cityone wrote:Tonteg Bluebird wrote:The number of people saying Tan getting more involved with the negotiations will be good for the club, and then this happens! Medel has just had a brilliant World Cup, there's several clubs interested and if there's a time to sell Medel for a big fee, it's now. We are not going to go straight back up under Ole, so Medel will not be re-joining us after this season. I'm sure Medel will impress for Inter, but I believe after the World Cup Medel has had, we should get the highest fee possible for him NOW!
Having clubs interested in medel and them putting in a firm offer are two totally different situations, do you know that clubs have made a firm offer???? how do you know we are not going straight back up???? can you see into the future???
But surely it would make sense to stick to our guns and hold onto Medel until we receive an offer matching his valuation? With the number of interested clubs, there would no doubt be a bidding war if it goes to transfer deadline. Some clubs may also only realise after their season gets under way that they are lacking a holding midfielder as well. How many times have we had slow starts to the season thinking we are not as strong in certain positions than we thought and feel the need to strengthen?
I can't see into the future, but with our embarrassing showing during the second half of the season with humiliating defeats caused by a lack of organisation and character in our team, I don't think we will be going straight back up under Ole. Annis did a good post questioning if we are allowing the wrong players to leave and I 100% agree with him. Obviously I hope I'm wrong, but I will be stunned if we go straight back up.
We have a more talented squad than when we got promoted, but talent alone isn't enough and important players who know the Championship inside out and who you can rely on to keep battling to the very end and do the less glamourous side of the game on a cold winter night on poor pitches such as Cowie, Conway and McNaughton are going to be sorely missed. Ole has turned us into a soft touch. We are no longer the organised unit that were capable of grinding out results in our title winning season. I believe we will lose games against lesser opposition under Ole, simply because the opposition are more organised and want it more.