At the moment the clubs recruitment strategy appears a little muddled
We seem to be targeting British based players with prem experience or players the likes of Newcastle, Villa, West Brom and Palace are interested in but do not appear willing to pay the fees or wages that those clubs will pay/demand. Whether you agree with the clubs stance on wages (and I suspect most do) is irrelevant really it's whether the strategy is likely to be effective and the delay in bringing in players so far raises some question marks in that regard. We either need to compete and pay the going rate in terms of fees and wages (and on Brady I think that is around the sort of figures being mentioned now and not what we were offering before) because if we don't, one of these others will or we should be looking at a different strategy picking up talent from the lower leagues and abroad. It feels at the moment we are doing a bit of an Alwierdeweld or Quagwhatsisface and are going to end up scrambling around late in the window after missing out on others. For example, Villa have been linked with Lambert and Brady. They will probably sell Benteke for ?32m next week then buy both and pay them ?80k a week rather than the ?40k we are no doubt offering.
I'm not saying we are doomed, I think we have enough already to have a good go but I would really like us get in a couple more ASAP . That either means stumping up the cash for the likes of Brady or Lambert or spreading our net a bit wider and trying to unearth a gem or look at a loan or two. Nor am I saying we should necessarily be paying silly money wages but we do need to face facts, the bar has been raised and other clubs who are no bigger than us (perhaps gambling a little ahead of the new tv deal) are paying ?60-?80k a week now. If we can't do that yet then we need to get smarter and spread the net wider. As it is we seem to have a strategy based around recruiting a type of player who has never been more expensive at a time where we can't/won't pay the going rate.
Posted By: Jim on July 22nd 2015 at 08:10:28
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- Robbie Brady/Alex Neil... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 22, 06:42:05
- Brady has rejected a new deal at Hull, it seems that they have crept up the asking price (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Jul 22, 08:19:31
- Blackburn have signed a new striker, talk of Hull being linked with Rhodes, so maybe some (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Jul 22, 08:24:25
- At the moment the clubs recruitment strategy appears a little muddled (NCFC) - Jim, Jul 22, 08:10:28
- does it appear a little muddled because all you have is dodgy internet roomers to go on? (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jul 22, 08:21:40
- I don't think that we should be signing players on the basis of wage demands (NCFC) - Mickdundee, Jul 22, 07:18:09
- So basically you don't trust our manager... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 22, 07:20:59
- No trust our manager but I agree with what he said about (NCFC) - Mickdundee, Jul 22, 07:36:04
- But you said you can't see where he'd fit... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 22, 07:41:33
- Cam down dear it's only his opinion same as it's yours - no one knows who is right yet. (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Jul 22, 08:13:07
- But you said you can't see where he'd fit... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 22, 07:41:33
- He is a decent player, from what I've seen. (NCFC) - APB, Jul 22, 07:25:34
- No trust our manager but I agree with what he said about (NCFC) - Mickdundee, Jul 22, 07:36:04
- So basically you don't trust our manager... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 22, 07:20:59
- Why is Sako a "foreigner", but Brady isn't? (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 22, 07:12:01
- That was written badly I meant to say... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 22, 07:19:36
- Is Brady (Irish) not foreign? (NCFC) - APB, Jul 22, 07:22:21
- The comment from the club was... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 22, 07:25:03
- Larrivey probably didn't speak English. That's not good for squad integration. (n/m) (NCFC) - jimbo, Jul 22, 09:16:15
- Ah, missed the "based". (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Jul 22, 07:27:43
- It's all about that based, 'bout that based... (n/m) (NCFC) - Garry Brooke, Jul 22, 08:56:51
- The comment from the club was... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 22, 07:25:03
- Is Brady (Irish) not foreign? (NCFC) - APB, Jul 22, 07:22:21
- That was written badly I meant to say... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 22, 07:19:36
- Brady has rejected a new deal at Hull, it seems that they have crept up the asking price (NCFC) - Vivid Data Shark, Jul 22, 08:19:31
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