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Shilly-shally Davey

What is it about Moyes that makes him go for lower-league players only when they have made an initial move at a knock-down price and then done enough to see them valued at three or four times the amount? He and Irvine `had season tickets` at clubs whilst watching the likes of Koumas and Nugent but shilly-shallied whilst their value escalated. The same goes with Ashton where Crewe got fed up with waiting for the Everton bid to come in.

I reckon all three of these could have been ours for a total £5M less than two years ago, now they would cost three times that amount!
Simon Marchant, Gresford Posted 28/06/2007 at 11:58:24

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Dave Jeanrenaud
1 Posted 29/06/2007 at 08:12:06

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When you take into account the salaries that would have been paid to these players over the last 2-3 seasons then there will not actually be much difference between paying £2 million 3 seasons ago and £5 million now.

The total outlay per player would be near enough the same and we get a player now judged ready for our first team.

Leave it to Davey, he knows what he is doing.

Philip Whitehead
2 Posted 29/06/2007 at 10:26:16

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Surely the best example of this is one Darren Bent. Recommended to us when Joe Royle was at Ipswich at the pricely sum of £3m - Sold today for £16.5m

Whether he’s worth that is another matter but thats where the market is at the moment.