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View Lyons550's Profile Lyons550 Flag Shirley 19 May 19 2.21pm Send a Private Message to Lyons550 Add Lyons550 as a friend

With talk of Wilf going and others who come to their end of their stint with us, how does everyone think the club should approach transfers from now on?

1) Buy proven young talent and bring through
2) Buy players on high wages but on the fringes of a top 6 teams first eleven
3) bring our own talent through

For me i'd like to see us follow the Ajax model which essentially focusses on 1 & 3. I think we've been caught out in recent seasons getting players on the fringes of top 6 teams who want stupid money.

Wages are the killer, but by focusing on international U21, U19 talent you can build a squad that allows players to move on whilst having cover to come through.

Thoughts?

 


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View Lanzo-Ad's Profile Lanzo-Ad Flag Lanzarote 19 May 19 2.50pm Send a Private Message to Lanzo-Ad Add Lanzo-Ad as a friend

I wouldn't buy any player over 28, unless on a free transfer and only with a two year contract, we have to buy younger players with sell on values, Bournemouth have found many players through better scouting than us, that is the key as far as I am concerned, I hope Kirby can progress and maybe become a squad player next season.

 


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View Lyons550's Profile Lyons550 Flag Shirley 19 May 19 3.45pm Send a Private Message to Lyons550 Add Lyons550 as a friend

Originally posted by Lanzo-Ad

I wouldn't buy any player over 28, unless on a free transfer and only with a two year contract, we have to buy younger players with sell on values, Bournemouth have found many players through better scouting than us, that is the key as far as I am concerned, I hope Kirby can progress and maybe become a squad player next season.

...you've hit the nail on the head. 1 & 3 only work if you have a good scouting network, we are clearly lacking in that area at the minute

 


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View Omph's Profile Omph Flag Liverpool 19 May 19 4.18pm Send a Private Message to Omph Add Omph as a friend

Glenn Murray?

Originally posted by Lanzo-Ad

I wouldn't buy any player over 28, unless on a free transfer and only with a two year contract, we have to buy younger players with sell on values, Bournemouth have found many players through better scouting than us, that is the key as far as I am concerned, I hope Kirby can progress and maybe become a squad player next season.

 

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View Rudi Hedman's Profile Rudi Hedman Flag Caterham 19 May 19 4.25pm Send a Private Message to Rudi Hedman Add Rudi Hedman as a friend

Cucking has a good scouting network he taps into during evenings and scout camps.

 


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View pssguy's Profile pssguy Flag 19 May 19 5.24pm Send a Private Message to pssguy Add pssguy as a friend

How about a policy of transferring this thread to Transfer Talk?

 

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View est1905's Profile est1905 Flag 19 May 19 5.39pm Send a Private Message to est1905 Add est1905 as a friend

Originally posted by Lyons550

With talk of Wilf going and others who come to their end of their stint with us, how does everyone think the club should approach transfers from now on?

1) Buy proven young talent and bring through
2) Buy players on high wages but on the fringes of a top 6 teams first eleven
3) bring our own talent through

For me i'd like to see us follow the Ajax model which essentially focusses on 1 & 3. I think we've been caught out in recent seasons getting players on the fringes of top 6 teams who want stupid money.

Wages are the killer, but by focusing on international U21, U19 talent you can build a squad that allows players to move on whilst having cover to come through.

Thoughts?

In an ideal world I'd agree but I think the reason we have kept well out of the bottom 3 is largely to do with having experienced Prem quality battlers in our team. The Townsends, the PVA's, the Schlupp's, the Sakho's, the Tompkin's are the reason we are still a Premiership team. Proud as I am that our club have yet again produced another quality academy product in AWB we wont produce enough of them and if we did the lack of experience would kill us in the end.
I think a mixture of both is the way forward but something does need to be done about our wage bill. It is becoming unsustainable for a club of our size.

 

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ChrisGC Flag Wantage 19 May 19 5.44pm

Invest in youth.

 

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View Lyons550's Profile Lyons550 Flag Shirley 19 May 19 6.17pm Send a Private Message to Lyons550 Add Lyons550 as a friend

Originally posted by est1905

In an ideal world I'd agree but I think the reason we have kept well out of the bottom 3 is largely to do with having experienced Prem quality battlers in our team. The Townsends, the PVA's, the Schlupp's, the Sakho's, the Tompkin's are the reason we are still a Premiership team. Proud as I am that our club have yet again produced another quality academy product in AWB we wont produce enough of them and if we did the lack of experience would kill us in the end.
I think a mixture of both is the way forward but something does need to be done about our wage bill. It is becoming unsustainable for a club of our size.

Id agree with this, and that its given us the platform to now look at changing things whilst in a relative period of stability.

 


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View Dougie's Profile Dougie Flag Erin 19 May 19 6.35pm Send a Private Message to Dougie Add Dougie as a friend

Transfer deal from Palace. Package Benteke with Zaha...want one you have to take both. Make Zaha's departure into a positive

 

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View Lanzo-Ad's Profile Lanzo-Ad Flag Lanzarote 19 May 19 7.06pm Send a Private Message to Lanzo-Ad Add Lanzo-Ad as a friend

Originally posted by Omph

Glenn Murray?


Think Glenns had his swansong now, but will always be our worst transfer error, but if we could get rid of the deadwood i would give him a years contract on a free, think he has a lot to coach the younger forwards

 


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View Ginger Pubic Wig's Profile Ginger Pubic Wig Flag Wickham de L'Ouest 19 May 19 8.43pm Send a Private Message to Ginger Pubic Wig Add Ginger Pubic Wig as a friend

we should have a policy of buying good players cheap

 


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