The Transfer Window 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Untill....
No professional should refuse to play and he contributed to a decent mng and man going bald...
So not for me.
Its not just that hes 31, but if you look at our best attacking players they are all in the same zone age wise
Arnie 29
Antonio 28
Carroll 29
Chicarito 30
Snodgrass 30
Gonna be a lot of work to refresh that, cant be done over one window so wpuld like to go for someone with a little more longetivity like Anderson (25)
That and hes a snake
That said if i were Holland, Sead or Samuelsen i'd be ready to stake a claim during preseason as there isnt a whole lot of depth on the wings
It's a no from me.
Magician or no, you have to be able to rely on your players playing. All the magic in the world is no use if he's on strike.
Cant imagine hes gonna get more involved the older he gets
https://theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/06/dimitri-payet-west-ham-marseille
Could do with a quote from the man himself though ;wink
Regardless of how good a player he is, he treated the club disgracefully when forcing through his move.
I'd sooner see us be a worse side, with better people playing for us, than let him waltz back in when it suits him.
That's a no, by the way.
He’s the best player we've had since Di Canio and helped give us the best season for about 30 years. I’d love to go back to that season again or something close to it
No season can be expected to go smoothly and easily. What will he do next time when you need to leave your ego in the dressing room and dig in on the pitch?
Can't be relied on.
At the end of the day, if he came back I'd be staggered (most, if not all reasons people have already stated)
I've never had any issue with Frank Lampard. A temporary annoyance at Defoe which passed a long time ago.
With Payet though, I loved this guy (as most of us did)!!
But, and I know it sounds wussy, he hurt me. It was a joy to have such a creative player in our side and the team had me feeling for the first time in forever that we shouldnt fear any team! His behavior the season after felt like emotional betrayal.
If he comes back I repeat that I'll be staggered. But, in the unlikely event, he'll have to say and do some impressive things to get me back on side.
Much has been made in earlier discussions and 'ITK news' (around the web, not necessarily on here) that he would have to take a drop in salary - but from a much much higher figure than that 90k. ;hmm
No to Payet, we've been here before with Cottee, MacAvennie, Dicks and Dowie. They're never as good as they were the first time (or just as bad in Dowie's case). The only exception has been Ginger.
And Pop Robson
Anyway Ex says an announcement is imminent.