Think that last sentence is an oversimplification and not what a competent club would do. We have to think about what is likely to happen from this summer. Otherwise a natural extension of that would be we’d just buy a permanent player every time one goes down injured. I agree that we’re perhaps a touch short up top right now, but that is a 20 game thing. Ideally we want a 20 game solution. From the summer, either we’re a champ club and have a good base to work from (assuming reasonable development from players) or we’re an Prem club and we need more anyway. This isn’t really succession planning. This is squad planning. Realistically, a big price striker is being brought in to play a significant proportion of our minutes. And as of right now we’re a ‘one up top’ team, so there’s not loads of minutes to share. If a new permanent signing is great then all well and good. Our first team will have improved. It just necessitates a reshuffle from the summer in my view. I’d be surprised if that reshuffle sees us keeping all our permanent strikers happy.
Anything after 12pm tomorrow means they can’t play. so with smoggies saying they’ll replace Latte, that signing won’t be able to play.
Yep. Think he needs a place in the first team squad from next season or we don’t keep him. Same with Watson. He needs to be a first team regular next season or he’ll be pushing to leave. All of this is predicated on us still being champ level. The dynamic may change on promotion. However this is why you do it. Rigg is playing every week now, but would have left in the summer if Dodds hadn’t given him a taster last season. Same with Jobe. He’d have been long gone if the fanbase had been listened to and he’d been bombed out from January. We only have access to this level of player because of pathway. As soon as we lose that, we lose them - and any other promising kids following them.
If its an option to make permanent am guessing all that was agreed when he signed? We really need to be keeping him whether we go up or not
A couple team abroad looking at him, I reckon they could be a bigger threat as he would be in their 1st team picture
The option will just be agreed with the club. The obligation will be agreed with the player as well but that’s predicated on promotion.
Shame AA is getting shipped like. Now we know why he wasn't getting a sniff of the squad for large parts of the season.
