LondonRoader
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Dunkley doubled his wages, same as Lundstrum and Maguire, we had a wage structure model that was affordable.Sorry: WHAT is "categorically wrong". You have no idea what was going through Dunkley's head? Or what he is being paid. You have no idea what Jack Payne was saying to his agent. You have no idea what Appleton was thinking. But none of these players have gone for knock-out moves like Roofe straight from League 2 to the Championship (which we all understood well). They are going sideways, or upwards so little that you can barely discern it. Which would hardly imply that OUFC is viewed within the squad as the place to be, right now.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the success of the three years until last April. Last January away to Boro and last April away to Millwall made me truly proud, in a way I haven't felt for years. But I also enjoyed the mid-1990s. Didn't mean I had to behave as though lobotomised when things started to first drift and then crater. It is entirely possible to see progress and success for what it is, and then see drift and degradation for what it is as well.
Signing Brannegan is entirely compatible with bedding in for the long run in League 1 mid-table. It's a model pursued by Posh for years. Fund running losses by trading players. Very decent, admirable stuff. But hardly ambitious. If we were signing Brannegan with the intention of keeping him here for the mid-term push up the pyramid, that would be a very different thing, of course. But recent history suggests otherwise.
Payne is a loan player and there was always the issue of the January window, do you know we never instigated the return to use the money else where because of new players coming in and the stagnation of Payne.
Appleton was offered a massive wage hike to help out at a prem club, it seems to be working fine.
I certainly wouldn't describe the current situation as drifting..