roversfan99

The fee is irrelevant to us. At most clubs, we might get a replacement and also get in a striker and a CB for say £3m each. Here, we won't, it will vanish.

Whilst it seems like a reasonable fee, his wage will likely be very low so financially thats why the deal makes sense, all about getting that wage budget as low as possible regardless of what is needed on the pitch.

Is that now all 20 Premier League teams that he has gone through? One will be right at some point.

Shows the limitations of stats!

Leeds want to sell Cresswell for a decent fee.

He is inexperienced, and he isnt the profile of player we need really. Even if a fee has been paid though, his wages will be small so that is the key here. Lets hope he isnt loaned back for the season like Pickering and can make the step up immediately if he signs with Carter presumably out long term. Our defence is far weaker even compared to Jan 1st. I have seen Crewe fans question whether hes ready for this level yet.

"Possibly not the worst striker to pull on the blue and white halves." Hes the 4th worst in the current first team.

I wonder if it is a flaw in using data so heavily nowadays when you are looking at players in leagues whereby the comparative standard and also the general style is so different. You are comparing apples and oranges. I have no doubt that Wahlstedt will have been a stand out in the league he was in but theres no way you can judge how inferior the league is in comparison to the Championship. You also look at his main weakness, he is so bad from set pieces and crosses. Look at the goal against West Brom, will he have ever really faced a long throw like that in Norway, or a lump like Rotherham had beating him to a cross? His save to shot ratio and his passing stats might have stood out at that level but thats only part of a goalkeepers job.

He probably should have worn them when playing.

Tayo Edun. Now there is another crap and forgettable player in the long Venkys era.

Its another unnecessary barrier. There mighe people unsure if they can go, people that will decide last minute, unsure if theyll work late etc.

Next.

Would Wahlstedt even be able to join a third club in a season? Might be able to because the Scandanavian leagues run differently.

Surely a more accurate way of posting would have been to post the link initially which actually states that the obligation conditions have been met but the timing of the deal is uncertain, which is something we already knew. As it is, it misled numerous posters into thinking it was gospel that he had signed and subsequently that the club will now receive a few million.

It isnt. You posted something again with no context that was blatantly untrue.

And if it did, you would think that any results would be shared rather than just posting random posts like that with no foundation.

He isnt a natural goalscorer, its a natural instinct some strikers have to be in the right places at the right time and its difficult to coach it. He chips in with close to double figures and implying that he does anything but try his hardest is totally unfair, his injuries are muscular and probably a direct result. He also gives us a physical threat and even though hes average hes leagues above the other strikers we have so talk of Christmas coming early if he goes is done with an agenda. No one can surely think hes not better than the other 3.

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Neither Arsenal nor Brentford seem to have announced as such.

He certainly is, he is bang average but those who celebrate his departure prematurely seem keen to ignore any notion that we are then left with Leonard, Ennis and Telalovic.

Why, are the under 21s playing on Saturday because the first team arent.

They would be far dearer unfortunately. Theres a reason if its even true that we are digging so far down into the barrel.

Went through £100m of owners funding is the ridiculous comment because it implies blame directly on to the manager. We dont lose exactly £20m a season anyway but this idea that its the owners funding us as if they for years have done anything but merely raise share capital and the odd loan to pay creditors (as many Championship owners need to do) to avoid administation as the bare minimum is creative. The way he left us is massively skewed by the way that the owners blocked sales. We had £10m plus (net of Newcastles chunk) of the Armstrong money still in the bank from one of his signings. We should have had £4m in the back pocket from selling Rothwell but, well you know. We still had Brereton who we then were offered £8m for but, well you know. We had Kaminski who has since been sold for a few million. We had the Raya sell on which will soon be activated. So lots of value there. But again youve fixated on Mowbray out my overall post which is convenient.

Do the number of other non parachute payment club owners even get acknowledged for doing likewise? They have no choice. Their business needs to pay more out than is coming in. They either pay via their own pocket (loans or shares) or the business cant carry on as a going concern. The main source of income for Championship clubs is player sales. Who are the blockers of that source? You bet it. Venkys. Not the supposed incompetents. Not that im saying that Waggott for example is anything other than incompetent in this regard, but it pales into insignifance when the owners turn away £12m in 6 months. Im sure you once made out that Mowbray had blown £100m. In that case, lots of managers in this league are blowing obscene amounts too. Lets make it clear, over a number of years not just hiding behind government issues, Venkys have been investing the bare minimum to cover costs with no intention of pushing for anything else.

You often praise the owners for their "level of funding." Do you not acknowledge that they merely do what is common practice as a non parachute payment club in the Championship? They pay out more than they can generate in as a business therefore the owners have to offset the money they have spent (via loans or raising shares) merely to remain a going concern. And thats its not a reason for regular praise hence why other clubs and their owners dont get praised for doing likewise. Over a number of years leading to what we have today, the owners have spent very little in terms of actually allowing the team to be improved. No fee above 2m on a player spent since 2019 and opportunities even to sell to generate reinvestment opportunites blocked.