Can we get a refund for Sargent?

[cambridgeshire canary 7,932]

I mean what on Earth did Webber see him in? Got all the skills and first touch abilities of a drunk giraffe

 

EDIT: Humble pie is tasty 🥧

Edited January 23, 2022 by cambridgeshire canary

[Canary Jedi 616]

That’s a very disrespectful thing to say. Poor giraffes

[Making Plans 957]

Trade Description Act - obviously not a footballer

[Canary dwarf 221]

Worst striker we have ever had and 9 million as well.😂

[The Real Buh 3,802]

Ricky Van Wolfswinkel is sat somewhere, smoking a cigar, laughing his head off watching Josh Sargent!

[Ken Hairy 4,335]

I'd happily take the £8million loss right now. 

[Capt. Pants 5,152]

Yet people on here saw all the good things he done last season.

Clearly out of his depth and won't be any better in the Championship.

[Kingston Yellow 259]

Unfortunately, Josh is the one signing Sir Stuart made who wasn’t a loan.  Cracking signing. 

[Pyro Pete 2,395]

Yeah, but he works hard. Bless him.

[cambridgeshire canary 7,932]

1 minute ago, Pyro Pete said:

Yeah, but he works hard. Bless him.

Runs around a lot and gets on well with all the lads so I have heard

[Mello Yello 2,588]

I reiterate.....

[Samwam27 610]

Trouble is, we could relegated and he still looks awful in the Championship

[graz 22]

Meanwhile Super Mario finishes superbly for Stoke. If what we wanted was a goal scoring midfielder (because let's face it Sargent isn't a striker) I still think he would have done a better job.

[kirku 1,358]

6 minutes ago, graz said:

Meanwhile Super Mario finishes superbly for Stoke. If what we wanted was a goal scoring midfielder (because let's face it Sargent isn't a striker) I still think he would have done a better job.

Yes, Vrancic and Sargent are very similar players. Perfect comparison.

[Don’t be Krul 454]

7 minutes ago, graz said:

Meanwhile Super Mario finishes superbly for Stoke. If what we wanted was a goal scoring midfielder (because let's face it Sargent isn't a striker) I still think he would have done a better job.

And the assist for their 1st goal

[kirku 1,358]

Just now, Don’t be Krul said:

And the assist for their 1st goal

Our squad is littered with players who are too good for the championship but not good enough for the prem.

What Vrancic does today, or this season, is entirely irrelevant.

Our midfield has been much maligned for not being physical enough, how on earth is putting Vrancic in there going to improve things? Cuckoo land

 

[......and Smith must score. 1,637]

23 minutes ago, Making Plans said:

Trade Description Act - obviously not a footballer

Let's hope we paid for him with a credit card so we can make a claim for faulty goods under Section 75 of the Credit Card Act 😉

 

[Don’t be Krul 454]

10 minutes ago, kirku said:

Our squad is littered with players who are too good for the championship but not good enough for the prem.

What Vrancic does today, or this season, is entirely irrelevant.

Our midfield has been much maligned for not being physical enough, how on earth is putting Vrancic in there going to improve things? Cuckoo land

 

Whoa there and get off your soapbox. All I did was point out his assist

[Virtual reality 877]

He has his own competition going for miss of the season. Absolutely shot of confidence and desperately needs one to go in soon 

[Monty13 2,796]

He’s 21 years old. We didn’t spend the money on a 30 year old finished article, we bought an unfinished junior with, high work rate, good attributes and a lot of potential.

If Sargent was 30 with his record he’d probably be worth a third or less of his fee. Norwich buy very rough unfinished articles hoping to get a gem. He’s never been a prolific goal scorer at even close to the highest level, that’s what we bought.

Blame the recruitment team if you like but that’s clearly their brief when you look at Tzolis and Sargent and then previous buys like Placheta.

All this grief directed at a 21 year old doesn’t sit right with me. It’s not his fault he lacks the quality, we knew exactly what we were buying.

[Dean Coneys boots 1,550]

Imagine how hard WB must have laughed when they negotiated 8million for him. Robbery 

[kirku 1,358]

26 minutes ago, Don’t be Krul said:

Whoa there and get off your soapbox. All I did was point out his assist

I've seen 4-5 posts making a direct comparison between how Vrancic played today against QPR and our current squad, and yours was the one I quoted - so it was aimed at that lazy narrative rather than your post in particular

[Uncle Fred 526]

Just about the worst player to ever wear the shirt and don’t talk to me about the fee

[Christoph Stiepermann 1,268]

RVW was still worse, as bad technically and an equally poor finisher with his feet, didn't have the workrate and cost us more with inflation. 

A poor signing sure, but not the worst example of us p155ing money up the wall

[BigManInTheBarclay 84]

2 minutes ago, Christoph Stiepermann said:

RVW was still worse, as bad technically and an equally poor finisher with his feet, didn't have the workrate and cost us more with inflation. 

A poor signing sure, but not the worst example of us p155ing money up the wall

At least Ricky scored

[kirku 1,358]

2 minutes ago, Christoph Stiepermann said:

RVW was still worse, as bad technically and an equally poor finisher with his feet, didn't have the workrate and cost us more with inflation. 

A poor signing sure, but not the worst example of us p155ing money up the wall

RvW was significantly better technically and was a much better finisher - but he was also much further on in his development when he joined us.

[Dean Coneys boots 1,550]

Just now, kirku said:

RvW was significantly better technically and was a much better finisher - but he was also much further on in his development when he joined us.

If Ricky had been signed under Farke he would have scored lots of goals- he was playing in the wrong tactic and formation - was actually a Pukki type player. 

[Christoph Stiepermann 1,268]

Some revisionism going on here with RVW. At that time in my life I was able to watch every game that season and I remember pretty clearly exactly how poor he was. He was screwing up chances and shanking the ball high and wide just as much as Sargent, he couldn't pass the ball or control it, couldn't run with it, couldn't hold onto it, he had nothing except his ability to find space and a decent header. You guys are thinking of the RVW highlights reel that showed him scoring in defensively weak leagues for relatively good teams...and again the key word is highlights, the RVW that played for us was just as poor with the ball as Sargent 

Edited December 5, 2021 by Christoph Stiepermann

[The Great Mass Debater 1,267]

[Capt. Pants 5,152]

Whether Sargent is better or worse than RvW is neither here nor there. 

Webber has criticised the club in the past for pissing money up the wall, and on his watch Sargent becomes yet another example.

I suspect that he must be incredibly disappointed how Josh has turned out, so far.