Olowu

[Alan Southstand]

“ We will replace pretty easily.”

To date, we havn’t, so I wouldn’t describe it in such a way. We may well replace him but, so far,  it appears to be far from easy.

Obviously, GM not back in the office today or I’m pretty sure we would have heard something. There were a few things left ‘hanging’ before he left on his break so either we’re waiting for GM to return or the deals that were mentioned have fallen through!

[IDM]

Or maybe, just maybe, things are going on behind the scenes..

[Red wizard]

Imo any half decent CB would've done well in our side last season. We won the league and there wasn't many games where we wasn't attacking for big parts of the game. Now I'm not saying Joe is a bad player as he isn't and is of loved to keep him to see if he could kick on with us and got a big move next summer to the championship. Now he's got to hit the ground running in a new system and side or he will not play every week. Here he was guaranteed a place,he knew the system and had formed a excellent partnership with McGrath who is the better player imo. Hopefully this new lad is just as good and in Pearson we have a real warrior who will be a upgrade on Wood and Tom. Id like to say we are stronger at CB now than last season.

[RoversInSpain]

As stated earlier…easily replaced

[BillyStubbsTears]

Very broad brush look at things.

Last season, Olowu played in 31 league games, in which we conceded 35 goals

He missed 15 games, in which we conceded 15 goals.

Caveats a-plenty, but this does chime a bit with my feeling last season that for all that Olowu (and McGrath) looked excellent, we were no worse a defensive unit without him.

[Chris Black come back]

We clearly would have rather kept him than lost him. That’s unarguable. What is an irritant though is him leaving for free and us not getting a penny for him. Such is life though.