The EEL question from Updates from Wilder

[Sheffsteel]

I like EEL but don't know if his good enough for the Championship . I think it would better to keep him on loan till the end of the season myself.

That doesn't make sense.

He's already playing really well in league 1.
If he continues his form all it proves is that he's an excellent player at league 1 level.
You can never know for sure if he's good enough for the Champiomship until he plays there.

Also he's young and still developing, logic suggests he'll get better.
At present he's probably isn't good enough for the Championship but in a season or 2 should be fine.
He's exactly the type of defender we need
In a few years he could be our Chris Morgan BUT we should only buy if the deal right.

 

[Esablade]

EEL be reyt

 

[Boxer Blade]

Good enough for the championship? I reckon so, good enough for a club looking for a top six finish in the championship and going for promotion in the following three seasons? different question, and at the moment one I couldn't answer, not sure Chris Wilder and Alan Knill could for sure.not easy for a manager, get it right and he is a master of bringing on lower league players, get it wrong and he doesn't know what he is doing and is punching above his weight, warnock in the premiership :-o

 

[1danewhitehouse]

Djbaldken,

He was surplus to requirements at Wolves., think he was 4th choice centre back, well down the pecking order. My Wolves mate said he always had errors in him which tended not to be punished at league 1 level. He thinks his success might be because we're playing a back 3 so Jake Wright is covering his errors.

However now that they have a new manager and the fact that the Wolves denfense don't seem too good
Lambert might decide he wants to give EEL a new chance to impress and invite him back.

You say will McCabe pay the asking price?
Now you know it's not that simple
What if Wolves want £750K for what they view as a reject almost out of contract.
What if EELs agent want him to be the highest paid player at the club on £15K a week?

In the above scenario I'd hope Wilder tells him to take a hike and we look elsewhere.

Agree about the errors in his game. We’ve seen a few since he’s been here but only one has been punished (Fleetwood away). I said early on that I like the look of him because of his sheer strength but that at times, he has a touch of the Nyron’s about him. The 352 means he can attack everything without worrying too much about getting caught out but I suspect at championship level, his errors would be punished more regularly. Still, he’s young and might be able to cut them out of his game over time.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I would imagine hes on a fairly decent contract but nothing outrageous as Utd are probably picking up a large percentage of his existing contract right now. I think it will be negotiable and he will probably take a signing on fee and a smaller monthly take home pay over a longer contract period as a compromise, with probably a percentage increase and further bonus if promotion is achieved. I dont see the contract of the player as the main issue on this one, more so the agent touting for a better deal from lower league championship clubs and wolves doing likewise. The lad will want to come.

But given Wolves’ position, they might not want him going to a relegation rival….

 

[1danewhitehouse]

This is the realistic hope..

We convince EEL and Wolves to agree to extend the loan to the end of the season. Then IF we win promotion and IF Macabe's tale of that's when the game changing money will arrive is true then you would hope we could then afford to make moves to a permanent deal.

Expecting to sort out a permanent deal before then is looking a long shot.

He’s already on loan til the end of the season. Just that Wolves have the option of a recall in Jan like we do with Brayford and McNulty.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I can think of 0 things that I know exist that are less mobile than Harry Maguire.

Dean Hammond?
Michael Higdon?

 

[raul]

I can think of 0 things that I know exist that are less mobile than Harry Maguire.

Youve never been to forum footy have you Steve??

 

[Antonb]

That doesn't make sense.

He's already playing really well in league 1.
If he continues his form all it proves is that he's an excellent player at league 1 level.
You can never know for sure if he's good enough for the Champiomship until he plays there.

Also he's young and still developing, logic suggests he'll get better.
At present he's probably isn't good enough for the Championship but in a season or 2 should be fine.
He's exactly the type of defender we need
In a few years he could be our Chris Morgan BUT we should only buy if the deal right.

If we go up then we will need good Championship defenders, EEL isn't rated very much by the wolves fans from what they have seen of him playing in the Championship .Hopefully playing a full season with us will bring him up abit. Keep him till the end of the season , and then make a decision . If we want to try and do well in the Championship then Wilder will have to overhaul this team again.