Sad to see Dan Harding go

[Miltonroader07]

But I dont think he is Prem standard BUT he had a major part in putting us where we are

Good luck to him at NFFC

[Saintjersey]

How was your hibernation?

[Saint Garrett]

You're not doing too well with this whole forum thing are you...


http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthrea...rest-Confirmed

[red&white56]

Don't worry Miltonroader - there are lots of members who live for the opportunity to be sarcastic and sometimes unpleasant to others members.

I will also miss Dan. He was a good servent and helped us get promoted twice. I still remember his goal last season at Leicester, a real opportunistic goal but a great reward for his attitude to always try to get up the pitch.

[Junction 9]

Couldn't agree more, played a big part of getting us out of League 1 and was man of the match in the JPT final IMO.

Cheers Dan, all the best at Forest.

[Saint_clark]

You're not doing too well with this whole forum thing are you...


http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthrea...rest-Confirmed

We quite often had a "transfer announced" thread as well as a "best wishes" thread when players left in the past, no reason to not bring it back.

[Saint Garrett]

The 'best wishes' started on page 2....

[WHITEE1987]

Someone had to be i suppose. Dead weight for most of the championship. His ambition to get up the field and play always 100% without fail left us wide open at the back. Never marked his man well. Was scared to make a tackle and had the crossing ability of a blind walrus!

[saintscottofthenortham]

Overrated.

[Saint_clark]

Someone had to be i suppose. Dead weight for most of the championship. His ambition to get up the field and play always 100% without fail left us wide open at the back. Never marked his man well. Was scared to make a tackle and had the crossing ability of a blind walrus!

Wow. Don't think you've got the right Dan Harding.

[Gordon Mockles]

He was part of our progression and for that he should be thanked and a level of respect shown. Unless you're one of those trolls who finds pleasure in berating any modicum of good sentiment!

[WHITEE1987]

Wow. Don't think you've got the right Dan Harding.

Long blonde hair, more interested in the tassels in his socks than the winger running past him. Think i have

[Saint Garrett]

Someone had to be i suppose. Dead weight for most of the championship. His ambition to get up the field and play always 100% without fail left us wide open at the back. Never marked his man well. Was scared to make a tackle and had the crossing ability of a blind walrus!

This. He's not very good.

[red&white56]

This. He's not very good.

He was named in the League One Team of the Year for the 2010–11 season, so he must have some talent and should surely be labelled as a player who is better than "not very good".

[Saint Garrett]

He was named in the League One Team of the Year for the 2010–11 season, so he must have some talent and should surely be labelled as a player who is better than "not very good".

He's a trier I'll give him that. Still think Dickson was better than him though.

[Marino]

He's a trier I'll give him that. Still think Dickson was better than him though.

We can all breathe a sigh of relief you aren't the manager then.
Good luck to Harding, never let us down - particularly enjoyed his goal and celebration up at Leeds when he was booed
for the entire game simply for being one of their ex players.

[Saint Garrett]

He done a job in L1, tries hard. However he's constantly out of position and never looks comfortable on that ball. Best of luck to him but I'm glad he won't be playing for us this season. Will do a job at Forest as long as they have a decent LCB and LM to cover for him.

[davefoggy]

Harding in - Fox OUT

Good luck Dan, you will do well at Forest. Sad to see you leave

[Saint Garrett]

Harding in - Fox OUT

Good luck Dan, you will do well at Forest. Sad to see you leave

Christ....Fox is twice the player that Harding is.

[Saint-Armstrong]

Harding in - Fox OUT

Good luck Dan, you will do well at Forest. Sad to see you leave

Regardless of keeping Harding, I'd still get rid of Dickson before Fox.

I personally think Fox is an improvement on Harding although I do worry about Fox this season.

Let's see how he handles it first though.

[SaintAndy14]

Thanks for everything Dan. He always gave his all and played a big part in our back-to-back promotions. Will miss him shouting at the ball-boys to give him the ball quicker to take a throw-in - brilliant! A passionate player and will do well at Forest. Cannot understand those few who rubbish him above.

[the saint in winchester]

If someone with more PC nous than me can find the thread when we signed him.... there will be comments on there bearing my name showing I was deliriously happy that we signed him. And I'm saddened that we are letting him go. Very good player. Worked exceptionally well with Lallana. I'm not sure Fox is any better, really I'm not, but Nigel picks the team, and I assume he thinks he is and that he has someone waiting to join us (Olsson, maybe.)

[Saint_clark]

If someone with more PC nous than me can find the thread when we signed him.... there will be comments on there bearing my name showing I was deliriously happy that we signed him. And I'm saddened that we are letting him go. Very good player. Worked exceptionally well with Lallana. I'm not sure Fox is any better, really I'm not, but Nigel picks the team, and I assume he thinks he is and that he has someone waiting to join us (Olsson, maybe.)

Unfortunately we lost a lot of posts from a few years back. Can't remember exactly why now, but it was something to do with a server update.

[captainchris]

Someone had to be i suppose. Dead weight for most of the championship. His ambition to get up the field and play always 100% without fail left us wide open at the back. Never marked his man well. Was scared to make a tackle and had the crossing ability of a blind walrus!

Not true - silly quote. One of those people who rate a player purely on the transfer value not the quality of the player...

[WHITEE1987]

Not true - silly quote. One of those people who rate a player purely on the transfer value not the quality of the player...

Im not rating him on transfer value. I genuinely thought he was s**t and not in any way dependable. I'd have seen him go for free for the peace of mind i'd never have to see his name on the team sheet again.

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

I always liked Dan Harding and obviously, like all right thinking fans, I wish him well for the future. Indeed is he not one of the best free transfers this club has signed in recent years? Time for a embarrassing admission now - try as I might - I still can't see this vast gulf in class that supposedly exists between Harding & Fox in all honesty. However as NA clearly prefers Fox then I'm happy enough to go along with his judgment.

But is even Danny Fox really Premier League standard ?

Remembering just how easily Reading's attack took him apart at St Marys (costing us the Championship title perhaps) the prospect of Fox v the best attacking players in the English game is not one that I look forward to with particular relish. Our obvious interest in signing another Left Back suggests that more important people than this ordinary fan think the much the same.

[Special K]

He's a decent player with plenty to offer. Would have been useful cover. Will do well at Forest. good luck to him.

[James]

He was decent in League One, but got found out at Championship level. I always worried whenever he was named on the team sheet. Anyone who rates him ahead of Fox is crazy imo. Fox is a vastly superior player and one which adds a lot more to our attacking play then Harding ever did.

Good luck Dan, but it was the right time to move on.

[Saint Garrett]

But is even Danny Fox really Premier League standard ?

Nope, probably not but he's more likely to do us a job inthe Prem than Harding was. Also atleast Fox has a very decent delivery which will be an asset to us next season from corners/free kicks and also from out wide.

[Elmore]

Oh how things have changed in three short years: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthrea...-two-year-deal

[Appy]

The fact anyone thought Mills would be better than him is funny.

[The9]

The fact anyone thought Mills would be better than him is funny.

They're both now playing for bottom half Championship sides from last season which suggests there's not much in it...

I was more amused at eurosaint saying Burley would have played Harding at right back - which we ended up doing for a few matches at one point.

[The9]

Also nice to see utter cobblers being spouted by Charlie Wayman and Glasgow Saint on that thread, still getting bites two promotions later :

Quite! I've never heard of him either and admit my first reaction was "Here we go again with a whole string of no-names and no hopers coming in to fatten the payroll". At least St Albans Reserves wasn't on his CV. Sorry, not impressed at all. Try harder

[GAS]

You're not doing too well with this whole forum thing are you...


http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthrea...rest-Confirmed

The post was not about him going but being sad about him going and the part he played in our promotion - debate! Not sarcasm just a lack of understanding!

[jam]

They're both now playing for bottom half Championship sides from last season which suggests there's not much in it...

I was more amused at eurosaint saying Burley would have played Harding at right back - which we ended up doing for a few matches at one point.

Including the JPT final, IIRC.

[funkymojo44]

Oh how things have changed in three short years: http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthrea...-two-year-deal

Exactly.

Dan Harding was a very good signing, and turned out to be a very valuable player for us. Yes the premiership may be above his ability, but why can't fans recognise his contribution and wish him well?

Personally at the stage we were rebuilding he was my favourite player in his first season with us.

[musesaint]

To see him go

[david in sweden]

just read an interesting (and fairly positive) summary of the current Saints situation on " the Bleacher Report "
....included in a very long paragraph about player transfers, it suggested that Dan's move was for a fee of 500K....not bad for a player who came on free transfer 3 years ago .......and a v.good deal for Forest I'd say.