Bornblue88 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 11, 2025 4:03 pm
I think he’s done a very good job in difficult circumstances and can see why he’s made all the transfer decisions he has. The best thing he’s done compared to his predecessor is not lose massive amounts of money on a lot of players. There’s no JP Gbamins on the pay roll for instance. Even Maupay and Beto have retained most of the fee we paid for them although I think they’re special cases.
Im broadly in agreement over Thelwells performance, Im not really sure what people expect him to do over and above what he has done.
I'll start by sayng not every call hes made has been correct, or made sense, Maupay being the classic example. But show me a DoF who has bought no duds?
But on the other hand: Hes got to identify players who can do a job, are free or can be bought on Klarna, and will come to us in our situation ahead of competitors.
The biggest issue of those that its very difficult to do anything about, is the lack of cash and payment terms.
So people pin Beto on him, for example (and I think with different service theres maybe a goalscorer in there), but he somehow managed to buy a top Italian league striker who was capable of double figures in said league, for no money up front, on the never never.
On outgoings, hes done really well. We are vulnerable as people know we needed cash, and hes got fees in that have been enough. This is the area most in his direct control, and hes done pretty good work IMO.
Im not sure turnover here in the summer is helpful, Id extend his contract by a further year and see what he can do with Davey, who is a good mover in the transfer markets himself.
