The Bohemian
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- Jul 24, 2012
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He has what all clubs crave – the ability to run passed opponents. He can also see and execute that ‘killer pass.’
In 118 minutes of pre-season football, spread across 4 games, against professional opposition, he has scored two goals and made two assists. This after being named ‘Player of the {2017 Toulon} Tournament.’
He has huge – possibly, ‘once in a generation’ - potential. His real value is unlikely to be achieved by selling too soon, as we did with Walker and Maguire.
We were told, promotion to The Championship would mean we would not be under the same pressure to sell our best young players. McCabe says, “We do not sell {our best} players unless {our best} players wish to go.” Brooks says, “I love it here at Sheffield United and, the same as all the other lads, my aim is to play as often as possible and help the club do well.” So don’t sell, Kev.
We have proven, beyond doubt that selling our best players and replacing them with inferior ones is no guarantee of success. So why not hold our nerve and build something special for the longer term?
Just as Southampton did when keeping hold of their best young players (Lallana, Schneiderlin, Oxlade-Chamberlain etc.) and winning back-to-back promotions between 2010-2012. OK, Oxlade-Chamberlain was sold to Arsenal for £15m in August 2011 aged just 18 but, by then, he’d played 36 games in their League One promotion season and scored 9 goals. Doesn’t this prove the point, that keeping hold of your best players for as long as is reasonably possible not only improves your chances of success but also means you get a ‘game-changing’ fee when you do eventually sell? As Southampton, again, proved in selling Schneiderlin and Lallana for £25m each?
Finally, Blades fans live off memories of ‘great’ players (Hagan, Gillespie, Shaw, Currie, Woodward, Deane et al), or even ‘very good’ ones (Hodgkinson, Badger, Edwards, Morris, Brown, McCall, Jagielka et al). It helps sustain us through the dark times. Brooks shows signs of providing us with many more great memories, given the chance.
In 118 minutes of pre-season football, spread across 4 games, against professional opposition, he has scored two goals and made two assists. This after being named ‘Player of the {2017 Toulon} Tournament.’
He has huge – possibly, ‘once in a generation’ - potential. His real value is unlikely to be achieved by selling too soon, as we did with Walker and Maguire.
We were told, promotion to The Championship would mean we would not be under the same pressure to sell our best young players. McCabe says, “We do not sell {our best} players unless {our best} players wish to go.” Brooks says, “I love it here at Sheffield United and, the same as all the other lads, my aim is to play as often as possible and help the club do well.” So don’t sell, Kev.
We have proven, beyond doubt that selling our best players and replacing them with inferior ones is no guarantee of success. So why not hold our nerve and build something special for the longer term?
Just as Southampton did when keeping hold of their best young players (Lallana, Schneiderlin, Oxlade-Chamberlain etc.) and winning back-to-back promotions between 2010-2012. OK, Oxlade-Chamberlain was sold to Arsenal for £15m in August 2011 aged just 18 but, by then, he’d played 36 games in their League One promotion season and scored 9 goals. Doesn’t this prove the point, that keeping hold of your best players for as long as is reasonably possible not only improves your chances of success but also means you get a ‘game-changing’ fee when you do eventually sell? As Southampton, again, proved in selling Schneiderlin and Lallana for £25m each?
Finally, Blades fans live off memories of ‘great’ players (Hagan, Gillespie, Shaw, Currie, Woodward, Deane et al), or even ‘very good’ ones (Hodgkinson, Badger, Edwards, Morris, Brown, McCall, Jagielka et al). It helps sustain us through the dark times. Brooks shows signs of providing us with many more great memories, given the chance.
