Max Lowe - Left for Sheffield United

[Wolfie20]

4 minutes ago, Ram-a-lama fa fa fa said:

surely malone will go before lowe

Only if another club wants him

[Jimbo Ram]

2 minutes ago, thekingofbuxton said:

I'm sure that last season Max was linked with a £1.5m move to Brentford.  Thankfully we didn't sell. 

Many posters on here, myself included covert Brentford for their player recruitment model.  

In light of this alone we should keep Max.

I think Lowe reflects where we currently are as a team. I think he would get in most of the bottom half teams. Not so sure he would get in many top 6 teams. He is not good enough going forward, not a great crosser, can be poor positionally and not a great header of the ball.

[richinspain]

14 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

I think Lowe reflects where we currently are as a team. I think he would get in most of the bottom half teams. Not so sure he would get in many top 6 teams. He is not good enough going forward, not a great crosser, can be poor positionally and not a great header of the ball.

Thank God he's a looker!

[Jram]

1 hour ago, thekingofbuxton said:

I'm sure that last season Max was linked with a £1.5m move to Brentford.  Thankfully we didn't sell. 

Many posters on here, myself included covert Brentford for their player recruitment model.  

In light of this alone we should keep Max.

Was Sibley not also linked with Wolves maybe 18 months ago? £1.5 million or something and it seemed quite legitimate if I remember rightly 

Glad we didn’t sell and I imagine he is as well

[NottsRam77]

1 hour ago, Jimbo Ram said:

I think Lowe reflects where we currently are as a team. I think he would get in most of the bottom half teams. Not so sure he would get in many top 6 teams. He is not good enough going forward, not a great crosser, can be poor positionally and not a great header of the ball.

Agree, there’s a very good reason Why cocu stopped playing him and bogle at the same time.... and too much Beauty on the pitch at any one time wasn’t the reason lol

[Dimmu]

At least one (maybe even two) of the Lb's will be moved on and I think Max is the easiest one.

One position and four options doesn't sound very prudent management...

For that reason alone, I was surprised that Forsyth got a new deal.

[NottsRam77]

28 minutes ago, Dimmu said:

At least one (maybe even two) of the Lb's will be moved on and I think Max is the easiest one.

One position and four options doesn't sound very prudent management...

For that reason alone, I was surprised that Forsyth got a new deal.

Totally agree re Forsyth 

would also concern me a little if it’s fozzy and Buchanan for that role 

I think we need a lot better than both tbh .. not that I don’t love fozzy but I just think if we want to push on we need better 

[RandomAccessMemory]

Just now, Dimmu said:

At least one (maybe even two) of the Lb's will be moved on and I think Max is the easiest one.

One position and four options doesn't sound very prudent management...

For that reason alone, I was surprised that Forsyth got a new deal.

If we lose both Malone and Lowe, we'd have Forsyth and Buchanan.

I'd really hope Forsyth has a lot more luck this coming season than recent ones, but he's had 3 really serious injuries, isn't it always a worry he may get injured again? Buchanan has looked great in the few games he played but he's very inexperienced and so we don't know how his body will hold up to so much football. Didn't he miss quite a bit of last season with injury too?

It would be a huge risk to lose both of Malone and Lowe, left back seems to have been a real problem position for us with injuries for a long, long time, even all we've had there hasn't been enough sometimes. Unless we think someone else could step up if we do end up in that situation, possibly Jordan Brown?

I still hope we keep Lowe.

[DCFC1388]

Keep Lowe & Forysth, loan out Buchanan until Jan, then try to sell Malone

Wisdom has shown he is capable of filling in at LB if injuries/suspensions hit us, and Shinnie can play there too

[Ramarena]

Lowe is the only saleable asset we have in the LB slot.

Fozzy isn’t going to attract bids despite him being a useful player and he’s worth more to us than the very little we could get for him and Malone’s wages will price him out of a move even if we waived the transfer fee.

[MaltRam]

Max Lowe is going to have a decent career, but not convinced he'll play any higher. He's available for the right money but at the same time he could break through this term if given the shirt. Foz is the best left back at the club by a margin in my opinion, but his injury record means we can't just cross our fingers and hope he'll be OK, so either offload Malone to save the wages, or sell Lowe to bring in a fee...if either of those things are possible. Can't realistically go in with 3 senior specialist left backs though. Slightly messy state to be in.

[JAT]

I wouldn’t be surprised if both Malone and Lowe went. With Forsyth and Buchanan being the two remaining. 

[Sparkle]

I am sure we will be actively trying to find another club for Malone but we probably would sell lowe if the bid was high enough as we have Forsyth who is the best left back we have and the promising Buchanan plus Shinnie has spent half of his career playing there 

[DCFC1388]

7 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

I am sure we will be actively trying to find another club for Malone but we probably would sell lowe if the bid was high enough as we have Forsyth who is the best left back we have and the promising Buchanan plus Shinnie has spent half of his career playing there 

What price would you say is high enough for Lowe?

[Taribo]

£1m would do it for me, I don’t see the hype, but then we couldn’t replace him for that so who knows ?‍♂️?

[Sparkle]

3 minutes ago, DCFC1388 said:

What price would you say is high enough for Lowe?

Difficult one in these times - we paid £3 million for Malone and we would be lucky to get that amount for lowe but I would be wanting a large sell on 20% say 

[DCFC1388]

1 minute ago, Sparkle said:

Difficult one in these times - we paid £3 million for Malone and we would be lucky to get that amount for lowe but I would be wanting a large sell on 20% say 

Would need to have a sell on % for sure

We could do with Malone off the books, his wage is probably twice what Lowes is

[cheron85]

I think the many and varied opinions expressed in this thread on our LBs sums up the predicament perfectly

None of them are exceptional, none of them are utterly dire - they each have strengths and weaknesses - and each of those things seem to be things which the others don't have - All 3 would get into most of the sides in this league but it's not clear which combo of 2 is best for us

Lowe probably has most value through age and potential alone but I wouldn't personally be desperate to get rid of him - but if the offer was good we have plenty of depth in that area

[Ghost of Clough]

I think it’s pretty obvious what Cocu wants. Malone out (hence ending the season as 4th choice LB), Fozzy and Lowe battling for first choice and Buchanan our on loan. Lowe to take over as first choice the following season with Fozzy (depending on fitness/injury) or Buchanan (depending on how he progresses) as 2nd choice. 

The only problem is if we can’t find another club for Malone, but I think the worst case is someone taking him on a season long loan. 

[hintonsboots]

I would give Bogle and Lowe the full back births at the start of the season. They both need to prevent a higher % of crosses coming into the box though. I would also like to see them both smile from time to time. Relax and enjoy your football boys.