I think its good that the youngsters are coming through which a massive positive this summer but I think Woody is banking on them all coming good which may or may not happen and I feel it's unfair to put too much pressure on them on their first proper season in the league.
I agree about the players you said to get rid of but we pay stupidly high wages which I think is Woody's only recruitment tactic that other teams won't want to pay the stupid wages we currently pay. Smalling and Jones should never have been given those contract extensions for such lengths in my opinion.
Think we really need to give Gomes a lot of minutes this year as it's his final year and Barca will come circling in the summer. It's ludicrous that we let his contract run into the final year. We should do whatever we can to keep him as I would hate to see him realise his potential somewhere else.
If we could see the club doing well in the transfer market it wouldn't cause so many people to get p!ssed off in my opinion.
Alexis won’t command any fee, but Rojo and Jones definitely can be sold in this market.
I would very happy to get that money for Rojo and Jones, as I feel both need to go as both are far to injury-prone.
What constitutes doing well to me is signing a few more players to kick this rebuild off properly. I can't speak for Ole. For the board I think they are happy to try to compete for top 4 and I fear they think we have enough quality to achieve top 4 as we are, which I think we don't. I agree with your part in bold but it still p!sses me off that we have only made 2 signings. If we don't make anymore signings I think we will struggle and fall further behind the top teams.
What we should do is also pay a portion of the wages if they are very high. paying 60,000 of Jone's salary would be 3,120,000.00 per year. Not saying we should pay that much but that gives teams the incentive of signing them. We would be clearing players off the books, and yea we would be getting less than the transfer fee but it wold shorten our 133 million salary.
Agree with your post. I think teams like Leicester and Wolves are going to make a big push for European spots this season.
I think the philosophy is that the wages are high so we would have to eat a portion of it. It's too risky for a team like West Ham to pay Rojo as much as their top paid defenders when he is less likely to perform cause of his injuries. That's why I think taking a cut of his would be necessary. I think the injuries are a same because I loved his directness as a CB. Very tough guy as well. Was a perfect fit for Mou.
No. I was quoting the clip and gave my impression of it.
Off of what basis is this exactly? Have you seen him play to make such a bold assessment?
He was undoubtedly the best player on the pitch.
