Sorry djskope but that doesn't make sense.djskope wrote:It's a kneejerk because they haven't thought about the ramifications (the herd mentality). I took a -0.1 drop but held as long as I could without losing sale price value.Ruth_NZ wrote:How is it a kneejerk to remove a player that will be out for 3 months? Seems like the definition of good sense to me.djskope wrote:Unfortunately the kneejerkers are twiching and Payet will probably drop again to 8.1m in 2 -3 nights. I need to sell just beforehand.
If you think about it, it would have probably been better for all owners if they held fire and didn't sell until the end of this week.
i.e.
Payet played on 07/11 and got injured.
His price was 8.3 at that time
The next transfer deadline was nearly 2 weeks away on 21/11 @11:45
If people hadn't collectively 'kneejerked' and sold early on in this period, his price today would still be 8.3.
Then we could have all reasonably safely sold him on Friday 20/11 just before the deadline (or even Thursday night if you were really panicky).
Most likely, given the above his price would still have been 8.3 on 20/11 rather than the 'orrible 8.1 it is today (Tuesday 17/11).
I think most people who own / owned him would have preferred his value to still be level at 8.3 today (or even 8.2), rather than 8.1.
Also by waiting to make the transfer this coming Friday, you would also have the bonus of knowing if your potential target transfers had got through the international break / club training week unscathed = enabling a more informed decision with probably 0.1m more cash.
Make sense?
Whilst I appreciate the sentiment, you are assuming the masses care way too much about their competitors. Unfortunately this isn't the case. I nor most people care little about the ramifications our early or late moves regarding our own teams have on others. I can appreciate that sounds selfish, but at the end of the day this is a selfish game we are playing with everyone wanting to try and get a leg up over their competition.
Considering I wanted to transfer the dropping in value Payet for the international free and rising in value Ozil, it was a no brainer to make the transfer as soon as possible. There was little risk versus reward.
Why on earth would I want to hold off on this transfer so the masses could attempt to gain the same value I could from an early move?
Hence why your comments are admirable, however lacking in sense.