2.5 mill

fans are overreacting based on 45 mins in U23s

Remember how chunky Viduka was yet he was way better at converting chances than Bamford

it's his first outing in a new set up
need to give him more time to get up to speed but it is worrying that Orta and Co have hyped him up to the fans yet he's nowhere near first team standard yet

Peak - practically speaking the lad does need time, no question .Problem is time is against us and we just haven't got that luxury - he needs to be finding the net literally sharpish.

We could have got a fit ready to play Billy Sharpe for half the price. He may not be the quickest but quick enough and a good option off the bench who could have got us something Saturday but it's irrelevant now we just gonna have to accept what we have to play with and get on with it.

I agree. Was bonkers to go for a player that can't hit the ground running at a time we need one that can. And then to spend £2.5m for a short loan when a big chunk of that period will be spent getting him fit. Madness! The club management are total apes!

Macca.. would that be the same Billy Sharpe that failed with us previously, disliked by the crowd and wouldn’t fit the way Bielsa plays?

Give over mate.

You can’t judge a signing on 45 mins for the U23s..

what a short sighted way to look at things.

He must have some potential for other clubs to have been after him and he has experience of playing at a much higher level than the Championship. Maybe a good option to get for a pre season but we have acute and immediate problems that he doesn't appear to be ready to solve right now.

You never know though. He is an expensive asset and he may well have been instructed to take it easy for his first 45 mins thereby giving the impression he is an unfit slug. Bielsa did say he was in good physical condition but needed to watch and learn how we play before being considered for first team duties.

The way the club ignores obvious British championship player signings that would enhance the squad in favour of players we've never really heard of but sign on loan and have to pay a hefty loan fee makes me wonder if a percentage of that loan fee goes in Radz or Orta's skyrocket. Guess we'll never know but it's suspicious to me and explains why we don't do straight forward signings but only ones where maybe there is a hefty kickback for the hierarchy. I mean what other club signs the amount of unfit players like we do?

comment by Peakwhite (U7815)
posted 9 seconds ago
You never know though. He is an expensive asset and he may well have been instructed to take it easy for his first 45 mins thereby giving the impression he is an unfit slug. Bielsa did say he was in good physical condition but needed to watch and learn how we play before being considered for first team duties.
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I just don't think our coaching team are that smart, Peak. The bigger likelihood is Orta bought us a turkey and it's 11 months till Christmas.

It could be Eddie and Izzy all over again. Good signings, make sense, but they can't be relied upon as saviours or short term solutions. Both long term prospects.

We should have signed someone else WITH Izzy Brown

We should have signed someone else WITH Eddie Nketiah

Perhaps we should have signed Sharp, Toney, Woodrow WITH Augustin