Bacuna will still be here though!
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Bacuna's best time here was in a central midfield three with Ralls and one other but has now played for a series of managers who want a midfield two and don't see Bacuna as one of the two. I'm sure he's happy on the contract signed but there's surely a club out there who would make more of his talents - I don't see him as an AM if you hadn't guessed although he's better there than as a RB.Quote:
“We were fortunate we managed to get Bacuna over the line. He’s a player I like and I’ve watched over the last three years,” Warnock added.
“He can play wherever the need is. I’ve seen him at right back, left back playing in central midfield and also on the right wing. He’s versatile.”
https://www.iol.co.za/sport/soccer/n...ident-19085106
Largely separate to the player themselves is the contract and transfer fee and I think Bacuna's numbers are a sign of what a desperate position we were in during that winter window.
Bacuna is undoubtably the most under rated player at the club.
That aside, I take it that this Harris to Rotherham thing is forgotten?
Yeah he’s technically very good and importantly he’s a reliable professional who won’t let you down.
NH ruined his fan reputation by forcing him to play full back for so long and he’s not good at that.
NH used him more as a RWB when firstly Sanderson and then Osei-Tutu weren't able to fulfil that role successfully enough. Bacuna did well enough in the role when covering for Sanderson but was exposed when it, through injury, become a more permanent position.
Mick is now using NG as a makeshift LB cover so issue hasn't gone from the club - how do you cover all positions when having too many similar but expensive CBs and CMs? - even if solution is slightly different.
Just to extend my piece on Bacuna but when was the last time he was picked as a CM in a midfield two? He was signed as fullback/midfielder cover and you're saying he's not a fullback when the managers are saying he's not a CM in a two, the formation used here, so why did we sign him? He's a fine player in a formation we rarely if ever use.
accodrding to THIS
https://footballleaguefc.com/2019-20...-KxWBanD6_2TSc
which obviously may be wildly inaccurate.
I tihnk it comes out at around £9million.
Which is a pretty large chunk of our wage bill.
The total Wage bill in 2020 was £36 million, but it has probably reduced a fair bit already
In the real world, outside of football, it's staggering to think that translates to 1000 people on £36K/annum. I think the highest earners in League 2 (Newport) are around £100K/annum with plenty on a lot lower than that. So that's a weekly wage of roughly £2K for the highest L2 earners. I don't care what anyone says, I don't think the quality of football played is worth anything close to the kind of money Championship players are earning.
I have mixed feelings about it. Yes it is crazy money compared to most things. But it is one of the few professions where the working class people who are actually doing the work reap the benefits of it financially, so fair play to them I say.
We seem to be entering a period of dominance by the premier league - the increasing disparity between the premier league and championship is starting to tell. Also the dominance of the premier league in Europe. Very few teams can afford to keep up, and many are getting themselves into huge difficulties just trying.
Something will change soon.
Yup. All solid points. And, yeah, your point about the people actually doing the work reaping the benefits has merit. Too often, the highly skilled employees make a lot of other people rich while constantly wondering how they'll keep a roof over their heads. I could go on but that's not for this thread!
Regards the change - it's all gone a bit quiet. Too quiet - as they say. Something's afoot.
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there are a lot of clubs in this league that need to have a readjustment