LamieRobertson
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Oh that’s a good one.
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[Albion] Pascal Groß the raumdeuter - officially leaves for Dortmund :(
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Oh that’s a good one.
and that's why you're the boss.
This time last year a strong case could be made for Glenn Murray being the only reason we're still a Premier League side for any of the last 3 seasons - and guess what? We tried a season without him - and stayed up!
Machiavelli
Well-known member
Although I agree with you on the other players, I think you're being a little harsh on Pascal here. There's a reason Potter picked him and played him for the full game on such a regular basis last season. And you're badly wrong on the highlighted part. Pascal's set plays are about as good as they get which is why he's right up there on the assists charts. He might not be as good with direct free kicks as JWP, but he's probably better in terms of corners and free kicks that generate headers.
Firstly by his own admission GM would have been nothing without Pascal.
But mainly, that's why I clearly wrote 'a strong case'.
Not the definitive case, not the only case, just a strong case for all four seasons.
Dunk aside, no single player can hold a candle to the contribution Pascal has made to our tenure in the division.
Oh and guess who has the most assists for Dunk's goals?
I go to football to be entertained (but despite that I still go to the Albion)
With the exception of Calde, no player in this iteration of the Albion, has given me more entertainment.
Every single Gross Turn is a thing of beauty I can not fathom why fans would want to wave that goodbye for 30 (big) pieces of silver.
They have no soul.
Nobody's denying that he has been, and still is, a good footballer (and we'd almost certainly not have survived the first two seasons without bringing in him and Propper). But,
1). every player has a price;
2). squads must evolve and develop, which ultimately means moving players on to make room for new ones;
3). squads that don't keep evolving and developing eventually become dead in the water;
4). No.1 and no.2 always apply, even if it involves your favourite player.
Squads that offload all their best talent at the first offers very rarely evolve.
Bissouma is going in order to keep the production line moving.
Groß needs to stay, irrespective of his on field contribution, if only because he's a perfect and dependable mortar for the new brick work.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
I don't think it's a matter of us wanting to get rid of anyone, just that allegedly at least, Liverpool have shown an interest in Gross.
Although personally l doubt very much that so called interest has any validity in it.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
All just guesswork at the moment, no one knows for sure that Bissouma is going anywhere at the moment. Unless you know something that us other mere mortals don't?
I should never have quoted your £30m figure, look at the trouble I’ve now got myself into! [emoji3061]
No but...
...I don't believe it's something that should be quite so easily dismissed.
&.
I don't believe the 'every player has his price' rhetoric that some appear to be gleefully trotting out.
Deportivo Seagull
I should coco
You then need to get a replacement for the player moving up,also the risk of the player moving up not meeting expectations, so it is very much relevant.
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They signed that defender from Preston.
A long time they signed an old Gary macallister.
They wouldn’t sign him as a regular starter, but it’s not unheard of for massive clubs to sign lesser players for squad fodder purposes.
Like we had an oven ready Murray replacement
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Well they signed that Preston centre half, (whos'e name escapes me), primarily l think becuase they were so short of defensive options at the time. Something of an emergency signing if l remember correctly, and one they probably wouldn't have made in other circumstances.
But yes, l'll agree that stranger things have happened.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
We still await that Murray repalcement, either oven ready or heat on the hob.
To late for all that faff, the microwave needs to go ping any second.
Not if the replacement is already here. And that is what employ a top recruitment team - and a very expensive one - to have done. Four full internationals already on the books, itching to get game time, and ready to be off at any time if they don't - looks like the recruitment team are doing a good job. But perhaps you think they're not. OK.
And, at the end of the day, EVERY player has a price, and that's a fact, whether it's liked or not.