Ryan Alebiosu

[davulsukur]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

Duru back off loan to cover Alebiosu ?

Only loan I could see being recalled would be O'Riordan. He can cover at centre back with Wharton and Carter still out, would allow Miller to shift to RWB if needed also.

I still think we'll just shove Hedges at RWB and be done with it.

[ruggles1995]

with him going to afcon, think if i was VI id look to go with morishita as right wing back. He looks to me as our best crosser of a football. He also has the japanese work rate to do the up and down work. 

[rigger]

46 minutes ago, ruggles1995 said:

with him going to afcon, think if i was VI id look to go with morishita as right wing back. He looks to me as our best crosser of a football. He also has the japanese work rate to do the up and down work. 

Usually a wing-back has to be reasonably strong in defensive work. I don't know if Morishita could do that. 

[Tim Southampton Rover]

I'm thrilled he's representing Nigeria at the AFCON. Yes, it leaves us in a pickle, but any well‑run team prepares for situations like this. Instead, we've been underprepared, just as we have been for pretty much every scenario thrown at us this season. I don't blame him at all; I'm delighted for him because the call‑up is thoroughly deserved. My disappointment is with the club for not being ready.

What concerns me most is that as soon as rumours of a call‑up started a month ago, we should have been knocking on his door with a new, improved contract. We didn’t act, and now he'll return from AFCON as a full international (maybe even a winner) and will quite rightly expect far more than whatever we eventually offer. To me, it's yet another example of the club acting too late, or not acting at all.

[DE.]

3 hours ago, Tim Southampton Rover said:

I'm thrilled he's representing Nigeria at the AFCON. Yes, it leaves us in a pickle, but any well‑run team prepares for situations like this. Instead, we've been underprepared, just as we have been for pretty much every scenario thrown at us this season. I don't blame him at all; I'm delighted for him because the call‑up is thoroughly deserved. My disappointment is with the club for not being ready.

What concerns me most is that as soon as rumours of a call‑up started a month ago, we should have been knocking on his door with a new, improved contract. We didn’t act, and now he'll return from AFCON as a full international (maybe even a winner) and will quite rightly expect far more than whatever we eventually offer. To me, it's yet another example of the club acting too late, or not acting at all.

That's because you are looking at it from the point of view of somebody who wants the team to do well. 

If Alebiosu comes back with his reputation enhanced and the club can sell for a decent profit, I'm sure they'll be delighted. Onto the next cheap punt/academy player. There is no desire here to keep hold of our best players through increasing salary - we have seen that throughout this year.