Noodles34

You can see this one played out. we sell him for 2m and he goes on to play for Barca or Real...... or Everton we look stupid. Just like when Rupert turned down Drogba

To be fair, you’ve summed up Walcott career.

I think with the club sports scientists etc. If Ings wasn’t fit enough, they’d know and he wouldn’t be playing. Whether being fit enough is 100% is another matter.

Is it me, or do there seem to be a lot of Adolf moustaches in the Milton?

Who gives a fuck

Seen a few of them, scary mate, surprised you didn’t do a Henry Hill.

I really like Armstrong but he does get caught with the ball once too often, a charge that could be labelled at others as well, to be fair. That said, the way we are trying to play now will invite that risk. But i like the way he drives forward and is not afraid to shoot and score.

Goal kick to the opposition

and i was surprised to know what would happen if the keeper threw the ball into the opponents net (obviously from his own box, otherwise that would be handball).

Think at the time, as you said, Timmy was fucking brilliant and we were gutted to lose him, same for Bridge, but maybe losing a LB isn't the same as losing a striker or goalie. Ironically, most people felt losing Shearer wasn't a massive deal at the time considering the money we got for him.

what are we saying here, that Ings is more important to the team than Flowers and Bridger were (haven't scrolled back to look)?

The only thing that doesn't make sense is that by signing a new three year deal, that effectively upps his market value anyway. I do not understand why he would think that we would offer a new contract and accept a 20 mil release clause. He's worth that now anyway, arguably more but certainly by next summer, if he has not signed, he will be with a year left. However he risks a lot by not signing (unless he moves this window), it is not incomprehensible to suggest that he might not return to the prolific goal scoring form or may he get injured again. If he does sign for us, not sure a release clause is that necessary, he's playing for a club that sell, sell, sell. We just want to sign him to protect his value so we can do a Fonte and get good money just as he goes on a downward curve, which is fine from a financial view. Not sure the manager comes into it as he'll be gone next year if we finish in the top 6 or maybe 7 this year.

someone else said that it may be that the 'clause' is just a smokescreen to Ings wanting to leave but not giving that impression i.e. he leaves (with a heavy heart) and says he was happy with everything except the release clause and Saints would not budge on that. He leaves but saves face and blames the club..

This is what Alex Crook said yesterday, it is the release clause that is the issue. Saints want around £40m and the Ings party want around £20m, that is the issue, everything else is fine.

and who might they be?

Traitors? They’re doing a job mate, not following the messiah. When will football fans get the fact that players aren’t supporters and are in it for the money and kudos. They don’t care about loyalty and shit like that.

Bale? That left back we sold to Tottenham? Right. wouldn’t say Shearer was better for us than Ings is now.

Yeah, that would all work. not sure you realise how a footballers mind works mate.

I remember watching it back some years later and realising we should have got something from the game, we deserve a draw at least. Didn’t overly feel like it in the day, think the occasion outdid the actual match.

As good as JWP is at fee kicks, he’s as bad at corners

That’s simply not true. In the end we will learn to deal with through different vaccines and treatments. To say, ‘left unchecked’ is ridiculous as it won’t be left unchecked. Like saying if Shame along is left unmarked he will score, will all know that won’t happen.

jeez, people want to sell Ings to get decent money which will either: reduce our ST prices Give us free beer inside the stadium Profit split between all fans or spent on another Carrillo/Long/Mayuka

If he goes to West ham then we may as well just give up

Vardy is a slight exception but whilst we have been avoiding relegation over the last few years, he’s been champions and europa leaguing it. and aside from Arsenal a few years back, who has really done in for him? It may well be that no one will come in for Danny. It’s hard to see him as top striker at a top 6 club and so are the lives of Spurs or Chelsea going to shell out 30 million on a bench player? Be more worried about JPW going to be honest.

you missed the sarcasm mate, the happy clappers would have you believe that, as far as i think, he'll go for better money and a bigger club, just like 99% of the others