Interesting aside from Poyet re Bridcutt in the Sunday Times......

[Mutts Nuts]

Big boots to fill if he is allowed to leave, he's been consistently excellent. I guess every club at this level needs to balance their books though so I wouldn't be surprised if he does go. Should get a decent fee for him though, £2m minimum at a guess?

If we let Liam go for 2 million we might aswell give up now and resign ourselves to lower league football.

 

[bhawoddy]

Gus needs to learn to keep his mouth shut

As if that would make any difference.

It's like a child pretending you can't see them if they cover their eyes......

 

[clippedgull]

No. We are a striker (Ulloa?) away from having a complete squad. It could take us years to find a replacement for Bridcutt, if ever or at all.

Maybe, but if a Premiership club comes in with the right price then he will be gone. We can't compete with the stupid wages.

 

[SeagullSongs]

Anything less than £5m and I'll be worried/concerned, £10m would be great business.

 

[Commander]

If we let Liam go for 2 million we might aswell give up now and resign ourselves to lower league football.

I don't know why you don't just hang yourself. You never ever have anything positive to say, your life must be awful.

 

[danish seagull]

Will be a shame to lose him, but realistically it's better to sell your players (Gus needs a bigger budget!) while they are in top form. Gus has to look at the bigger picture for the overall improvement he can make to the squad with a bigger budget.

The guy is always in top form, name me 2 bad performances on the trot, if at all!

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Would be a great target for Swansea, would fit in well there.

I also think Bridcutt is the type of player who flourishes when he gets a good run of games. His development wouldn't be anywhere near as quick if he hadn't been playing week in, week out for the Albion. Let's hope if he does move he lands on his feet and pushes on towards an England cap.

 

[W.C.]

Gus needs to learn to keep his mouth shut

how about you master the technique first, then perhaps you could give him lessons?

 

[Dorset Seagull]

The thing is that any player that Gus brings in from now on must be good enough to play in the Prem or a current missing link for a squad able to get promoted. We could only consider losing Bridders for a very good price in order to bring in somebody who is Prem quality to replace him. Unless we change our system and and get rid of a deep lying playmaker....which I can't see happening

 

[Bigbelly]

Bye bye Bridcutt, bye bye promotion prospects this season.

Was having this discussion just now and I said I don't think we'll never get promoted as we always let our best players go.

 

[Commander]

Was having this discussion just now and I said I don't think we'll never get promoted as we always let our best players go.

So you think we will get promoted?

 

[bhawoddy]

So you think we will get promoted?

Personally I think we'll make top six... Might review that comment by end of jan though.

 

[Barn Door Billy]

£10million please...at least

 

[Stumpy Tim]

The only player I know who has been trained to play the Bridcutt role is Kasim... Whether he's good enough, or will be after a run in the team, is another matter

 

[Doc Lynam]

£10million please...at least

Makelele went for £16.8m to Chelsea from Real Madrid granted it was 10 years ago, but £10m for Bridders, can't see it myself max half that price.

 

[Mutts Nuts]

I don't know why you don't just hang yourself. You never ever have anything positive to say, your life must be awful.

Luckily for me there is alot more going on in my life than just supporting the Albion, so the opinion of pricks like you does not worry me, toodle pip

 

[Doc Lynam]

The only player I know who has been trained to play the Bridcutt role is Kasim... Whether he's good enough, or will be after a run in the team, is another matter

Does anyone know if the development squad play's exactly the same system as the first team?

 

[saltash seagull]

I'm not saying he's as good as Liam cuz he obviously isn't but I'm pretty sure Hammond would be able to play that role comfortably if he went as he did in a Southampton team that finished 2 nd most of last season ! Liam is in a league of his own though and to get someone of that quality would be very difficult

 

[Stat Brother]

I'm not saying he's as good as Liam cuz he obviously isn't but I'm pretty sure Hammond would be able to play that role comfortably if he went as he did in a Southampton team that finished 2 nd most of last season ! Liam is in a league of his own though and to get someone of that quality would be very difficult

That's my thing.
Bridcutt is freakin amazing and our best player, but the gap in class is a lot closer between him & Hammond/Crofts/Dicker, than it is between Koosch & Brez/Casper.

 

[Springal]

Every player has their price.... That said, Liam seems a decent grounded chap, he knows him and Gus are on the same wavelength and we gave him a chance when he looked destined for Torquay or Wycombe. Maybe, just maybe, he will want to stay on the Gus bus a bit longer, but I imagine his new agent is demanding a pretty hefty pay rise.

It's up to the board to keep him.