Outgoing? Che Adams

[BrayfordsBushyBeard]

Reported in todays paper Bournemouth and Southampton in a £1.75m chase

 

[Revolution]

Never fails to amaze me how a player can become so poor in some fans eyes in just a few months. From the star of the show at the start of the season with his 2 goals against Chesterfield to not good enough and a write-off just 4 months later.

He's not had the blistering impact some expected, but he's still only 19, has a scoring record of 10 goals in 34 games for us (a fair amount of them appearances coming from the bench) and has shown at times flashes of real quality.

How about we back him rather then give up on him? We could have a real star on our hands. It seems he has one or two issues with attitude as evidenced with his red card and his misdemeanours earlier in the season but he is just a 19 year old who has suddenly been thrust in the spotlight. He's bound to be still finding his way and as Adkins has continually said it is part of his role as manager to help guide him through this time.

Also, it's not Che's fault that he has been seen as our replacement for Murphy. He's a different player to Murphy and isn't as good as Murphy is currently either. He should be back up still this season IMO to both our strikers and wingers and used sparingly, not to the amount he has been used but you have our board and manager to thank for that.

I for one will be gutted if we sell him this transfer window. He's off form at the moment yes, but he has shown at times in his 14 months with us that he has some real potential and has the ability to excite a crowd.

He hasn't become poor overnight. What's happening is that as rumours of his sale mount, people who can't bring themselves to believe that the club might not be infallible start to find fault, so they can defend the sale if it happens. Same thing happened with Maguire and Murphy.

 

[finlaytheblade]

Also, I couldn't give a fuck whatever the sum was, even if it was £10 million I wouldn't want us to sell him because it won't get reinvested in the team.

I suppose it will go in Mccabes and the princes back pocket "eh" Smirth ??

 

[S5Blade]

He hasn't become poor overnight. What's happening is that as rumours of his sale mount, people who can't bring themselves to believe that the club might not be infallible start to find fault, so they can defend the sale if it happens. Same thing happened with Maguire and Murphy.

Or the flip side, people are getting hung up on a few good performances last season and have him in their head as a world beater. He has been very average, at best, this season.

 

[mattbianco1]

Or the flip side, people are getting hung up on a few good performances last season and have him in their head as a world beater. He has been very average, at best, this season.

A Wednesday mate said to me other day that "Che Adams is a reyt player. Would walk into half the Championship sides"... Well, he can't walk into our shit side. I imagine he's going on the Spurs and Swindon games he saw on TV.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

He hasn't become poor overnight. What's happening is that as rumours of his sale mount, people who can't bring themselves to believe that the club might not be infallible start to find fault, so they can defend the sale if it happens. Same thing happened with Maguire and Murphy.

When I saw him last have a decent game (Rochdale at home) I thought he was perhaps going to have a big year. For whatever reason, he's not really maintained the levels he set early in the season. I don't think that's particularly controversial a suggestion, and I'm not saying we should sell up. But the fact that the much maligned Woolford has offered more on recent showings is somewhat concerning.

 

[Esablade]

I'd guess Che isn't one of the highest earners at the club, so other than turning a quick buck I don't see much point in selling the lad at this stage...other than the old 'he really wants to go, can't stop him bettering himself etc etc'

I think he should concentrate on getting back into the starting eleven first eh?

 

[Cyprus Blade]

"It's not important to get the highest wages of your life in your first year, it's about getting a good education," Klopp on the transfer of Sinclair to Watford. Hope Che saw this.

 

[Finn Keane o' Balmaqueen]

Guardiola
Isco
Messi

Adams...

 

[Harry's Game]

"It's not important to get the highest wages of your life in your first year, it's about getting a good education," Klopp on the transfer of Sinclair to Watford. Hope Che saw this.

For some reason Che strikes me as someone who doesn't go about reading the Newspapers, was this posted on Playstation Network? If not I doubt he saw it.

 

[Darthblade]

I suppose it will go in Mccabes and the princes back pocket "eh" Smirth ??

Well ...... we all don't know where the money WILL go, but we do know that it WON'T be invested in the playing squad, despite the tales and assurances that we always get to the contrary.

Its the Blades-way you know !!

UTB & FTP

 

[davidpinder]

Reported in todays paper Bournemouth and Southampton in a £1.75m chase

I was told yesterday by a friend of a certain radio Sheffield reporter that he is going to Bournemouth for £2m plus usual add ons. Time will tell.

 

[Patrick Suffaux]

It really is a sad affair if they have to sell him to fund new signings.

 

[Surrey Blade]

Let's hope that fish follows oil into the financial abyss.

 

[1danewhitehouse]

He hasn't become poor overnight. What's happening is that as rumours of his sale mount, people who can't bring themselves to believe that the club might not be infallible start to find fault, so they can defend the sale if it happens. Same thing happened with Maguire and Murphy.

I was very critical of the club over the sale of Murphy and somewhat over Maguire but Adams would be a bit different. He;s not holding down a regular first team place whereas the other two were our best players at the time of sale. Still be disappointed if he goes because he has a lot of raw talent/ potential and is a threat at least from the bench but it wouldn't be the same hammer blow that losing Murphy or Maguire as been simply because we're not as reliant on him

 

[LoughboroBlade]

I was very critical of the club over the sale of Murphy and somewhat over Maguire but Adams would be a bit different. He;s not holding down a regular first team place whereas the other two were our best players at the time of sale. Still be disappointed if he goes because he has a lot of raw talent/ potential and is a threat at least from the bench but it wouldn't be the same hammer blow that losing Murphy or Maguire as been simply because we're not as reliant on him

I agree with that, though any sale would sadly continue to fuel the narrative that we always sell our best or most promising players. And whilst he's not in the XI at the minute, there's every possibility he could still play a big role for us if he manages to regain some of that form from earlier in the season.

 

[Caveblade]

We finally sign some decent young talent and then sell him before exploiting said talent. It has happened for the last 40 years and explains why this club has never reached its true potential. If this does happen it makes an absolute mockery of the "game changing investment".

This January has all the signs of being a traditional McCabe window, talk about doing business late on only for nothing to happen other than another sale with a soothing balm of " the loan window opens soon".

 

[1danewhitehouse]

I agree with that, though any sale would sadly continue to fuel the narrative that we always sell our best or most promising players. And whilst he's not in the XI at the minute, there's every possibility he could still play a big role for us if he manages to regain some of that form from earlier in the season.

Agree he'd still be a big loss, just not quite the same immediate impact of having to try to (and inevitably fail) to replace our best player

 

[Bladesway]

He may not be the next Messi but we sell him at 19 and we miss out on yet another one who actually could do something for us. He isnt even close to reaching potential yet he can tear Spurs a new ringpiece.

We should keep him to develop him. But I wont be shocked if we sell him to turn a quid few quid. There are many we should be getting off the wage bill, Che isnt one of them.

 

[Newbury Blade]

We finally sign some decent young talent and then sell him before exploiting said talent. It has happened for the last 40 years and explains why this club has never reached its true potential. If this does happen it makes an absolute mockery of the "game changing investment".

This January has all the signs of being a traditional McCabe window, talk about doing business late on only for nothing to happen other than another sale with a soothing balm of " the loan window opens soon".

Like last January? When "nothing happened"? Apart from signing Brayford. Coutts. Freeman. Done?
I don't know why some people are incapable of grasping this straightforward fact and keep saying we never sign anyone in the transfer window.

 

[robbiez666]

He seems to be another one who doesn't take his football too seriously or professionally. There's clearly issues behind the scenes so snap the 2 million up now for me.

 

[Bartleby]

I was very critical of the club over the sale of Murphy and somewhat over Maguire but Adams would be a bit different. He;s not holding down a regular first team place whereas the other two were our best players at the time of sale. Still be disappointed if he goes because he has a lot of raw talent/ potential and is a threat at least from the bench but it wouldn't be the same hammer blow that losing Murphy or Maguire as been simply because we're not as reliant on him

I agree with most of that as well. Would rather hang on but if we could get a good price for him (and if you believe it will be used to strengthen the squad, though many don't ) then it could be good business. He is still a raw talent, one for the future - if he keeps his head down and takes all his chances to learn (and doesn't get sidetracked again as in whatever it was that he did that he got disciplined by the club for a bit back). But as someone else pointed out, could also be another Jordan Slew.

 

[Booker4]

Reported in todays paper Bournemouth and Southampton in a £1.75m chase

What paper was that? I've only seen stories from the likes of the Sun and Mirror! It seems no smoke without fire though. If he goes and becomes the next Jordan Slew then we'll say the board were right to sell, but if he goes on to be an England player then it'll just add to the list of the two Kyle's, Beattie, Maguire, Murphy, Lowton, Blackman, Fjortioft/Deane same day, and for older fans Sabella, Currie and Jones and the fans will be livid!

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

£3.5-4m could mean a proper chance to strengthen with quality for promotion.

or we only owe McC £40M?

 

[Bartleby]

He seems to be another one who doesn't take his football too seriously or professionally. There's clearly issues behind the scenes so snap the 2 million up now for me.

Do you know what it was he got disciplined for a bit back? Was left out one week by Adkins as a punishment for summat, never did hear what it was.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

Do you know what it was he got disciplined for a bit back? Was left out one week by Adkins as a punishment for summat, never did hear what it was.

For playing centre half in training, apparently Adkins doesn't do centre halves.

 

[Darthblade]

It really is a sad affair if they have to sell him to fund new signings.

It will be even sadder if the usual scenario plays out ....... we sell him ( for a paltry fee plus some shiny beads and a promise of a friendly match ) and there are still not the desperately needed improvements to the squad.

Deja vu !!

UTB & FTP

 

[Darthblade]

or we only owe McC £40M?

We don't owe McC fuck all !!

He invested money of his own free will ( as I have over the years on a much different scale ) and given the appalling decision making processes he's been involved in over the years, I would suggest that we're even !!

However, if anybody believes the story that the proceeds of Adam's sale ( alleged ) will be reinvested in new players ........

I, for one, will not be sitting expectantly waiting for it to happen, but would be delighted to be proven wrong.

We've been here before on sooooooo many occasions and as another poster commented some time ago ....... "if you sell talent / ability and replace with mediocraty then you become mediocre ...... which is what we have become and are getting quite good at it.

UTB & FTP

 

[Treeton Blade]

For playing centre half in training, apparently Adkins doesn't do centre halves.

 

[metalblade]

We don't owe McC fuck all !!
UTB & FTP

I think our Kev might not see things that way