Discussion
Actually, thinking about this some more.
Whilst I do like to see us retaining our youth products, if they can be sold at good prices with sell on clauses etc. than I can get comfortable with it. To be fair, we could do a lot with £7m income hitting the accounts with FFP looming large over us.
Furthermore, I think there is more than enough cover at CB at the club with the likes of Wilson, Hobbs, Halford, Collins (meh)and the new signings in defence like Mancienne and the fella from Barca.
GK is slightly harder to swallow as although De Vries has been good in the past you wonder if he has played enough first team football recently? A loan back would work well, although given the links Psycho has with Butland, I'd like that deal too.
Whilst I do like to see us retaining our youth products, if they can be sold at good prices with sell on clauses etc. than I can get comfortable with it. To be fair, we could do a lot with £7m income hitting the accounts with FFP looming large over us.
Furthermore, I think there is more than enough cover at CB at the club with the likes of Wilson, Hobbs, Halford, Collins (meh)and the new signings in defence like Mancienne and the fella from Barca.
GK is slightly harder to swallow as although De Vries has been good in the past you wonder if he has played enough first team football recently? A loan back would work well, although given the links Psycho has with Butland, I'd like that deal too.
My thoughts exactly Miln, now I've calmed down a bit I don't think it's too bad.
Plenty of cover at Cb and Gk.
I don't even want them back on loan tbh, their heart won't be in it, and it takes 2 places in our total loanees for the season.
Can't blame them for going but it just makes a shambles of Darlows statement recently 'I'm going nowhere' and Fawazs 'we are not a selling club'
Match talk should be good tonight, radio nottingham at 6pm. Stuart Pearce is on it, can see there being a few angry callers
Plenty of cover at Cb and Gk.
I don't even want them back on loan tbh, their heart won't be in it, and it takes 2 places in our total loanees for the season.
Can't blame them for going but it just makes a shambles of Darlows statement recently 'I'm going nowhere' and Fawazs 'we are not a selling club'
Match talk should be good tonight, radio nottingham at 6pm. Stuart Pearce is on it, can see there being a few angry callers
But if the deal goes through as expected (ie including loan back) cover or lack of it in either position doesn't matter. Because Darlow and Lascelles will both be Forest players next season.
If Hobbs and Sicknote (Wilson) are first choice, which they would have been last season would Lascelles even play? Don't get me wrong he's a good player and made the most of his opportunity but we our theoretical best defence doesn't include him.
In the list of centre backs don't forget Fox who had an excellent game against WBA on Saturday.
Lastly, reports not that SP saying they were sold against his advice, "I thought we could have pushed for a higher figure". Disappointing if true. Of course a higher figure may have meant less add ons and may have precluded the loan back.
If Hobbs and Sicknote (Wilson) are first choice, which they would have been last season would Lascelles even play? Don't get me wrong he's a good player and made the most of his opportunity but we our theoretical best defence doesn't include him.
In the list of centre backs don't forget Fox who had an excellent game against WBA on Saturday.
Lastly, reports not that SP saying they were sold against his advice, "I thought we could have pushed for a higher figure". Disappointing if true. Of course a higher figure may have meant less add ons and may have precluded the loan back.
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