I think the point of this is that a team like Sheffield Wednesday, big gates and an owner who isn't reluctant to run up significant debt, can take any gamble they want.

If people imagine CPFC is a car - there are some spaces available but we have to make sure that if someone takes up space (this is not a fat joke, just a hasty analogy) then they better be worth that space as nobody else can get in it.

If someone rolls up alongside that car with a minibus, then they can be a lot less choosy about who they offer the seats to.

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It looks like Baxter will go into their development squad and perhaps a year loan somewhere, it seems the majority of fans thought Baxter would jump straight into our midfield and be a sensation.

I think DF didn't think he would cut it in the starting 11 right off and with the midfielders we have coming through the academy/youth set-up though there was no point in shelling out wages that would, no doubt, be higher than our homegrown talent who may well prove better than him. That's just my view on it and what the truth is only DF knows.

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For me, the biggest issue is not that we didn't sign him but how long it took to decide that we wouldn't. He used up valuable pre-season match time that someone else could've utilised.

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110,000 views on this, yet me struggle to pack out selhurst - wow

Edited by CroftonEagle (19 Aug 2012 6.42pm)

We have had players on trial before, and moved them on because in the words of the Manager at that time they were not up to the mark!!!

Two come to mind, Jay Bothroyd, & Ricardo Fuller, when I get the time to think of more, I bet the list is endless.

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Fuller played league matches for us & was totally inept. There were generally more air shots per match than I manage playing golf. At the time we were all glad to see the back of him. No-one at the time would hav guessed what he might achieve in time.