I’m not saying he will, but if Wilf goes in January then Ribery could be an ideal temporary replacement if still available. You can probably guarantee that the winger/forward we want to sign won’t be.

Unfortunately it is not that easy. The players have to agree to go on loan. Why would Wickham want to go and live in China? He has a young family here (and don't say money as there is more to life than that and he is/has earned a good living already). Can't see why you would lose numbers from your squad for a 36year old who probably wouldn't bust a gut for his money, as he has nothing to prove. We have trimmed our wage bill to conform to FFP.

Quite so.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

Does it look like rocket science to save money from the 2 contracts of Riedewald and Wickham??

Yeah, I am surely talking nonsense that this should/will be done.

Wickham should even agree to go on loan to League One. The man needs playing time after 3 years.

Championship clubs can't make transfers or loans anymore

Your fundamental problem is the assumption that you actually know the numbers for a fact: you don’t. As such all your claims are essentially based on a false premise. Furthermore, your assumptions about the ease of getting rid of players simply do not stand up to scrutiny. If they did I suspect a number of recent players would have been moved out of the club pretty quickly, whereas in the real world the club had to either pay them to leave or wait for their contract to run out. That is the reality.

Last, just because someone has had a good record in the past is not a guarantee of future good performance: it is merely a guide to what might be expected. You seem to ignore that fact.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.