Jake Bidwell (2 Viewers)

[clint van damme]

Latibeaudiere is another who is vastly underrated by our fans, who seem blind to some of his qualities.

This.

He has been acting like a captain recently. Dragging Bassette away from a spat at a corner. Pointing and speaking to fellow defenders. Never thought I’d end up being a fan of his, but happy to be proven wrong!

Really first noticed these qualities away at Sunderland.
Whatever people think of him as a player he definitely has qualities that seem a bit thin on the ground among the rest of the squad

 

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[Captain Dart]

It will all come down to what Lampard wants

Dougs stance on experience and loans is changing in the Jan window as Lampard has told him it needs to happen

If he can convince Doug that Bidwell is still an asset then hopefully it can be extended by a year. Bidwell wants to stay, he's settled here

Well he has openly talked about the benefits of having experience and character in the squad. So in fact did Robins. Doug has shown an ability to listen to advice and modify his approach, I think he will largely agree with Lampard's strategy.

 

[Gint11]

I’d offer Bidwell a 1 year deal and he can be back up to a new LB/LWB and I’d try and sell JDS.

Easier said than done.

 

[The watchmaker]

Cant understand some saying that a new LB/ LWB is a priority - focus elsewhere first.

Always liked Bidwell - think he is quality. But - the fact that his injury earlier in the season forced us to change formation leads me to conclude we at least need back up in that position and given his age we should probably be looking for a successor.

 

[Captain Dart]

I’d offer Bidwell a 1 year deal and he can be back up to a new LB/LWB and I’d try and sell JDS.

Easier said than done.

DaSilva signed on a free, it's probably the right time to move him on as he doesn't really fit in a team playing a back four. Hopefully we can get a fee and the buying club will pay a signing on fee which fully covers any contracted salary for his contract. I can't see a better scenario than that.

 

[Skybluedownunder]

DaSilva signed on a free, it's probably the right time to move him on as he doesn't really fit in a team playing a back four. Hopefully we can get a fee and the buying club will pay a signing on fee which fully covers any contracted salary for his contract. I can't see a better scenario than that.

Can we just not offer him out as a free transfer in the hope a L1 club takes him? Even part pay his salary for a year if it gets him off the books


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[SBAndy]

The problem is it seems it’s going to be a new signing and Dasilva to cover LB next season when new signing and Bidwell would be the far better option.

Oh it absolutely would be. I just think you’d struggle giving Dasilva away to the circus as it is.

 

[Sky Blue Goblin]

Latibeaudiere is another who is vastly underrated by our fans, who seem blind to some of his qualities.

This.

He has been acting like a captain recently. Dragging Bassette away from a spat at a corner. Pointing and speaking to fellow defenders. Never thought I’d end up being a fan of his, but happy to be proven wrong!

Would genuinely give him the armband if we don’t get a leader in for January. Seems a natural captain

 

[SBT]

Oh it absolutely would be. I just think you’d struggle giving Dasilva away to the circus as it is.

Various managers seem to see something in him. I don’t think we’d have trouble moving him on for nothing.

 

[duffer]

Well if he has no resale value we may as well keep him and I would argue with our current squad he is very much an asset and more likely to secure points than blindly persevering with DaSilva, hoping he improves when he has shown no signs of doing so in one and a half seasons.

If his contract runs out and we bring in someone new in in the summer fair enough.

Considering he joined us on a "free transfer" we have had good value out of Bidwell and he owes us nothing.

Exactly this. I think Bidwell has done enough to offer him a new contract for a couple of years at least. How much would a replacement cost us, is the way I'd look at it.

 

[MalcSB]

Exactly this. I think Bidwell has done enough to offer him a new contract for a couple of years at least. How much would a replacement cost us, is the way I'd look at it.

If only that thinking had been applied to a couple of our better players who departed over the past two years.