Club appointments

[barneythecat]

I have said a few times on here and other places that the most impressive part of the KLD era is they way we are systematically building the professionalism behind the scenes and adding good people with talent and skills to build a successful team and club.

I saw this on Twitter and it is one very good proof point of how it is working…

Sunderland have acquired £45,000,000 worth of talent this season:

Alex Pritchard:
Norwich/Huddersfield - £19,000,000
Patrick Roberts:
Man City - £12,000,000
Jack Clarke:
Spurs - £10,000,000
Danny Batth:
Stoke City - £3,000,000
Leon Dajaku:
Union Berlin - £1,000,000

 

[Gaz]

Its a massive difference to the previous clowns, impressive imo

 

[is BobBob lost]

I have said a few times on here and other places that the most impressive part of the KLD era is they way we are systematically building the professionalism behind the scenes and adding good people with talent and skills to build a successful team and club.

I saw this on Twitter and it is one very good proof point of how it is working…

Sunderland have acquired £45,000,000 worth of talent this season:

Alex Pritchard:
Norwich/Huddersfield - £19,000,000
Patrick Roberts:
Man City - £12,000,000
Jack Clarke:
Spurs - £10,000,000
Danny Batth:
Stoke City - £3,000,000
Leon Dajaku:
Union Berlin - £1,000,000

I like to be positive, but all these figures say is that all of the above are past their peak.

 

[sun gets in my eyes]

i sort of agree but I don't think you can count Pritchard twice.

 

[James]

Aye doing well.

We still need a midfielder and a striker at the minimum to give us a solid chance of automatic promotion though imo. Big week ahead, it'll define the season.

 

[Chewit]

I like to be positive, but all these say is that all of the above are past their peak.

Or someone else over payment for ability and potential and we are now tapping into it.

 

[mediaclee]

i sort of agree but I don't think you can count Pritchard twice.

Good point - someone said the same on Twitter earlier in relation to the original tweet posted. Otherwise, decent point.

 

[TradingPlaces]

All it shows is that Pritchard, Roberts and Clarke have been serious failures at their previous clubs.

 

[mediaclee]

All it shows is that Pritchard, Roberts and Clarke have been serious failures at their previous clubs.

That’s not all it shows - that’s what a negative view would be.

The positive viewpoint, as outlined in the OP, is that we’ve acquired talent worth way more than what we paid - even if the individuals are now worth less than what they were once sold for.

Pritchard for example - he’s not worth 12m now. Although we got him for free and I’d honestly say he’s worth 2/3m at least. It’s smart business and if we decided to sell him in the summer we’d make a profit, a 7 figure profit.

 

[sun gets in my eyes]

Good point - someone said the same on Twitter earlier in relation to the original tweet posted. Otherwise, decent point.

Yeah, but the only Twitter i see is what's posted on here

 

[mediaclee]

Yeah, but the only Twitter i see is what's posted on here

I just meant that others agree with you on that point - Twitter is awful a lot of the time!

 

[chunkyshanhawk53]

The recruitment has been very good, but the measure in the OP is way too crude

You could argue that Cirkin and Huggins could be the two best long term signings, and Hoff too.

If you look at previous transfer spend then Flo, Rodwell, Cole etc were good signings.

 

[nandos sonic sauce]

I like to be positive, but all these figures say is that all of the above are past their peak.

You can't say that with the ages of them lads Batth maybe but most were promising lads who just lost their way for one reason or another. Every club in this league would be happy with the lads brought in

 

[Plank]

Id be an absolute load more confident in the remainder of this season if we went out and brought a decent CM in

 

[sun gets in my eyes]

All it shows is that Pritchard, Roberts and Clarke have been serious failures at their previous clubs.

That's one view. The other is that they're up against serious competition at their previous clubs and have fallen 'just' short'. Time will tell which is the correct view although in Pritchards case it looks as though we've grabbed a bargain.

 

[samaistonsrightfoot]

f***ing hell

 

[is BobBob lost]

You can't say that with the ages of them lads Batth maybe but most were promising lads who just lost their way for one reason or another. Every club in this league would be happy with the lads brought in

I agree. We have recruited well in the summer and so far in January.
But trying to say it amounts to £45 million of talent?

 

[Mansfield Mackem]

Looks like there some thought into the transfers In stead of the one last pay day we normally buy

 

[jimb]

Its a massive difference to the previous clowns, impressive imo

Stark contrast to SD's try to get promoted on the cheap model.

I think it spoke volumes in the summer that we only got 2 out of contract players as opposed to the 6 or 7 like each the previous summers.

 

[nandos sonic sauce]

I agree. We have recruited well in the summer and so far in January.
But trying to say it amounts to £45 million of talent?

I haven't said we have. We have just targeted players who were very highly thought of at one point. Something went wrong but i think we check their background since now so they are not bad eggs only going by the way LJ said of Clarke that he was impressed how he has matured these last 6 months or so to go with his talent and he's always watched him (Along them lines) Not every signing will come off but i am 100% more confident in how we are doing things now.

Players are only worth what clubs will pay for them. clubs paid a lot of money for these lads and to entice them down to League one to rebuild their careers shows we are convincing some to do just that.