I’m not massively convinced a cup run equates to having players ready for a premier league team. We could have had a an easy run.
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Buy our ground for £10million as offered, swap it with County for Meadow Lane, build a mega stadium over the river. Notts County back in the County, Forest back in the City and everything in the world is right again.
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Did you not say that he's looked shit on loan? Is it not possible that the management team have looked at the young players we have and decided that they're either not good enough or not ready? I really hate this whole "let's see what we've got" attitude (and it's prevalent among NFL fans as well), as if somehow players are going to suddenly discover some magic when they cross the white line in front of 30K people despite the fact that the guys who work with them every day don't think they are ready.
As for Ribeiro, it seems they don't think he is either. If they knew for a fact that none of the Academy lads were ready, it's not a huge gamble to bring in one who might be closer.
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Is it worse than assuming that a player must be good, because some idiot paid a fucktonne of money for them?
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I said he’s not scored many. I’d still rather him than Ribeiro.
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No, it's every bit as dumb. I'm aware I'm more guilty of the latter than the former q.v. Carvalho.
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Because you've watched them both enough to have a considered and evidence based view on each one's ability, potential and readiness, or because you're an Academy fan who views Mendes and anything remotely connected to him as being the antithesis of that? Be honest now.
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Dale Taylor is not going to make it in the Premier League, and he might well not even make it at Championship level.
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I’m a fan of the academy and homegrown talent being given a shot, which I’ve already admitted.
I’m also concerned by Mendes’ influence given what we’ve been through before and the manager’s close links to him. I’d rather our recruitment was based on what we need, rather than how much money other people can make. -
Mendes' influence is how Wolves became an established and stable Premier League team with a squad that's good enough to not even flirt with relegation in years when they're having to sell players and not spend in order to be compliant.
Sign me the fuck up for that kind of club please.
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So what we need is for Brennan to sign up with Mendes and we buy him for 20M
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As long as we don’t have to sell Brennan’s replacement in order to accommodate him 😉
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If spending 8 figures, when already in trouble with FFP/PSR, you could argue it's a bigger gamble than we needed to take.
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Wasn't he a loan? With an option
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Genuinely don't understand this. What are you getting out of it?
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90 minutes red team play good win game.
