I’m not a Leahy hater but I would rather have Butcher. I think he is the most likely of the current squad, excluding the new signings, to play the Morley role.
I actually believe Leahy to be better playing further forward maybe in the no. 10 role. It’s all personal opinion and everyone has different opinions. Who’d be a manager🤷♂️
I think Leahy is a terrific player but I don't think his athleticism is his biggest strength. So putting him in the role that Morley made his does leave us weaker. I also prefer Butcher in the middle along with Scowen and Humphreys has he does the 'simple' work allowing them to be more attacking and mobile.
Harvie is the best left back for sure, Leahy is an excellent left back. Leaves stuck in between positions and players. Which is great for us not so much for him.
My only disappointment with Leahy recently is his set pieces seems to have dropped off. He was almost JJ level of consistency on corners. Now less so.
Thats just now how business or football works. If there is no contractual obligation to do anything then nothing will be done. And thats nothing to do with our club and ownership.... thats every single club all over the UK. At best you may get an agreement to go and send a second string 11 to play a pre-season friendly... but beyond that if its not in writing and contractual zip.
All quiet on the rumours front (for players and a Head coach) with one week left of the January transfer market. Any more significant "ins", or do we think our business is done?
Ideally need cover in both FB positions. Westergaard seems to be a very versatile midfielder even if he's b2b 'by trade', so perhaps he's the Morley successor.
You never can tell with these owners but I’d be surprised if we didn’t get at least two more in (right back, midfielder) and three absentees (Hartridge, Wheeler, maybe Butcher?)
This is the thing, until we (and the ownership) see Westergaard play, we have no idea if we have a new number 6 or not. I’m assuming we are still after a Morley replacement because we urgently need a DM who can setup attacks.
I'm definitely surprised there have not been more outgoings. For starters, David Wheeler has been a tremendous servant of this club and deserves all kinds of tributes when he goes, but he is nowhere near the team right now, and it would seem only fair to get him some playing time.
The only thing that might be keeping Wheeler around is his versatile nature and that with him on the bench, you are covering a number of positions from a guy who'll run his socks off for the team and can do a job for whatever is left to play in the game. Yes, he's not a starter but can do a job for 20 or minutes & you'll know what he'll bring.
I agree that his quality is now dwarfed by others in the squad but his work-rate is second only to Scowen (in my opinion)
True, but I don't believe he has been even on the bench for any of the past seven league games, so it just seems like he is surplus to requirements right now.
It's clear that MB sees the strikers as a problem at Luton and he needs more goals to get them out of the hole they are in. I don't personally have a problem with him trying to sign Kone because its not an unknown, he knows how to get the best out of him and believes that he can get them the goals to move them up the table.
If a bid reaches an acceptable figure or Kone requests the opportunity to speak to Luton, I hope we have already got his replacement scouted and lined up and I don't mind if he's not Danish either!
One thing I heard from an interview a short while ago was something a Premier League club had. They listed all of their players and an acceptable figure on a white board, if that figure was met, they would allow them to speak to the new club. Some players didn't have a figure because they weren't going anywhere. However, there were several columns on the white board, as it got closer to deadline day, the new figure would be written in. Some players value would increase by 25-30% in that space. I wonder if our club has something similar (maybe on Rice's laptop?)
What I can’t get my head around is why Kone would choose to move to Luton now, rather than wait 6 months and have his pick of the bunch in summer? Luton could go down and Kone would be stuck in L1 next season, but Kone would have many Championship suitors if he waits until summer. Bloomfield’s opportunities were much lower in supply, so I understand his decision. I don’t really understand why Kone would move now instead of summer.
Ordinarily you’d struggle to see the gain for him v waiting for the summer, but he seemed to have a great relationship with the management team here and clearly whatever coaching they were providing worked incredibly well for his game.
Hopefully we’re more likely to play hardball with Luton given how the recent approach for our manager went down
I think it would all depend on the contract, if he was wanting to stay in the Championship, he / his agent would make sure there is a relegation release clause in there that wasn't silly money
But they may offer us silly money to get Kone and significantly enhance their survival in the Championship.. Next season they still get parachute money from the Premier League, but will they still get the same figure if they end up in League 1?
No way Kone leaves for Luton for all the obvious reasons stated; anticipating a crazy last minute ‘Will Greig’ like bid by a Championship play off contender though. Someone could easily offer north of £10m
Back in the world of the sane, Wheels stays. He is on half decent wages with a secure contract, settled family wise, doing his EFL sustainability thing, so the last thing he needs at his career stage is living out of a suitcase at the Shrewsbury Premier Inn. It’s not always about playing on a Saturday.
It would have to get to at least 10m for us to consider selling this month. I'm assuming if he had a release clause, it would already have been triggered.
Great as the King is for us and however much they want to back their new manager, I am surprised that Luton would risk a big wad of parachute cash and their Championship survival on a half season of L1 success. He would need to hit the ground running immediately. The question is will the management team be tempted by the figures being offered.
'Sam see if we can win the Northampton game without Kone...'
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Yeah you will
You would be able to help yourself lol
*wouldn't
Time for you to go to bed I think.
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I’m not a Leahy hater but I would rather have Butcher. I think he is the most likely of the current squad, excluding the new signings, to play the Morley role.
I actually believe Leahy to be better playing further forward maybe in the no. 10 role. It’s all personal opinion and everyone has different opinions. Who’d be a manager🤷♂️
I think Leahy is a terrific player but I don't think his athleticism is his biggest strength. So putting him in the role that Morley made his does leave us weaker. I also prefer Butcher in the middle along with Scowen and Humphreys has he does the 'simple' work allowing them to be more attacking and mobile.
Harvie is the best left back for sure, Leahy is an excellent left back. Leaves stuck in between positions and players. Which is great for us not so much for him.
My only disappointment with Leahy recently is his set pieces seems to have dropped off. He was almost JJ level of consistency on corners. Now less so.
Thats just now how business or football works. If there is no contractual obligation to do anything then nothing will be done. And thats nothing to do with our club and ownership.... thats every single club all over the UK. At best you may get an agreement to go and send a second string 11 to play a pre-season friendly... but beyond that if its not in writing and contractual zip.
All quiet on the rumours front (for players and a Head coach) with one week left of the January transfer market. Any more significant "ins", or do we think our business is done?
Ideally need cover in both FB positions. Westergaard seems to be a very versatile midfielder even if he's b2b 'by trade', so perhaps he's the Morley successor.
You never can tell with these owners but I’d be surprised if we didn’t get at least two more in (right back, midfielder) and three absentees (Hartridge, Wheeler, maybe Butcher?)
This is the thing, until we (and the ownership) see Westergaard play, we have no idea if we have a new number 6 or not. I’m assuming we are still after a Morley replacement because we urgently need a DM who can setup attacks.
I'm definitely surprised there have not been more outgoings. For starters, David Wheeler has been a tremendous servant of this club and deserves all kinds of tributes when he goes, but he is nowhere near the team right now, and it would seem only fair to get him some playing time.
The only thing that might be keeping Wheeler around is his versatile nature and that with him on the bench, you are covering a number of positions from a guy who'll run his socks off for the team and can do a job for whatever is left to play in the game. Yes, he's not a starter but can do a job for 20 or minutes & you'll know what he'll bring.
I agree that his quality is now dwarfed by others in the squad but his work-rate is second only to Scowen (in my opinion)
He is under contract and might be happy to stay.
If he asks to leave I suspect we would accommodate.
Think we are currently one over squad limit (??) so one player will need to either leave (on loan at least) or at least not be eligible to play.
We were until Tafazolli left. We are exactly level with the limit currently.
True, but I don't believe he has been even on the bench for any of the past seven league games, so it just seems like he is surplus to requirements right now.
Good one, Luton
It's clear that MB sees the strikers as a problem at Luton and he needs more goals to get them out of the hole they are in. I don't personally have a problem with him trying to sign Kone because its not an unknown, he knows how to get the best out of him and believes that he can get them the goals to move them up the table.
If a bid reaches an acceptable figure or Kone requests the opportunity to speak to Luton, I hope we have already got his replacement scouted and lined up and I don't mind if he's not Danish either!
One thing I heard from an interview a short while ago was something a Premier League club had. They listed all of their players and an acceptable figure on a white board, if that figure was met, they would allow them to speak to the new club. Some players didn't have a figure because they weren't going anywhere. However, there were several columns on the white board, as it got closer to deadline day, the new figure would be written in. Some players value would increase by 25-30% in that space. I wonder if our club has something similar (maybe on Rice's laptop?)
What I can’t get my head around is why Kone would choose to move to Luton now, rather than wait 6 months and have his pick of the bunch in summer? Luton could go down and Kone would be stuck in L1 next season, but Kone would have many Championship suitors if he waits until summer. Bloomfield’s opportunities were much lower in supply, so I understand his decision. I don’t really understand why Kone would move now instead of summer.
Ordinarily you’d struggle to see the gain for him v waiting for the summer, but he seemed to have a great relationship with the management team here and clearly whatever coaching they were providing worked incredibly well for his game.
Hopefully we’re more likely to play hardball with Luton given how the recent approach for our manager went down
I think it would all depend on the contract, if he was wanting to stay in the Championship, he / his agent would make sure there is a relegation release clause in there that wasn't silly money
That might not be much more than a sideways move at the moment, and I doubt they'd offer enough anyway. Not too worried about this one.
But they may offer us silly money to get Kone and significantly enhance their survival in the Championship.. Next season they still get parachute money from the Premier League, but will they still get the same figure if they end up in League 1?
No way Kone leaves for Luton for all the obvious reasons stated; anticipating a crazy last minute ‘Will Greig’ like bid by a Championship play off contender though. Someone could easily offer north of £10m
Back in the world of the sane, Wheels stays. He is on half decent wages with a secure contract, settled family wise, doing his EFL sustainability thing, so the last thing he needs at his career stage is living out of a suitcase at the Shrewsbury Premier Inn. It’s not always about playing on a Saturday.
It would have to get to at least 10m for us to consider selling this month. I'm assuming if he had a release clause, it would already have been triggered.
Totally agree with this. I think an offer like that would be necessary for us to consider.
Great as the King is for us and however much they want to back their new manager, I am surprised that Luton would risk a big wad of parachute cash and their Championship survival on a half season of L1 success. He would need to hit the ground running immediately. The question is will the management team be tempted by the figures being offered.
'Sam see if we can win the Northampton game without Kone...'
This late in the window I would hope not.