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Brain-dead Bee said:
Think that's that's one of the more reasoned/balanced postings on this thread, not really sure where the anti-salako brigade have spung up from
It was obvious that Salako was upset and not being involved to any reasonable extent in either play off leg and given the lack of quality of decent delivery into the penalty area in either Wednesday game I think he had a valid point. One of the very few occasions when MA has got it wrong IMHO. If we could get him at a significantly reduced wage definately worth another year's contract but think him and MA have had a difference of opinion so unlikely.
As for Deon, no one can question his quality but his goal return wasn't great, just hope we might get him on reduced terms as well as I think he could form a formidable partnership with a goal poacher of the Holdsworth/Foster mode. Who knows a match fit Fitz Jnr & Deon could be our 40 goal partnership.
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Balders Bee said:Think that's that's one of the more reasoned/balanced postings on this thread, not really sure where the anti-salako brigade have spung up from
It was obvious that Salako was upset and not being involved to any reasonable extent in either play off leg and given the lack of quality of decent delivery into the penalty area in either Wednesday game I think he had a valid point. One of the very few occasions when MA has got it wrong IMHO. If we could get him at a significantly reduced wage definately worth another year's contract but think him and MA have had a difference of opinion so unlikely.
As for Deon, no one can question his quality but his goal return wasn't great, just hope we might get him on reduced terms as well as I think he could form a formidable partnership with a goal poacher of the Holdsworth/Foster mode. Who knows a match fit Fitz Jnr & Deon could be our 40 goal partnership.
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Balders Bee said:
i seriously doubt it-can you honestly see fitz banging in 30 goals next season?
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Read an interesting quote from Steve Coppell on why he released Salako from Reading. He said
The quality of Salako's crossing was second to none last year but I think that he doesn't have the legs to get away from a full back or carry the ball down the wing anymore. I think that is what Coppell was alluding to in his quote (and he knows a bit about wingers).
Sad to see him go, but if we can find someone younger with a more pace, I think we'll be better placed.
The quality of Salako's crossing was second to none last year but I think that he doesn't have the legs to get away from a full back or carry the ball down the wing anymore. I think that is what Coppell was alluding to in his quote (and he knows a bit about wingers).
Sad to see him go, but if we can find someone younger with a more pace, I think we'll be better placed.
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salako was a cert that he was going, he hardly played towards the end of the season and MA gave him a final 2minutes at end of sheff wed.
But with Burton i am totally gobsmacked that he is going, especially that we have kept rankin. Burton was the most skilled player in our squad, his touch is impeccable, can hold the ball up well but every striker he has played with has been crap, so then MA puts him upfront on his own.
it has really annoyed me that people are saying that he is not a 20 goal striker but with the role MA gave him and the stikers he had to play with can u blame him for not scoring more. He can lay off the perfect ball but no one ever gets on the end of it. If we release burtone i think it is an insult to him that we are keeping rankin. I know rankin works hard but he isnt a 20 goal striker and definately does not have the quality or skill that Burton has.
I was really looking forward to Burton and young Fitz playing upfront with each other next season, which i think would have been a perfect partnership, fitz the goal poacher and burton lay the balls off for him.
Hopefully MA reviews Burtons situation very closely and realises that he put the wrong name down and meant to put Rankin...well we can live in hope!!!
But with Burton i am totally gobsmacked that he is going, especially that we have kept rankin. Burton was the most skilled player in our squad, his touch is impeccable, can hold the ball up well but every striker he has played with has been crap, so then MA puts him upfront on his own.
it has really annoyed me that people are saying that he is not a 20 goal striker but with the role MA gave him and the stikers he had to play with can u blame him for not scoring more. He can lay off the perfect ball but no one ever gets on the end of it. If we release burtone i think it is an insult to him that we are keeping rankin. I know rankin works hard but he isnt a 20 goal striker and definately does not have the quality or skill that Burton has.
I was really looking forward to Burton and young Fitz playing upfront with each other next season, which i think would have been a perfect partnership, fitz the goal poacher and burton lay the balls off for him.
Hopefully MA reviews Burtons situation very closely and realises that he put the wrong name down and meant to put Rankin...well we can live in hope!!!
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Surely with Deon it's likely to be a negotiating issue. DB probably wants the same money or more. MA probably can't afford to give it to him and increase the squad size to deal with the transfer scenario for next season & so offers the same money or less.
DB is free to look around - if someone offers him a better deal he'll take it. If not, come August we may see him back. However by that time MA may have signed someone else !!... etc...etc
DB is free to look around - if someone offers him a better deal he'll take it. If not, come August we may see him back. However by that time MA may have signed someone else !!... etc...etc
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SmiffyBee said:
Burton may not have scored many goals but most of them were great. He still played well. As for Salako... I'm sure we could have got hold of sum money for his wages. He was a good player with a lot of experience
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bees_lover said:
But by that reckoning,Michael Turner was a fantastic striker as well because the one goal he scored was an absolute screamer.
Playing well does not justify his sizeable wage packet,because even if we have someone who plays sh*t every game,but still gets a goal every other game,they're probably going to be more use than Deon was.He was a great creator,but not a scorer,and we needed a scorer.
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They came, they saw.... they're gone. Let's thank them for their efforts and move on now.
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Beesnut said:
So we don't want players who play well?? Is that why we've kept Hutch and Rankin???!!
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Mr Cynical said:So we don't want players who play well?? Is that why we've kept Hutch and Rankin???!!
I reckon it's an unofficial handicap introduced by the League for next season, so that unfancied teams like ourselves won't repeat this season's feats....
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think letting salako go was the right decision.
he rarely got behind the full back or got crosses in from the byeline,they were all crossed in from deep.
i also think he thought he was too good for us!
i'd take gayle over him any day,gayles twice the player imo!
he rarely got behind the full back or got crosses in from the byeline,they were all crossed in from deep.
i also think he thought he was too good for us!
i'd take gayle over him any day,gayles twice the player imo!
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I think the issue here goes deeper than the individuals, whatever the merits of Deon & Salako.
The way that Martin Allen seems to want to operate is to get a squad of young, improving players, who are signed up on longer term 2 year contracts.
Nelson, O'Connor, Sodje, Turner, Tabby, Rhodes, Fitz The Younger, Ryan Peters.
Around that base, he then fills in the holes in the squad with older, proven pros.
It is fair to expect that he will continue to increase the proportion of the former young, improving group (Turner & Fitz were added during last season, Sodje signed an extension) by signing more up & coming youngbloods (Sam Tillen) during the summer.
Only when these targets have joined / not joined, will he know what holes in the squad there are to fill with the Deon Burtons / John Salakos of this world on 1 year contracts.
The way that Martin Allen seems to want to operate is to get a squad of young, improving players, who are signed up on longer term 2 year contracts.
Nelson, O'Connor, Sodje, Turner, Tabby, Rhodes, Fitz The Younger, Ryan Peters.
Around that base, he then fills in the holes in the squad with older, proven pros.
It is fair to expect that he will continue to increase the proportion of the former young, improving group (Turner & Fitz were added during last season, Sodje signed an extension) by signing more up & coming youngbloods (Sam Tillen) during the summer.
Only when these targets have joined / not joined, will he know what holes in the squad there are to fill with the Deon Burtons / John Salakos of this world on 1 year contracts.