Turning that on it's head, if you knew you were in talks with another club, would you put the effort in to a friendly game? Maybe trying to avoid an injury?
It's only cursed if you're superstitious. Half the club's get parachute payments, Burnley spent less than us, & Bournemouth had millions to spend from player sales.
He scored against Arsenal in the FA cup which is more than anyone from Middlesbrough, Hull or Villa could do. The dissenters keep throwing up stats of one league goal, but he had assists and scored a good penalty.
I think it would have helped playing with Baldock, and he is being judged...