hailshamseagull
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According to the mirror this morning...
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Ward deal off... Paul Konchesky
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S'hampton Seagull
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If this is true Ward only has himself to blame
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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Or do Wolves?
Smokescreen poker bluff, to make Wolves think they could be stuck paying his wages for another season.
twowheelsbest
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Played with Sammi at Liverpool?
Very nearly signed for us last season so not impossible. Personally think he is a solid championship defender but with the mirror you never know!
Mo Gosfield
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If you were in a job currently paying you £650k per annum and a prospective new employer offers you £500k per annum what do you do?
If my existing job was only for one year but my new one was for three probably take the new one?
Icy Gull
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If nobody else was offering any more and I liked the job on offer, wages apart, I'd ask for 3 years on the lower wage rather than risk not playing first team football for a year and taking an even bigger drop when the 650k contract ran out next June.
Ward played more games than any other Albion player last year and always gave 100%. I hope an arrangement can be found, I doubt we'll do better.
Although in a years time he walks away as a free agent, he may well get a signing on fee of 100-250k with his new club. That would be an additional consideration.
S'hampton Seagull
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Agree. Konchesky would be underwhelming in comparison
British Bulldog
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For all we know it could be a case of the Albion being prepared to pay Ward a decent signing on fee to compensate for his loss of wages over the next year as long as we can get him on a free transfer, but maybe we're not prepared to do that and pay a fee?
Gullflyinghigh
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Well...I can think of many worse solutions. I suppose he is getting on a bit but I can't imagine that he'd decline too much over the next few seasons.
blockhseagull
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Club have to move on at some stage, this has been going on for months and doesn't seem like any closer to signing him than we were in May.
Unless he or Wolves are going to back down I would guess we have decided to pursue other targets.
Unless he or Wolves are going to back down I would guess we have decided to pursue other targets.
TSB
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That's probably the worst suggestion I've heard all summer.
In the friendlies so far, our full backs have been playing as wing backs, constantly up and down the line. Bruno and Calde are getting on but still have enough in the tank to do that job. Konchesky doesn't. He was so slow last year and, despite a suggestion earlier, I don't think he is popular with their fans. Certainly, when he was rumoured last, their forum was very negative about him.
For me it's a big step down and a no.
If we can't get Ward, we can do a lot better.
Also worth noting that he has one year left on his contract and only played 31 times last year.
In the friendlies so far, our full backs have been playing as wing backs, constantly up and down the line. Bruno and Calde are getting on but still have enough in the tank to do that job. Konchesky doesn't. He was so slow last year and, despite a suggestion earlier, I don't think he is popular with their fans. Certainly, when he was rumoured last, their forum was very negative about him.
For me it's a big step down and a no.
If we can't get Ward, we can do a lot better.
Also worth noting that he has one year left on his contract and only played 31 times last year.
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