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Azeem Abdulai today for Orient

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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.
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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!
 
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.
 

Sheffield Wednesday v Swansea City🦢

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