Just read that Huddersfield have a sell on clause too so we won't even receive the full fee.
We will be lucky to eventually get the £2m we paid for him. This must be a club decision to sell despite him having 2 years left on his contract because if Smities had asked for a transfer TF would be all over Twitter. It's no wonder we are in such a dire financial position when we allow our better players to leave for for such small sums. Other clubs must love doing business with our owners because we pay over the top when buying and sell on the cheap.
Gone for £3.5m apparently. Wish him well but cannot help feeling that we are selling the family silver with little to show for it in terms of transfer activity!
Post by northwesthoop on Jun 28, 2018 10:20:10 GMT
Well people have been saying Ingram and Lumley are good enough for a while so we can afford to let Smithies go... we will sure as hell find out now.
People go on about his 'lack' of clean sheets but think of the defence he was playing behind for the most part! And now the defence is none existent as it stands!
Love the sinking ship northwesthoop! I feel that we have good cover in the goalie department (and if Ingram does well this season I would not be surprised to have him poached this time next year); but you are right in highlighting the poor defence cover Ingram will have in front of him. Furlong and Bidwell will do OK in the opposing WB positions (although the only cover would be Baptiste & Kakay), but at CB we need a fit Grant Hall sooo much now (with Baptiste & Lynch on best form and Hamalainen & Phillips covering) to just match our (average) performance last season! We must get in at least one quality defender!!
Post by northwesthoop on Jun 28, 2018 13:39:29 GMT
Lynch never manages more than 6 games in a row.
Baptiste faded badly at the end of last season and now has another season in legs that were already weary when he joined a year ago.
Hall is a good player obviously but after 18 months out can he really perform to the same levels? In my view he cannot be relied upon. We should not be heading into this season thinking Hall will be first choice and therefore everything will be ok. That is very risky!
We need to try and sign a dependable centre back who has played 40+ games for the past few years. Somebody we can depend upon.
Baptiste faded badly at the end of last season and now has another season in legs that were already weary when he joined a year ago.
Hall is a good player obviously but after 18 months out can he really perform to the same levels? In my view he cannot be relied upon. We should not be heading into this season thinking Hall will be first choice and therefore everything will be ok. That is very risky!
We need to try and sign a dependable centre back who has played 40+ games for the past few years. Somebody we can depend upon.
Agree with all those points but does the club agree too (or even care)? Getting this horrible feeling that Ollie refused to toe the line in relation to new signings and McClaren will try to work with what he has currently got.....