I think it's time to look at Maca's move in a different way.

He just played 90mins in a 3-0 home win over Birmingham that put Millwall in 3rd place - pole position for the play-offs up to the Premiership. After almost 2 complete seasons on his contract with Millwall, showing perseverance and the ability to progress and get there in the end.

What's the going rate for a contributing Premiership striker? What's the going rate for a promotion-aspiring team striker in the Championship?

Whatever that is, 700K or so has to be good value for Millwall. And starting, or regularly coming on, for the 25th placed team in English football has to be a result for a player who was playing L6 for Gateshead not too long ago.

Yeah, the goal output may not be there at all, but looking at the greater context means it's been a win-win for both Millwall and Maca, methinks.

Edited February 28Feb 28 by theAnticlough

Macca has made 26 league appearances for Millwall this season, 18 of those appearances as a substitute. He's scored 3 goals & made 1 assist. I wouldn't say by those states that he is setting the World on fire at Millwall.

Even though his record isn't good, Millwall do keep persisting with him so it seems that he does have something going for him there.

Millwall are doing well in the Championship & Macca could find himself in the PL. Whether they would retain his services if they got promoted is another thing entirely.

My guess is that he would be sold on to either another Championship Club or a Club in League 1. If Notts got promoted to League 1 we could dream of his return to Notts. It could turn out to be the perfect fit for him.

All true.

I'm not sure he's been a 'success' on the whole spectrum from 'abject failure' to 'resounding success'. It's just that the perception of failure might not be correct.

For the reasons given, and for 700K, I'd say neutral at this point, with the needle twitching slightly towards the success side.

It's weird that his contract length isn't disclosed, but you can imagine it's til summer 2027. Would he see out that contract? Your guess might be right @Robbie but as a counter to that....a) there won't be too many team's banging down their door to offer what they paid, the lack of goal output will deflate his market value b) whichever league they're in his wage might be seen as good value for a squad player in 2026-27 as they round out their squad. So I don't think you can rule out him seeing out his contact - and maybe he'll bang in half a dozen in their promotion run-in. Who knows?