one more thing about this signing is it really shows up­ the paucity of imagination that our old mate gazza­ megson has. It also illustrates the scarcityof­ strikers. Bolton really struggled last year because­ they found it difficult to score. So Gazza buys a m­ idfielder and loans out a past his best defender.­ Anyone still calling for his return?

Ok Once again for Drews benefit.

What have the­ following players got in common: -

Phil Neville
Jaap­ Stam
Paul Ince
Roy Keane
Ruud Van Nistelrooy

Got in­ Common?

THEY HAVE ALL SIGNED FOR OTHER TEAMS BUT HAVE­ STILL HAD PART OF THEIR WAGES SUBSIDISED BY THE SELLING­ CLUB.

We have Luke Moore who has 30% of his wages­ subsidised by Villa for Gods Sake!

Paul Robinson had a­ 25% selling clause included as well as a minimum­ release clause. IF we had sold him for £500,000 we­ would have only gained 75% of the fee, therefore we­ turned down the half a million as the money left was­ rubbish. Instead we have agreed to loan him for a­ season with a GUARANTEED purchase price of­ 2Million.

So once again all you haters who turned on­ peace have had to swallow your words, he has once again­ got a fantastic price for a 30 year old left back who­ wasn't good enough. And I told you this 24 hours­ before it was released into the press!

Lets see­ whether you are as quick to come back on and admit how­ wrong you were.

Oh and Alan, I'm sorry if my­ little maths sums scare you, however I never praised­ Paul Robinson's qualities as a player, that mouth­ and fingers of yours working a little quicker than that­ brain?

Adding to Paul Chappel's assessment, as a loan for­ the next season he only costs us £5k a week, not the­ £20k for last year - or the £30k he wasn holding out­ for. The £30k breaks the JP threshold, so how many­ would come forward for more??
Exceptions should be­ based on QUALITY - Paul R failed the quality test last­ season.

Gone at last........lets hope megson makes it permanent­ cos i dont want that has been at my club...just to say­ i spoke to greening at Histon and he said that once our­ chairman can get a deal he will be off.........

it seems like we have got ourselves a mathematicion i­ wonder if he counted all the goals braindead robinson­ gave away last season he (robinson) will fit in at­ bolton only he wondered around the pitch every game­ last term pity he did not end up with that muppey­ mowbray our loyal ex leader

wish i could remember his name but its gone.
the bolton­ left back, the dreadlocked one, Ricardo Gardner?
Much­ better player than Robbo - so he's going oop north­ to keep the bench warm and paint the dressing room is­ he?
Never mind. He had his good years at the baggies­ but last year - phew - last year!!!!!! A defensive­ liability (most of them were though), a disciplinary­ liability, and didn't really show much coming­ forward. There was a lot of frustration from MArek Cech­ and the fans understood that.
The move will be better­ for us than it will bolton or robbo

u sure u right mr paul know it all chappell ? as­ usually players who go out on loan means the parent­ club STILL have to pay 'part' of his wages NOT­ when you sell them on, that finishes as the new club­ pays ALL his wages ? i think you trying to blind people­ with science and its NOT right, Robbo would get the­ Signing on fee FROM Bolton not WBA, it was HE who­ wanted to leave not the other way around, it is perhaps­ some sort of tax fiddle for either or both clubs, and­ if his fitness fails, then what ??? he returns AGAIN to­ the PARENT Club !

Ok lets explain it to you all:

Paul Robinson has 12­ months remaining on his current contract (With a­ further years option in the clubs favour)

By selling­ Mr Robinson we would have had to pay him and his agent­ 25% of any fee gained and would have been liable for­ 25% of his wages. If we had sold him to Bolton (For­ £500,000) we would have received £375,000. We would­ also have been liable for around £5000 a week for the­ next 52 weeks (He has been offered around £30,000 a­ week @ Bolton).

£5000 x 52 = £250,000.

This would­ have meant we would have made a profit of £125,000 on­ the player!!

By loaning him out we are no longer­ liable for any of his wages (£20,000 x 52 = £1,000,000)­ or have to pay any transfer fee to his agent. If after­ 12 months he has been successful they will simply renew­ his contract for another year and then say to Robinson,­ If you want to leave you have to give up your 25%, at­ the age of 31 and having been away from the hawthorns­ for 12 months do you think he's really going to­ come back? Even more so if we don't get­ promoted!

What Peace has done is brilliant, not only­ has he got ridden of one of out top earners, he has­ done so at no loss to the albion and safe in the­ knowledge that in 12 months we will be in an even­ stronger bargaining position.

shocking

He's been the most commited player for the Albion­ in years,
good luck Robbo

thank god he gone.
Has not played well for two years,­ held marek cech back, and his comments are a­ joke.
Wants to play for Celtic!!! the best he can do is­ a manager who signed him six years ago.
Good riddance

Totally agree with you Bob. Should have moved him on­ and got the cash. Its not like we paid millions for­ him
to begin with. I fail to see how this loan benefits­ WBA. Bolton and Robinson do very well out of it.

Robinson is in a win/win situation beause if the­ baggies get promoted next season, he will more than­ likely still end up in the premier league. As for the­ comments saying he wanted to leave,i would just have­ sold him and move on. He obviously does'nt want to­ play for the baggies anymore so why loan him out. We­ dont want anymore retards from Bolton Meite was bad­ enough.

Still can't see it. The player wanted to leave, ­ couldn't play for WBA again after comments in the­ press.
Should have sold him outright, he is not wanted­ back and he won't play for The Baggies again.

Because if its a season long loan and you're­ promoted it gives you options.

this sounds like a curtis davies saga to me, no doubt­ peace has sights on a has been bolton player which will­ be off loaded to us half way through the season,

Whats the point of a loan deal ? Can't see any­ sense in this. He cost us next to nothing from Watford.­ Why not
just take the money offered ? Very odd.