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It was right to sell him for what we got when we did.
No it wasn't. We were in the relegation zone practically all season. I'd have rather we kept him considering Giaccherini did next to fuck all.
Great post as per though daz.
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It was right to sell him for what we got when we did.
There are many disagree with you. On his day he was a game changer but his day wasn't very oftenNo it wasn't. We were in the relegation zone practically all season. I'd have rather we kept him considering Giaccherini did next to fuck all.
Great post as per though daz.
And the rest were so constantly good.There are many disagree with you. On his day he was a game changer but his day wasn't very often
Yeah, but all of those in bold are profound mistakes. The only outlier is Giaccherini, who may deliver far more this season.And the rest were so constantly good.
A game changer for 6m? Jozy was 7m, Giaccherini was 6.5m, Gardner was 6m, Graham was 5m, N'Diaye 4m, Scocco 4m... and none of them are game changers. Since when we were so spoiled with game changers that we don't need one?
3 of those were signed after we cashed in on Sess. The 6m and the wages we saved were wasted, so how can anyone can say we are better off with him gone?Yeah, but all of those in bold are profound mistakes. The only outlier is Giaccherini, who may deliver far more this season.
Point taken, but Jozy being crap doesn't make Sess good. We should have done much better with the money.3 of those were signed after we cashed in on Sess. The 6m and the wages we saved were wasted, so how can anyone can say we are better off with him gone?
It was all complete bullshit, he's nowhere near good enoughNo, that was Niall Quinn several years ago.
It was all complete bullshit, he's nowhere near good enough
Point taken, but Jozy being crap doesn't make Sess good. We should have done much better with the money.
Which ones stand out mate?
A fantastic little player.
Some (plenty) were adamant that he was shite because he was inconsistent, but he was capable of brilliance and being a match winner. In a way its the same shite Johnson gets from sections of the support now, I think you have to question whether these people really understood the true role he played, lost count of the amount of times on here people claimed Sessegnon was a striker.
One of my favourite Sessegnon moments was at home to Norwich, a lovely nutmeg just inside their half, a cracking ball played out wide to (Fraizer Campbell?) who then put in a class cross where Sessegnon continued his run to head home.
Class little player, class memories of him here.
It was right to sell him for what we got when we did.
He didn't at all. He also spent a chunk of it injured, was much more important for WBA at the back end of last season than Giach has been for us and for the most part looked a better player.
Both scored 5 goals, Giaccherini had 4 assists to Sessegnon's 1, and Giaccherini played less minutes than the chunkily injured one. And I'd hate to think where we'd be right now without Giaccherini's performance/product against Manchester City away in the back end of last season.
Statistically, Giaccherini produced more, and Sessegnon couldn't have been THAT influential if we finished higher without him and WBA lower with him.
But as long as Sess 'looks' better, I guess...
Giaccherini played less league games and scored less league goals and featured in less minutes. Giaccherini after the start of the season wasn't a regular, Sess was. Sess missed a chunk of the season with a hernia op and earnt WBA more points than Giac earnt us, in goals Sess's goals contributed to 8 points for WBA, Giach's here contributed to 2. No idea about assists, can't be arsed to check (not even sure how to), but I'd guess my point has pretty much been made anyway.
With my own eyes I saw Sess contribute to WBA staying up early and late on in the season, albeit in a handful of minutes. With my own eyes Giacc done very little here after looking good early on, a couple of cup games and then later on the was a couple of flashes. Regardless of the moves against Citeh, which saw Scocco also involved, Sess was better and more influential last season than Giacc was for us. Have a look on some WBA forums and although they concede he was at times ineffectual, they mostly all wanted him in the side. You couldn't say the same here last season about Giacc and this season it's nothing more than hope.
f***ing laugh out loud to the bold. Complete and utter mumbo jumbo, I'm guessing you're pissed or something.
Is there any need? Really?Sess was good though, in general. Inconsistent and rarely at his brilliant best, but then who is apart from top top players? Even when he was ineffectual he won free kicks in the final third and created a bit of space.
Surely "cashing in because he's 29 and inconsistent" tells a story when we're actually able to sell a 29 year old easily to a Premiership club? It was never going to be easy to replaced him paying a similar amount to what we got for him, nevermind paying less and likely less wages. It's not rocket science.
i liked him as a player.No it wasn't. We were in the relegation zone practically all season. I'd have rather we kept him considering Giaccherini did next to fuck all.
Great post as per though daz.
So we have spent badly. Sess had ability but he couldn't hit a barn door and he performed occasionally. An expensive luxuryAnd the rest were so constantly good.
A game changer for 6m? Jozy was 7m, Giaccherini was 6.5m, Gardner was 6m, Graham was 5m, N'Diaye 4m, Scocco 4m... and none of them are game changers. Since when we were so spoiled with game changers that we don't need one?
So we signed more expensive luxuries each with resale values of less than what we paid.So we have spent badly. Sess had ability but he couldn't hit a barn door and he performed occasionally. An expensive luxury
As I said we have paid over the odds for players. Look at the individual. He certainly didn't save them. Another player who is becoming a legend in poor memoriesSo we signed more expensive luxuries each with resale values of less than what we paid.
For 6m WBA got a player who was instrumental in saving them, while we've spent 11m on two forwards who scored 1 goal between them. Yet we got a good deal according to some on here.