Saint_clark

YES. This is a hell of an idea. We need to think of something more subtle?

I like the "Clattenburg was right" idea.

Lallana one dimensional? Christ almighty, that's a turn around.

A lot of people do, no need to sneer at it for f*cks sake.

Say whatever you want, I really rate the guy and I'm giving him my full backing.

This is the only reason I'm accepting everything that's happening. Surely he would not come to this club, even if it IS in the Prem, if he thought he was going to get f*cked over?

My point was that a bigger endorsement of OUR youth system is using it to improve OUR first team in OUR future and winning things for OUR club.

I heard they were somewhere between "ridiculous" and "astronomical".

:lol: Oh right, so we can't gauge how successful our academy is until we sell them for high fees?

You really need to decide what side you're arguing for, it wasn't that long ago you were telling us how we COULD compete with those at the top...

Who were the heroes between 04 and 06? What if we're heading for that again?

Due to his heart condition perhaps, we stood by him knowing full well he could only ever play 60 minutes at 100% or 90 minutes at 50%.

What about the £150+million we're getting from last season and next season, will that cover the transfer debt? I'd wager that's already been paid off for gods sake and yet people still bang on about it.

Oh joy, lets get rid of this young, home grown team we've steadily built up for 5 years and become just another prem team of mercenaries.

Exactly. People are getting very complacent, thinking that we churn out player after player who can be top class - we don't. Look at how many are released. Targett is far more likely to do nothing and be let go than actually perform well for us.

I thought this as well,some clubs seem to have Uni-amount levels of students in each year group.

If you're working on that pattern then isn't there 5-6 years between each players debut? That means Targett won't be the next big thing. We'll have to wait till 2020.

Just show them their contracts and say "If you don't want to perform because we're holding you to the contracts you signed, then fine. You can sit in the reserves for the remaining four years and find a new club then".

Vintage! I only managed to get the smaller amount version after we negotiated an advance payment.

I was being sarcastic and making the point that in 10 years time the money we get from this transfer will mean absolutely nothing, and we'll all wish we'd kept Shaw.

What a load of rubbish. If he was that good he'd have been used when Shaw was out last season.

I'm looking forward to the testimonial for this £30million in 10 years time when it's proven itself to be one of the best left backs the Premier League has seen.

Sacrificing individual quality for surplus mediocrity, lead up to 04/05 anyone? There's no reason in my mind we can't keep the quality and STILL have strength in depth. Over than short sightedness, of course.

What's that saying about things becoming a parody of themselves or something...?

I was happy for him to stay but if that's the standard he's setting then please, please get rid. Was there a single Englishman cheering the performance or result day? Other than Hodgson, obviously.