Albion Robster
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More than Chuba Akpom?
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[Albion] James Wilson
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More than Chuba Akpom?
BensGrandad
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If as suggested he is on £5k per week at Aberdeen would an offer of £10k per week be out of the question this means on 12 months contract we would speculate about
£500k and what can you buy for that?
£500k and what can you buy for that?
LamieRobertson
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That’s how I remember it...still some like to put the boot in
Sussexscots
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As I understood it, Man United were still covering a significant proportion of his £20/30K per week salary.
There's a player in there, but Warren Joyce (former Man United reserves manager) went on record as saying that almost as soon as Wilson secured a lucrative contract he stopped putting the work in that got him there in the first place.
He's been at Aberdeen for a season and a half, played only around 23 games. McInnes has preferred Cosgrove, a player they picked up from Carlisle for a reported fee of £40,000 to Wilson.
Simply don't think he's what we need.
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FatSuperman
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I think what BG means is that if Wilson is planning to sign for Aberdeen on a permanent basis, for £3-£5k per week, then would an offer a bit north of that be worth a shot? I’m surprised nobody else would take a chance on him, given he’s on a free.
Imagine being Wilson and having to take a 90% pay cut, possibly because he was too lazy to work harder.
BensGrandad
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That is exactly the point if it didnt work out no great expense BUT he may look at it as a last chance saloon and adjust accordingly.
Wish he’d put it in a bit more often for us
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That i don't agree with. Wasted talent
sussex_guy2k2
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I liked him. It appeared the illness hit him really hard. But there was a player in there. Not sure I'd be taking him back now though.
It is an expense though, because firstly he'd be taking up one of 25 slots, and secondly any time he's on the pitch he'd be taking the place of someone who's likely to do better. If we were in the Championship, I'd be ok with the idea. It would still involve the club meeting up with him and asking why he thinks his career hasn't gone as he'd have liked, to see if he knows he's been to lazy, and if he wants to do something about it.
He's young enough that he'll still get more chances. There's no sign that he's finished with being shit yet. It's a gamble I wouldn't want to take.
seagull_special
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He will probably end up rattling around the lower leagues with managers signing him in the forlorn hope that he can can rediscover that spark that made him such a prospect. Sad to see a talent wasted but it is a familiar story in football.
I thought that was big jurgs?
BensGrandad
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Didnt consider the 25 man named squad as we only named 23 last season.