Ex-Saints in the England u-21 squad

[Professor]

Walcott in the u-21 squad is not a surprise but Martin Cranie is selected as well. A credit to the Saints Academy, that no doubt will not be noted by any national newspaper. Walcott had to be sold as his ambitions were beyond SFC, but was it a mistake not to hold on to Cranie?

[Saint_clark]

For the 1000th time - we offered Cranie a new deal. He turned it down. He went.

[Papa Shango]

Cranie wasn't good enough to get more than one game in the whole of his last season at the club. We were well shot of the pikey skate ****.

[KMondo]

Okay...so it had nothing to do with Mr Burley's dodgy taste in centre halves then???

[Professor]

For the 1000th time - we offered Cranie a new deal. He turned it down. He went.
For the 1001st time, there are two sides to the offer of a deal, and maybe Cranie should have been given a better offer, but Burley didn't seem to think centre backs mattered. He's certainly good enough now and would have been an asset last season.

[tiger]

For the 1001st time, there are two sides to the offer of a deal, and maybe Cranie should have been given a better offer, but Burley didn't seem to think centre backs mattered. He's certainly good enough now and would have been an asset last season.


Don't often agree with you but I do here. Once Burley "falls out" with a player there's no going back apparently.