Naughton was star on championship at age of Smith. There is 3 years in-between and Kyle is two times championship xi player and proven pl full back whereas Smith is still to impress on higher than League One. Naughton is much, much more likely to have career on top flight than Smith.
If we sell Naughton for £5M that means we got Walker for £3m.
Losing Corluka, Gallas, Nelsen, Rose (on loan?)... We're looking a little light.
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I've just noticed this at the bottom of your sig: http://edlnews.co.uk/. Are you in favour of, or against, this organisation?Naughton came on massively at Norwich, and letting him go will be a mistake IMO.
I've just noticed this at the bottom of your sig: http://edlnews.co.uk/. Are you in favour of, or against, this organisation?
Why Archie can't just say 'Naughton' I don't know. It doesn't seem a bad deal, and we make a modest profit, but I'd rather we had better cover for Benny than Rose.
You're right. I should've looked more closely.If you click the link, you can see that it's an anti-EDL website.
But how many could afford his wages? He will have taken a substantial cut from the crazy whack he was earning at City, but I'm pretty sure he'll still be on around £100k a week, certainly with add-ons and bonuses. Very, very few clubs can stretch to that sort of money, and how many of those that could need him?
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I don't want to see Naughton sold. Championship team of the year, backed up with a solid season at Norwich. Has all the attributes to provide a great rotation policy with Walker, without losing anything. Whereas when we had to bring Corluka in for Walker, we lost pace.
If anything, Naughton's crossing ability is better than Walkers, if his allround game isn't quite as good.
Somehow we sold him, for cash as well. Unbelievable.