Demitri_C Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Hopefully mccormacks form might make a championship club interested. Id we can get 5-6m for him that is a great start. If a good offer comes in for de laet i would consider letting him go same with elphick. No one is taking richards or gabby so suck with those two. If a good offer came in for hogan i would let him go too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 14, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2017 On 13/12/2017 at 16:20, Czechlad said: Literally would just be paying out their contracts. Might as well keep them at the club just in case we get in an apocalyptic scenario where half our squad gets injured. I do sometimes wonder about this. There must be masses of hidden costs they incur just by being around the place. I bet they all eat for free at the canteens for example. I am sure paying up contracts should cause savings somehow otherwise why would clubs ever do it? Then again they will need paying in a lump sum rather than by installments so maybe our internal rate of return outweighs all the hidden costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 I just don't see the benefit of having surplus players around and I imagine we have tried to move them on, but a) they are not willing to go and drop wages why should they up sticks when they are getting gauranteed wages for doing **** all for the next 2 and a half years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I reckon we might let Bjarnsson go. Move just hasn't worked out and he'll want regular games to keep him sharp for the world cup. No one would notice either.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 22 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: I just don't see the benefit of having surplus players around and I imagine we have tried to move them on, but a) they are not willing to go and drop wages why should they up sticks when they are getting gauranteed wages for doing **** all for the next 2 and a half years. I think that's the case with Elphick. Was surprised no one came in August for him as it was obvious he was miles down the pecking order and he did have a decent reputation at Bournemouth so you'd think a lower end championship club would take him. Then you realise us signing him and immediately making him captain last year would've been a nice bargaining position in his contract talks. The captain after all is usually one of the highest paid players at the club so when you think what some of our strikers are on then he's had a very good living here for 18 months despite it not going right on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 Could have the arse with Bruce, then with Terry coming along and being made captain combining the two together it is deffo bye bye in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AvfcRigo82 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2017 Chop list winter 2017... Steve Bruce 1st out the door please 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 3 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Chop list winter 2017... Steve Bruce 1st out the door please literally the ONLY way we will have any effect to the team, performances and results from any incoming players is if a different manager is in charge Therefore. yes. 100% 1st for the chop = Steve Bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 17, 2017 SACK THEM ALL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 17, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted December 17, 2017 On 15/12/2017 at 00:00, AvfcRigo82 said: I just don't see the benefit of having surplus players around and I imagine we have tried to move them on, but a) they are not willing to go and drop wages why should they up sticks when they are getting gauranteed wages for doing **** all for the next 2 and a half years. What are surplus players though? Many would consider Elphick to be one yet he came on last week because we have an injury crisis. If you take it to its most literal sense we should only have 18 full time pros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AvfcRigo82 Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 16 minutes ago, sne said: Get them both to f***! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 As long as we get Hutts and Gabby tied down I am not too concerned with who we chop. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junxs Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Bruce and his team need to go before any players do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemunster Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 On 14/12/2017 at 11:08, AvfcRigo82 said: The list being the majority of our squad that will be left after contract expirys and loans ending will look something like: Steer, Gollini De Laet, Bree, Elmohammady, Chester, Elphick, Green, Taylor. Adomah, Thishbola, Lansbury, Jedinak, Whelen, Lyden, Grealish, Hourihane, Gardner, Bjarnasson, Hogan, McCormack, Davis That is the squad we would be left with come June 2018 if we where promoted. Scary! The bold for me highlights the players that will not cut it in the premier league now and would need to be moved on. The underlined represents our own who we would look to loan out to a team in this league and not yet ready for PL yet. The remainder I feel would do well amongst a new team which is what would be required, however. It could be a task offloading some of the others. Would it be a bad thing, if the above squad was all we had come June 2018?? I for one would be the proverbial " Over the moon" if our squad does look like this in June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macandally Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 13 minutes ago, eddiemunster said: Would it be a bad thing, if the above squad was all we had come June 2018?? I for one would be the proverbial " Over the moon" if our squad does look like this in June. There is enough quality there for a decent manager to get top 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 21 minutes ago, eddiemunster said: Would it be a bad thing, if the above squad was all we had come June 2018?? Not necessarily, but it could be if we got promoted. Without significant improvement we would just come straight back down again imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 So looks like it's Tshisbola, McCormack, Bjarnasson & Elphick that we appear to be focusing on shipping out this month. McCormack on an extended loan. Tshisbola appears to have a few potential interested suitors. Bjarnasson with the link to Serie A. And Elphick also bound to attract interest following his decent displays of late. I think if around £6m is raised from the latter 3 parting then it gives us a little bit of cash in our pocket to maybe bring in someone else as well as the couple of loans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 On 12/28/2017 at 14:19, macandally said: There is enough quality there for a decent manager to get top 6 And your deduction is based on what ?.....exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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