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Indeed, Who’d Have thought real life might be slightly different.

Posting as Alex Law I think

It’s true. I had a lot of contacts in the club at the time. To be fair Beattie hadn’t had a particularly good season but his stock was still high and we could get good money for him at the time. Plus we had Crouch and Phillips plus Camara came in on loan so the idea was to sell him and let Redknapp rebuild. We missed out on quite a few players though, think Dawson and Reid from Forest were the main ones who would have made a big difference, they both ended up at Spurs. So we were left with Crap like Davenport and Bernard.

I won’t be satisfied until Ings comes onto the pitch grabs the Mike of the stadium announcer and scream “I’m not leaving” Jordan Belfort style

Dubai Phil? Had a beer and or golf story for every thread

Whatever happened to Alpine Saint?

Get a grip, FFS. Players leave.

whoops, wrong thread

That's the problem, you're using here as your yardstick. The fee was actually more like £34m, at the time it was a good fee, it was one of the biggest transfers of the summer. The follow one or two season prices exploded with players no where near Manes level going for the sort of money he did, whilst he was playing really well in a good Liverpool team so then everyone decided Les had f*cked up again, which wasn't true. I maintain and always have that the price we got for Mane was fair and good at the time we sold him

Do you think it'd be a good idea to move the away fans to the cover and create a "kop"?

Correct, there is a difference between a 20 goal a season striker and a striker who has scored 20 goals in a season. Austin scored 18 for QBR and he cost us £4m FFS.

All of them were very good players, and agree losing a top keeper or striker would have more impact than a left back but to claim Ings is a level above them both is ridiculous. Where do people put James Beattie into the mix for our best strikers? You look at his record and his best season in terms of goals is better than Ings was, he was also better for a longer period and integral to how we played at the time. I though he was a cock but you cant argue that he was a good striker for us.

No, MLG is claiming Ings is a level above them.

Everything i have stated about Flowers and Bridge are facts. If you cant use them to work out that they are at least the same level as Ings is, not Ings a level above as was claimed then i cant help you any further, sorry you dont like that.

Sorry i've upset you, you do seem a delicate little flower. In this case comparing players is quite simple. When Flowers left us he was one of the top 3 England goalkeepers, competing with David Seaman, arguably the best goalkeeper England have has since Shilton. When he went to Blackburnhe became the most expensive goalkeeper in Britain at the time. Blackburn were spending big buying the best players to build a team that would go onto win the title the following season. Bridge was rated as one of the best left backs in the country, much of our game was based around his runs down the flanks, with Marsden tucking in to allow the overlap, When he left we had to restructure that side as Marsden also was no longer as effective. Bridge had already made over 10 England appearances when he left despite competing for the position with Ashley Cole, who was one of the best left backs we've had and part of Arsenals team which one of the best sides this country has ever seen. The £7m fee was big money at the time for a left back, again going to a team that were spending huge money and buying up the best they could. But yeah, lets pretend Ings is a level above them both because he had one good season with us and it's suits the narrative because we dont like the person who points to a few facts to prove it's not the case. We all know people dont like facts when it doesn't suit their stance dont we. I guess that makes me a shit stirring contrarian without anything of any value to say. You carrying on floundering around not really knowing what you're talking about though.

What about the offer of being co-captain and a striker leadership role?

You are wrong, Ings is not a level above Flowers and Bridge. I think you know that as well now you’ve had a little time to think about how silly that comment was.

Yes and you are wrong.

Yet you did it and came to the conclusion that Ings is somehow a level above. You are wrong (again)

He isn’t and yet again you prove you don’t know what you’re on about when forced to look beyond spreadsheets

If you don’t know the abilities of Wayne Bridge and Tim Flowers when they left us then I’m afraid I can’t help you. You’ve just shown up your lack of knowledge

Utter bollox

he has an 8.30 and 2pm teacher lesson on teams, they are then set work for the day which they need help with. At first he found it all very exciting "working from home" with Daddy, now it's not such a novelty and as i spend 4-5 hours a day on video conference calls he slips off at the first chance he gets to do something else. So there is the element of me managing my diary so i'm not on calls when he needs my help and making sure he stays interested when i'm on a call and cant be available to help straight away.

I expect quite a few people are in the same boat and just getting on with it

My son is at home and i'm working full time in a very senior role and also home schooling. I guess some people just cant manage more than one thing at a time.