Jonny Drury and Lewis Cox return with the new episode of the Baggies Broadcast.
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00:00By the time the new year comes around, there will be four full months and a bit left of
00:08this season. He's got to make use of it. That's not trying to put pressure on him to start
00:15every game and be a regular starter or scorer, but he's got to make use of these months.
00:20If these months play out and it's just muscle injury after muscle injury or touch wood,
00:25something serious doesn't come up again, then you really, really, really fear the writings
00:29on the wall. I think, again, trying not to be too knee-jerk here, but yeah, just hopefully...
00:35Yeah, he's still around to just keep them now, regardless of injuries, you know what
00:38I mean? You talk about resale value and it's on for £7 million, they're probably not,
00:44unless he has... I've just looked now, he is out of contract in 2026, so he's got just
00:48over 18 months left.
00:50Well, there you go then, yeah.
00:52So, you know, even at this moment in time, if he was firing, his value wouldn't be as
00:57much as it was if he had three or four years left on his deal. It's going to be a case
01:00of, yeah, spend that money, it's going to... just have to suck it up and hope he gets back
01:06and does really well.
01:07Well, that's a massive point then, isn't it, for what we're on about there? You talk about
01:11what we're getting on soon for the midpoint of the season, won't we? And then next summer
01:16is entering his final year. I mean, that's... it's zoomed around, hasn't it, sadly? And
01:22he's been kicking his heels and stuck the whole time. So, it makes the final months
01:27of this season absolutely imperative that he can just stay free of any more serious...
01:33any further serious issues, any more sort of six to eight week delays like this one.
01:37Yeah, yeah, we're told, you know, the odd muscle ones likely after not... but he can't
01:42keep going, obviously. So, really, really needs to be able to take advantage of these
01:47final few months of this season, hopefully.