Byram

[Branston Pickle 4,131]

So, apparently we ‘left it very late’ to try to sort his contract.  Hmmm.  I wonder if his constant run of injuries had anything to do with that?!

The guy is and was a decent player but was never fit for long enough - you can hardly blame the club for being unsure about giving him a new contract and imo we made the correct choice.  We certainly didn’t get great value out of the undoubted small fortune he was being paid, the main saving grace being that he didn’t cost too much to start with…because of his injuries.

[PurpleCanary 6,364]

Just now, Branston Pickle said:

So, apparently we ‘left it very late’ to try to sort his contract.  Hmmm.  I wonder if his constant run of injuries had anything to do with that?!

The guy is and was a decent player but was never fit for long enough - you can hardly blame the club for being unsure about giving him a new contract and imo we made the correct choice.  We certainly didn’t get great value out of the undoubted small fortune he was being paid, the main saving grace being that he didn’t cost too much to start with…because of his injuries.

We took a risk signing him when I suspect other clubs would not have done, and eventually helped him resurrect his career to a greater extent than looked likely at the outset.

[Mr.Carrow 394]

We were probably waiting in case one of his major limbs fell off.

[Ulfotto 793]

It is just another example of the club was and still is on sticky ground. Webber resigned in March. We will never know the timescales involved about getting a replacement. Clearly Webber after resigning would have had no clue how long he would be in charge going forward. Did he think he was doing the summer window or not? Was he doing contract renewals? 
 

Bryam is just a symptom of all that if we wanted to keep him he should have told as such likewise if we were going to release him. But there was no one in any position of responsibility to do that.

[shefcanary 2,939]

37 minutes ago, Branston Pickle said:

So, apparently we ‘left it very late’ to try to sort his contract.  Hmmm.  I wonder if his constant run of injuries had anything to do with that?!

Symptom of Mr "90% and already resigned" Webber, not getting around to the pile in his in-tray / box?

[hogesar 10,705]

I suspect we didn't want to him offer anything, based upon what was happening.

Remember, we sold Max late. I imagine had we not got a sensible offer for Max we most certainly wouldn't want Byram on the wage bill too.

Pretty standard club tactics, and I suspect we were as surprised as he was that Leeds were willing to take the gamble.

Byram, by the way, is currently out injured with a hamstring issue.

 

[canarydan23 4,749]

He claims it wasn't just him that was left in the dark until very late;

"For one thing, he was not told about Norwich’s intention to let him go until the final week of last season. “They left it very late,” he says, “and not just with me. It was a strange period because I didn’t know where I stood."

Webber really had checked out. Useless ****.

Leeds have stressed that the current hamstring issue is a minor strain and not related to the issue that ruined him at Norwich. I said at the time of releasing him that it was disappointing news and that we wouldn't be signing a better defender than him. The Athletic article suggests that he was open to dropping down to League One, so his wage demands would not have been particularly high. Depressingly, he's on a rumoured £7.5k a week at Leeds. Stacey was allegedly earning £30k a week at Bournemouth, I doubt he's signed for us at too much less than that. The decision-making of the Webber regime has been in the toilet for a long, long time.

[lake district canary 4,813]

Farke's no fool. He knew Byram was a class act and worth a punt. Surprised we didn't try harder to keep Byram. 

Edited November 20, 2023 by lake district canary

[hogesar 10,705]

3 minutes ago, lake district canary said:

Farke's no fool. He knew Byram was a class act and worth a punt. Surprised we didn't try harder to keep Byram. 

We all know. The club knew. Depends if it was worth the risk. Depending on Byrams latest injury that's still up in the air.

[Capt. Pants 4,972]

Has to be less of a risk than playing Placheta at LB I would have thought.

It wouldn't be so bad if Wagner didn't refuse to play McCallum.

[Myra Hawtree 139]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.  If we had given him another contract everyone would have complained that he is a “sick note”

[Newtopia 573]

I liked him, would people have really felt comfortable with him and Fisher as our right back choices?  He was injured a lot.

[Newtopia 573]

9 hours ago, hogesar said:

We all know. The club knew. Depends if it was worth the risk. Depending on Byrams latest injury that's still up in the air.

I am not sure it was up in the air.  He played around 15 games a season when he wasn’t blighted by injury.  I think the club were right to move on.  He was a great guy but the idea that you would go into a season with him as your main right back knowing he has only played 15 ish games a season in the last 4 years would have been very heavily criticised.