Matt Hobbs

[DenTyler]

can somebody explain exactly what this bloke is doing?

We sell a £70 -£80 million pound defender to a rich club with years on his contract for a ridiculous £51million.
We then swap a really s*** purchase of £35 million for a £10 million pound player in his last year of contract at Everton.

Alarm bells are ringing

 

[kingdowieonthewall]

he appears to be stinking it up.
dont care for him.

 

[Stirlingsays]

Johnson lost us a lot of money.....I like Larsen but 48 million? That's a hard sell.

52 million for our top defender with three years left on his contract?

Let's hope that the new guys coming in are good picks.

 

[samprior]

Last summer was fairly decent. This summer is going ok (minus the fact we should have got a bit more for Lacroix) considering we're also dealing with damage limitation from January.

January is currently IMO pound for pound the worst transfer window we've ever had.

So the jury is well and truly out but I'm at least feeling a bit more optimistic that we seem to have returned to a sensible strategy of targeting youthful prospects and cheap experienced pros, as opposed to overspending on mediocre 'proven' prem players.

I've definitely been a harsh critic of him but willing to see how this window pans out...we all makes mistakes... Just not normally 90m pound ones like he did in January.

 

[Part Time James]

January was an absolute panic and I still wonder whether we naively thought some splurging would keep Glasner from leaving.

 

[Jacey]

None of us know what was happening in the background last January,but dealing with a petulant,childish OG,would not have been easy for anyone,not even the great,Dougie!!

 

[syd snot]

Not upto the job.

 

[pssguy]

We don'tknow how much Hobbs was involved with the January purchases. Maybe Parish was panicking and placating Glasner. Larsen probably down to Hobbs but Johnson less likely. No idea who cocked up on the McNeil front

Outside of Palace supporters, the Lacroix transfer fee seems to have been regarded as about right. Three free transfers (inc Kamada) of established players can't be sneezed at and there are others recently completed or well advanced. The Johnson/McNeil situation is unfortunate but it is surely better to get the sorry business over with. Sage has had a chance to input his view and we can surmise what that was