I think you are forgetting that those 'top
players' are former PL players who failed and are funded by shit loads of cash their clubs received for failure. Ward was in that group.
I hope The Albion continue to refuse paying wages that put the long term future of the club at risk. If it means...
That message is lost on many Albion fans. Even if they aren't aware of why we ended up as the paupers of football for 14 years they only need look at Portsmouth's recent demise because of paying stupid money to mediocre players that exceeded their income by Millions per season.
I'd like Ward...
Without a doubt that is needed. Unfortunately, parachute payments plus the 'prize money' the relegated PL teams have 'won' has guaranteed that football clubs outside of that financial loop will always lose players because of wages. Factor in the likes of Forest, Leeds, and others willing to...
What some of them are on, at the level they play (and in most cases-the highest level they are ever likely to play at) is bloody ridiculous. Ward was good for us last year but to pay him the equivalent of 1500 season ticket's revenue is suicidal.
More proof of how the PL and parachute payments...