What standard of player can we attract to Oakwell?

and who's job is it to sell the club to prospective players?


Just worried in the coming few days before the January window closes that we are such an "unattractive" club for prospective new signings and will our image ever change?

 

I'm little surprised that it isn't more of a "buyers market". Many clubs are top heavy with high earning players sitting out their existing deals - knowing full well that the next one will be considerably less in value (and duration).

Brian Howard has been hawking his services in the Chron this week. My guess is that he's struggling to get a deal anything like the one he's on at the minute. He won't be alone in that.

 

Brian Howard has been hawking his services in the Chron this week. My guess is that he's struggling to get a deal anything like the one he's on at the minute. He won't be alone in that

thats exactly the situation brian is in and he's not alone, if clubs like portsmouth and peicester despite recent administrations want to keep on paying big wages then so be it, i would love us to be able to compete but im glad we arent going to gamble with our clubs future,

 

Cheap ones.

 

Ones who know whether they want chips or rice, presumably.

 

All sorts of different standards

From top class, Grade A Championship players like Vaz Te and Drinkwater, who just about every club in the Championship would love to have in their squad, down to average Joes like a couple of the summer signings have been.

Granted, whoever we get won't be costing us millions, but a large price tag and high wages doesn't guarantee quality, while a free transfer, a loan signing or £100,000 spent doesn't mean they'll be crap.

 

Re: All sorts of different standards

Oh don't you come on here with your reasoned structured arguments... it's got to be 'hill in... hill out... shake it all about'

cheap players are crap don't forget... players from league one can't make the step up, don't you know... Norwich prove that !!!