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Exactly that, you let Brewster go and we’ve got to try and replace him because he is part of our squad. And as we’ve found with Cannon that replacement can sometimes be expensive
There aren't really that many of them, and most people ignore them anyway, as you would with the irritating loud mouthed fucker in the pub.
I can agree with some of your reasoning, and he does have a great attitude, which is important.
For the money his agent will be wonting I can't see the new owners falling for a new contract.
In fact I think he owes us a few bob .....
Really the atmosphere is Brewsters fault now? I get both sides of the argument. I hope he does well for us for the rest of this season. I think potentially there is a number 10 in there but keeping him with his injury record is a huge risk. I respect commenters such as Deadbat whose opinion I don't always agree with, but are generally considered, wanting us to move on but comments like this one. I'd keep him just to piss you off. Equally stupid I know but you may as well blame him for covid and brexit while you're at it.
Not sure we can say it was a mistake. Before joining RB was seen as one of the countries top young talents. He won the U-17 World Cup Golden Boot, impressed at Liverpool, got 11 in 22 at Swansea. The FA and England U21s rated him highly, Brighton and Palace were both sniffing. No doubt, since joining us his luck has has been utter dog shit. Having said that, I don't think anyone, given his apparent pedigree, would have thought at the time, that he was a risk. It's just not worked out.
rising to £23M so we can give him a fair crack.....
meanwhile, in the actual world rather than in hypothetical land, McBurnie is currently hard at work in his second season out of 4 in which he doesn’t score in the league.
As has been stated many many times his fee was nowhere near 23 million
No matter how much the media like to rabbit on , there is just no business sense in committing to either Brewster or Robinson until we know which league we'll be in next season.He's managed to put together a run where he hasn't pulled up since his last bout out. He came to us with a record of 2 previous major injuries and the key question is how long will it be before he breaks down again? He's yet to complete a full 90 minutes at full steam since he came back imo. He still looks short of the pace he showed when he first came. The manager recently said he's not fit enough to start 2 games in a week. Its one for the medical teams but hopefully its not the same people who assessed him when he first signed. A thorough risk assessment on the potential for reoccurring injury has to be done before any consideration can be given to a new contract.
Its a risk/reward dilemma for the new owners. A player who will still be only 25 at the end of his contract, born on April fools day by the way, who could be a saleable asset if we offer new terms. Balance that against the loss the club has incurred on our record signing and the number of days and games missed. 634 days out and 99 games thats 2 full seasons out of his 5 year contract!
Add in he lost 523 days with Liverpool and 48 games over 4 years not forgetting a bad injury whilst a youngster at Chelsea and the odds on him having an injury free career going forward do not look promising.
He's a popular player no doubt but that alone doesn't warrant a new contract. The club have made a considerable loss on his value as a consequence of his injuries and it would make sense to wait until the end of the season whilst assessing how his body copes, especially his hamstrings, with the demands of playing full tilt 2 games a week.
This is where CW fails on recruitment & retention.
I don't think Wilder has them over a barrel.
If Brewster had come from our academy he would have been released 2 or 3 years ago due to injuries and poor form.
Fair enough re PL quality, however if we're going down that route I'd say Hamer, Cooper and Arblaster (if he comes back from injury as he was before), and potentially Peck and Souza are the only ones that wouldn't struggle in the PL. And that's in an established PL side, I suspect they'd probably struggle too playing in a team not up to it.
His agent can hawk him around in the summer and some club which doesn't do its due diligence on multiple absences through major injuries , coupled with lack of goals when fit , might have him.
And Wilder too
The 2 AI recruits point to nowt.
That's not what he said though regards the AI. Yes he can hold his hands up, but it also shows that he hasn't got the transfer policy over a barrel too then. Can't have it both ways.
He’s absolutely insane to even contemplate giving him another deal.
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