Smirking_Saint

In the same way as the others did, saying gerrard didnt perform is pretty much crap anyway. He was a good left back, much better for his club though, mainly because england in general are crap

My suggestion in this case would be pay the money and get it done, we need to shift our situation to that with a positive outlook

He was a good player in a poor performing england team

Exactly this, people seem not to understand this point, it comes to a point in time, i.e now, that we need to be thinking about the coming season. Losing 3 first teamers is already a massive issue. He wont strike for long, nor will he be happy to be dropped into the reserves as it impacts his career. Id be inclined to say 'You signed a contract last year, you arent going anywhere until we have a replacement here and our asking price met, Id suggest you put up and shut up'

TBF atleast he always seemed passionate, I remember Lampard laughing and joking after the 4-1 defeat against germany. Id say it was an underperforming team of crap tactics and pish managers, Ive not seen an England team in my lifetime that I consider anyone has 'performed' in, thats not a problem of the players per se as you have had the likes of shearer, terry, gazza, gerrard, scholes etc I find it more an issue with the FA and set up in general

This Always makes me laugh regarding the roy of the rovers crap in similar ways to people moaning about morgans style of play. Generally at this level, the top level, you are asked to play a certain way and Id imagine that Gerrard was given licence due to his ability at influencing games be it through what was terrific passing ability or his shooting. He was a top level player no doubt, I have a hard on about it because I respect his talent as does the majority of the footballing world. We have nobody right now anywhere near his ability unfortunately

Whilst not immediately a fan of overspending, I think that potentially it is avoidable in our current predicament, if as speculated we are struggling with incomings due to how our situation is being percieved I think its vital that we arrest this with 1 or 2 higher profile signings if nothing but to try a get a positive feeling back Forster would be a good start

Ahh must be me being think again as this appears to be the post of someone backtracking, my bad

GK - Forster CB - De Vrij/vlaar/shawcross/williams/kongolo 2x of any as jos isnt good enough AM - hughes ST - ings/curci/lazerette 1x of I still think we need a lb aswell. Targett may well be a star but I dont want another season worrying about what we have in reserve

Whilst not immediately a fan of overspending, I think that potentially it is avoidable in our current predicament, if as speculated we are struggling with incomings due to how our situation is being percieved I think its vital that we arrest this with 1 or 2 higher profile signings if nothing but to try a get a positive feeling back Forster would be a good start

I find this quite remarkable from a man thats reinvented himself from annoying keyboard warrior to a more annoying keyboard warrior who when called out claims not to be the same person but there you go

Put me on ignore then ? I think this is basically the only year I havn't been optimistic TBF. And you dobt have to agree with me

Pulling that off will definately shut me up... Not entirely sure we will mind

Well in that case this isnt relevant considering he said he didnt know who we bid for but he thinks it may be janmaat

Id imagine most look at two things, cash and oppurtunity. Right now Id imagine its a hard job to sell oppurtunity considering they have seen nothing but us selling our crown jewells. As for cash surely thats not an issue considering the wages Id expect those crown jewells to have earnt and the fees recieved

Im taking it with a pinch of salt, the same way I deal with Guans info, its all very interesting of course.

Is it immediately not plausible as its negative ? Like Lovrens 'lack of ambition' statement ?

Exactly, Ive heard the term 'he has a mistake in him' about 1000 times, exactly what CB hasnt ? Especially at this level Even Kompany has had the odd clanger

Regardless of outgoings (im not getting into that again) I imagine its not easy selling brand southampton right now

Ahh thats all good then I imagine the truth is somewhere between you and guan

He wasnt used properly in the same way scholes wasnt. In fact early on for x games we were unbeaten with his inclusion. Unfortunately soon after we stopped playing him through the middle and tried to include lampard, gerrard, scholes and beckham

I think him and scholes were our last WC midfielders, both wasted I look at who is coming through and worry, Im a firm believer that ganes are won in midfield. I cant see Wilshere or Henderson doing that

How did the youngsters play ? Stephens ? Isgrove ? Targett ?

Really ? I never knew this, in that case steer clear, or perhaps a loan

Everyones been largely crap for england, Scholes was largely crap for england, thats because england are largely crap