No problem, GU7 - there was a lot going on at the time, but I was 10 rows from the front and had a good view of MW's departure.
I don't think it is excessive to say that, to me, he looked a broken man. Very sad...
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I don't think it is excessive to say that, to me, he looked a broken man. Very sad...
Yes let's get rid of one of our few Championship quality players. You do have to read some nonsense on here.
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It was always a ludicrous valuation. Whittaker clearly can/could put the ball in the net but the rest of his game is just barely above abysmal
Suspect he will indeed go this close season perhaps £5 million (tops) but with sensible add on clauses obviously
I am sure most players are disappointed, but 'broken man', give me a break. There ain't half some drama queens on here.
Have to say that after a bright start Hardie’s body language was also quite forlorn when picked up on Argyle TV.
There’s an interesting conundrum for ND/KN. We have to push higher up and get more bodies forward if we are going to score at all barring a lucky break. But, we may also want to preserve what we’ve got.
Potential outcomes would be too defensive and concede in the last few minutes, or be more expansive and be 4-2 down - both would see a lot of criticism.
A hard one to call. But I do think we need to be 10 yards closer to
Hardie all over the pitch. It gives us a better chance of scoring, squeezes the midfield (where we are weak) and should relieve some pressure on the defence. Mobile defenders would be a must.
There’s an interesting conundrum for ND/KN. We have to push higher up and get more bodies forward if we are going to score at all barring a lucky break. But, we may also want to preserve what we’ve got.
Potential outcomes would be too defensive and concede in the last few minutes, or be more expansive and be 4-2 down - both would see a lot of criticism.
A hard one to call. But I do think we need to be 10 yards closer to
Hardie all over the pitch. It gives us a better chance of scoring, squeezes the midfield (where we are weak) and should relieve some pressure on the defence. Mobile defenders would be a must.
Bit harsh on some of the defenders I thought. They were constantly exposed by our powder puff midfield.
Barely above abysmal?
8th in the league for assists.
14th in the league for chances created.
He’s a dual threat when he gets into the final third. He’s an effective ball carrier and decent in 1v1 situations, just not when it’s 1v2 and 1v3 as it has been for months.
I agree he isn’t worth £25m. But he is certainly worth more than £5m, given his age, potential and attacking qualities.
Selected in Championship team of season. So £5m seems to be quite an undervaluation especially as Lazio reportedly had a £8.5m bid rejected in January.
One of the biggest differences between the Leicester and Stoke games was the physicality of the team.Against Leicester we won so many challenges but so few against Stoke.Difficult for a fan to understand and Scarr referred to this in his comments after the game but why? Maybe nerves got the better of them but that has to change on Saturday.We need to want it more than Millwall but we might need their fans to be on the same beach as their players
lol....yes January !!
He sadly has done very little since and any valuation will have dropped alarmingly
If we secure £5 million (with an obvious hefty sell on clause) than its been good business for the club
Whittaker got into the Championship team of the year purely on first half of the season results/scoring ability
Would he be in that same team for the second half of the seasons performances. That's rhetorical
I think this valuation might have been in play 15-20 years ago for someone this good at this level, but he's the third highest scorer in the division whilst playing in a team that has struggled all year long to varying extents, without having any penalties in his total.
I've seen Hull City placing a £30m valuation on Jaden Philogene, who is a quality player, but you can't seriously believe he is six times more valuable than Morgan.
Whittaker ,like a lot of other goalscorers , doesn't do an awful lot more than score goals. Therefore once the goals dry up he has little impact on proceedings.