Alan McCafu

[pauliewalnuts]

re the wage bill, I genuinely do think a few people are being over optimistic if they think once Hutton is gone we're going to go on a wages spree again.

It's clearly an issue still.

[Dave Clark Five]

Nothing will convince me that the best way to move on players you don't want any more is to ostracise them and make them train with the under 12s.

I agree. The article in the Mail is typical mumbo jumbo. Why does Lambert have to speak in riddles? 'Nothing to do with football', then why not play him? There have been numerous occasions that he could have played, despite Hutton being scapegoat no.1, even to people who have probably never seen him play.

[pauliewalnuts]

Nothing will convince me that the best way to move on players you don't want any more is to ostracise them and make them train with the under 12s.

I agree. The article in the Mail is typical mumbo jumbo. Why does Lambert have to speak in riddles? 'Nothing to do with football', then why not play him? There have been numerous occasions that he could have played, despite Hutton being scapegoat no.1, even to people who have probably never seen him play.

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a poor player, I really do.

However, given that our only other non-out-of-position option there until just lately, Lowton, was also pretty poor for much of the time, and given we've spent the last 18 months or however long we've been pretending Hutton doesn't exist, paying him 40k a week anyway, perhaps it might have made sense to include him in the squad?

[sid1964]

I think all this proves that we wont be going after players who command large weekly salaries for the considerable future

[sid1964]

Maybe Hutton only gets his £40k a week when he is playing for the 1st team

I remember listening to a  football agent who said that players only got there full salaries if they are in 1st team etc....

[brontebilly]

Nothing will convince me that the best way to move on players you don't want any more is to ostracise them and make them train with the under 12s.

I agree. The article in the Mail is typical mumbo jumbo. Why does Lambert have to speak in riddles? 'Nothing to do with football', then why not play him? There have been numerous occasions that he could have played, despite Hutton being scapegoat no.1, even to people who have probably never seen him play.

Don't get me wrong, I think he's a poor player, I really do.

However, given that our only other non-out-of-position option there until just lately, Lowton, was also pretty poor for much of the time, and given we've spent the last 18 months or however long we've been pretending Hutton doesn't exist, paying him 40k a week anyway, perhaps it might have made sense to include him in the squad?

agreed 100%. self defeating not including him. If he came in and played well in a few games, someone might take a punt on him. He couldnt have been any worse than the likes of Lowton, Bacuna and Luna this season anyway.

Hutton is a strange one though. Remember his weight ballooning at times at Spurs, where he mixed runs of good form with horrible form. Had a decent loan spell at Sunderland a few years back aswell. His first season he was shite for us but if he cut out his thuggish behaviour that he displayed with us, never really saw it in him elsewhere, he should be at least a competent option at right back.

[Ads]

re the wage bill, I genuinely do think a few people are being over optimistic if they think once Hutton is gone we're going to go on a wages spree again.

It's clearly an issue still.

I am probably telling you what you already know, but if you get shot of Bent, Given and Hutton and free up £150k per week in wages, then you do at least give yourself the chance to get four or five good players in, which would make the world of difference.

[Ad@m]

I think all this proves that we wont be going after players who command large weekly salaries for the considerable future

I don't think it does.  At most it proves we're unlikely to be offering massive wages to shit right backs in the foreseeable future.

[martin o`who??]

Yet another reason for detesting the modern game - someone getting paid £40k per week for doing sweet FA . I would hazard a guess that the amount is more than most, posting on here, earn in a year. Its madness and makes no sense whatsoever. Doesn`t paint much of a picture of Lerner being an astute businessman.
Still, Hutton is just another dud in a whole catalogue of poor signings over the years - I suppose all clubs suffer the same fate - it just seems like we make more gaffes than most  .... Curcic, Balaban for example,

If only the list was that short....

[rob_bridge]

Yet another reason for detesting the modern game - someone getting paid £40k per week for doing sweet FA . I would hazard a guess that the amount is more than most, posting on here, earn in a year. Its madness and makes no sense whatsoever. Doesn`t paint much of a picture of Lerner being an astute businessman.
Still, Hutton is just another dud in a whole catalogue of poor signings over the years - I suppose all clubs suffer the same fate - it just seems like we make more gaffes than most  .... Curcic, Balaban for example,

If only the list was that short....

Cascorino was on a fortune at the time. Collymore. Beye. Cuellar. Baros. Heskey. Luke Young. Shorey. Makoun. CNZ.

The waste is astonishing.

[Drummond]

Hutton was a liability every time he played for us, a 'tackle' away from a sending off every game. Plus, what's the point in playing him when clearly there is no future? Lowton has shown he can play well, at times last season he was our best player and clearly has a lot of ability.

[Jon Crofts]

As others have said, Hutton is a liability, most of his tackles look more like common assault, horrible one dimensional footballer.

[rob_bridge]

As others have said, Hutton is a liability, most of his tackles look more like common assault, horrible one dimensional footballer.

Agree he wass utterly shite for us despite being good at Rangers and not bad at Spuds either.

[KevinGage]

Maybe Hutton only gets his £40k a week when he is playing for the 1st team

I remember listening to a  football agent who said that players only got there full salaries if they are in 1st team etc....

That's possibly it.  Didn't Hutton have fitness and, ahem, liftestyle issues at Tottingham?

Maybe a big percentage of his wage is dictated by actual games played. 

[OCD]

As others have said, Hutton is a liability, most of his tackles look more like common assault, horrible one dimensional footballer.

Even that's being kind. If he's one dimensional, I'm not sure what the dimension is and 'footballer' is stretching it too.