by robc » 30 Jan 2011, 22:34
Am I the only person that thinks £100k for Ellis, who if I'm not mistaken is contracted beyond the end of the season (unlike Benyon) is utterly ridiculous? There seems to be a new wave of slightly silly money going round the lower leagues at the moment, and whilst I accept that defenders always go for less than strikers, it still seems very, very low to me. Surely we should be looking for more like £200-250k? Am I imagining it or do other L2 teams always seem to get much better deals for their young stars? For the first time in years we've actually got a promising crop of youngsters, it'd be such a shame to see Ellis, O'Kane and Benyon go for a combined fee of like £300k, and then having to start all over again with a new spine of the team. Forgive the rambling rant, but I'm really bloody fed up with football after this nightmarish (if not totally unexpected) weekend. It'd just top it all off if Ellis leaves in the next couple of days for some pathetic sub-£100k fee. Aaarrrghhh. That is all.
Am I the only person that thinks £100k for Ellis, who if I'm not mistaken is contracted beyond the end of the season (unlike Benyon) is utterly ridiculous? There seems to be a new wave of slightly silly money going round the lower leagues at the moment, and whilst I accept that defenders always go for less than strikers, it still seems very, very low to me. Surely we should be looking for more like £200-250k? Am I imagining it or do other L2 teams always seem to get much better deals for their young stars? For the first time in years we've actually got a promising crop of youngsters, it'd be such a shame to see Ellis, O'Kane and Benyon go for a combined fee of like £300k, and then having to start all over again with a new spine of the team. Forgive the rambling rant, but I'm really bloody fed up with football after this nightmarish (if not totally unexpected) weekend. It'd just top it all off if Ellis leaves in the next couple of days for some pathetic sub-£100k fee. Aaarrrghhh. That is all.
