Storer68
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do you think wilkins woulkd pick him.....
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If hammond stays
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Yes, absolutely he would [and should] still play him.
IF we reach a point of the season when promotion is mathematically beyond us, then and only then will it be acceptable to start preparing for next year. At that point Wilkins may decide that it is in our interests to bed in his preferred future pairing.
IF we reach a point of the season when promotion is mathematically beyond us, then and only then will it be acceptable to start preparing for next year. At that point Wilkins may decide that it is in our interests to bed in his preferred future pairing.
Mendoza
NSC's Most Stalked
yes and will be captain
Tony Meolas Loan Spell
Slut Faced Whores
I hope so. After all if Dean wants away so bad then he will put in the performances of his life so someone snaps him up. We all know what he IS capable of but lately he has been a bit, well sh1t. George overshadowed him in almost every game. Whether thats Dean or the system we were playing or what I dont CARE.
But its a WIN - WIN, Dean pulls his head out his arse, we get some decent performances, he fucks off end of season and frees up the wages for a CONSISTENT midfielder in the summer. WICKERD.
But its a WIN - WIN, Dean pulls his head out his arse, we get some decent performances, he fucks off end of season and frees up the wages for a CONSISTENT midfielder in the summer. WICKERD.
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Nicky Rust
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hope not! Reid is a much more complete footballer, Thompson looks alot more disciplined and Mcfaul sounds like hes got a lot more potential.
Hammond is a player putting this club to ransom, Squad discipline is essential to good managment, playing someone who isn't 100% committed to the club while under-contract gives the player way too much power, he needs to be shown the door to lead an example for all future and present signings!
He does work hard but he is not The Albion's finest mid-fielder ad Captain, he does lack that final ball and that box to box tag he for some reason has.
Hammond ur a local boy who should feel more passion than most for playing for a team you may once of watched as a boy, leave if you don't wont to stay and let this club ge some cash for nurturing and producing players like you!.
PS doubt he will read this
Hammond is a player putting this club to ransom, Squad discipline is essential to good managment, playing someone who isn't 100% committed to the club while under-contract gives the player way too much power, he needs to be shown the door to lead an example for all future and present signings!
He does work hard but he is not The Albion's finest mid-fielder ad Captain, he does lack that final ball and that box to box tag he for some reason has.
Hammond ur a local boy who should feel more passion than most for playing for a team you may once of watched as a boy, leave if you don't wont to stay and let this club ge some cash for nurturing and producing players like you!.
PS doubt he will read this
Horsham Gull
H Block Offender
yes because he is the CLUB CAPTAIN
Superphil
Dismember
If he doesn't sign, and doesn't leave, then Wilkins should pick him if he is needed to get a result.
If Wilkins thinks we can win without him then he should fester in the reserves. If he signs a new deal in the summer, great, I suppose, but for now he can't be great to have around the dressing room.
If Wilkins thinks we can win without him then he should fester in the reserves. If he signs a new deal in the summer, great, I suppose, but for now he can't be great to have around the dressing room.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Firstly, I don't BLAME Hammond for wanting a Bosman - its probably what most of us would do given the chance and the choice. He stands to make a lot of money.
But it just leaves a bit of a sour taste when he takes us all for a bunch of mugs by having his agent (and Forster, suprisingly) come out with all that guff last week. Presumably this was in an effort to avoid any stick from the fans for the remainder of the season, as holding out simply for more money never goes down very well. But by spinning a line about the "clubs ambition needing to be proved" - well, he sure ended up painting himself into a corner with that one as it turns out. I've never known activity (and certainly cash spent) anything like this month. So now we'll be left with the REAL reason - which really we knew all along. He wants more money, and he wants a bigger club. No shock in that, just be bloody HONEST Dean.
Would I pick him now ? To be honest I'd be very reluctant. He's engineered a transfer, and lied to us about his reasons. We have two new central midfielders already, possibly another one one on the way, Reid is now back in the picture, and Fraser has been patchy but promising. We've got plenty of options there now, and Hammond has been pertty average for some time now. If he's still here after the transfer window then we're not going to make any money from when he goes anyway, so the "shop window" factor in relation to getting a decent fee isn't a factor.
Nope. I think I'd play the players who actually WANT to be at the club.
But it just leaves a bit of a sour taste when he takes us all for a bunch of mugs by having his agent (and Forster, suprisingly) come out with all that guff last week. Presumably this was in an effort to avoid any stick from the fans for the remainder of the season, as holding out simply for more money never goes down very well. But by spinning a line about the "clubs ambition needing to be proved" - well, he sure ended up painting himself into a corner with that one as it turns out. I've never known activity (and certainly cash spent) anything like this month. So now we'll be left with the REAL reason - which really we knew all along. He wants more money, and he wants a bigger club. No shock in that, just be bloody HONEST Dean.
Would I pick him now ? To be honest I'd be very reluctant. He's engineered a transfer, and lied to us about his reasons. We have two new central midfielders already, possibly another one one on the way, Reid is now back in the picture, and Fraser has been patchy but promising. We've got plenty of options there now, and Hammond has been pertty average for some time now. If he's still here after the transfer window then we're not going to make any money from when he goes anyway, so the "shop window" factor in relation to getting a decent fee isn't a factor.
Nope. I think I'd play the players who actually WANT to be at the club.
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Johnny Byrne-The Greatest
I go along with the reasoning behind that. The hard thing for me would be the fact that I regard him as our best midfielder and that it's very hard to not play your best players if they are available to you.
It's not like he wont be trying, he'll be wanting to put himself in the shop window wont he.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
I don't doubt that Hammond would put the effort in - its in his own best interests to do so after all. But he is, in effect, history for us now. We have other options to try, we want to achieve a settled midfield, and get a strong first choice central partnership established and working regularly together.
In all honesty I just don't see us making up the ground and getting promoted this season. But if we can get a settled side, then with this squad of players, I can see us having a really good chance of making the top 6 next season for sure. Hammonds now not a part of that.
If it was up to me, unless there was an injury crisis, Hammond will have kicked his last ball for the club.
jonny.rainbow
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- Oct 29, 2005
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Fairly good player but certainly not irreplaceable. Ship him out.
Daddylonglegs
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Dick Knight will simply put his foot down and not allow wilkins to pick him................ Which is stupid. why continue paying the wages of a key player in our team and not reap the benefits. Even if he leaves in the summer, at least his contributions could stop our current drift towards relegation.
Daddylonglegs
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I think your confidence in Wilkin's ability to stand up to knight and play him despite knight telling him not to is misplaced. Lets just wait and see, as i doubt Hammond is going to go in this window. If he DOES want to go, he knows there will be better oppourtunites in the summer.