Poll
Question:
Should We Have Sold Chris Smalling?
Option 1: Yes
votes: 24
Option 2: No
votes: 9
Lets give the goodies of the new mb a run out
Yes, play it safe, we dont know how the boy would develop, how he would cope playing every week under pressure and how his drive and motivation would change with the fame of being a regular
Os ' I like the safe money' 5889
I know 7/8 million is great business but i think he will be somthing special in years to come. Can see both points of view but i would have rather he wasn't sold
Define "should".
It's a great bit a business, but it sure stings.
Good Business, brought for Peanuts sold for Millions.
Yes. Having a prospect like Smalling is a luxury. We have more pressing needs.
Good business but I wished he had stayed. Especially with Hangeland's knee of late. But more because of the uefa rule coming in about home grown players. Now Manure have added another to their squad and we have one less.
Lets prey that Wes Brown wont be coming the other way as part of the deal
Yes because we can invest in player or players that can inprove us now on 3 years down the line
If the price is right ... now get bidding Fergie/Wenger!
For the player it is great, for the club a bit short sighted
Makes a bit of sense in terms of cash, but I can't help but feel a bit p*ssed off. The sale of up and coming young players to the bigger clubs is one of the major things I hate about this game!
bump
gutted we sold, as think the kid had promise, but for that money can see why we did, just hope we invest it wisely.
I voted yes.
We can't gamble. If we have a certain amount of dosh guaranteed for a player, let's take it. I'm not sure we can wait a year or two to discover whether he gets better or worse.
I voted yes.
I trust Roy & the front office to turn this into something better. There were a lot of questions to our big sale last year and that turned out for the better...
reports are that the deal is for £12 million, stupid not to
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/smallings-pound12m-united-deal-signals-end-for-vidic-2033055.html
I'm not voting.
Everyone has an opinion (obviously) but none of us know the facts.
How much are we receiving? Some say £4M others £12M. Quite a difference.
What's Smallings attitude in this? And Roy's?
Was Hodgson involved, consulted, the final decision maker?
Does he have immediate transfer targets? Is the Smalling money relevant? Is he being backed by the Board?
What is the club's financial position? Is there money to spend? Is there a need to realise assets? Are we paying our way? To me this is more important than questioning the club's ambitions.
That we are not losing Smalling until the summer at least means that the squad is not being weakened this season.
...I quite like the suggestion by GCFFC on TiFF.
We sell Smalling to man ure and he goes to them at the end of the season - but we loan him to ar$enal for the rest of this season.. ;D
