If that is what Max Meyer gets then Hennessy has nothing to answer for.

Absolutely.

The modern day footballer generally looks after themselves far better than has been seen in the past. Therefore there is no reason that some cannot play on until 33/34 at the highest level.
The problem being that there is no resale value in the vast majority of players listed. Our strategy recently has been to regenerate the squad with others cast off that are in their late 20's. It does mean we get 2/3 years of performance when near their peak. The downside is there is no resale value after that so we are limited in what we can spend on the initial transfer fee to regenerate again.

Clearly we should be looking for some experience (and the likes of Kouyate and McCarthy seem to be decent additions to the squad) balanced with some younger players. This is where we have struggled and our attempts to do this have pretty much failed every time (Sorloth, Meyer - although some would say the jury is still out on both)

This debate is pointless...!!

Unless the American's reengage financially or we are bought out - we are doomed, maybe not this season, but certainly within the next 2.

And doomed, maybe beyond the Championship.

It's that simple, anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves...!!

Sad to say I know but true I am afraid...!!

When you look at our current squad and the lack of young players, and add in our financial problems, it looks very bleak. We can't keep giving the current squad new contract extensions until they retire.

We apparently tried to sign a few youngsters in January but who knows if we really would have got the deals done. We don't exactly have a good record in that department lol.

We've left it too long now and we're going to need nearly a full squad overhaul in the next few years. Steve, and the investors, have only themselves to blame. Years of over paying in transfers and wages have tied our hands.

Roy will only stay if we give him money but then that doesn't make sense if it's only a single year. That's not planning for the future. Steve will want him to stay as we've no money lol. The most infuriating thing is Mr Parish has disappeared. He couldn't wait to show his face when we were planning a new stadium and training ground but were these just smokescreens?

If we had bought just one young player capable of slotting straight into the first team in each of the last 4 windows (2 years) then we would be in a far better position than we currently are. As others have said, we now need to buy maybe 5 or 6 at the same time. It is not going to be easy.

Not really surprising. It’s been discussed for years the mistakes repaired by Plaster-a-Parish would catch up with him and us. Unfortunately it could be really bad, but let’s hope not and something as financially saving as AWB lands at his feet, because without that sale we’d be really stuffed, or planning to use Zaha funds, only to find we’ll spend virtually none of it.

More ugly and/or boring seasons of football that as much as I hate and am bored stiff of, is hopefully worth it eventually. The alternative of relegation could be disastrous anyway.

Big main stand? What a joke.

Edited by Rudi Hedman (18 Feb 2020 4.34pm)

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