LeBizzier69

Still that stupid “told me to kick his fcking head in” song. ”you fat bar steward” at goal kicks, when none are remotely fat. The old “you’re sht aaaah” was fine.

I hope you're wrong - we'd be nuts to sell the player of the league last year with still a few years left on his deal for that amount. We'd only end up splaffing that and more on someone who probably isn't proven....or who offered less in the league last year.

Agree, and nobody should be paying that sort of cash for him. But, with the sales of the big names plus those leaving and off the wage bill, we should be demanding big money for players who can (most probably) make a big impact next year. There’s no point in selling Tella, Alcaraz etc for less than top dollar because a) we’ll have lost two decent players for not much cash, and b) we’ll still then have to stump up decent cash just to replace them. They’re worth more to us and a push for next season than they are being sold for anything less than top money (for their level of player).

No he isn’t, and Tella isn’t worth £25m. But, to let these players leave that’s what we should be commanding. They’re our players under decent length contracts, and who we need next season. Clubs will need to cough up way over the odds if they want them.

I detest Everton.

Always liked Ruben.

Same here, the club aren’t the only thing that needs a reset before the start of next season!

The Lockyer incident looked a bit worrying.

Yes you’re right. Unless my maths is shot too.

I'm inclined to agree, although (perhaps stupidly) i've kept my seat in the Northam just because it's always been my seat. Probably because i couldn't have ever got my own at The Dell.

Quoting Dman further up...

This is the great thing about a forum - if we were in a pub debating/joking about prices etc, we'd all laugh and talk normally, and i expect "grow up" wouldn't come into it. If you look at the first page of this post you'll see i thought there may be a reduction. It's just forum chat....

I’m not surprised…..the “4 more games” koolaid has worked!

So, that makes mine £11 cheaper without early renewal. Excuse me while I pick up the soap…

Yes, and if rumours are of either replacing Rice at WHU (who'll leave for big bucks) or joining mega rich NU then we can absolutely pull their pants down. We need to stand firm this window and make sure we get an absolute premium for these players. If Dragan is more involved, then maybe he'll play proper hardball.

Is he in the building yet?!

I kind of get this, from a courtesy point of view…..but I recruit contract engineers and when the contract isn’t renewed due to poor performance (or cut short) they’re certainly not informed about a replacement. But I guess that’s the difference between working to a fixed term contract and being a permanent staff member. Ultimately it’s not his business. There’s no chance he wouldn’t have known what’s going on anyway with other candidates.

Barring a numnber of long term injuries, he is never going to be a starter (bench warmer if he's really lucky) for England....even when his stats are top notch and he's scoring goals he's not high up on the list. One would imagine that any move shouldn't be based on an England career, but simply staying in the PL.

Quite probably. Doesn’t change the fact that currently he shouldn’t be anywhere near a football pitch. Regardless of who your employer is, in any job, there’s no excuse to not at least pretend to try.

Aribo has no place on any football pitch.

Kids on for 45 minutes please. I mean, why not?

You’ll definitely have much more fun in a stream.

Yes, just tell him he’s going nowhere. Unless someone wants to pay £40-50m for him. We need to make sure that players with decent contract length left are sold on our terms for top money. It’s a business and some are valuable assets. Top money or on yer bike.

One button would be overpaying.

The problem is that ALL of the managers being spoken about who haven't managed in the PL are a pure punt. So we can't really say that this person is a much better option than person based on how they might do as and when we get back up. We really need to focus on getting out of the championship, and get someone in who can deliver that. We can worry about the PL again when we get there.