hypochondriac

There is a big discussion about it on pol. General feeling is that they may well pull out but they reckon that Stuart Robinson will then be forced to sell at a lower price to the club as the land won't be worth as much. Erm I don't think so!

Oh dear. Sounds very plausible and it's why many were frustrated that we didn't do any business before we sold people. Pretty depressing.

So the how is he a good servant? Has been crap. I would say Ashley Cole has been a great servant for England and so was Beckham before him. Gerrard was ****e.

Doesn't really mean anything.

Rubbish. Whilst clearly a talented player, has been largely crap for England and I don't give a toss about his Liverpool performances.

Yeah I know. Just interesting to hear their perspective.

Might not go to Liverpool but he will be off.

Because it's clearly happening so why do we have to wait until it's official before expressing discontent about it?

These Swindon commentators love Stephens.

He is clearly leaving.

I didn't quote you.

Insurance wouldn't cover him returning and being poorer due to the injury.

He never has been a defensive midfielder and we would have been better off not playing him at the world cup. On the international stage he will be regarded as a total failure.

Would absolutely love if he went to Chelsea instead.

Good riddance.

I don't want any England internationals. They will all be gone next summer if that is the case.

That's nonsense and your wife is clearly an ignoramus. One of the easiest phones to use I have ever had.

It's possible that he has a bit more respect for the club due to the fact that he signed for us when we were on a downer and has been here the whole way through.

I would have allowed the three who left to leave and then said we would be losing no more. I would have spoken to lovren and told him he can leave next year with our blessing provided he gives us good service for one more season. In that scenario it is potentially two players who want to leave in Morgan and lovren not a large group, yet Morgan has seemingly been less bothered about it than some so I think he could be persuaded to stay another season.

But deals like that happen at clubs all the time and it doesn't create a poisonous atmosphere as you call it.

Yes that too. As I said, from a pr perspective this has been handled very poorly.

Erm exactly how I said we should stagger departures. As I said, it happens often and is a common tactic in football.

It happens at loads of clubs and is a common tactic. Suarez wasn't happy last year about Liverpool but they got another season out of him. This isn't some sort of amateur organisation, it's a professional business and you have to be hard nosed to an extent. If the likes of lovren had been refused a move then IMO it's quite likely he would have agreed to play for us for another season. Stuff about poisonous atmosphere is silly, if they knew they would be allowed to leave next season then they would most likely perform this year for us. These guys are supposedly professionals and when all is said and done, players don't actually go on strike.

That's nonsense. The choice wasn't the all stay or they all go. As I said we needed to negotiate better and managed the departures over a season or two not allow them to all jump ship at once.

Which players went on strike then?