Daniel Ayala

I dont really begrudge any player not playing at the end of that covid period. Unless we had an improved offer on the table, or basically an offer he was already happy with, its a risk to then injure yourself for a year or two when its potentially your last career move.

We don't have the best record for players picking up injuries and I doubt we'd sign him if he was out for a year after picking up that injury.

I know people like to play the tiniest violin card due to footballers earnings, but at the end of the day they're people in a career with a very limited timespan and they don't owe any loyalty to clubs or employers especially when clubs are so quick to cut ties when they're done with players.
 
I was watching their match v Sunderland the other day and he picked up his 5th booking of the season. So he might be suspended?
 
ThatFragranceGuy said:
I dont really begrudge any player not playing at the end of that covid period. Unless we had an improved offer on the table, or basically an offer he was already happy with, its a risk to then injure yourself for a year or two when its potentially your last career move.

We don't have the best record for players picking up injuries and I doubt we'd sign him if he was out for a year after picking up that injury.

I know people like to play the tiniest violin card due to footballers earnings, but at the end of the day they're people in a career with a very limited timespan and they don't owe any loyalty to clubs or employers especially when clubs are so quick to cut ties when they're done with players.
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Professional footballers understandably have little loyalty, and rightly we can't demand it either, when it comes to making better their careers we can all agree on that but his behaviour at that time was not what I would expect of a good pro. It was just two more games. We paid him when he was isolating at home - I don't think it was too much to ask of him to be honest
 
Immense player for us, I was gutted when he left.

I hope he has a stinker tonight, but I wish him well beyond that.
 
He was great for us in the championship, if his head was in the right place.

I recall in the Monk era, he became more interested in wrestling with other players.However, such spells ere thankfully brief.

In the PL I thought he was too easily outmuscled by some of the more athletic forwards there. Gibson performed better at that level.

I've mellowed a bit on his not playing after his contract expired. Had he got injured during that time, would the club have continued paying him until he was fit to play for another team? Of course not. It's a hard cold business, but that coldness cuts both ways.
 
Let's not forget that Ayala had missed 3 months through injury before Covid paused the league, and was still injured when it restarted.

It's not like he was fully fit and just refusing to play at all.

Gestede played when the league restarted, despite also understandably refusing to play past his contract unless he was offered guarantees if he was injured.
 
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