scram Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 He sow that we can't buy top players for league we are in, but must look for potential to develop it into top players. He sow that was the only way to earn money for us too... He spoke about trying to build a name for ourselves among young players, as a club that can help them improve and get better. No - not at all That's not what he did The fact that after a while Brunt and Whelan were worth a bit of money was much more accident than design - it wasn't some sort of policy He let good players go - he freed a player who went on to top score in the division and sell for £1m - it was just a haphazrd policy with no thought behind it at all. Even a broken clock is right sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malek Posted January 23, 2010 Author Share Posted January 23, 2010 Well, he went on record saying it. I'm not saying he did great in transfer market, certainly not defending him as manager. I was certainly against releasing likes of Quinn, Bromby and even Geary at time as well... But it has nothing to do with his policy (and yes it was his policy towards the end of his reign here) to look for Premiership academy prospect bring them, here, develop, and sell for prrofit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 But it doesn't matter what he said - it was his actions that define his time here He never once went for "development players" - not once He signed 3 players from other academies/reserves and they were not really for development but as part of the then 1st team squad - a development player is somebody like Lennon when he went to Spurs - or Rose at Spurs - Ramsey at Arsenal etc. We didn't have the infrastructure nor strengths to develop players and Turner did nothing to address that It was like Inspector Clousseau bungling along lurching from one disaster to the next and by accident something decent happens occasionally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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