mrblackbat wrote: ↑Wed Mar 14, 2018 2:53 pm
To be fair, mcteeth, that is the logical argument you're putting forward, albeit that the only alternative was to not sell Rhodes rather than to buy him back. I think you've always failed to focus on the crux of my argument: we had plenty of time to explore who the best striker available at that time was.
But anyway as I asked before: do you consider Marcus Antonsson a must buy?
No it isn't, I wasn't putting forward any argument, I was providing context to your quote that you referenced relating the sale of Rhodes to the purchase of Graham.
As usual Toppers is twisting something to make a poster on here look stupid so I'm ignoring it.
I'm glad you're wanting to have a sensible discussion as the context around the purchase of Graham is important. We were a club on a downward spiral without a lot of financial clout so all things considered given that he wanted to join us and we had that option yes it was really important. Not it isn't inconceivable that we could have possible found someone better for the same money or on loan, but that doesn't detract from what he has subsequently done. He flopped at Sunderland but aside from that he has shown a lot of qualities that we've benefited from and that's more than his goals, it's his overall play as well as assists.
Yes we were relegated, sadly by fine margins where any other season we'd have probably been fine, but collectively the whole club failed. But Mowbray has completely revitalised the club and I think we'll be back in the Championship stronger than when we left and Graham along with many others have positively contributed to that.
To answer you question on Antonsson no I wouldn't say it's vital we sign him but it might it would be possibly worth considering, although he's similar in some respects to Samuel. I would place importance on looking to sign Armstrong, Chapman and probably also Payne in that order.