Yes but wasn't your point how only one or two of our players live in the city of our club? Hove is part of that surely.. it was in our name last I checked :shrug:
Could you explain how his performances have indicated he's a bit "meh"? You must have been watching different games to me, in the ones i've watched (all of them minus Portman Road) he's been throwing his body around as frequently as last season. He also doesn't look particularly "meh" when we...
You'd be looking at someone like Howson who would cost less, but command a higher wage. Having said that, he is looking to be Norwich's PotS so maybe i'm underestimating it.
But yes I agree with your point, it is certainly not economical to let Stephens go because of a signing on fee.
Nearly all of them are untested then, in fact some of them you could argue have already been tested and failed....but out of the lot Stephens has one of the best chances of cutting it. Who do you think CH is going to want to replace him with if he does go? Kroos? He will be after someone like...
Not unless they're stupid and can't comprehend that he should have been on a higher wage for at least for the last 18 months.
Pretty sure the other senior players would be delighted if he puts pen to paper.
What you mean the times he was absent?
Economically speaking of course we want him. Even if you don't think he's been pulling up trees, he's a quality player whose signing on fee would be substantially less than bringing in a player of equal ability to replace him.
Factor in that we won't be...