Azeem Abdulai today for Orient

[Swansea93]

Darren Pratley 39 still playing week In week out and a club captain, fair play to him top player

 

[magicdaps10]

Galbraith playing at right back!

 

[JackSomething]

Abdulai may turn out to be a fine player, he may not. What annoys me is that we sold a homegrown player for peanuts without him ever getting the chance to play in his actual position.

I'd like to think we put a buy-back clause in there in case he does become a fine player, but I can't see it.

 

[A4Jack]

Can anyone genuinely explain to me, bar that he was a bad egg for which there's no evidence, why we wouldn't loan him out instead of selling for peanuts?

 

[A4Jack]

Abdulai may turn out to be a fine player, he may not. What annoys me is that we sold a homegrown player for peanuts without him ever getting the chance to play in his actual position.

I'd like to think we put a buy-back clause in there in case he does become a fine player, but I can't see it.

Probably wouldn't want to come back here to be fair.

 

[JackSomething]

Can anyone genuinely explain to me, bar that he was a bad egg for which there's no evidence, why we wouldn't loan him out instead of selling for peanuts?

The only thing I can think of is if we really are in danger of breaching spending rules, is that homegrown players being sold helps that massively, at least in the PL. I'm guessing the rules in this division are similar. A loan presumably didn't help us in the same way.

 

[Dr. Winston]

Can anyone genuinely explain to me, bar that he was a bad egg for which there's no evidence, why we wouldn't loan him out instead of selling for peanuts?

Because not for the first time we've indulged a manager who clearly isn't up to the job.

 

[A4Jack]

The only thing I can think of is if we really are in danger of breaching spending rules, is that homegrown players being sold helps that massively, at least in the PL. I'm guessing the rules in this division are similar. A loan presumably didn't help us in the same way.

Could make sense but the paltry 200k or less that we had would really mean we're in the shit!

 

[A4Jack]

Because not for the first time we've indulged a manager who clearly isn't up to the job.

Ah yes. That old chestnut.

Worries me that One Below Pep would still be making decisions even a week ago.

 

[Dr. Winston]

Darren Pratley 39 still playing week In week out and a club captain, fair play to him top player

To be the kind of midfielder he is, and to still be playing regularly at 39 is a hell of an achievement. His levels of fitness must be staggering.

 

[A4Jack]

To be the kind of midfielder he is, and to still be playing regularly at 39 is a hell of an achievement. His levels of fitness must be staggering.

To think that we weren't bothered when we went up that he signed for Bolton as he hadn't had the best of seasons when he'd be a standout in this team now. Captain, MVP and the head of the Quorum.

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

Nailed on he's going to be successful and we will question why we let go.

Chelsea will be buying him for £30 million this time next year

 

[Ringwood]

Exeter defend like us

 

[LeonWasTheDogs]

Abdulai may turn out to be a fine player, he may not. What annoys me is that we sold a homegrown player for peanuts without him ever getting the chance to play in his actual position.

To be fair, our centre midfield was a bit too crowded for him. What with our fullbacks being in there as well

 

[TerryPHELAN]

He couldn’t play midfielder for us, because the golden boy Grimes was hogging that position