Yeah, he does. Because he realised it was the wrong way to do things and acted professionally afterward.
I find it funny as well but there's a big difference between what he did and what Lallana did.
HE never said that though. He was left out of a pre-season friendly game BY THE MANAGER so he could decide what he wanted to do. He decided to stay and knuckle down, and gave us another great season before leaving in a professional manner.
Looks like we're using the huge income increase next season to tie players down for the long term. I can't remember seeing any player sign 6 year deals before, and yet we've got 2 signed up before the season even ends.
Aaron Martin was quite a big squad player for us, Holmes is obviously there to pad the squad out a bit in the absence of Guly and Chamberlain - although Holmes did score for us in the Championship!
I'd wager every player who played in those two years was invited.
He'a looked at his best playing in a deep midfield role, unfortunately for obvious reasons has only had one or two games here and there and no run in the team. Could see him fitting in there long term though.
As above, no excuse for not going other than you didn't go much while we were outside the Prem. It was a special squad for those 2 seasons. How can you not want to see them again?