Contracts

[Nishtar36]

He’s had one shot at Villa which was difficult yet on target.

Will start judging him when he starts getting chances, like I started judging Hugill when he kept missing them.

Hugill missed a lot of chances, but he was underrated at getting into dangerous goalscoring positions. Moult doesn’t look like he’s going to break his neck to get into those positions.

20 minutes is ample time to get a basic judgement of a player. He looks one paced.

Hope he gets a fair chance though, but that’s hard to see with the Play Off push at full tilt.

 

[SuffolknWhat]

Yes it is but the brief video clips I have seen of him do show a player who can finish. All we can do is wait to see what happens when he does get on the scoresheet and hopefully gets that infusion of confidence that he is probably lacking a bit at the moment.

Moult =May imo.

 

[ernest]

Moult =May imo.

The comparison had occurred to me too. In fairness to May he suffered a horrendous injury that really blighted his career with us. OK Moult came to us with an injury but he has now recovered from that. As I said previously let's see what happens when he does score.

 

[John T]

I have come to the conclusion the benefit of long contracts are, the fee that can be sought if a Player really wants away (from the Club)--I.e. Hugill 9 Mill—Billy Jones nothing---Contracts of 2-3-4 years mean nothing more, ( except to the player) who has some security if gets a long term injury

 

[HayBeeSeaDee]

The link below says 5 players are out of contract, Gallagher, Huntington, Woods, Welsh & Hudson. Is this bull poo? Who is out of contract, I thought it was Spurr, Welsh and Gallagher?

http://the72.co.uk/100016/five-players-preston-north-end-lose-free-summer/

 

[HayBeeSeaDee]

The link below says 5 players are out of contract, Gallagher, Huntington, Woods, Welsh & Hudson. Is this bull poo? Who is out of contract, I thought it was Spurr, Welsh and Gallagher?

http://the72.co.uk/100016/five-players-preston-north-end-lose-free-summer/

 

[Former Member]

Woods was given a new deal earlier this season, and Huntington’s contract was automatically extended a year further after he came on as a sub vs Wolves last season.

Spurr signed in 2016 on a three-year deal.

 

[Lord Edgington]

The comparison had occurred to me too. In fairness to May he suffered a horrendous injury that really blighted his career with us. OK Moult came to us with an injury but he has now recovered from that. As I said previously let's see what happens when he does score.

I just know I'm going to regret this but.......,..,..... You may be waiting some time !

 

[Ando60]

I just know I'm going to regret this but.......,..,..... You may be waiting some time !

Didn't Moult score at Sheffield Weds ??

 

[norky84]

The concern is Cunningham's contract is due to expire next year. If he's not showing any signs of signing a new deal, do we cash in this Summer? Obviously I hope he signs a new deal though.

 

[justinr73]

No.

 

[ernest]

The concern is Cunningham's contract is due to expire next year. If he's not showing any signs of signing a new deal, do we cash in this Summer?

Yes - over the longer term the fee we would get for Cunningham this summer would be worth more than just one extra season from him. Earl would step up and the fee invested in another left-back with some to spare for strengthening elsewhere.

 

[FredElseFlyer]

Yes - over the longer term the fee we would get for Cunningham this summer would be worth more than just one extra season from him. Earl would step up and the fee invested in another left-back with some to spare for strengthening elsewhere.

Earl is not good enough yet. He needs more experience

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[kbd_pne]

Shouldn’t be selling more players IMO. PR said at the forum Cunningham wants to play for us.

We got him for free, hopefully we’re willing to lose him on a free.

We need him for next season, Earl is not ready to be a regular yet.

 

[ernest]

Earl is not good enough yet. He needs more experience

He would get it by playing. But quite simply the only reason to keep a player to the end of their contract is if you can only see one further useful season from them and their immediate resale value is negligible. I do not want Cunningham to leave any more than anybody else here but if he does not sign a contract extension then he must be sold while his value remains unaffected - should be a few million pounds - and the money reinvested in the longer term security of the club.

 

[Tino]

There's the argument with DJ and Cunningham to hold on to them as long as possible because they cost a combined 50k, but the real issue is how much are they worth now and what could we lose out on? And of course how much would it cost to replace them if they did leave.

There'd need to be a balance of course, but would be turn down a significant bid for a LB who doesn't look like signing a new deal (if this is the case come the summer)?

 

[Minty pne]

Aren't we in talks with Cunningham for a new contract? Didn't this get mentioned at the fans forum.

 

[Joanpne]

Aren't we in talks with Cunningham for a new contract? Didn't this get mentioned at the fans forum.

Yes it did and yes we are. Also with Gallagher.

 

[kbd_pne]

There's the argument with DJ and Cunningham to hold on to them as long as possible because they cost a combined 50k, but the real issue is how much are they worth now and what could we lose out on? And of course how much would it cost to replace them if they did leave.

There'd need to be a balance of course, but would be turn down a significant bid for a LB who doesn't look like signing a new deal (if this is the case come the summer)?

The problem with selling Johnson would be that with Welsh going and possibly Gallagher too, we would probably need to sign 3 CMs in the summer, when the window is shutting earlier too. Having not signed a CM in 2 and a half calendar years (by the time it’s summer) and 4 transfer windows, not exactly great succession planning by the club. Hope he signs a new deal.

My main worry with Cunningham is if Cardiff go up and renew their interest, they’d be able to offer Premier League football and wages, and I suspect he’d want to go however much he likes it here.

Actually being able to sign replacements, never mind good ones, is also a problem. Remember how long it took to get a RB when Woods was injured, and we had to revert to getting a squad player who was on loan with us the previous season (Vermijl), and as I’ve already touched upon window after window we seem to target midfielders and not get it done.

Also think we can’t be selling anymore after Hugill, signals to other players we’re willing to sell and they think that they can get out easily. Can’t become a selling club if we want to build a squad capable of promotion.

 

[Lord Edgington]

The problem with selling Johnson would be that with Welsh going and possibly Gallagher too, we would probably need to sign 3 CMs in the summer, when the window is shutting earlier too. Having not signed a CM in 2 and a half calendar years (by the time it’s summer) and 4 transfer windows, not exactly great succession planning by the club. Hope he signs a new deal.

My main worry with Cunningham is if Cardiff go up and renew their interest, they’d be able to offer Premier League football and wages, and I suspect he’d want to go however much he likes it here.

Actually being able to sign replacements, never mind good ones, is also a problem. Remember how long it took to get a RB when Woods was injured, and we had to revert to getting a squad player who was on loan with us the previous season (Vermijl), and as I’ve already touched upon window after window we seem to target midfielders and not get it done.

Also think we can’t be selling anymore after Hugill, signals to other players we’re willing to sell and they think that they can get out easily. Can’t become a selling club if we want to build a squad capable of promotion.

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