Apparently, he can cover left back too, so I wonder if he's back as we need full back cover. How long is Digne out for?
There has to be an agreement between both clubs for a year long loan deal to be cut short, so I imagine it's as simple as Villa putting a January recall clause in. So we simply say to whatever skint prick carrot wrangler club that wants one of our kids: "Here's a 12 month loan agreement that says we can recall him in January if we want to. Sign it, or somebody else will." Obviously a bit friendlier and less arrogant than that, but I imagine that's basically it.
I had a look at that Plymouth forum and can't see much sign of anger, tbh.
Afaik, both clubs have to agree if you want to end a loan early. However I assume that can be overridden if the parent club wishes to sell said player, which makes me believe we've buyers for both.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on January 16, 2024, 11:06:53 AMI had a look at that Plymouth forum and can't see much sign of anger, tbh.I live in Plymouth, so talk to a lot of Plymouthians.
Quote from: pablo_picasso on January 16, 2024, 12:28:34 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on January 16, 2024, 11:06:53 AMI had a look at that Plymouth forum and can't see much sign of anger, tbh.I live in Plymouth, so talk to a lot of Plymouthians.I don't know which forum* Paulie checked or how many post on there, but are you stating you have personally spoken to more fans then on the forum, or spoke to maybe 10-20 people tops? (Assuming you are speaking to friends and colleagues and not just shouting for opinions in the street.) * Probably Pasoti who claim 5.5k members so probably a hundred regular posters.
Tis better to have loaned and lost than never to have loaned at all.
That was funny when we were in the Championship and had Tammy on loan from Chelsea, and Wolves in the Premier League tried to buy him and he turned them down to stay with us.Brilliant!
Quote from: cdward on January 16, 2024, 04:31:28 PMThat was funny when we were in the Championship and had Tammy on loan from Chelsea, and Wolves in the Premier League tried to buy him and he turned them down to stay with us.Brilliant!Wouldn't have been too funny for us if Chelsea had recalled him and sold him to Wolves. It's not often players have much of a say though that was Abramovich Chelsea where budgets etc weren't real. Wolves were in a higher division so could be justified a lot easier. Maybe other lower league clubs wont take kindly to the stunt we pulled with Azaz and we will struggle to loan out players to clubs that will treat them well. Penny rich (£2m), pound poor vibes off it and it's being driven by the FFP incentives to sell academy players for profit.
Quote from: Lastfootstamper on January 16, 2024, 08:09:43 AMAfaik, both clubs have to agree if you want to end a loan early. However I assume that can be overridden if the parent club wishes to sell said player, which makes me believe we've buyers for both.To recall them early and then sell them to another club in the same division is bad form really. Reeks of PL bully boy tactics. Another rotten consequence of FFP that definitely isn't in the interests of the game and/or player development.