BatRam Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Would you have him back if we could? Id certainly have him back. i liked him when he was here and couldnt understand why we got rid Anon and Comrade 86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anon Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 40 minutes ago, BatRam said: Would you have him back if we could? Id certainly have him back. i liked him when he was here and couldnt understand why we got rid Yes. That's easy to say with hindsight though. It's also a very different proposition trying to break into a Championship playoff team with Mount/Huddlestone/Bryson in front of you in the pecking order than breaking into a league one team. It seemed an odd time to release him though. 2019 was the summer that Mel realised he was in trouble with the finances and Cocu was encouraged to use talents produced from our academy. Surely Elsnik could've competed for game time with Bird/Sibley/Knight. BatRam, DarkFruitsRam7, Comrade 86 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 1 hour ago, Anon said: Yes. That's easy to say with hindsight though. It's also a very different proposition trying to break into a Championship playoff team with Mount/Huddlestone/Bryson in front of you in the pecking order than breaking into a league one team. It seemed an odd time to release him though. 2019 was the summer that Mel realised he was in trouble with the finances and Cocu was encouraged to use talents produced from our academy. Surely Elsnik could've competed for game time with Bird/Sibley/Knight. We decided we would get rid early in the 18/19 season. We even tried to sell him in the January to Mansfield (where he was supposed to stay the full season on loan and would be free in the summer). We then recalled him before realising no one would pay a fee for someone who would be free a few months later, then panic loaned him out to the first taker. It's been said a few times, but whoever was making the final decision on our youngsters players was doing a bad job of it. We got lucky with Cashin and to some degree Ebosele, but missed out big time on Whittaker, Archie Brown, Jacobsen, and Elsnik. Comrade 86, angieram, Anon and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Tbf, at the time Elsnik had been going through a bad run of injuries, which I think contributed. These have settled down and he's been able to build strength and form since then. I've always been a fan and still follow his career. Would he even want to come back to us now? Probably not. Comrade 86 and Crewton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 When you look at some of the young players who have slipped through our fingers, by fair means or foul, it's quite depressing. As I recall, Timi had a couple of chances at senior level and took to it like a duck to water and for me, this was bad one as it was our call, not the lure of the top 6. I'm not at all surprised that he's carving out a decent career for himself. angieram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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