I think he wasn’t as good as we thought. He was perfect for how Poyet set us up but didn’t have enough versatility to fit different roles for different teams.
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[Albion] Liam Bridcutt podcast - "I didn't want to leave"
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I think he wasn’t as good as we thought. He was perfect for how Poyet set us up but didn’t have enough versatility to fit different roles for different teams.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Wait, what?
Icy Gull
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- Jul 5, 2003
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I have very find memories of Liam prior to the “head in the wrong place” guff
https://twitter.com/officialbhafc/status/1468218997074464771?s=21&t=0vt3r7BooLzgzv8NPN9PfQ
https://twitter.com/officialbhafc/status/1468218997074464771?s=21&t=0vt3r7BooLzgzv8NPN9PfQ
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
His family told him not to follow Gus to Sunderland he went against the advice and here we are.
Biscuit Barrel
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Still with us?
Javeaseagull
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- Feb 22, 2014
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Whatever way I look at it he has made more money than I will ever see and he is still being paid to kick a football. Lucky *******.
- Jul 10, 2003
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Very much this. He deservedly won two POTS but that was because he played a very limited role that displayed his strengths and covered his weaknesses perfectly. I thought that when Oscar tried to develop him outside of that role, the limitations started to become apparent.
If you now look at AliMac, Caeicedo, Mwepu, Pascal, Lallana all of whom have played in that sort of role, his limitations are even more obvious. And he, together with Buckley, had been tapped up and decided to go with Gus even before he was sacked (hence the Gross disciplinary).
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Sat with him at the sponsors dinner one year thanks to NSC - obviously hard to tell from a few hours but seemed an honest genuine bloke and remembered me when I saw him a while later which was nice. It all seemed weird when he left and still seems there are massively conflicting views. Either way, he was our best player by a mile for a few seasons and I’m staggered with the decline in his career as thought he’d be easily good enough for the premier league. Saw a post earlier about league one being his ability - nonsense - he was class in the championship every week for us. Bad career move leaving us.
Edit - Just read a few comments above - very short memories. Pretty much every Albion fan raves about him for a few seasons and rightfully so. Amazing how out of sight, out of mind seems to change what happened!
2010/11 Muzza was our best player imho, one of the Albion greats. Buckley and Bridcutt my favourites after that.
Bridcutt was a quality specialist DM, in the Makelele role. Win the ball, pass it to a technician.
He made the fatal (but lucrative) decision to join the basket-case of Sunderland, never recovering.
I think his career would’ve steadily progressed if he’d stayed with us.