I would say talking about wanting another team’s player in public is very disrespectful. I couldn’t imagine PB doing that.
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[Football] Ben White - Sings new FOUR year deal.
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I would say talking about wanting another team’s player in public is very disrespectful. I couldn’t imagine PB doing that.
Agree.
Will be good to put an end to the transfer talk, temporarily.
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rogersix
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it has to said i'm no expert, but how does a large fanbase equate to 80m revenue more than us?
Sheebo
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Leeds as a club (fan base / local press / media reps etc) have proved they aren’t in the same league as us on the class levels - nothing surprises me.
Bold Seagull
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You are right, it is a lot of speculation.
I think under GP now, and the way he throws the likes of Alzate with only L2 experience in the mix in the PL, that White going out on loan wouldn't have happened had he been at the club earlier. I think we'd be looking at White having had a good number of PL appearances under his belt. This 'plan coming to fruition' I don't think would be the plan in the current managerial setup.
Bob!
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He has also said that White is currently training with Brighton so that should kill some more of the deludeds murmurings
He's just pandering to the thicko fan base. Imagine the carnage if they'd not made an effort to look as if there was a chance of signing him?
He's letting them down gently.
I'm sure there will still be plenty of knuckle draggers going the full Jim Carey in Dumb and Dumber "So you're saying there's still a chance?!".
But it's basically him closing the door as gently as possible and tip toeing away....
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Me and my Monkey
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To be fair, he was answering a question put to him by the reporter, and I dont think he sounded disrespectful. I would have been quite rude not to answer the question.
I imagine Bradford are seeing as they've often had attendances not much lower than yours despite competing at a lower level.
By the way the deal was done, the money paid and his selection since we can fairly safely say:-
'Potter wanted Webster' - No if's no but's, get me Webster.
If that meant 'holding White back a year' then so be it.
From the outside looking in it appears to be a tactical masterclass.
At some point this season and certainly by the start of next, the club may well have an English back 3, 4 or 5 all with a large amount of Premier League experience, all under 25 years old all with a combined total cost of less than £30m.
Or if you'd prefer...
...half a Lewis Dunk. .
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It would be nice to hear Ben come out and say “ I have a contract with Brighton and am looking forward to breaking into the first team next season”.
Simples.
Simples.
Bold Seagull
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The likes of Chelsea and Manure break transfer records to bring in players and hoover up every bloody youngster they can find with huge academy setups and loan systems. I don't see us as operating in the same way as them - do you? Is that a reasonable comparison?
I don't think we'd repeat this again under Potter as said above. Like with Alzate, I don't think he will see only L2 experience and think he's not ready because he needs a loan to the Championship, he'll play him because he thinks he looks good enough. All this small steps is why we didn't bring any youngsters through for a time.
Now we have the likes of Connolly and Alzate breaking through and being given a real chance to prove themselves in the PL, and had Potter been appointed in say January, I really do think White wouldn't have been loaned out at all.
FatSuperman
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Until this season he had only played IN LEAGUE 1. We were about to embark upon a campaign with a new manager, in his first season in the PL, his second in English football. We had an opportunity for Ben to possibly play an entire season with a good squad in the Championship, under a decent manager. It was a very good opportunity.
We OBVIOUSLY knew his potential as we kept him, kept giving him new contracts, and refused options to buy - all of this BEFORE he went to Leeds.
I thought you wanted us to sell him for £20m? [emoji3]
Bold Seagull
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Not sure I agree.
After a couple of weeks in the job "I hope we're keeping Ben White?"
"No, we've already agreed a loan to Leeds because our development excel spreadsheet said so"
"Oh, that's a shame, you're going to have to bring Adam Webster instead then please."
GT49er
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Nearly six weeks between GP arriving and BW going to Leeds - plenty of time to have a look at him. Besides, GP already knew a lot about BW - he wanted to sign him at Swansea.
Of course the loan plan could have been changed - it was for Connolly I believe. Anyway, I'm sure BW learned a lot more playing every match in the Championship than he would have done as fourth or fifth CB at Brighton.