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Comment: Albion in a right old pickle
By Andy Naylor
Albion have got themselves into a right old pickle with players' contracts.
Eleven had deals which expired at the end of last season.
If you think that is a lot, what about the number who will be out of contract by the end of the 2007-2008 campaign?
The answer is 23, yes that's right, 23.
This extraordinary figure includes Charlie Oatway, who has until August to prove his fitness, and Bas Savage. His deal runs out in December.
The other 21 expire next June, leaving just seven players whose futures are secure until at least 2008-2009.
There are some exceptional cases among the list of 21 names. The four new pros - Chris Winterton, Sonny Cobbs, Sam Gargan and Lloyd Skinner - are being loaned out for the season to non-League Sussex clubs, a shrewd move which gives them experience of men's football and gets them off the wage bill.
I assume discussions are already under way about a new deal for the Seagulls' increasingly influential skipper Dean Hammond (if they are not they should be).
Manager Dean Wilkins had his hands tied with regard to Kerry Mayo and Gary Hart by appearance-related clauses which guaranteed them offers, while Albion have a sensible option to keep Adam Hinshelwood for another year if the unfortunate young defender recovers from cruciate knee ligament damage for the second time.
Giving Michel Kuipers the option of staying for an extra year if he so wishes is much harder to understand and is bound to lead to more ribbing from his team-mates about being a favourite of chairman Dick Knight.
The Dutchman, as under previous managers, has been second choice so far for Wilkins and he is likely to find himself in the same situation again as the search for another goalkeeper continues. Taking into account the club's precarious finances, a first team squad of 30-plus players is an awful lot, particularly in the absence of regular reserve team football.
The mushrooming began 18 months ago, when no fewer than ten youngsters were taken on, the majority for more than a year. Of those, only Joel Lynch and Dean Cox have established themselves as first team regulars.
An overdue shift from quantity to quality has been launched with the arrivals of Nicky Forster and Andrew Whing and more players are liable to be loaned out this season than ever before.
Some tough decisions will have to be made over the next ten months to make the squad more manageable in size.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/arg...48.0.comment_albion_in_a_right_old_pickle.php
By Andy Naylor
Albion have got themselves into a right old pickle with players' contracts.
Eleven had deals which expired at the end of last season.
If you think that is a lot, what about the number who will be out of contract by the end of the 2007-2008 campaign?
The answer is 23, yes that's right, 23.
This extraordinary figure includes Charlie Oatway, who has until August to prove his fitness, and Bas Savage. His deal runs out in December.
The other 21 expire next June, leaving just seven players whose futures are secure until at least 2008-2009.
There are some exceptional cases among the list of 21 names. The four new pros - Chris Winterton, Sonny Cobbs, Sam Gargan and Lloyd Skinner - are being loaned out for the season to non-League Sussex clubs, a shrewd move which gives them experience of men's football and gets them off the wage bill.
I assume discussions are already under way about a new deal for the Seagulls' increasingly influential skipper Dean Hammond (if they are not they should be).
Manager Dean Wilkins had his hands tied with regard to Kerry Mayo and Gary Hart by appearance-related clauses which guaranteed them offers, while Albion have a sensible option to keep Adam Hinshelwood for another year if the unfortunate young defender recovers from cruciate knee ligament damage for the second time.
Giving Michel Kuipers the option of staying for an extra year if he so wishes is much harder to understand and is bound to lead to more ribbing from his team-mates about being a favourite of chairman Dick Knight.
The Dutchman, as under previous managers, has been second choice so far for Wilkins and he is likely to find himself in the same situation again as the search for another goalkeeper continues. Taking into account the club's precarious finances, a first team squad of 30-plus players is an awful lot, particularly in the absence of regular reserve team football.
The mushrooming began 18 months ago, when no fewer than ten youngsters were taken on, the majority for more than a year. Of those, only Joel Lynch and Dean Cox have established themselves as first team regulars.
An overdue shift from quantity to quality has been launched with the arrivals of Nicky Forster and Andrew Whing and more players are liable to be loaned out this season than ever before.
Some tough decisions will have to be made over the next ten months to make the squad more manageable in size.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/arg...48.0.comment_albion_in_a_right_old_pickle.php
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Lets hope not,must of them are not good enough
The Large One
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Oh dear. Wendy not returning your phone calls, Andy?
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Seems to be a nasty piece of shit stirring on the day when emotions are running high.
Kent Seagull
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Good, it kinda makes it easier to get new players in if we get promoted then!
The Large One
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Quite. Well, it's not even shit-stirring, it's actually pisspoor writing.
I mean the piece of text that says 'I assume discussions are already under way about a new deal for the Seagulls' increasingly influential skipper Dean Hammond (if they are not they should be)' is about as close to NSC-style reporting as you can get. Either he knows or he doesn't. Instead, he 'assumes'. f*** sake - that is shabby.
'Giving Michel Kuipers the option of staying for an extra year if he so wishes is much harder to understand and is bound to lead to more ribbing from his team-mates about being a favourite of chairman Dick Knight.' Actually, it's piss-easy to understand why Kuipers has that sort of contract. And he knows that the kids know that he is Dick's golden boy and they tease him for it? I wouldn't fancy crossing Michel on that score. Incidentally, Wendy is more than happy to have Kuipers in goal, and isn't necessarily going to have him as second-choice keeper.
Besides which, is it worth getting your knickers in a twist over something so far away? What pickle is it that the Albion have got themselves into? I mean, so what if 23 players are turfed out at the end of the season...
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Have to agree TLO
This really is an example of PISS POOR reporting. Is this supposed to be an example of "shooting from the lip", or has Andy run this off following a couple of Beaters down the local ? f*** me, if this is the standard of journalism accepted by local rags, I've followed the wrong career.
This really is an example of PISS POOR reporting. Is this supposed to be an example of "shooting from the lip", or has Andy run this off following a couple of Beaters down the local ? f*** me, if this is the standard of journalism accepted by local rags, I've followed the wrong career.
Gully
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I would imagine Baz might be part of the seven, given that his contract only runs till Christmas, how about Nathan Elder...surely his runs beyond the end of next season, or maybe not!
dougdeep
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Sounds like good planning to me, if we got a no to Falmer then it would make it easy to have a good clear out. If it was a yes to Falmer, and more investment appeared then we would need better players.
Seagullible
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Agree with Big Al, very poor writing which comes across as some poor baby throwing his toys out the pram cos he's got no-one to play golf with
Is this a new line for Sporting Colours TLO? Is there a special room upstairs, Mr Ben style, for those customers who are occasional puddle jumpers?
Moshe Gariani
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Inaccurate. The number of reserve team fixtures next year is set to increase significantly.
The Large One
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Talking of 'upstairs', we did a magnificent bikini photoshoot a couple of days ago. Luckily, I'm not in shot. I'd like to show you the results, but in classic NSC style, you're going to have to wait for a few days.
Seagullible
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been thinking on this and lets see what the club do - offer 15 contracts now and get slated for offering contracts when players may have shite season!
ANdy Naylor is such a twat especially his comment on Hammond - the club would keep it behind closed doors and be professional about negotiations rather than go to a tin-pot writer who only seems to want to be negative about the club and cause distrust amongst its supporters
ANdy Naylor is such a twat especially his comment on Hammond - the club would keep it behind closed doors and be professional about negotiations rather than go to a tin-pot writer who only seems to want to be negative about the club and cause distrust amongst its supporters
I wonder who has the largest manboobs on NSC though, Aids, TLO, Sir Peter of Canning, or Ernest?