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Daniel Johnson

You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone.

Bookmark this for January…

People are so bizarre and odd about DJ. Nobody should want their most creative player to leave the club for free because they can’t offer competitive wages for his role. Nobody. If he has 10 good games a year, how many does Ledson have? How many does Browne have? How many does McCann have? Better yet how many has our new creative deputy Woodburn had? (lesser said the better)

I don’t know where this magic player who’s going to step in and be better than him is coming from? We can’t offer him a normal wage for a player his calibre, that’s the bottom line, we haven’t got a fee for him, which you guessed it, means we won’t spend any money. Our level is literally Max Power, how fucking frightening is that.
 
Tarkovsky said:
You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone.

Bookmark this for January…

People are so bizarre and odd about DJ. Nobody should want their most creative player to leave the club for free because they can’t offer competitive wages for his role. Nobody. If he has 10 good games a year, how many does Ledson have? How many does Browne have? How many does McCann have? Better yet how many has our new creative deputy Woodburn had? (lesser said the better)

I don’t know where this magic player who’s going to step in and be better than him is coming from? We can’t offer him a normal wage for a player his calibre, that’s the bottom line, we haven’t got a fee for him, which you guessed it, means we won’t spend any money. Our level is literally Max Power, how fucking frightening is that.
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In fairness I dont think anyone wants him to leave but some are trying to put a positive spin on it.

Im more and more coming to the attitude that if, with 12 months left, a player turns down a new contract then they should be moved on and get whatever fee we can for them. Its an absolute crime that its looking likely DJ will leave and the club will get nothing whatever towards funding a decent replacement for him.
 
raefil said:
In fairness I dont think anyone wants him to leave but some are trying to put a positive spin on it.

Im more and more coming to the attitude that if, with 12 months left, a player turns down a new contract then they should be moved on and get whatever fee we can for them. Its an absolute crime that its looking likely DJ will leave and the club will get nothing whatever towards funding a decent replacement for him.
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I just don’t think there is a positive spin, to put a positive spin on it is to sugarcoat the absolutely torrid job the people who are in charge of the club are doing. How do you let your saleable assets leave for fuck all time and time again without any repercussion or action. It’s a joke.
 
raefil said:
In fairness I dont think anyone wants him to leave but some are trying to put a positive spin on it.

Im more and more coming to the attitude that if, with 12 months left, a player turns down a new contract then they should be moved on and get whatever fee we can for them. Its an absolute crime that its looking likely DJ will leave and the club will get nothing whatever towards funding a decent replacement for him.
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Absolutely what we should be doing, I would go further and say when the top players have 2 years left and they have hit our wage ceiling and there is no chance they will sign a new deal that is the time sell and get maximum money to then reinvest.
 
Tarkovsky said:
I just don’t think there is a positive spin, to put a positive spin on it is to sugarcoat the absolutely torrid job the people who are in charge of the club are doing. How do you let your saleable assets leave for fuck all time and time again without any repercussion or action. It’s a joke.
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i agree its a mess.... but i'm not sure what you can do if a player decides to let his contract run out in order to negotiate a move and/or a better deal. its not letting saleable assets leave so much as saleable assets holding all the cards. we can't afford wages or long contracts for top championship players
 
supa white army said:
i agree its a mess.... but i'm not sure what you can do if a player decides to let his contract run out in order to negotiate a move and/or a better deal. its not letting saleable assets leave so much as saleable assets holding all the cards. we can't afford wages or long contracts for top championship players
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If you know you can’t improve his contract and that he’ll want more money, which is obvious, you get rid of them a year ago and reinvest, the only model we’ve ever seen work for any sustainable clubs.
 
raefil said:
In fairness I dont think anyone wants him to leave but some are trying to put a positive spin on it.

Im more and more coming to the attitude that if, with 12 months left, a player turns down a new contract then they should be moved on and get whatever fee we can for them. Its an absolute crime that its looking likely DJ will leave and the club will get nothing whatever towards funding a decent replacement for him.
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AGAIN !!!!

And to explain...... We keep doing it. 🙁
 
Tarkovsky said:
You don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone.

Bookmark this for January…

People are so bizarre and odd about DJ. Nobody should want their most creative player to leave the club for free because they can’t offer competitive wages for his role. Nobody. If he has 10 good games a year, how many does Ledson have? How many does Browne have? How many does McCann have? Better yet how many has our new creative deputy Woodburn had? (lesser said the better)

I don’t know where this magic player who’s going to step in and be better than him is coming from? We can’t offer him a normal wage for a player his calibre, that’s the bottom line, we haven’t got a fee for him, which you guessed it, means we won’t spend any money. Our level is literally Max Power, how fucking frightening is that.
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Totally agree. I'd rather have a 2 in 5 player like DJ than a none in 5 like Ledson or Woodburn. If DJ was a 5 in 5 player, he wouldn't have been wasting his career at North End the last 8 years.
 
And let's be fair we have not had great success with upgrading players we have let go have we.

Pearo
Davies
Dolan
Robinson (alright we sold robbo so not strictly the same still haven't replaced him with better)
Maybe add DJ to this list shortly

All replaced with players who are genuinely not as good. But it's alright they are cheaper.

The only place we ever seem to recruit well either loan or perm is GK. Maybe Ryan doesn't scout those 😏😏
 
bowlandwhites said:
I get the feeling your not a nice person.

Even Chip barm has become twisted & bitter
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bowlandwhites said:
I have no doubt raefil but sometimes I have to fight back at the criticism because I buck the trend & stick up for the powers that be & don’t do posts to fit in with a few posters agenda’s
How many members are there of pne - online .
How many different posters per day & how many guests come & have a look week /or day please . I am curious to find out how many members don’t post because of treatment of keyboard warriors .
For some reason Thracia who is always fact check posters won’t tell me .
Checking to see if keyboard warriors rule
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17,323.
 
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