Clever Fox Posted 16 August 2017 Share Posted 16 August 2017 It is time to let him go. He's not a young lad. The longer he remains out of the team the slower and cumbersome he will become. His situation as 4th choice is exactly where we should be using the young lads coming through. It doesn't matter whether they're quite ready or not. they're only going to get a few opportunities. It's a win win all round. We're not keeping an expensive player frustrated with little or no game time on the books. While the young lads practice and train with a belief and hope, that if they do well they might get a few games during the season. Look at the young lad for Liverpool last night. He only got his opportunity because of the Courtino situation. He took it with both Hands, Scoring a terrific goal as well. Take the Money for Ulloa and let him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WigstonWanderer Posted 16 August 2017 Share Posted 16 August 2017 7 minutes ago, Clever Fox said: It is time to let him go. He's not a young lad. The longer he remains out of the team the slower and cumbersome he will become. His situation as 4th choice is exactly where we should be using the young lads coming through. It doesn't matter whether they're quite ready or not. they're only going to get a few opportunities. It's a win win all round. We're not keeping an expensive player frustrated with little or no game time on the books. While the young lads practice and train with a belief and hope, that if they do well they might get a few games during the season. Look at the young lad for Liverpool last night. He only got his opportunity because of the Courtino situation. He took it with both Hands, Scoring a terrific goal as well. Take the Money for Ulloa and let him go. I'd say he's actually 5th choice. Personally in some situations I'd rather play Musa, which would make him 6th choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bennytwohats Posted 16 August 2017 Share Posted 16 August 2017 35 minutes ago, Clever Fox said: It is time to let him go. He's not a young lad. The longer he remains out of the team the slower and cumbersome he will become. His situation as 4th choice is exactly where we should be using the young lads coming through. It doesn't matter whether they're quite ready or not. they're only going to get a few opportunities. It's a win win all round. We're not keeping an expensive player frustrated with little or no game time on the books. While the young lads practice and train with a belief and hope, that if they do well they might get a few games during the season. Look at the young lad for Liverpool last night. He only got his opportunity because of the Courtino situation. He took it with both Hands, Scoring a terrific goal as well. Take the Money for Ulloa and let him go. Agree with your sentiment but Alexander-Arnold is a right back - the Coutinho situation has nothing to do with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HankMarvin Posted 16 August 2017 Share Posted 16 August 2017 7 minutes ago, bennytwohats said: Agree with your sentiment but Alexander-Arnold is a right back - the Coutinho situation has nothing to do with it Technically it has, as Coutinho would've been on free kicks. Scoring that goal will give a highly rated youngster more confidence and thus most likely speed up his development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clever Fox Posted 16 August 2017 Share Posted 16 August 2017 4 hours ago, HankMarvin said: Technically it has, as Coutinho would've been on free kicks. Scoring that goal will give a highly rated youngster more confidence and thus most likely speed up his development. That's exactly my point. The Dev Squad have to be given some hope of getting a run in games if they do well in Training. For a Club our size we need a first team of about 18 to 20 players and the rest of the Squad made up of Development Players. It's the only way you can keep everyone happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnfox Posted 16 August 2017 Share Posted 16 August 2017 Modern football is all about the 25 man squad. You can't sign 25 players and play them all. All footballers want to play football of course, but there are more footballers than places available in the starting 11. So, some players need to understand that their playing time is going to be limited to a few cameo roles. By signing a new contract, Ulloa will accept this. He always gives his best and whilst his touch with his feet is somewhat questionable, he is solid in the air and does offer something different to the Kelechi/Oka/Vardy combination should the need arise. On paper, Slimani should be Ulloa+. However, after arriving for nearly 30m thinking he would be getting regular first team action and then not, and with his best mate seemingly likely to depart, then "unsettled" would seem an apt description. If Ulloa left, then we would be one injury away from being very one-dimensional. And Slimani doesn't have the greatest injury record. Of course, if Slimani stays and stays fit, then he would be ahead in the pecking order. But if Ulloa leaves and Slimani is injured then we don't have a lot of choices available to change a game. If that does happen, do we then have to venture out and buy a replacement? Players that are happy to sit on the bench, especially when newly transferred into a club, are few and far between. Andy Carroll perhaps? No thank you. If the likes of Schmichel, Simpson, Ndidi and Vardy are solid starters, then Ulloa certainly takes his place in the 25 man squad every day of the week for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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