S36 OWL Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Andy Carrol £35M wonder what that would have made Hirsty worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Let's put it this way Arthur, you'll never see as good as him play for us again My ambitions and hopefully that of the clubs hopes we will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iron Hunter Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 If Sean Long worth 12mill surely Hirst would be worth atleast 25? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCOWL Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Injuries should always be seen as a factor and I wouldn't expect all players to return at the same rate and at the same level. Hirst hit form in the second tier, and never found that kind of peak again. He had an impressive record upon promotion, but was it any better than anything Alan Shearer, Ian Wright or Teddy Sheringham were doing? Was he actually the best striker in the top flight at any one point? Probably not and his record doesn't show as anything above and beyond the domestic talent at the time. Without getting too much into a debate about his time at the club during such a 'successful' period you have to ask the question as to whether he really, really showed a true dedication to injury recovery and subsequent result to form. It was a strange time because we had such talent at the club and found form as a team in the league, cups and Europe - a lot was done in spite of Hirst as opposed to being as a result of him. He also strangely found himself in the shadow of Warhurst that basically played the Hirst role by proxy for a time. It wasn't just about the injuries. He didn't help himself. Alan Smith said that shearer was the best trainer he's seen and hirsty was the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 If Sean Long worth 12mill surely Hirst would be worth atleast 25? Mark Bright was an English striker who would bag you 20 goals a season in the top flight. In today's market an English striker who gets 20 goals a season in the top flight would be worth £25m... Hirsty was a far far better striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCOWL Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 But if you look at what Everton paid for Lukaku. 30 million? I'd have to say 45-50 for Hirst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Value seems irrelevant to me. Why would you ever sell a player in his prime like Hirst? I move a lot of concrete on the QVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCOWL Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Value seems irrelevant to me. Why would you ever sell a player in his prime like Hirst? If he'd played in this era we'd have had no choice. The disparity between the big clubs and the rest of us is so much greater now. We'd have had him for maybe one season at his best, then he'd have been off to city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 How players are valued is in a different league to what it was 25 years ago especially since 1995 and the Bosman Ruling. Hirst could have played out his contract and we would still have got a fee. The market is now over-inflated to avoid this kind of scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCOWL Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) I used to wonder what he had in his tea at half time. Because he used to come out like a mad man. Those two footed tackles would not have gone down well now. Edited March 1, 2015 by NYCOWL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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