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He is 24 already,... 25 in October.

I would hazard a guess that Burke does the leg work on any targets, including any contract negotiations and trf prices. Final say on footballing matters will be OG, final say financially will be TB.

Some might agree with you, but if you recall, the club is putting itself on a Prem Ready footing, that means that the retained players must at least, in the eyes of the management, be able to step up. I suspect some of our management thought he may not be a player that can make it at that level...

No....

I had assumed you would just continue to abuse CMS.........am I wrong?

....thats a lot then...

Never took it down from the time Burnley made the previous offers....... I did lose hope when he popped in one, and a pen, against Leicester and nearly took it down in exasperation,.... but it can stay up until tomorrow when I get back from the Brum game.

Really?... is that just your imagination or your Barnes bias that leads you to that conclusion...... I never noticed any reduction in his popularity, even when he wasnt firing on all cylinders.

I think he has burnt his bridges a little,... sadly,..... I would love him to stay, but for his International future, and his bank account, I think he will force a move eventually.

Its all subjective of course, your assumptions hold as many holes as mine do because we dont know the answers in reality. I wont miss him, but I am looking forward to A.N. Other playing instead.

What you say makes perfect sense, except for one thing,... when Ings moved from the support role to number 1 when Austin left, he simply couldnt stop banging them in,.... AB has sadly been found wanting when given the same opportunity this season once Ulloa was crocked.

Nothing to do with the fact that Charlie Austin was their main striker last season was it?.... I cant remember when he was sold on.

I sincerely believe though, that if we didnt have our torrid injury issues with strikers this season, AB would have been on the fringes behind LU, CMS and WH..... dont beat me up over it, I am expressing a view, its not 'HATE' as some of you love to throw around, its simply that I am not a fan...