11-06-2022, 10:04 AM
(11-06-2022, 08:04 AM)Peter_Mellor's_Got_No_Hair Wrote:(10-06-2022, 11:47 AM)scumslayer Wrote: Our downfall is that there is a minimum economy and competency required in order to compete for promotion and we are deficient in both.
We are killing less and therefore eating less with our eat what we kill policy.
We also are useless at hunting.
Totally!
When did we last actually hunt and kill something i.e. sign a player and sell for more?
Lowe, Clarke & Webster? Lowe and Clarke under Cook.
So what we kill (very generous, as it doesn't have much to do with what the club does), is what us fans put in and the tv money (agreed by the league).
I think Jackett's aim and focus was on promotion, so generally went for more experienced, and what he hoped were proven players to achieve it (Curtis aside). So not much chance of sell on value.
If our league 1 budget is still outside of the top 6, even with 16,000 fans, then we really need to start sharpening the arrows and get hunting, to improve it.
Webster came through our youth set-up so we didn't sign him. We signed Wallace from non-league though so he does.
Curtis might one day go for more than the 100k we paid for him, and we might make a profit on Harness too but you are right that the buy cheap, sell high part of the 'eat what you kill' policy has not really worked yet, mainly because Jackett ignored it.
But also because it is a flawed policy now that players can see ther contracts out and become free agents which makes getting a fee for anyone much harder.