Albrighton offski?
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swabianfox
Rare Continental Breed
I'm not convinced this is a good move by the club. Albrighton has, to the best of my knowledge, always been a consummate professional behind the scenes and a thoroughly positive influence not the least on the younger players.
I'm obviously not privy to the exact details why this has happened, where the initiative for the loan move has come from and what has been said by who but I feel it might be a mistake letting such a reliable player and influence go.
I'm obviously not privy to the exact details why this has happened, where the initiative for the loan move has come from and what has been said by who but I feel it might be a mistake letting such a reliable player and influence go.
Wessy Boy
Roofer
He asked for it and the club sanctioned it due to his service
Adumass
Bentleys Roofer
I also suspect it's wage bill related. By hook or crook the club would need to free up space on the wage bill (and the 25 man squad) for the 3 new players. So any offers for squad players would have been considered.
Just unfortunate that the only two we got out the door were both from same position.
Just unfortunate that the only two we got out the door were both from same position.
Wessy Boy
Roofer
With Maddison and Ricardo fit as well as Tete and Praet, Perez and Albrighton would be be 5th and 6th choice.
Adumass
Bentleys Roofer
Agreed.
Although keeping maddison , Ricardo and praet fit has been a struggle this season.
swabianfox
Rare Continental Breed
Are you privy to any inside information from the club to state this with such certainty?
hackneyfox
Roofer
Seems that it was Albrighton that pushed for the loan, he wants regular first team football.
To get away from a screaming baby and a hormonal wife.........i bloody would!
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Tuz_Not_Tuzz
Guest
i know there's a difference, and that reflects on our twat of a manager. Not blaming the player at all.
albrighton is not stellar but he's consistent, compared to Perez he's fackin world class in effort and temperament.
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Tuz_Not_Tuzz
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i would like to add, after living on 4 hours sleep a night with a 4 hour daily commute to/from work where i have no idea how i didn't die in a fiery car crash after our first was born, i made damn sure for the second i stayed well away. slept in a different room and fucked off to work out the back door at 5:30am every day to avoid any baby stuff.To get away from a screaming baby and a hormonal wife.........i bloody would!
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If we were as bad at our jobs as he is at his we’d have been fucked off a year ago
wints
Roofer
That, and maybe, he thought he could help by taking a little bit off the wage bill at the same time. I'd like to think its the kind of thing he'd do.
ClaphamFox
Roofer
Albrighton was probably told he could go when we thought we were getting Harrison. And either Albrighton had already signed when Leeds pulled the plug, or we didn’t have the heart to scupper it for him.
Bet we'll never know how little of his wages are being paid by the baggies.
Club_B00k_Crutchless
Registered
He said something about his kids going to watch him play every week so he wanted to actually play more often, rather than getting splinters in his arse.
ClaphamFox
Roofer
I’m not doubting Albrighton’s desire for first team football. I’m just not convinced that allowing him to go and leaving us very thin in wide areas was the wisest move.
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
Like I just said on another thread, Leeds blocked the Harrison move at the 11th hour as they couldn’t get a replacement signed. We just let Albrighton go no questions asked.
It’s comedy gold really.
It’s comedy gold really.
ClaphamFox
Roofer
I’m all for treating our legends with respect, but I think allowing Schmeichel to leave without a replacement has backfired. Let’s hope the same doesn’t happen with Albrighton.
Club_B00k_Crutchless
Registered
They must be close to the limit as regards wages and FFP, plus keeping the squad to 25.
DagenhamFox
Blue Roofer
We were talking about this on Tuesday. Schmeichel was our joint highest earner and we haven’t replaced him. Vardy signed an extended contract and surely what we pay him will slowly run down season by season. That should give us a big chunk of additional wages to use elsewhere.
Wessy Boy
Roofer
Widely reported by reasonable sources on Twitter
hackneyfox
Roofer
I'm not sure that Schmeichel would currently be that much better than Ward.
Everybody had a downer on Perez and Albrighton was hardly ripping up trees in the PL. We've replaced two underperforming wide players with a proper left footed right winger. We still have Praet that can slot in there or Maddison.
It's not ideal but I think we now have a stronger first eleven and we've massively reduced the salary bill.
Allbrighton was pushing to leave so should we have kept Perez hanging around in the hope that Harrison did sign? Just unfortunate that didn't come off but if it had wpuld Perez/Albrighton have made the squad of 25?
Everybody had a downer on Perez and Albrighton was hardly ripping up trees in the PL. We've replaced two underperforming wide players with a proper left footed right winger. We still have Praet that can slot in there or Maddison.
It's not ideal but I think we now have a stronger first eleven and we've massively reduced the salary bill.
Allbrighton was pushing to leave so should we have kept Perez hanging around in the hope that Harrison did sign? Just unfortunate that didn't come off but if it had wpuld Perez/Albrighton have made the squad of 25?
buz_not_buzz
Occasional Poster
At the start of the season they spoke of needing to balance the books with transfers, if true then from an FFP perspective I think they were still some way off the limit because of the Fofana deal (even taking into account the sell on fee) and another deal would have been possible.
swabianfox
Rare Continental Breed
It sounds indeed like the initative was coming from Albrighton himself. I hadn't seen that before.
Albrighton wants his kids to see him play football
New West Bromwich Albion winger Marc Albrighton hopes joining the Baggies will give his kids more chance to see him play.
www.bbc.com
As others have stated already, I suppose it is understandable from his point of view but I still feel it might turn out a mistake to let such an experienced and dependable player go while others prefer to get splinters into their backside.
I'm sure he'll do well for them. Given his family situation and background, West Brom might be a good fit for him that's coming at the right time. He's still contracted to Leicester until 2024 though so we might see him again.
LGFOX
Roofer
The 25 man squad has been announced. With Albrighton and Perez going its freed up space for Souttar and Teté. JJ drops out and Ricky comes back in. That’s it. This means that Vestergaard is still in the 25 and even more bizarrely so is Bertrand. ( Kristiansen is U21 so doesn’t count).
buz_not_buzz
Occasional Poster
Took a look at this as the figure that is always quoted as being over 100% always seems a bit bogus because it related to the 2019/2020 season (1st COVID season) when whilst some player bonuses were deferred to the following season so was a substantial chunk of revenue. Looks like it is based on someone's analysis of the Deloitte Football Money League (though it quotes 105% for the season in question). The latest of which shows the following for us:
Also, note that the basis of the Wage to Turnover %age appears to be the same as in the accounts ("Wage costs includes wages, salaries, signing-on fees, bonuses, termination payments, social security contributions and other employee benefit expenses for all employees (including players, technical and administrative employees)"). Should we ever qualify to compete in Europe again this is different to what is included in UEFA's new short term cost control calculation.