Saint_Ash Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Never in doubt he was going to leave. no one in their right mind would pay for him. He could have played this year and wound down his contract though so great stuff he's signed.
doddisalegend Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Nice one. The type of player we've been missing the second half of the season.... What injured.....
BadgerBadger Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 BOOM - there it is, time for the suitors to back off. Lets hope he holds up well and gets back to his best.
Saints foreva Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Great news. Hopefully he comes back better than ever next season. We've missed him this year.
DT Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Puts the price up at least Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Saint_clark Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Can we put to bed the "no good player has signed a new contract" line now?
SuperSAINT Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 RK: “It’s a good start to the summer business for us because it shows that everyone here is convinced by what we want to achieve.” Hell yeah.
S-Clarke Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Can we put to bed the "no good player has signed a new contract" line now? Probably, but you'll still get the usual ''Oh he only signed because he was injured and we had no real competition'.
S-Clarke Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 RK: “It’s a good start to the summer business for us because it shows that everyone here is convinced by what we want to achieve.” Hell yeah. Don't go all Ed Milliband on us.
doddisalegend Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 RK: “It’s a good start to the summer business for us because it shows that everyone here is convinced by what we want to achieve.” Hell yeah. Clyne up next followed by Morgan and Victor signing new 5 years contracts...........
Jack Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Excellent news. Hopefully he can find his form again. Hoping people give him time, he was very much a confidence player and was frustrating at first, it took him quite a while to get into any real goalscoring form but was brilliant when he got going.
Window Cleaner Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Clyne up next followed by Morgan and Victor signing new 5 years contracts........... 3 out of 4 wouldn't be bad. On JRod...great now let's get him onto the pitch and say ciao to the other lump.
ART Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Absolutely brilliant news and changes so much for the club's future. Seems like a huge black cloud has been lifted and brilliant rays of sunshine have appeared. Congratulations to Jay and to the Club.
JoeShmoe Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Even if we lose a few i'd think Mane and J-Rod as the wide attacking midfielders will be great next year - if we could get Tadic back to where he was at the start of the year or find a real no 10 type , plus add a striker with movement such as Austin or Bamford then BOOM !
Beckenham Saint Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 From OS: “The medical staff have all worked tirelessly with me, so this is great news. I just want to carry on improving now and to try to get some gamete.” Gamete? Boy, sounds like he really is excited to be back
S-Clarke Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 From OS: Gamete? Boy, sounds like he really is excited to be back Lol i saw that and thought WTF as well. Nice one OS.
harry Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Absolutely fantastic news. I'm not expecting an instant return to his form of last season but with a full pre-season and some matches under his belt, he'll get there
hypochondriac Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Probably, but you'll still get the usual ''Oh he only signed because he was injured and we had no real competition'. Yep. I'll wait until Clyne or Morgan or someone of that ilk sign before we can remove that tag. Anyway, let's hope he hasn't lost too much with the injury. He'll be a vital player for us next year if fit.
eddie Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 well that was unexpected and very enjoyable news. lets hope clyne, toby and morgan follow suit
Saint Charlie Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Fantastic news. Really hope he can stay injury free. Hope he gets the chance to play as a striker too in addition to out wide.
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Great news! Not surprised after the injury, he needs some reassurance if his knee doesn't recover well.
Batman Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Awesome news. If he has a good pre season and gets back to what he was like last season, he will be devastating for us. brilliant player
Lighthouse Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Excellent news, hope this isn't just to push the price up in summer. Now can we sell Shane Long please.
SaintLiam Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Hopefully it's not the same situation as it was for Shaw where he signed and left anyway...albeit for £30m. Aside from that, really nice to have him sign!
S-Clarke Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Hopefully it's not the same situation as it was for Shaw where he signed and left anyway...albeit for £30m. Aside from that, really nice to have him sign! That wasn't the same situation at all. He signed a new deal in the summer of 2013, and left in the summer of 2014. So we had another year, on a bigger contract, which allowed us to sell him for a much bigger fee. Whatever happens in a years time, we're in a much stronger position.
Saint_clark Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Clyne up next followed by Morgan and Victor signing new 5 years contracts........... I'd just be happy with Wanyama in all honesty. I'm already resigned to losing the other two and i think the money we'll get from them will drastically improve out squad.
saintoaks Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Good news,I bet there's a big buy out clause somewhere In there !
shurlock Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Fantastic news. Really hope he can stay injury free. Hope he gets the chance to play as a striker too in addition to out wide. What does this mean for shame long?
SuperSAINT Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 What does this mean for shame long? Not much really as he plays on the other wing.
Window Cleaner Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 What does this mean for shame long? Very little I expect, he's got his contract, he must have kind of got used to limited playing time and no other bunch of fools are going to give us anywhere near 12 million £ for him so it must be carry on as you were.
Lighthouse Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Very little I expect, he's got his contract, he must have kind of got used to limited playing time and no other bunch of fools are going to give us anywhere near 12 million £ for him so it must be carry on as you were. I'd sell him for half of that TBH.
Window Cleaner Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 I'd sell him for half of that TBH. Well you obviously haven't been listening to the forum experts today then, apparently he's just what we need for some reason or other, something about one cross that landed on Pellè's head against Spurs defence, one of the worst in the PL might I add and certainly the worst in the top half of the league. .
Saint Benali Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Bit of a gamble as we don't know if he will be the same player as before he got injured. So many players get that and are never the same after. Personally I would of waited until next season, see how he get's on in pre-season and the early games. If he does well and looks like he is over the injuries sign him up. To give someone a new deal and presumably a pay rise when they haven't played for over 14 months seems a bit crazy to me. If he get's back to himself then its a great signing. But if he doesn't we have wasted money. Hence why it is a gamble imo. Fingers crossed it pays off as he is exactly the type of player we have been missing.
Window Cleaner Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Bit of a gamble as we don't know if he will be the same player as before he got injured. So many players get that and are never the same after. Personally I would of waited until next season, see how he get's on in pre-season and the early games. If he does well and looks like he is over the injuries sign him up. To give someone a new deal and presumably a pay rise when they haven't played for over 14 months seems a bit crazy to me. If he get's back to himself then its a great signing. But if he doesn't we have wasted money. Hence why it is a gamble imo. Fingers crossed it pays off as he is exactly the type of player we have been missing. We'll have to see, Jay was all about pace, if he's lost only a fraction of it he may be diminished somewhat. No reason for him to have lost anything really.
Bearsy Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 I'd sell him for half of that TBH. leave off, Shane guarantees us 4-6 goals per season, if we could get another 20 like him we'd be set for a title push next season imo Edit: Good news bout Jay I've always like jay i always thought the rumours of him leaving this year was bull
DT Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 I very much hope this doesn't stop us looking for the kind of forward players we need. Really can't rely on him being anywhere near what he was (in my opinion).
The9 Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 I think its highly unlikely that we'll have offered him a new contract if we weren't absolutely certain that he's going to be fully fit.
Window Cleaner Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 leave off, Shane guarantees us 4-6 goals per season, if we could get another 20 like him we'd be set for a title push next season imo Although it's more 4 than 6 just now, perhaps we'd need another 30 like him to be on the safe side.
The9 Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 I very much hope this doesn't stop us looking for the kind of forward players we need. Really can't rely on him being anywhere near what he was (in my opinion). So why offer him a FOUR YEAR DEAL? He's fine, if there was any doubt he wouldn't have been offered it in the first place, pretty sure we'd already fulfilled our last contractual obligation to give him a new deal a year ago, and that isn't the contract he signed.
Window Cleaner Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 So why offer him a FOUR YEAR DEAL? He's fine, if there was any doubt he wouldn't have been offered it in the first place, pretty sure we'd already fulfilled our last contractual obligation to give him a new deal a year ago, and that isn't the contract he signed. Well it's just a 3 year extension really(time wise that is), I'm sure he'll be just great anyway. To me he just can't be much worse than anything that we have already, he's quick and brave and doesn't spend all afty on his arse appealing to the ref. In fact he even scored sat on the ground last season.
S-Clarke Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Lol, so if we hadn't signed him up all we'd have seen on here would have been - ''Bad news, club can't keep anyone, we're going down, we're not showing any ambition'' And as he has signed up, we hear (probably from the people who'd have said the above, I might add): '' This is a gamble / I would have waited / hope we don't stop looking for another player / We can't rely on him anymore / Doesn't mean much with him extending his deal'' Couldn't make it up, this place is classic sometimes.
Ohio Saint Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Can I say it's like having a new player. My thoughts exactly. After all this time, it's like getting a quality player on a free transfer!
mcjwills Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 If he gets back to his previous form it is the equivalent of a £20 million signing.
SNSUN Posted 12 May, 2015 Posted 12 May, 2015 Well this is a surprise. I just heard on TalkSport and was whooping in the car on the way home. If he returns as good as he was, this is a cracking bit of news, and it also could symbolise to Clyne etc that Saints is the place to be.
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