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Brewster could still come good.
And now, from Norwich, its the quiz of the week.
So could Jebbison. But you wouldn't pay £25M in the hope of that, so on that measure we definitely bought a dud with Brewster.
Mmmm Louise Wener. Best post on here for a long time. Well done Sir.
Seconded
In fairness Jebbison hadn’t scored a hatful of goals in the Championship - Brewster and McBurnie both had.
If he comes good £23 mill could be a steal. He is still only 21. He has been a dud so far for sure, but so have many others.
The point being he looks in a par with any prospect coming out of the academy, and the stats are no better.
You can see why we got our pants removed yes. It doesn’t alter the fact that more than two years later, it’s clear that we have.
While in the Liverpool academy he was described as the best striker/finisher they've developed since Michael Owen. How much would 18 year old Michael Owen be worth in today's market? Rhian had also just had a decent season for Swansea, so on that basis £20m looked good.
It’s the fact that you have to pay those fees for the low quality on offer that dictates that football clubs will always be terrible acquisitions, from a business perspective.
So, you’d argue Brewster did well with the chances offered him?
I take it you weren't watching Brewster for the final 8-9 games before he got injured? Muppet
Totally agree
That is a very fair and realistic point of course, but the root of the problem is the ridiculous cycle of grossly inflated transfer fees and totally unrealistic and unjustified wages. Ultimately it cannot be sustainable and the day of reckoning will arrive - just a matter of time.
Didn’t Madejski make a profit on at least two of the clubs he owned ?
In the Premiership he didn't do enough to help himself, barely touched the ball and overall was poor. That season was obviously an odd one for many reasons so a little unfair to judge him too harshly, and there was a knock on effect confidence-wise going in to this season. I still believe he's shown enough in his last few appearances (before the unfortunate injury) to suggest he'll eventually justify his transfer fee and will hopefully be our first choice striker for years to come.
I'd given up on him but I have to agree that something seemed to have clicked for him just before his injury. Think your being optimistic with 8-9 games but certainly 3-4.
I’m sure plenty have. I’m sure 100x more haven’t.
Okay. Same difference. Everyone’s got a value, but we still get our pants removed.
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