He had his f***ing ankle smashed in his first game!! When he came back it looked for the world like he was limping. Only starting to get going now. As for anyone else, if we want to keep a player under contract, it’ll take a too-good-to-refuse offer like Caicedo to get them out. Not easy in a...
Not sure the Albion ‘sell’ players. We don’t need the money under PSR/FFP. If someone expresses an interest in any player, it’ll be the usual multiple bids until a valuation is met. Caicedo went a year earlier than planned and two clubs ramped it up until TB/PB were made an offer they couldn’t...
There are very few PSR compliant clubs that’ll be able to meet the Albion’s (internal) valuation of Van Hecke. The footballing ecosystem is a different beast currently and player representatives know that plenty of the big hitters are financially hamstrung (unless they ‘play’ the rules).
Same thing in Brighton - without the venomous snakes. Neighbour & friend got chickens. The rats turned up soon after followed by the foxes. Neighbour & friend leaves after several years of chicken ownership. Rat sightings now commonplace. New owners remove chicken coop to reveal extraordinary...
Compared to their previous extravagances they’re not! The 8-year contract (value) approach has still not been tested. And apart from their egregious manipulation of the PSR rules (which UEFA won’t currently buy), they could still be f***ed soon (hopefully). Any academy talent like Colwill will...
Was there. Only ever seen the Jocks bring down a crossbar. A backs against the wall, fight or get f***ed response. Archer, Stanley and Belotti certainly understood that we weren’t going down quietly.
This is why the Albion as a Phoenix Club would’ve been so problematic. Gigg Lane is a decent 12500 stadium. We would have had nothing/Withdean! Hereford really was a seismic/existential sliding doors moment.