who’s performances got us to the Play Offs of the Championship for the first time ever and their fees have generated such money that we’re furious not to be challenging for the PO each year and our owner successfully pushed PL Packages.
So the manager is the only one responsible for signings when it suits an agenda.Everyone here seems to think they massively overpaid: How good have Frank Lampard’s signings been
We don't talk about that even though everyone knows which players were brought in by either Robins or Adi. I've got no issue letting him work with Lampard and seeing what we do. If we have someone better lined up i'm all for it though, maybe Lampard has his own contacts that would be an upgrade?Isn’t it all a bit moot when half of them were recommendation from Adi or players Robins wanted?
Isn’t it all a bit moot when half of them were recommendation from Adi or players Robins wanted?
Isn’t it all a bit moot when half of them were recommendation from Adi or players Robins wanted?
We don't talk about that even though everyone knows which players we're brought in by either Robins or Adi. I've got no issue letting him work with Lampard and seeing what we do. If we have someone better lined up i'm all for it though, maybe Lampard has his own contacts that would be an upgrade?
We’ve done this to death. Any Badlan signing over a nominal fee bar Walker was a massive success. Bringing up some £50k gambles in L1 to try and prove something is just weird. Badlan oversaw the best period of recruitment in the clubs history. Everything else is irrelevant b
Surely by that metric, signing Simms and Wright who have generally been a success, means Austin should also be let off for singing a load of shit too.
Badlan brought in a few very good players definitely, but he still hasn't proved he would be capable of spending the same amount of money as Austin in a better capacity. He's now working at Aberdeen after being sacked from Blackpool. Not really a glowing rep, and not to mention the leaking of team sheets.
There's some rose tinted glasses here.
Surely by that metric, signing Simms and Wright who have generally been a success, means Austin should also be let off for singing a load of shit too.
Badlan brought in a few very good players definitely, but he still hasn't proved he would be capable of spending the same amount of money as Austin in a better capacity. He's now working at Aberdeen after being sacked from Blackpool. Not really a glowing rep, and not to mention the leaking of team sheets.
There's some rose tinted glasses here.
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