James Garner

[AjaxAndy]

Happy to pay him around £80k - £90k a week, think that's a fair wage and keeps us from having someone on relatively high wages that maybe hasn't fully demonstrated yet that we should pay them top dollar (for us) over a lengthy contract.

Don't mind giving another contract for more after another 2 years of consistent performance and development.

[Bob Sacamano]

Coming from an entirely neutral place - what level of player do you get for £120k a week?

I don’t rate this fella half as much as some but you’ve gotta see the sense in cashing in from a PSR perspective. Would t he be almost pure profit if he’s into his last year?

[TheRam]

For us, 120k a week is your absolute top tier, game changer players.

He isn’t that for me.

As good as he is, I still think we should be looking to have better in the middle when we can and have him as the 12th man really.

Maybe he is going up a level though and three years under Lampard and dyche got the worst out of him.

[TheRam]

If we’re pearl-clutching at paying our better players £125k p/w, then what are we even doing?

Depends on if you think he’s one of our best players or not.

More than happy to pay Ndiaye it, but not garner.

[4evablu]

And here yiu are putting made up finances on a player again rather than be thankful he’s playing well….
Also when we’re trying to build something solid and progress why do people want to sell off all our better players ? And buy what..?
PS I got slayed earlier in this thread for even suggesting he should be getting a look in at the England squad…

[Trowel]

[Bluedylan1]

I think £125k is about right for his profile, age, Englishness etc and I don't even rate him that much.

Even if he doesn't continue to improve and stays at this level, he'll still be very sellable in the coming years for a more than decent fee.

[Cods]

Maybe he is going up a level though and three years under Lampard and dyche got the worst out of him.

I think that's the point a lot have been missing on him and others.

Moyes has played a part in improving a number of our players already after 12 months (even the long game with O'Brien - despite being average and out of position, he's showing growth in other skills that will ultimately help him when he's inevitably moved into the middle)

Most of them are better than they've shown, they've been largely stifled, or not had the appropraite structures around them to even look like they're functional, let alone look good.

I think in 2 years even with the same players we'd show further signs of growth, but hopefully we get a few more upper level players in before then.