Sell brooks in January

[Barney]

Anyone who thinks we should sell Brooks should receive an indeterminate forum ban.

 

[Fanny magnet]

Anyone who thinks we should sell Brooks should receive an indeterminate forum ban.

Don't think that will work McCabe doesn't post on here

 

[finlaytheblade]

I'd be gutted to lose Brooks because he's a genuinely exciting player. Reminds me a little of having Ndlovu. I know on average Ndlovu wasn't that good but it was always that feeling that he might do something special that made him a fun player to have. Brown in that one season was like that too. They're a rare breed, especially at the level we've been playing at in recent times, and every fan wants to have the kind of player that fills you with excitement whenever they get the ball.

But here's the thing, football clubs need money. We have two decent backers and while we're lucky in that regard neither of them is exactly an Abramovich set to buy us a trophy. And I don't ever want to see us doing a Wednesday and crying that the Co-Op bank actually expects its money back. Or do a Bolton and act outraged that years of overspending has somehow damaged your club. Or Coventry, or Blackpool, or Portsmouth, or any of the others that have gone tits up over recent years for various reasons. Fuck it, even us giving silly money to Robson or letting Clough sign twenty odd nobodies to keep us stuck for a year after he left.

People are right. If we sell Brooks for £15m, or even the unlikely £20m the papers are talking about, we won't find a replacement of the same value. If there were any of those out there they'd also be going for £20m. But it would probably mean being able to bring in two or three Wilder players that would benefit the overall squad (another Coutts, possibly fullback cover, a pacy striker) and keep the club financially secure and not dependent on an aging McCabe or a Saudi prince. It's the less exciting choice by far, and it isn't the one my heart wants to make, but it matters a lot to me.

Fact is, I don't know the ins and outs of the club's finances. I know that the interview with the prince recently said we ran at a loss in League One, and we'll probably be at a slight loss again if we bring any decent signings in in January. If we have to make a financial decision about Brooks it may be for the best.

All that aside, I think the bigger issue is likely to be if Brooks wants to go. Given what Wilder's said about other players (most recently about Adams) I think the likely response will be "There's the door" anyway.

You sounded a bit negative towArds the end of your post there poker blade.
Wilder will not jeapody s the future of the club he's already said that.
I he felt selling Brooks would be good for the club he would do it.
He's building something and will have full backing of the owners ( would be stupid not to ) we will strengthen and spend decent money on doing it,he also won't want t to ruin what hes acheaved so far which means he won't bring players in who are looking for big money he will not bust to much the wage structure keeping faith with his squad of players.
Yes the wage structure has to increase but not with greedy. players .Hungry players who come here first and foremost and want to play for us,pretty sure Wilder will have certain players in his sights

 

[Highbury_Blade]

He’s good, but he’s not Justin Kluivert good.

 

[PokerBlade]

You sounded a bit negative towArds the end of your post there poker blade.
Wilder will not jeapody s the future of the club he's already said that.
I he felt selling Brooks would be good for the club he would do it.
He's building something and will have full backing of the owners ( would be stupid not to ) we will strengthen and spend decent money on doing it,he also won't want t to ruin what hes acheaved so far which means he won't bring players in who are looking for big money he will not bust to much the wage structure keeping faith with his squad of players.
Yes the wage structure has to increase but not with greedy. players .Hungry players who come here first and foremost and want to play for us,pretty sure Wilder will have certain players in his sights

I don't know if it's negative or not. It is what it is. There's always a trade off for having principles and if one of Wilder's is that he only wants players who want to be here then that's inevitably going to mean at some point in the future another Che Adams occurs. Now I'm not saying that Brooks will necessarily want out. I don't know him, and he may well be a level-headed lad who's more than happy to be at a club where twenty odd thousand fans are singing his name. The impression Wilder's given is that if Brooks wanted out he'd be gone.

It's not like there aren't massive pay-offs to the way Wilder manages his players. The team spirit, the togetherness, the pride and passion of the players he's put together, that's there for anyone to see. Again, this is all hypothetical, but I'd rather see Brooks gone than Wilder sacrifice the ideals that have given us all of that.

With the letdowns we've had from boards and managers it's hard to trust that they're making the right calls but, whatever happens with Brooks, now is the time to show a bit of faith.

 

[finlaytheblade]

I don't know if it's negative or not. It is what it is. There's always a trade off for having principles and if one of Wilder's is that he only wants players who want to be here then that's inevitably going to mean at some point in the future another Che Adams occurs. Now I'm not saying that Brooks will necessarily want out. I don't know him, and he may well be a level-headed lad who's more than happy to be at a club where twenty odd thousand fans are singing his name. The impression Wilder's given is that if Brooks wanted out he'd be gone.

It's not like there aren't massive pay-offs to the way Wilder manages his players. The team spirit, the togetherness, the pride and passion of the players he's put together, that's there for anyone to see. Again, this is all hypothetical, but I'd rather see Brooks gone than Wilder sacrifice the ideals that have given us all of that.

With the letdowns we've had from boards and managers it's hard to trust that they're making the right calls but, whatever happens with Brooks, now is the time to show a bit of faith.

When and if Brooks goes Wil see will secure the best deal for the club,we all think he is a great player in the making and if he becomes that good we probably would be priced out of the running.
I'm talking 150 -200 k a week here that's what big players are getting now.To pay that we would have to be potential champions league ( not saying that's impossible ) in the mean time let's enjoy him he's far from the finished polished player he's going to be.If we want to be a good premiership team and I'm not putting pressure on this season (although it's there for the taking ) we have to build round his kind of quality ,can we reach the heights where we would have to pay megabucks in wages ? maybe a dream but sometimes they come true.

 

[stringjunior]

He’s good, but he’s not Justin Kluivert good.

Interestingly I've just watched that and thought - yeh Brooks could do that. Difference is he hasn't. Yet.

 

[Flakey]

To survive in the Premiership, you need a good solid team, and one player who can supply a little bit of magic when least expected.

Brooks could do that, not perhaps now, but a season or two away.

 

[Fanny magnet]

Interestingly I've just watched that and thought - yeh Brooks could do that. Difference is he hasn't. Yet.

Maybe if he was playing in eredivisie

 

[Blend-it-like-Harris]

For those who have short memories and think selling Brooks a good idea - All you need to do is watch the Steel City Derby again and gradually try to come back to your bloody senses......... Jeeeez!
Someone obviously thought selling Kyle Walker was a good idea at the time too..............Jeeeeeeez!

 

[Dellas Cowboys]

Not Brooks,

Once Christmas is past sellotape.

 

[Darthblade]

We don't need to sell Brooksy ....... we have received a substantial amount of money already from Maguire / Walker / Murphy / DCL clauses.

What we need is to retain quality, build a squad around our best players and trade the weaker squad members for upgrades, in order to improve the strength in depth of the squad, which is what is the concern at the moment.

January is the chance for the SUFC Board to step up to the mark and deliver the goods that Tufty needs .........

UTB & FTP

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

It is doubtful whether a shed load of money in January would do us much good. If a team is settled and playing ok, then big signings are unlikely to do much good, and could be disruptive. We have good cover in goal, central defense, wing-back (unlucky with injuries at RWB), midfield (except for Coutts' role), and up front (injuries permitting). So who would we get to replace current regulars? Players from the league below? They may take time to adjust. Players from our league? Those capable of improving us would be difficult to prise away, and would be expensive, except perhaps from a handful of strugglers. Kids from the Premier League? That's a gamble. Players returning from injury - also a gamble. We all know of clubs, some not far away, that have bought in panic in January, and repented in panic the following season. Best to bring in players who can support the squad rather than transform it. Last season, Hanson came in, and gave us a different option; Samir, similarly. O'Shea made a useful contribution, and left. Riley got injured very soon after arriving. Was that the lot? The injury to Coutts means we probably do need a good midfielder, but the right player will be hard to find. Strengthening up front is desirable. A winger might add an option. But re-shaping the squad belongs to next summer. In my view, anyway.