Classic agent/player playbook to facilitate a move. His agents will be banking on the club/fans turning on him to increase the likelihood of bids being accepted. Club’s response has been smart and his contract duration gives us a strong hand.
Was very interesting to learn more about Charlie’s early life and family. Shame how it ended for him here but pleased he was able to move forward and experience so much helping Gus.
High impact going forward but his ability and determination to rapidly drop in at wingback has been crucial in the last 5 games. Gives us great balance, especially when we don’t win the ball back during an initial high press.
Great we got Tzimas. Really think we’ve done well to move quickly and get a complicated deal over the line. Outside of that it looks like several glaring weaknesses have been deferred and we’ve taking a huge gamble in allowing Enciso and Ferguson to be loaned out. Even letting Moder go looks...
Agree with all of this. Tony & Paul will undoubtedly have an eye on the underlying data and I’d imagine PB at least has regular interactions with senior pro’s to get 360 feedback. I’d imagine there is a small chance he’s gone after the window closes as we didn’t want to screw up pending...
Beyond this season we clearly have a wealth of high potential talent available but also very tough calls to make on the retention of players who would have walked into almost any Albion 11 outside of the last few seasons.
What’s most baffling to me is that we’ve invested so heavily but it’s...
All fair points to argue but for me his only direct competitor for a role in the team should be Welbeck. Does Danny’s fitness record and current form mean it’s smart to be loaning out his most capable and promising competitor/alternative? We’ve still got 14 league games and at least 1 cup tie...