yes, you can also look at it from the other angle,

Say we'd turned down the deal.
Would posh have wanted him on loan again?
If not what do we do with him then? He's not going to play, and if he doesn't play he doesn't develop, so we end up off loading him for 100K or something, and we all moan about the 300K we've lost.

If posh do take him back on loan and he gets injured, or is poor for the second half of the season, what then?
Again, we don't play him, Posh don't want him, no other champ side would either. WHo else in league 1 would have the clout to offer 400K, and would they want too if he's been injured or struggled. So again, we probably end up offloading for a lot less than 400K and then whinge about the missed opportunity.

Lewis would not be the first player to look great at his age, then never develop past that for the rest of his career. It was a good deal, at the right time, and taking it was the best idea.

There is no way in hell roeder could play him last season, would have been a massive gamble we simply could not take.

Posted By: megson on May 27th 2008 at 12:27:38

Message Thread

Chris Lakey hits the nail on the head (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, May 27, 11:12:36
- Which is one sentance in a long article. (NCFC) - megson, May 27, 12:14:50
  - me too (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 27, 12:18:56
    - yes, you can also look at it from the other angle, (NCFC) - megson, May 27, 12:27:38
- error in there (NCFC) - pants, May 27, 11:46:44
  - very decent player... (NCFC) - Rofl_Harris, May 27, 11:57:20
    - If worthington wasn't such a shambles, we might have got the best out of him (NCFC) - pants, May 27, 11:59:39
      - he still scored a fair few only really went off the boil after (NCFC) - phrankin, May 27, 12:09:13
        
        Yeah right (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, May 27, 12:12:44
        
        I was thinking of his 10 games without a goal from the Luton/QPR games (NCFC) - phrankin, May 27, 12:21:26
        
        I love the equation that exists amongst our fans that he couldn't be arsed (NCFC) - pants, May 27, 12:24:43
        
        There's fans and fans (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, May 27, 12:27:39
- illegal approach.... whaty an agent leaks his release fee and they put in a bid? (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, May 27, 11:45:20
- Good post, even if I feel you have manipulated parts to suit your evidence (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, May 27, 11:36:13
  - No manipulation at all (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, May 27, 11:57:28
    - If we are a club in decline - what's the cause of it? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, May 27, 12:16:50
      - Some sort of blight or canker I shouldn't wonder! (NCFC) - malkybarkid, May 27, 12:18:22
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, May 27, 12:19:58
    - Erm.... (NCFC) - sheffieldcanary, May 27, 12:11:17
      - Might have done (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, May 27, 12:17:20
    - so what is going to fix it? (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 27, 12:10:00
      - A big gourd festival like those massive pumpkin festival/carnival things in the States. (NCFC) - malkybarkid, May 27, 12:14:21
        
        would it fuck up the pitch a bit? (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 27, 12:16:05
        
        Not if you put a big tilt down and made people take their shoes off like at a temple or (NCFC) - malkybarkid, May 27, 12:17:39
        
        I once stayed in a Swedish-themed B&B in Washington State (NCFC) - camcan, May 27, 12:30:09
        
        good thinking (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 27, 12:20:24
        
        Put some boards down, it'll be fine. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, May 27, 12:16:57
    - I fear you and Lakey are right... (NCFC) - BerlinCanary, May 27, 12:05:22
      - A lot less than it was last year in all probability. (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, May 27, 12:08:56
        
        Its an idea, had that thought a while ago. (NCFC) - megson, May 27, 12:16:55
        
        Destroyed the soul (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, May 27, 12:26:38
        
        this club lost its soul the day it left The Nest (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 27, 12:34:03
        
        Nah. The Nest was a cynical money-making move (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, May 27, 12:35:57
        
        good point, well made (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 27, 12:42:33
        
        True, but i dunt loike all these new identikit grounds. (NCFC) - megson, May 27, 12:33:06
      - £2.95m (n/m) (NCFC) - Emma Leven, May 27, 12:07:07
      - 9... (n/m) (NCFC) - blindasabat, May 27, 12:05:53
    - well, put like that (NCFC) - shoddy, May 27, 12:00:40
  - we probably would not have spent much cash had we not sold them however (NCFC) - phrankin, May 27, 11:43:55
    - Speculative - and not sure I agree (NCFC) - LincolnshireCanary, May 27, 11:53:18
      - Did we? (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, May 27, 12:05:28
        
        I wonder how our 2 million would have been made up (NCFC) - phrankin, May 27, 12:06:37
- What was Adams' role, that's been abolished? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, May 27, 11:35:22
  - Coaching the under 4s wasn't it? (NCFC) - Mr Creosote, May 27, 11:36:41
- that's made me feel better..not! But we live in hope (NCFC) - McGonicle, May 27, 11:26:29
  - Come on the turners! (n/m) (NCFC) - Half Pint, May 27, 11:30:30
    - I think they really need to do something over the summer.... (NCFC) - wgf500, May 27, 11:45:02
      - Agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - Half Pint, May 27, 11:52:34

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