Some say it's to bring in experience to help develop the 2 youngish ones we've got. Isn't that the job of the coaching team, particularly (but not only) the goalkeeper coach?! Similar with the ridiculous signing of Sharp in January.
Agree with this. In what other industry would management say we’re going to employ someone who used to do your job, pay them a decent wage and what they are going to do is tell you how to do your job better? Occasionally they might also do your job for you although we acknowledge they’re not as good as you at it, otherwise it’d be their job, not yours. Madness.
Please think of two twenty goals a season strikers we're going to sign. The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.
I remember that saying you score three we'll score four from the Waggy and Chillo era in mid sixties and we usually did.
“Hey, Charlie, we’ve signed you from Wigan for millions because we really rate you. You’ve played a lot of games in senior professional football for your age, came through the Man City and Liverpool academies and captained Wigan at a young age but you know what you really need for your development? Mentoring from a mediocre centre-half with dodgy knees.” This player-mentor justification for signing the likes of Sharp and Cooper is just bollocks.
He’s better on the right than Omur. Omur should not be played there. Sinik? Come on. Id rather have Jarvis come on than Longman at the moment.
I do agree it’s bollocks, but he’s going to come in and be happy to be 4th choice. McLoughlin at his age will want a season being first choice if possible he’s not exactly set up for that here
You might think it's bollocks, but workplace mentoring - pairing youth and experience within a job role happens in every sector. And it's certainly quite common in football. Expect to see more of it coming this week - especially GK.
