My Worry for January

[Blademan89]

No fear... Wilder will bring in another centre half instead....

Robbo goalie wag?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Robbo goalie wag?

He’s out of contract, what’s not to like?

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

I’m worried like most Blades are, but Wilder’s latest comments made me think.

He’s saying he’ll work with what he’s got and get the best out of them, rightly so.

But what happens if he gets the likes of Campbell, Peck etc firing again and their value shoots up?

Come January, all it takes is a decent offer and I fear these owners will simply sell.

That’s my biggest concern. Wilder could end up increasing the value of the squad, only for the owners to cash in.

They look financially driven rather than football driven, and I worry the priority is recovering their money rather than building Sheffield United.

I mentioned this yesterday in one of my posts..............Fire Sale 2.0 coming in Jan for all the gems left that have any value.

 

[ben1987]

They aren’t just selling players to recover their money because they can’t take the money out of the club.

It would be investment suicide to sell up everyone to the point we were relegated.

I think that they are trying to balance the books and plug the hole left by no longer having parachute payments in an attempt to make us look a better proposition to a new buyer or investor a little down the line.

As a championship club we are probably still worth 60-70m as a league one club probably half of that so I think they will tread a fine line for a while doing just enough to keep us safe.

 

[coolasanidiot]

My biggest concern and worry is selling cooper and replacing with davies, then bringing in a free agent 40 odd year old 2nd choice that hasnt played in years.

If Cooper was fit all last season he’d be gone. Oppositions seem to be targeting keeper on corners this season Davies is the worst keeper ever at defending corners. The thought of him in net is so scary.

 

[SwissBlade]

Got good money for O’Hare
Brooks was cheap imo
Gus was ok
But to replace them with a loan (not ours) and let’s be fair O’hare hasn’t been replaced nore has Gus in reality too

The value is irrelevant to us fans, partly because they’re generally undisclosed, but also because we’re not managing the budgets. Brooks apparently wanted too much in wages, O’hare and gus will have been on top wages, so we’ve reduced the wage bill a lot.

Of course, ideal world, we don’t lose any of them but that’s not the world Sheffield united are ever in

O’hare is almost like for like with loanee Donovan, Gus hasn’t been replaced. BBD could be as consistent as Brooks, possibly.

Our squad is very light up top now. We’ve lost very good players but again, that’s the shitty world were in with much less revenue coming in

 

[jt64]

My biggest concern and worry is selling cooper and replacing with davies, then bringing in a free agent 40 odd year old 2nd choice that hasnt played in years.

Not bringing Grbic back?

 

[UddersBlade]

Most likely we’ll be up for sale by Xmas anyway. All this crap with Prince A, the COH/1919 change, the stadium maintenance(infrastructure) and now the August firesale - all point to balancing the books. Think we’ll be sold for circa £60 million - leaving Prince A to have to fight Helmy & Rosen in the US courts separately for his £35 million.

 

[GymClassHero]

My biggest concern and worry is selling cooper and replacing with davies, then bringing in a free agent 40 odd year old 2nd choice that hasnt played in years.

Don't even say that in jest.

 

[Snowflake]

But hes 16

Is that a problem for the current 3rd choice and possible 2nd choice ? I don’t think so

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

But what happens if he gets the likes of Campbell, Peck etc firing again and their value shoots up?