BHA, Bridcutt and Poyet ?

[The Wookiee]

Palace bid for Bridcutt in August. The club turned it down. Conspiracies abound.

But that was palace, the club who had just prevented us from reaching the premier league, our most hated rivals !!

No way would Bloom sell to them at that time.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Business is business. We've had Palace players on loan.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Are the club deliberately playing hardball with Bridcutt because of the way Poyet left the club ?

I reckon if any other team came in for him, we would accept their offer.

Because Poyet is involved I reckon we are putting up as many barriers as possible.

Thoughts ?

Yes. Without a doubt.

 

[cjd]

If we hadn't sacked him he couldn't poach our players

Mr. Poyet was going whether the club sacked him or not. I think that is beyond doubt now.

Among the many hundreds of rumours at the time, one that caught my attention from a 'reasonable' source, was that Bridcutt was one of the players that Poyet said he would take with him.....before he was sacked.

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

Mr. Poyet was going whether the club sacked him or not. I think that is beyond doubt now.

Among the many hundreds of rumours at the time, one that caught my attention from a 'reasonable' source, was that Bridcutt was one of the players that Poyet said he would take with him.....before he was sacked.

I was joking

He wouldn't be the first manager to raid his previous club for players, see moyes as a recent example. Maybe he did say he would take them with him (bet hes not the first or last to do it) or maybe he said something ambiguous like "when I'm in the premier league I want you to be playing for me" which could be interpretated as when brighton go up he still thinks various players will be important. Anyway i always think that it's fairly irrelevant as players have contracts and need to be bought out so he could have said whatever he liked but doesn't mean he could make it happen

 

[blue2]

Business is business. We've had Palace players on loan.

This I think is the correct answer

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I've just been playing around on Google. Liam Bridcutt's agent was Mark Cartwright. Gus Poyet's agent was Athole Still. Maybe one of them has changed recently?
It doesn't appear that they do have the same agent.

I remember reading on Nsc that Bridge & Poyet had the same agent until someone did some digging and proved that one wrong.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Were I Rohan I would be watching this carefully before putting pen to paper.

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

I've just been playing around on Google. Liam Bridcutt's agent was Mark Cartwright. Gus Poyet's agent was Athole Still. Maybe one of them has changed recently?
It doesn't appear that they do have the same agent.

I remember reading on Nsc that Bridge & Poyet had the same agent until someone did some digging and proved that one wrong.

Looking up mark Cartwright and it appears he stopped being an agent in 2012 but I didn't search further to see who represented liam

 

[nicko31]

The club just want a fair price for him, I don't think it make any difference what club it is. The bid for Buckers was just a wind-up from Gus..

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Looking up mark Cartwright and it appears he stopped being an agent in 2012 but I didn't search further to see who represented liam

He was his agent when he signed a contract extension in 2012.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/9688135.Bridcutt_expected_to_extend_Albion_contract/?ref=rss

 

[JCL - the new kid in town]

He was his agent when he signed a contract extension in 2012.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/9688135.Bridcutt_expected_to_extend_Albion_contract/?ref=rss

Think it was towards the end of 2012 as he became techinal director at stoke and the has an argus article saying he had no agent at start of jan 2013. It wouldn't be that surprising if he asked poyet for advice and he put him towards his agent but I'm just speculating

 

[HenryC]

My thoughts are that the club wish to retain LB until the end of the season to help spearhead the promotion push. If we go up I would think he may stay anyway, if not he will go to a PL team in the summer. He is our player, under contract and we don't need to sell him now. He is also not the type to sulk if we don't accept his transfer request. I think only a silly offer will see him go in this window.

 

[Monkey Man]

My thoughts are that the club wish to retain LB until the end of the season to help spearhead the promotion push. If we go up I would think he may stay anyway, if not he will go to a PL team in the summer. He is our player, under contract and we don't need to sell him now. He is also not the type to sulk if we don't accept his transfer request. I think only a silly offer will see him go in this window.

Makes sense to me.