Yes I agree, players these days see themselves (rightfully) as mini-businesses - leasing their services to clubs for a period of time. If we're savvy we'll buy them for lowish fees and sell them on for more but we've just so happened to have half a team of players who are ageing and won't fetch that much in sales if anything plus they're generally taking up big wages (no disrespect intended to Brunt , Morrison, Livermore, HRK, Barry for example who in the main have offered good service).
They key for us to get a manager next season who can properly develop this handful of talented kids we have into a good team for the next few years whilst moving out the older higher earners and helping Dowling to buy good enough replacements who we can also develop and move on for more in the future.
We simply need a bloody good coach who has a track record of developing youngsters.............. and give them at least a bit of time.....for a change?