Michael Cooper "Going Nowhere" {Schuey 13/10/22}

[NLG]

I love Cooper but I still hope we do sell him - £5m spent on the squad (including a new keeper) is more likely to win us promotion than keeping Cooper, however good he is.

Pros and Cons. If we sell how will this impact team bonding/spirit? Also how many more goals against will we need to compensate for in attack ? Would we really invest in the team, I think it more likely we would invest in infrastructure, which if it increases capacity is not a bad thing, but may be targeted at new training facilities, which would add more asset value.

I would like him to stay at least until the January window.

 

[Emu]

I love Cooper but I still hope we do sell him - £5m spent on the squad (including a new keeper) is more likely to win us promotion than keeping Cooper, however good he is.

Alas it never works out that way though.

 

[Argyleloyal]

I love Cooper but I still hope we do sell him - £5m spent on the squad (including a new keeper) is more likely to win us promotion than keeping Cooper, however good he is.

That won’t happen, some mo et will probably get put back into the squad but the full amount won’t

 

[Balham Green]

Pros and Cons. If we sell how will this impact team bonding/spirit? Also how many more goals against will we need to compensate for in attack ? Would we really invest in the team, I think it more likely we would invest in infrastructure, which if it increases capacity is not a bad thing, but may be targeted at new training facilities, which would add more asset value.

I would like him to stay at least until the January window.

Don't understand. Are you suggesting we can't sell any players and every time we do team spirit will be damaged?! Strange.

 

[SMG]

I love Cooper but I still hope we do sell him - £5m spent on the squad (including a new keeper) is more likely to win us promotion than keeping Cooper, however good he is.

No chance we're gonna go and splash £5m on transfers especially with only 3 weeks to go until kick off.

Best thing for Argyle would be agreeing a deal for next summer early, then the management and recruitment guys can have many months to plan with a bigger budget. Although I imagine most of the money would go in the 'new training facility' pot.

 

[Lancastergreen]

We won't spend £5m on players that's daft talk for a small club

 

[Green Flash]

We won't spend £5m on players that's daft talk for a small club

We wouldn't spend it on transfer fees necessarily but I see no reason this fee as an unbudgeted windfall should not be spent on increasing the overall playing budget over the next couple of seasons. I think this would be enough to push us into genuine promotion contenders. Of course if we do it next summer instead for even more cash, all well and good, but a season is a long time, lots can happen...

 

[Lancastergreen]

Totally agree with you, keep the money and spend accordingly.
Infrastructure is only so good dependant on your league.

 

[Bryan Tregunna]

But what if...
Coops stays and we get promoted. Do we still need the money to improve the squad/infrastructure/training facilities? Or do we want a darned good keeper to defend against improved opposition?
A Coop in the hand is worth two in the bush.

 

[Lancastergreen]

I don't know about coop and his Bush but I personally would prefer him between the sticks if we got promoted but the probability is he will attract more teams to him

 

[JannerinCardiff]

I don't know about coop and his Bush but I personally would prefer him between the sticks if we got promoted but the probability is he will attract more teams to him

By which time his value will have doubled or tripled to 15m having been proven a class act young keeper in the championship.

 

[Joe Totale]

By which time his value will have doubled or tripled to 15m having been proven a class act young keeper in the championship.

Not so sure as if he doesn't sign a new deal then he won't have long on his contract left.

 

[Cobi Budge]

If we receive a good offer (4 or 5 million), then it really is a balancing act for the club. Do we benefit more from keeping him and having him between the sticks next season, or would we benefit more from selling him and using even half of that money to fund 4 or 5 good signings either now or in January? As good as Cooper is I think I lean a bit toward the latter. We don't have the money that a number of other L1 clubs now do, and we aren't likely to anytime in the near future, so developing and selling players on is going to have to be a part of our model if we want to climb.

 

[jerryatricjanner]

I tend to go with the latter but I don't think half the proceeds would reach the playing/transfer budget. It is a balancing act for sure.

 

[cheshiregreen]

£20m in the Burnley coffers today following sale of Nathan Collins to Wolves.