Lavelle has one more year left remaining on his contract so unless you want to pay him off he’s here next season alongside Jaiyesimi, Kirk and McGrandles.
Someone needs to want those type of players for their squads otherwise it’s going to be an expensive business paying them off.
I would resign him if all 3 of the following are met.
1) We don't have a "Man City of league 1" budget.
2) Holden wants 5 senior center backs.
3) We are prepared to take a "hair cut" on Lavelle and he isn't part of our squad next season.
As with a lot of places in the squad the right looks significantly better than the left.
Hector standout 1st choice Ness Hector Inniss Ness Thomas Inniss Lavelle Thomas
We absolutely have to take a hair cut on Lavelle. We should let them remove our entire head if that's what it takes. He's collapsed so badly that it took 4 minutes for Burton to decide he wasn't good enough. They brought him on on 86 minutes to preserve a point against Pompey and subsequently conceded on the 90th minute. They brought him on in midfield, presumably applying the Deji principle of putting him equidistant between the two goals to cause as little trouble as possible but it didn't work. He then played 89 minutes in a 0-0 draw where they took him off before the end, again presumably to preserve the draw, which is fairly damning for a centre back. He's made the squad on just one other occasion. This is a team sat in 18th position, not entirely free of relegation fears who deliberately put MacGillivray in goal every week, and they don't even want Lavelle protecting their bench. League 2 beckons for him where he can hopefully rebuild his career as he was on an upward trajectory before he met us. I really don't enjoy seeing our players fail or giving up on them, but I've never seen a player regress as badly as Lavelle, he genuinely looks like all his instincts as a defender have left him. If Lavelle is in our squad next season in any way other than literally no-one would take him so we built the squad as if he wasn't there anyway then I give up
There it is. There's the Garrymanilow we know and love. He had some weird opinions on Macauley Bonne but he's back. And whaddaya know, Bonne is Good Now too! Also Sprach Zarathustra and all that
I would resign him if all 3 of the following are met.
1) We don't have a "Man City of league 1" budget.
2) Holden wants 5 senior center backs.
3) We are prepared to take a "hair cut" on Lavelle and he isn't part of our squad next season.
As with a lot of places in the squad the right looks significantly better than the left.
Hector standout 1st choice Ness Hector Inniss Ness Thomas Inniss Lavelle Thomas
We absolutely have to take a hair cut on Lavelle. We should let them remove our entire head if that's what it takes. He's collapsed so badly that it took 4 minutes for Burton to decide he wasn't good enough. They brought him on on 86 minutes to preserve a point against Pompey and subsequently conceded on the 90th minute. They brought him on in midfield, presumably applying the Deji principle of putting him equidistant between the two goals to cause as little trouble as possible but it didn't work. He then played 89 minutes in a 0-0 draw where they took him off before the end, again presumably to preserve the draw, which is fairly damning for a centre back. He's made the squad on just one other occasion. This is a team sat in 18th position, not entirely free of relegation fears who deliberately put MacGillivray in goal every week, and they don't even want Lavelle protecting their bench. League 2 beckons for him where he can hopefully rebuild his career as he was on an upward trajectory before he met us. I really don't enjoy seeing our players fail or giving up on them, but I've never seen a player regress as badly as Lavelle, he genuinely looks like all his instincts as a defender have left him. If Lavelle is in our squad next season in any way other than literally no-one would take him so we built the squad as if he wasn't there anyway then I give up
There it is. There's the Garrymanilow we know and love. He had some weird opinions on Macauley Bonne but he's back. And whaddaya know, Bonne is Good Now too! Also Sprach Zarathustra and all that
(Lavelle surely came off injured though lol)
Trust the process. Bonne is great, except when he isn't, which is constantly.
The Lavelle sub was described as 'tactical', which seems fitting. He was on a yellow and Accrington thought he should have been sent off (hauled a man down after being turned, standard) so any other foul probably would have been a red. To be fair to him it looks like he was subbed for a midfielder and he was third CB so seems they were going for the win, but 'Burton Albion's most sub-able defender' isn't something I'd love to see at the top of my footballing CV, so still not great.
I'm really enjoying Thomas at left back. He's like a better version of Ben Purrington. He's more solid defensively and has much better distribution. Some of his passing is excellent and he's not afraid of pinging a flat ball through a small gap to break the lines.
If Holden decides to return to his favoured back 3 then Thomas could be ideal for the left centre back position. Would probably still rather he be backup but I feel like that is quite similar to the role he is playing now by not really overlapping and crossing
Currently captaining Saint Lucia in their Gold Cup pre lim v Martinique on ESPN
Ex addick Hackett Fairchild also playing for Saint Lucia
St Lucia got turned over 3-1, so Terrel should be back soon to sort out his future. That was one of the strongest ever St Lucia squads.
I mean I watched the match
I wouldn't say they were turned over
It was extremely tight and first half was hard to tell which team were playing in Nations League A and Nations League C last year, 2nd half the international experience of Martinique came into it and they scored in the 74th minute which meant Saint Lucia had to push on and they were hit again
But it was a very valiant effort from them and I think they will grow as a nation the more games they play think they had 3/4 players making international debuts and couple of others playing for only the 3/4 time, its a very inexperienced squad internationally
Great. Lovely rotational piece to have. Wouldn't want to rely on him for all 46 league games if we were to be in the promotion race, but he's definitely a bit better than some people seem to have given him credit for. Agile; both-footed; and has good all-round instincts. Glad to see him sign on!
Because of course, we’re going to sign bigger and better players than Terrell Thomas...aren't we?
For me, this is very much our 2023 Adam Matthews
I do worry that we are heading down a path trodden many times before. Why do so many assume that Thomas is being lined up as just a squad player that will just be cover for when our 'big guns' get a knock??
I thought he looked out of his depth most of the time last season but I won't be too negative as will assume he has been re-signed as cheap back up and will hopefully make most of his appearances in the paint trophy.
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Someone needs to want those type of players for their squads otherwise it’s going to be an expensive business paying them off.
Bide your time and they will eventually leave.
(Lavelle surely came off injured though lol)
He's changed my mind and I hope he stays.
Ex addick Hackett Fairchild also playing for Saint Lucia
I wouldn't say they were turned over
It was extremely tight and first half was hard to tell which team were playing in Nations League A and Nations League C last year, 2nd half the international experience of Martinique came into it and they scored in the 74th minute which meant Saint Lucia had to push on and they were hit again
But it was a very valiant effort from them and I think they will grow as a nation the more games they play think they had 3/4 players making international debuts and couple of others playing for only the 3/4 time, its a very inexperienced squad internationally
Why do so many assume that Thomas is being lined up as just a squad player that will just be cover for when our 'big guns' get a knock??