| Hypothetical question 08:36 - Aug 13 with 1871 views | mrshallisfit |
Jan 2000 - town in good position to get promoted either automatically or via play-off. Burley goes to board and asks for cash to buy Marcus Stewart. Board agrees. Ipswich buy him for 2.25 million (7-10 today).
If PH does well and is a vaguely similar position in 2 years time - any remote chance of the same happening again? |  | | |  |
| Hypothetical question on 08:37 - Aug 13 with 1848 views | Currie10 |
See January 2015 with us in play offs and ' investment ' then? |  | | |
| Hypothetical question on 08:40 - Aug 13 with 1841 views | Guthrum |
| Hypothetical question on 08:37 - Aug 13 by Currie10 |
See January 2015 with us in play offs and ' investment ' then? |
The lesson from that has hopefully sunk in.
Altho in 2015 I think there was another element, namely McCarthy's unwillingness to buy players he thought not good enough or overpriced. |  |
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| Hypothetical question on 08:41 - Aug 13 with 1833 views | Currie10 |
| Hypothetical question on 08:40 - Aug 13 by Guthrum |
The lesson from that has hopefully sunk in.
Altho in 2015 I think there was another element, namely McCarthy's unwillingness to buy players he thought not good enough or overpriced. |
Well I'd also be unwilling to buy players I thought were not good enough?!
Why would you buy them otherwise? | | | |
| Hypothetical question on 08:41 - Aug 13 with 1830 views | Vaughan8 |
What a random question which no-one on here can answer?
Let me get my crystal ball out...………. | | | |
| Hypothetical question on 08:43 - Aug 13 with 1812 views | tractorshark |
Likewise, what would have happened if the board or Burley had said no to Marcus Stewart? | | | |
| Hypothetical question on 08:51 - Aug 13 with 1800 views | Guthrum |
| Hypothetical question on 08:41 - Aug 13 by Currie10 |
Well I'd also be unwilling to buy players I thought were not good enough?!
Why would you buy them otherwise? |
It wasn't a criticism. Some managers seem to want to go out and spend for the sake of it, some fans demand that. Altho I sometimes think McCarthy erred a little on the side of parsimony.
Plus the pricing in the Championship, the gulf between the very good/very expensive and the average/cheap or free is much wider than in 2000. | |
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| Hypothetical question on 08:57 - Aug 13 with 1784 views | hype313 |
The difference is the cost of players wasn't out of the realm of our finances for us, if it were now, can you see us spending £15m odd on the current top scorer in the championship and potentially one of our rivals? |  |
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| Hypothetical question on 09:06 - Aug 13 with 1745 views | Binner |
To directly answer the OP...
If the same thing should happen in 2020 I reckon Marcus Stewart would be delighted though I can't imagine why we would offer £2.25m for a 47-year-old. |  |
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| Hypothetical question on 09:11 - Aug 13 with 1724 views | Leaky |
Difference in 2000 we sold Kieron Dyer to Newcastle for £6m we still only spent £2.25m on Marcus rest went on the short fall of running the club |  | | |
| Hypothetical question on 09:29 - Aug 13 with 1679 views | bluefunk |
| Hypothetical question on 09:11 - Aug 13 by Leaky |
Difference in 2000 we sold Kieron Dyer to Newcastle for £6m we still only spent £2.25m on Marcus rest went on the short fall of running the club |
Not so - John McGreal, Jermaine Wright and Gary Croft (iirc) came in with the Dyer Money, the Stewart purchase was a gamble on getting up, he or Johnson would have been sold had we failed |  | | |
| Hypothetical question on 09:47 - Aug 13 with 1646 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Net spend of minus £2.3m that season. ;-) [Post edited 13 Aug 2018 9:47]
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| Hypothetical question on 10:11 - Aug 13 with 1600 views | TrumptonBlue |
I loved Marcus Stewart, but I'm not sure he could do a job for us now.
Edit: Or what Binner said. [Post edited 13 Aug 2018 10:12]
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| Hypothetical question on 11:08 - Aug 13 with 1544 views | Leaky |
| Hypothetical question on 09:29 - Aug 13 by bluefunk |
Not so - John McGreal, Jermaine Wright and Gary Croft (iirc) came in with the Dyer Money, the Stewart purchase was a gamble on getting up, he or Johnson would have been sold had we failed |
Perhaps we have difference of opinion on that Bluefunk, you could be right though | | | |
| Hypothetical question on 11:11 - Aug 13 with 1540 views | blaggers |
| Hypothetical question on 08:37 - Aug 13 by Currie10 |
See January 2015 with us in play offs and ' investment ' then? |
This. I'm convinced had we invested then we'd have had an outstanding chance. |  |
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