21 Jun 2016 09:35:49
Do we not insert buy back clauses after selling young players?
I mean players like zaha, michael keane, brady, drinkwater would be decent additions to our squad, not to mention shawcross, pique etc.
21 Jun 2016 10:01:22
I'd only take pique out of all of them to be honest.
21 Jun 2016 10:46:09
Zaha may yet prove SAF right.
21 Jun 2016 11:33:50
Drinkwater was in the top 5 midfielders in the league last season but he isn't Spanish so I suppose he would be no good to our squad Andy.
21 Jun 2016 12:36:02
He's had one good season, if I remember correctly the vast majority of people last summer didn't want to risk buying Harry Kane after one good season. If he does well next season fair enough but I just feel we should be aiming higher.
21 Jun 2016 12:59:49
I get what you mean RedAndy. Who wants a league winner at the top of his game I our sqaud anyway.
21 Jun 2016 13:38:56
Vardy, mahrez, kante, and the fact that they went virtually injury free the whole season won them the league, they are the worst quality side to ever win it. Plenty of players have premier league winners medals, doesn't mean we should sign them. He didn't get into the England squad, if he was that good he would have been the first player on the England team sheet.
21 Jun 2016 13:54:32
RedAndy,
Spot on mate, don't bite at it, it's been a lovely few months without anyone trying to start arguments.
21 Jun 2016 15:14:36
Red Andy Drinkwater was as much a part of that side as Kante and co. I also wouldn't label them as the 'worst quality side to ever win the league'. They were plenty quality and were an absolute joy to watch. Just because they didn't have fancy names doesn't mean they weren't quality. That's a moronic statement.
As for England, the fact that he didn't make it in to the Euros says more about Roy and his set up than it does anything else. He had a much better season than mostly all of those midfielders yet Roy opts for Wheelchair Wilshire among others. Go figure.
21 Jun 2016 16:30:16
You've just got to ask if any big clubs are after any of their players except for vardy mahrez and kante, I haven't heard of anyone offering big money for Danny Simpson or Robert huth. They had a very lucky season, everything went right for them including the terrible form of the top clubs, and I would honestly be very disappointed if we went after drinkwater when in my opinion we already have a similar player of a better quality in Schneiderlin. (Having a poor first season when he wasn't consistently picked under van gaal doesn't make him a bad player)
I'll agree some of Hodgsons selections have been questionable but if drinkwater really was as good as you say he is then he wouldn't have seen him as surplus
Also the "fancy name" argument you keep coming out with is ridiculous, it's not like I've ever said I didn't want a player to come to us because he's English, I've vocally backed our young English lads when they were getting a bit of stick on here.
21 Jun 2016 16:44:45
Woy of the wovers. what a load of Wubish.
The spirit of LVG lives on.
Am I wong?