texanwellfan Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago We should definitely not be selling any of our good players in this window, or in the summer if we can help it. I’ve not given up on a top 3 spot yet. Shankland out for a bit so maybe Hearts will struggle. We still have to play rangers and Celtic twice. Both uglies are capable of dropping points against any team in the league, as well as against each other. Of course, we are also capable of dropping points but there is still 16 games to go amd a lot can happen. At full strength and playing well, we are more than capable of beating either of the uglies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirParkCornerExile Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 6 hours ago, weeyin said: They also have to consider the alternative. Imagine Jake Hastie had stayed with us and taken on board the coaching turning him into a better player and was now a regular starter for Cardiff City on 7 grand a week, I get that it's a tough decision, and never criticise any player that chooses the money option. No idea what I would have done in the alternate universe where I was a player in that situation. Yeah but the money was guaranteed, turning into something special with us if he'd stayed was not and never would have be guarenteed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted 46 minutes ago Report Share Posted 46 minutes ago 30 minutes ago, FirParkCornerExile said: Yeah but the money was guaranteed, turning into something special with us if he'd stayed was not and never would have be guarenteed That's right. It's the same with selling players. Do we cash in on Watt, JT and Just in January for guaranteed money or keep them in the hope they keep us in the top 4 and help with a good cup run? Option 1 is money in the hand, but with the risk of sliding into the bottom half of the table, losing to Aberdeen in the cup and crowds falling again. Plus not repeating a season like this in the forseeable future. Option 2 is speculative, but the rewards could be a good cup run, a European spot, maintaining higher crowds and a season to remember. Risk/reward can be a difficult calculation for players and clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texanwellfan Posted 29 minutes ago Report Share Posted 29 minutes ago 15 minutes ago, weeyin said: That's right. It's the same with selling players. Do we cash in on Watt, JT and Just in January for guaranteed money or keep them in the hope they keep us in the top 4 and help with a good cup run? Option 1 is money in the hand, but with the risk of sliding into the bottom half of the table, losing to Aberdeen in the cup and crowds falling again. Plus not repeating a season like this in the forseeable future. Option 2 is speculative, but the rewards could be a good cup run, a European spot, maintaining higher crowds and a season to remember. Risk/reward can be a difficult calculation for players and clubs. We’ve played 2 rounds of fixtures and the manner of our performance in games is a whole new level for us but after 22 games+ it doesn’t look like a flash in the pan so in this instance I’d go with option 2 thinking back to Jake Hastie, I think he performed over a handful of games and was a good move for him going to rangers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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