[Albion] Daily Mail reporting Albion have rejected £4m from Burnley for Dale Stephens

[Seagulls1984]

I'd rather lose Stephens than kayal and rather lose dunk than goldson. If we got 17 million for the pair I'd be happy .

 

[Stat Brother]

I'd rather lose Stephens than kayal and rather lose dunk than goldson. If we got 17 million for the pair I'd be happy .

I'd rather chop a goolie off than go back to the dark days of Liam Bridcutt.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I'd rather chop a goolie off than go back to the dark days of Liam Bridcutt.

I'll pass on the pics

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Even in a 4-4-2 formation 1 of the middle 2 is usually a more defensive minded midfielder. In our case it more often than not Stephens who gets forward so we just swap Bridcutt for Stephens and push Kayal forward not exactly playing in front of the back 4 as a 5th defender but as the more defensive of the 2 middle men. I hope we keep Stephens but am thinking of the worst possible scenario.

One does not simply swap Bridcutt for Stephens. Stephens is all round a better player, plus he has the added ability of knowing how to score, an art that was , on the whole, lost on Liam.

 

[BensGrandad]

I'd rather chop a goolie off than go back to the dark days of Liam Bridcutt.

He was pivotal in SOME of our best days and if Stephens moves on we need to look at alternatives

 

[BensGrandad]

One does not simply swap Bridcutt for Stephens. Stephens is all round a better player, plus he has the added ability of knowing how to score, an art that was , on the whole, lost on Liam.

That is why I asked the question do you bring back LB or go for an AM like Pritchard who did very well for Brentford in this division but seems out of favour at Spurs. Could Kayal take over DS goal scoring mantle?

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

That is why I asked the question do you bring back LB or go for an AM like Pritchard who did very well for Brentford in this division but seems out of favour at Spurs. Could Kayal take over DS goal scoring mantle?

I'd be delighted if we signed Pritchard, I'd be confident he'd score more than enough goals to cover Stephens tally.

 

[upthealbion1970]

I'd rather chop a goolie off than go back to the dark days of Liam Bridcutt.

Even if he could slot in at left back?

 

[Icy Gull]

I'd rather lose Stephens than kayal and rather lose dunk than goldson. If we got 17 million for the pair I'd be happy .

Even if we bank most of it and sign some lower league "ones for the future" at less than a million for the two?

I completely get why TB might want to do that but it's not my money so I feel differently.

Just remember how we invested the Ulloa money....COG

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Even if we bank most of it and sign some lower league "ones for the future"?

That would be heart breaking. I'm usually a very pessimistic person but you're turning me more morose than usual, snap out of it man, please.

 

[Stat Brother]

hahahaha - 'Alternative' just so happens to be a former player who can't fit into the current system.

NO IMAGINATION.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Even if we bank most of it and sign some lower league "ones for the future" at less than a million for the two?

I completely get why TB might want to do that but it's not my money so I feel differently.

Just remember how we invested the Ulloa money....COG

You may want to look at the BHAFC accounts for 2014/15 and then revisit what happened to the money received for Ulloa (and Buckley).

 

[Icy Gull]

You may want to look at the BHAFC accounts for 2014/15 and then revisit what happened to the money received for Ulloa (and Buckley).

Was it COG and all the loan players who almost got us relegated by any chance?

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Even if we bank most of it and sign some lower league "ones for the future" at less than a million for the two?

I completely get why TB might want to do that but it's not my money so I feel differently.

Just remember how we invested the Ulloa money....COG

Or maybe, if we do sell players, we will invest the money back in the team and have a better team in the end. You must be permanently miserable. Everything seems to be glass half empty.

 

[*Gullsworth*]

I don't want to Stephens go, but if there is £7m plus being banded about for a bloke with 12 months on his contract left, we are going to find it very hard to say no..

This in a nutshell.......he's not featured in the friendlies, big fee rumours are circulating, his contract is not that long, we would not stop a player from progressing in his career, we make millions out of it for his replacement. Really what's not to like? He has gone IMHO. Hope he hasn't but it's not the be all and end all. He's gone, move on.

 

[BensGrandad]

hahahaha - 'Alternative' just so happens to be a former player who can't fit into the current system.

NO IMAGINATION.

A former very good player who could fit into our system easily with some adjustment so plenty of imagination., just a matter of if he is still as good as he was.

 

[Icy Gull]

Or maybe, if we do sell players, we will invest the money back in the team and have a better team in the end. You must be permanently miserable. Everything seems to be glass half empty.

I'm only miserable about you stalking me on here

 

[Finchley Seagull]

I'm only miserable about you stalking me on here

Maybe if you weren't in every Albion thread moaning, I wouldn't 'stalk you' as you put it.

 

[fosters headband]

Or maybe, if we do sell players, we will invest the money back in the team and have a better team in the end. You must be permanently miserable. Everything seems to be glass half empty.

Like we did when we sold Ulloa, Buckley and Bridcutt you mean?.

 

[Finchley Seagull]

Like we did when we sold Ulloa, Buckley and Bridcutt you mean?.

As was said elsewhere we spent a lot of money following Ulloa's departure. It just wasn't spent very well.

Last season we spent over £10 million on players without selling any players. I'm basing my view on that and the quality of players we've managed to bring in since Winstanley headed up recruitment.