Player Suggestion Souttar played and scored last night

[PaddysMad]

Someone said Readherwell aswell it’s blurred

 

[Carlton Blade]

Yes, as suspected by most, unfortunately the asking price we thought we had agreed has now increased to £10M which apparently Wrexham are willing to pay.

A 27 yo, oft injured, non top division CB who plays for a country that means he will miss games and is contracted to a L1 club in horrendous financial trouble who definitively can't afford his wages are going to get the biggest fee ever for a L1 player?

 

[Mojo]

A 27 yo, oft injured, non top division CB who plays for a country that means he will miss games and is contracted to a L1 club in horrendous financial trouble who definitively can't afford his wages are going to get the biggest fee ever for a L1 player?

I remember Steve Bruce moaning he had to pay 2 million to sign Harry Maguire from us, saying it was a ridiculously expensive fee for a league one defender!

 

[Carlton Blade]

I remember Steve Bruce moaning he had to pay 2 million to sign Harry Maguire from us, saying it was a ridiculously expensive fee for a league one defender!

'Leicester' can 'quote' what they like

 

[jt64]

I'm sorry but no one is paying £10m for someone from a L1 club with his injury record.

I agree with you in that nobody is paying that (at least for a centre back), but it'd have nothing to do with the injuries. The ones he's had are the sorts that aren't in any way predictive of future problems. This whole "injury prone" thing is only really an issue if someone redoes the same problem in some sort of strain/pull situation, which is not applicable here, and is typically mostly seen when clubs try to rush someone back. Which, as Souttar is not our player, ought not to be a problem

 

[Champagneblade]

A 27 yo, oft injured, non top division CB who plays for a country that means he will miss games and is contracted to a L1 club in horrendous financial trouble who definitively can't afford his wages are going to get the biggest fee ever for a L1 player?

Reminds me of Baldrick from Blackadder:

Hire you a horse? For ninepence? On Jewish New Year in the rain? A bare fortnight after the dreaded horse plague of Old London Town?"

 

[Ndiayewillalwaysloveyou]

John Souttar

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

I thought he was immense when he played for us, and he's had a good world cup.

Taking the rose tinted spectacles off for a minute, he's expensive, on big wages and injury prone.

One to avoid I think.

Let's focus on finding the next O'Connell (who was NEVER injured then retired)

 

[71Blade]

I thought he was immense when he played for us, and he's had a good world cup.

Taking the rose tinted spectacles off for a minute, he's expensive, on big wages and injury prone.

One to avoid I think.

Let's focus on finding the next O'Connell (who was NEVER injured then retired)

Never injured please elaborate ?

 

[mattbianco1]

Never injured please elaborate ?

He means that he was never injured up until his career ender.
JOC was always available until he did his knee in Covid. We played him too early in his rehabilitation and he ended up having to retire.

He technically had 1 injury in his career:

 

[Blademan89]

 

[Bladesman]

Wrexham looking elsewhere it seems

 

[jimmymuir]

Most Sheffield United thing ever this. Ask most of our fans who they'd want us to sign and it would be Harry Souttar, and we end up signing his brother instead.

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Most Sheffield United thing ever this. Ask most of our fans who they'd want us to sign and it would be Harry Souttar, and we end up signing his brother instead.

It's like Thierry and Nicky Henry all over again.

 

[Bladesman]

Cheers Danny

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Frees and loans.

H.souttar will be on big wages so I wouldn't be expecting him to make a move until the last week of the window...

 

[SUFC Guy]

What's happnin with Harry? Are we out of the running?

 

[Ron_Justice]

What's happnin with Harry? Are we out of the running?

What's happnin with Players? Are we out of the running?

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

Never injured please elaborate ?

Badly worded by me.

O'Connell played every game for a couple of seasons and looked indestructible. He then got a career ending injury unfortunately and never played again.

The point I was trying to make (badly), was lets try to find the next O'Connell, and hope that he is as reliable as Jack was, and hope he doesn't suffer the same fate.

Souttar has had a couple of bad injuries already, Granted, he might never get another one, but logic says that unfortunately this might be a trend.

That's why I'd avoid I'm afraid.

 

[SouthStandGBlock]

He means that he was never injured up until his career ender.
JOC was always available until he did his knee in Covid. We played him too early in his rehabilitation and he ended up having to retire.

He technically had 1 injury in his career:

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Thanks - that's exactly the point I was trying to make

 

[Maurice Maurice]

If we sign Soutts and he stays injury free we'll easily finish top six. All the talk about strikers being game changers may be accurate but when you look at our defensive record with this lad playing who knows, Tanganga may even start to look like he's worth what we paid for him.