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He showed exactly what he can bring today and it's easy to see how much we benefitted from his presence today but personally this has never been the dispute. The dispute has been whether we should risk the short term by selling a player who has a good value now, knowing this is probably the only time we can properly cash in, so we can free up a spot and strengthen elsewhere in the team. The risk being that Skipp clearly is not as good at doing that currently, however today showed the other benefit of selling Hojbjerg which is, that Skipp would have to be the player to be brought on or Sarr has to stay on and see the game out, that we can't turn to the dependable Hojbjerg, which forces the issue on Skipp/Sarr developing.
It is the notion of risking the good for the potential of great. We would be sacrificing points in the short term of that there is no doubt, it's about whether it will lead to something greater down the line, plus the benefit of potentially adding a much needed player elsewhere or even adding a player like Redondo. That's what needs to be judged. Personally I'd risk it, as much as I'm desperate to be swept up in what we're currently doing.
It is the notion of risking the good for the potential of great. We would be sacrificing points in the short term of that there is no doubt, it's about whether it will lead to something greater down the line, plus the benefit of potentially adding a much needed player elsewhere or even adding a player like Redondo. That's what needs to be judged. Personally I'd risk it, as much as I'm desperate to be swept up in what we're currently doing.