Sutton_blows_goats 5,276 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, craig said: BOTH hurt - regardless of how much we paid, if we are to be self-sustaining we need to cash in when players are at their most valuable. That said, I can understand why we kept them all - we were on the back of an invincible season and had CL to look forward to and Gerrard wanted to push on. Not always. Sometimes we can win a watch and get lucky with a £1million signing like Morelos. We could have sold him before 55 for big money and that’s a debate that will live on. But 1 million for that kind of return is ok. What we cannot do is spend 7 million on a player and not recoup some of the cash. We don’t have the finances and will quickly return to the financial mire if repeated. Similar for Helander and Roofe. It’s madness. Nearly 15 million of talent walking away for nothing. Puts that 1 million for Morelos into perspective imo. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whosthedado 1,677 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 So now that we have got rid of the dead wood who we bringing in. Nah in all seriousness both Kent and Morelos scored important goals and also played their part in bringing in important money for the club with CL and EL qualifications. In hindsight they should have been sold earlier 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,725 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Kent and Morelos will make their way. Sad to see Arfield go, best of luck to him! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMAA 3,658 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 (edited) What a wonderful day. Never thought some of those players would leave. It should have been a long time ago and hanging onto them cost us in more ways than one. Big opportunity for Beale to put those freed up wages to better use now! Edited May 23, 2023 by DMAA 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMAA 3,658 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 18 minutes ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: Puts that 1 million for Morelos into perspective imo. £1m was obviously a huge bargain. But people forget that he’s been paid well over that a year in recent years. Remember how many pay rises he got over the years. What was frustrating was that the club didn’t seem to see the downward trend with Morelos since 2019, or that his form was unusually good in 2019 and that it was a great time to sell (like Bassey). I think he’s a player who peaked early in his career. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malangsob 1,264 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Alright. Nice. That should free up a grip of caish for the transfer market. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacK1950 2,372 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Sorry about Arfield he would have been a good squad member,McGregor father time has caught up,Kent/Morelos thaks for the memories and Helander too fragile but good player(Roofe should be similarly let go IMO). 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger_syntax 4,274 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 Surprised to see Arfield move on. The manager must have a better alternative. The other four should all have been moved on earlier. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bill 13,717 Posted May 23, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Sutton_blows_goats said: Not always. Sometimes we can win a watch and get lucky with a £1million signing like Morelos. We could have sold him before 55 for big money and that’s a debate that will live on. But 1 million for that kind of return is ok. What we cannot do is spend 7 million on a player and not recoup some of the cash. We don’t have the finances and will quickly return to the financial mire if repeated. Similar for Helander and Roofe. It’s madness. Nearly 15 million of talent walking away for nothing. Puts that 1 million for Morelos into perspective imo. The biggest mistake with Kent wasn't running down his contract but paying £7m for him in the first place. There's no way we should have been spending £7m on anyone at that time. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERRAB 3,618 Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 In addition to these ones I presume we’ll now be trying to move on a few others not out of contract 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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