Morrison

[flammableBen]

How does 250k compensation work out in Fitton's plan of collect youth, ????, profit?

What is the cost of developing a promising 17 year old for 4 seasons? You've got wages which aren't going to be sky high for a young player, but there must be other costs. When moving a young player do you have to worry about accommodation or any other extra costs? Don't forget general training and medical costs.

I really don't have much idea what that figure would be, but would 150-250k be about right?

Of course even if ended up being pretty cost neutral then that's better than 95% of Swindon players. If you could pull that off with even a third of the squad then that's the club's biggest out goings, players wages/costs, cut down massively. Which gives you a lot more scope to do stuff with our gate receipts.

So to finish this rather rambling post with a conclusion. Fitton's plan works! Yay.

Not sure where I was going with that post, but i've typed it now.

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keep dancing.

[carbonwhite]

Leeds have released michalik could be a replacement for morrison

[stfctownenda]

Leeds have released michalik could be a replacement for morrison

http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/carlisle-united/latest/carlisle-utd-sign-lubo-michalik-on-permanent-contract-1.799115?referrerPath=/news-star-sport-latest-1.49999

[joteddyred]

Well, well here we are again.  Discussing the complete lack of cover at centre back once again!

I find it a strange move on Morrison's behalf to be honest.  He's nowhere near good enough for Championship football imo and it seems as if the squad is already fairly rammed with similar players.  It's probably going to be a case of playing for the reserves for a couple of seasons with an odd cup game appearance in the first team before he may break through?  I would have thought he would have been better off staying here for more regular football and moving on in the summer, but who am I question?  Personally I'm not massively fussed as he's inconsistent to say the least.  Aside from the potential of him scoring, which we'll miss, I'd rather have Cuthbert in the team.

However, the fact that so many of us aren't that fussed doesn't get away from the fact that the situation in defence is now more dire than it has been all season.  Apologies for dragging up Greer again, but the sale of Morrison does make Fitton and Co look even more foolish for not replacing him than they already did.  It's all very well making the decision to go with the youngster and letting him step up, but was selling him a few months later part of the equation?  

This is just another twist that is bound to piss a lot of people off in a season which is already doing just that.  If we don't see decent replacements come in over the next few weeks, Leefer won't be alone in not renewing his season ticket.  

[Peacocks-Lucky-Coat]

Gutted that we've lost Morrison. A couple more years and he could have been up there with the best defenders in league 1 with a little more experience. Never heard any come and get me pleas, and he never seemed like the arrogant "too big for his boots" type. Good luck to him

[RJack]

At the end of the day Morrison wanted to go and him saying on the radio i'm staying at the club and seeing out my contract because a move was not the right time at present is a load of bollocks.

£250,000 clause was put in his contract because of his reluctance to extend it last year so people blaming Andrew Fitton & DW should maybe start looking at the player and not the club because otherwise we'd of ended up with fuck all had it not been for the club

[Phil_S]

Well rumours of Reading being interested in CA could easily have been confused by the Morrison deal. eg. Rumourmonger hears of Readings interest in an STFC player. Thinks must be Austin, makes up a figure & next thing we know CA is going to Reading in a done deal.

[joteddyred]

£250,000 clause was put in his contract because of his reluctance to extend it last year so people blaming Andrew Fitton & DW should maybe start looking at the player and not the club because otherwise we'd of ended up with fuck all had it not been for the club

In some ways I wish he hadn't extended and had gone at the end of last season.  If that had been the case we would have been forced to replace Greer with and might not find ourselves in the position we are now in.  The money we get for Morrison now is only of any use if it's used on a replacement.

[thedarkprince]

Can't be fucked to read through this thread but the Adver story does mention that we may get some players on loan as part of the deal, perhaps even Morrison until the end of the season?

[flammableBen]

Can't be fucked to read through this thread but the Adver story does mention that we may get some players on loan as part of the deal, perhaps even Morrison until the end of the season?

This might sound harsh, but I fucking hope not. We need to take this as a chance to improve our defence.

[Frigby Daser]

There's another couple of weeks of this window. Enough time to freshen up the squad with enough replacements to keep us up. That is the aim now - the airy fairy tak of play-offs is surely just to keep a positive spin on things. But it's artificial. We all know we need two strikers, now we need another centre back. That's the bare minimum, but if I can tell that, so can they, and they're the best people to run our club bar none.

[juddie]

not surprised by this, as hammond has been watching charlie and morrison for weeks. I think frampton will now be a done deal, just hope we can keep the guy fit.

[tans]

Marlon broomes coming in as a replacment

[carbonwhite]

Marlon broomes coming in as a replacment

more of a sweeper isnt he 

[Peter Venkman]

Marlon broomes coming in as a replacment

Clean sweep and all that I guess