Re: Mahoney
wakeyblueThe ReverendTinaTractorWould all you ‘hota is wicked, Tom’ lot be happy if we signed him as a replacement?
I certainly would.
We would still be a player short of the first team squad of last season and that player short would be one of the most talented.
This, if the blues want to move forward as a football club we should be building the squad around players like Jota, sure he's hit and miss, but with the right management and recruitment he will thrive here, as much as it pains me to say it, if the manager of the vile thinks he can add something to his premier League squad for next season it means he's got talent.
Reminds of when we signed zarate, the kid was on a different level to the rest of the team, we could all see it in the stands, let's build something round these talented footballers instead of chastising them, we ain't gonna get back to the prem with spirit and commitment like last time
This. All day.
Mahoney is a good squad player with great potential, but he isn’t a replacement. He’s in addition to.
If we move Jota on, there’s a hole in the wing where we would need to recruit in addition to Mahoney (if the cherries will let us have him back - I can’t see them selling him) and we would lose a great partnership with Juke and one of our only creative players.
Sure Jota has a bit of a powder puff finish/shot, but the guy is undeniably talented and I don’t understand why so many are so keen to ship him on.