Blue Vain wrote:
He will be 27 at the start of next season.
Does anybody actually look at where we are on the ladder? We are looking like finishing bottom 4 and people want to top up with a 27 year old. Learn the lesson from picking up another injury prone 27 year old on huge coin from last year. It doesn't pay dividends.
Has anyone considered the requirement to rebuild the club with youth?
BV I disagree with you on this one
I think we are going to have a bit of a void in terms of experience with the old midfield guard coming to the end and I think it doesn't hurt to get some experience in
And FAs (assuming he is one, I admit I haven't checked) can't be toddlers by virtue of the FA criteria
If it doesn't cost much in picks and dough I'm all for it as you're getting much needed experience and skill for zilch
I also don't think we are totally rebuilding from scratch
We have about 20 good players 27 or under so it's not like we are St.k who under Lyon refused to blood youth over a sustained period
I actually believe IF we can add 4 good players over the next two years we can be back in business
That's no guarantee though and it will need good drafting but adding a skilled 27 year old helps nail one of those four holes per se
The other three you'd be looking to add good kids
So you mostly add youth but also get for nothing a skilled 27 year old in the knowledge we are going to lose Scotland, Carrazzo, Judd, McLean, Waite, etc
I guess it depends if you think we have No hope but as I said I count 20 or so good players 27 or under which tells me we don't need to view this as a total rebuild