[Albion] The Elephant in the room

Paulie Gualtieri · Jun 4, 2025

I believe next season will be his final year on the bumper (c80-90k a week 5 year deal he signed)

He’s a local lad and financially I see him honouring the pay day before accepting the 1 year extensions the club offers him until they stop offering or the playing wages aren’t suitable for him anymore

Chelsea (his team) won’t come in for him now so see him staying put as the family’s settled

Paulie Gualtieri · Jun 4, 2025

nickjhs said:
How does this work though?

Pretty standard stuff, club captains who transition out of the starting 11 often remain club captain with a match day captain (voice captain) assigned when they don’t play

Harry Wilson's tackle · Jun 4, 2025

Lady Whistledown said:
Indeed. An elephant in the room is something really obvious that nobody wants to talk about. When I saw the thread title, I assumed it was going to be about some sort of massive Albion taboo subject and went straight for it in very clickbaity fashion.

And then I opened it and found it was yet another thread about how much longer Lewis Dunk has at a high level

I saw the thread title and assumed a Penn & Teller trick had gone tragically wrong.

Lady Whistledown · Jun 4, 2025

Harry Wilson's tackle said:
I saw the thread title and assumed a Penn & Teller trick had gone tragically wrong.

Oooh now there's a flashback to 1990s TV. That and Eurotrash. Different times. Different times.

1066familyman · Jun 4, 2025

I bought a good friend a beautifully sculptured elephant ornament years ago.
He just stuck it in the corner of his room somewhere!

We don't talk about it.

swindonseagull · Jun 4, 2025

Being a good player / legend don't always make you a good coach.......and how many coaches positions are at BHA?

probably a while away yet before that bridge is crossed.

Albion my Albion · Jun 4, 2025

swindonseagull said:
probably a while away yet before that bridge is crossed.

Not necessarily

Cheshire Cat · Jun 4, 2025

To end of contract then a free transfer.

Justice · Jun 4, 2025

Dunk hasn’t become a bad player he’s not suited the the very high line Hurzeler insists on. If he had a stronger better tackling 8 in midfield and not Ayari it would make a huge difference. That would be Matt O’s natural position.

Albion my Albion · Jun 5, 2025

Justice said:
he’s not suited the the very high line Hürzeler insists on

Hürzeler

Shropshire Seagull · Jun 5, 2025

1066familyman said:
I bought a good friend a beautifully sculptured elephant ornament years ago.
He just stuck it in the corner of his room somewhere!

We don't talk about it.

Without intending to be racist, was it a white elephant?

Justice · Jun 5, 2025

1066familyman said:
I bought a good friend a beautifully sculptured elephant ornament years ago.
He just stuck it in the corner of his room somewhere!

We don't talk about it.

On a job once I knocked over a sculptured elephant and the head came clean off, super glued it back on and placed it back on the shelf never heard a thing

BLOCK F · Jun 5, 2025

Justice said:
On a job once I knocked over a sculptured elephant and the head came clean off, super glued it back on and placed it back on the shelf never heard a thing

If Ivory had done that, I wouldn’t have owned up either.
Tsk, tsk.

Couldn't Be Hyypia · Jun 5, 2025

Change at Barnham said:
Lewis is too good not to have around, but possibly his fitness level is dropping slightly with age.
I think he will be a wonderful leader within the squad but likely to spend more time on the bench than previously.

JPvH and Webster (or Boscagli or another new defender) as starters with Lewis coming on as an impact sub when needed.
His passing range and vision remains excellent, and also his blocking and tackling.
Based on what I see with my eyes, it's just his speed that is slowly diminishing.

I'm not sure centre backs can be regarded as impact subs, can they?

wellquickwoody · Jun 5, 2025

Mustafa II said:
It's an idiotic question. Why would he want to leave?

Although I interpreted as the OP saying he's not good enough. Which is even MORE idiotic. He had 3 caps for England last year.

Idiotic response to match.

wellquickwoody · Jun 5, 2025

Sid and the Sharknados said:
Can we play an elephant at centre half?

I think this could be the solution to our set piece problems.

Tall? Tick
Big Ears? Nah.
Big Arse? Not yet.
Big Nose? Tick

Nope, not an elephant.

thedonkeycentrehalf · Jun 5, 2025

Sid and the Sharknados said:
Can we play an elephant at centre half?

I think this could be the solution to our set piece problems.

Well, we've had a few Donkeys there over the years,

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