Young, cheap, with relatively low wages I’d say Simpson has paid back his outlay ten fold in terms of what he has achieved at United (the REAL United, not the fake one from Manchester).
Yet seemingly this isn’t enough for some fans who see fit to castigate him at every opportunity. Now for sure there are better right-backs out there and arguably it’s a position we should have strengthened during the summer, but some of the headlines I’ve read (including this piece from Ed, which has inspired me to write this) are just pure waffle.
I mean is Vurnon Anita REALLY the best right-back at the club? Sure he seemed to play better at right-back when switched there in the absence of Simpson, but is less than one game really enough to be dishing out such lavish praise, especially when the player he has replaced through injury has been nothing short of outstanding since his arrival from Manchester United?
Danny Simpson has been a key component of our resurgence. He helped us out of the Championship, helped us stay in the Premier League and helped us qualify for Europe via a 5th placed league finish. Admittedly he hasn’t done that without mistake but being truthful you’d be hard pushed to find a player who hasn’t put a foot wrong at some point.
As I alluded to earlier, he’s not the best right-back the world has ever seen and I dare say there are better players out there, but he has rarely let us down when called upon and has been vital for us these past three seasons.
Surely that deserves a bit of respect?
Newkie – he won’t give a ***** mate, he’ll be at Arsenal 🙄 😆
Sharpy17(Quote)
Sharpy-They’d never cough up the monies for Cab! Wenger would retire before he’d match Cashley’s asking price 😉
Newkie(Quote)
Manure perhaps…Or maybe he really believed the Barca speculation 😆
Newkie(Quote)
Aye what has Steve Wraith got to gain out of this?
I mean he’s just opened a new bar in town, is playing a role in pantomime at Christmas, and has just sorted his first boxing events along with the darts.
So yes, Steve has nothing to gain from a bit of extra publicity. Nothing at all 🙂
toonsy(Quote)
Toonsy 😉 Glad you’re onto him….
He’s behind you ❗
Newkie(Quote)
Oh no he isn’t 😆
toonsy(Quote)
Sharpy @ 146 “Troy/B&B … Thoroughly enjoy the banter and sense of one upmanship that goes on between you, it’s good crack”
🙄 Obviously you don’t get out much.
brisvegas(Quote)
Agree with Toonsy 154 and Vegas 🙄 😉
One twitter from an attention seeker and suddenly the team is falling apart… please give me a break….. It’s simple really, If you tweet, you are an attention seeker… why else would you do it!!
Over time on here, I have really noticed how speculation around bad team news gets embraced and accepted as truth much more readily as speculation around good news 😕 I wonder why that is?? 😐
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
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@Toonsy
Look at the facts.
He’s got a twitter account.
He’s explained to people what he been told and to be fair, it was similar to what Pardew told us himself.
It’s not as if he comes out with sensationalist headlines daily.
I really don’t get this SW bashing. 🙄
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@Begas
There certainly hasn’t been much craic at all since I’ve been away for a week.
I’ve dragged some life back into the thread. I’m sure that those who disappear cos they’ve got no craic of their own will be back on complaining they can’t post because of me.
Consider yourself in that crew Begas. 😉
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Troy Stavers says:
September 12, 2012 at 08:03
There certainly hasn’t been much craic at all since I’ve been away for a week
“craic” = Troy endlessly arguing with his brother B&B 😆 😆 😆
Hadn’t really noticed that you were gone but welcome back anyway Troyster 😉
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
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@Aussie
There’s only a limited number of posts between me & B&B
If I stay away, you and Begas stare blankly into space looking for inspiration.
By the way, before you go on, read my disclaimer. You do recall I put it up following your humongous hissy fit . 😉
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Don’t just look at his goal-line saves and general play when trying to ascertain whether or nor he’s worthy…look at the goals we conceded last year and look at how many times the ball’s been stuck in the back of our net and Simmo is just a couple of yards away from the goalscorer because he hasn’t done his job.
His lapses in concentration and inability to track runs has a habit of costing us dearly…he’s a bit like Warren Barton…he’s got two bad mistakes in him every game and in the premier league now those mistakes normally mean a goal.
Certainly not worthy in my book.
Mark(Quote)
You can tell a deluded Simmo assessor by who they’d replace him with. Like with Ed’s blog, Tav over Simpson? Seriously? Complete fools.
Only scanned the page but whoever said Simmo was at fault for the Villa goal is talking trash – watch the highlights, it’s clearly HBA’s fault, it’s his man that is free.
@Mark I’m sure the stats showed last year that the fewest goals came from Simmo’s side..?
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Same old Troy, same old jokes 😉
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
So Steve Wraith has only aired theses concerns over what he heard because he has his boxing , darts, etc etc to promote, so it can’t be just that he is genuinly concered ? Because I am and I have aired the same views but I have nothing to promote ? So I think it’s just an easy way to disrecard someones opinion and in most cases I would say it’s because of your dislike of the guy ❓
On Simmo I have noticed his hands behind his back, but I can remember before he done that he gave away a pen and got hounded for it, I have also noticed a lot of other defenders doing the samething lately.
Big Dave(Quote)
your always looking for attention on here BD, don’t try and deny it 😆 😆
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Aussie 😆
Solano-Aye, its hilarious. Clouded judgement because some people just absolutely hate Simmo with a passion and I really don’t get where it stems from. Don’t get me wrong i’m not knocking Tav and I really hope he does become better than Simmo/offers up some real competition as soon as possible. However, some members of Ed’s blog and I think I’m right in saying some people on here said Tav was better than Simmo two seasons ago, or at least one year ago and should have been starting over him then.
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Newkie(Quote)
In regards to Steve Wraith comments and his source if you hold the view that the club is been run in a bad way your going to be more inclined to belive him and his source as it validates your opinion. That is human nature and nothing wrong with that. Flip side to that coin is if you think the club is been ran well your , at best , going to take his comments with a large pinch of salt. Just the way life is.
Nobody really knows what is going on behind close doors and we can only guess what happened during the summer. Facts are we brought in who we brought in and we got rid of who we got rid of. Our squad now is the squad that will do us until Jan ( atleast ) and we shall wait and see if its good enough.
Johno Toon(Quote)
Funny how the same people who criticize twitter rumours and “sources” when we’re linked with someone during the transfer window are the first to defend wraith and his sources . Some seem like they are hoping for a bit if player unrest to prove a point
MDS(Quote)
Dave – Nowt to do with my dislike of him, which doesn’t actually exist by the way, but cheers for trying that one!
I guess it’s just down to opinions really. I think there is probably something in it but I very much doubt it’s to the extent that Wraith is making out. He’s basing it on three league games where we haven’t been at our best, but we also did something like that last season and there was no problem?
Just saying that it seems whatever certain people say it’s jumped upon as true, but I can’t say I’m surprised. All you have to do is look at how our fans react to newspaper speculation. A good player is linked and it’s “a load of press bollocks” while one of our good players is linked with a move away and suddenly it’s all true. Just seems that people love bad news, and that is something that the figures on here seem to back up.
toonsy(Quote)
Very true MDS! Very true
Johno Toon(Quote)
Toonsy
It could also be that good news seems false and bad seems true because i think its human nature not to get your hopes up and its human nature to prepare yourself for the worst, even if its subconciously done!
Nobby(Quote)
I don’t think it’s about point scoring or proving a point at all. The fact is we have a thread bare defence as far as first teamers go and Cabaye spent much of the summer lauding his mate Debuchy under the what would seem now misguided illusion he’d be coming in .Add to that the difficulties trying to amalgamate second string players or younsters into the side and get results and it all adds up to a tense and trying situation for all concerned.Given all that is it any wonder their is /could be player unrest ,I know I would be peeved if it were me. Yes you can say they are well paid and need to get on with it but when players have been signed under the premis that we would sign the players that would push us into top 6/4 spots ( Cabaye as mentioned by Pards ) for one ,you can understand their being unrest. For what it’s worth I don’t give a toss what people on twitter say ,only a fool would think the players are happy with our current situation imo.
KIMTOON(Quote)
I don’t trust Wraith because Cwar’s sources told him to tell me that he’s a right untrustworthy fellow who is wrong about 95% of the time 😉
Newkie(Quote)
Toonsy I didn’t mean to single you out for having a dislike of him, I was talking more in general. But correct me if im wrong I could have sworn that a while back you made your deslike of SW quite clear on here, round the time he had to come on here to try to defend himsel and what he said. As for “trying that one!” I think you know me better than that.
As I said before I just can’t believe the **** he gets for saying something that quite a lot of fans have allready expressed concerns about. I would 100% believe that the players are fuked off with the ambition the club have shown in the summer window, and thats without SW saying anything.
Big Dave(Quote)
I have never read by anybody suggesting Tav is better than Simmo? If 1 or 2 ever did then it cerainly was not agreed with by ant noteable number if fans and it has certainly never been raised as a serious debate. I find it amusing how as soon as ab article gets written the msjority of comments are all pro and scornful of any persons that have the cheek to doubt a players worth, most of you have said we can do much better than Simmo at some point on here. As Ive already stated, he dies generally get too much stick, however we certainly could do better than him. For now though, he us reasonably reliable and allegedly cheap, so good value for it. We could do worse, but could do better. He’s just average… Would like him to stay on a new deal, but would like somebody to give him a real fight for the right back slot, as we dont seem bothered as a club with creating real competition for places, which may bite us in the **** at some point. Even Troy is being overly nice about iur players these days, I prefer the truthful Troy. We are not all happy supportive supporters. We get fed up and moan, we analyse where we are weakest and we discuss it. Nowt wrong with that. We are weak in defense and up front fir a number of reasons, but can get by with what we have. Is that good enough though? Well thats a dufferent question all together!
Shamrock(Quote)
Shamrock-well I have mate, trust me. I wouldn’t say that I’ve been scornful, but as someone who’s defended Simmo for nigh on two seasons now, in almost every match thread i’m involved in it seems to me some people just have an agenda against him that I can’t explain.
The fact that over half of Ed’s blog poll suggest Anita is a better right back than Simmo speaks volumes for me. I’d say about 98% of them have only seen the one match where he played at full back for us, and not even for a full match. Do they rate Anita or do they just hate Simmo that much?
Never said we couldn’t improve on him, this article isn’t about what a wonderful player he is, in fact most of the scornful lot you’re on about actually just think Simmo is just a standard player, and he is really. Just don’t get why he gets hate for that.
Newkie(Quote)
Neither do I Newkie, just find it funny how two faced some posters can be (not accusing you by the way!) As for Ed’s blog – gave up reading any of that tripe a long time ago. It seems different sites attract a different type of personality. This one is more balanced in my opinion, consequently attracting a more balanced reader and poster. I can totally understand the result of Ed’s poll – dont think it represents the avaerage Toon fan’s opinion though, just the average ill informed one! 😆
Shamrock(Quote)
I like this article – it asks a question I’ve never been able to answer, except theories about him coming from Manure and being English – two things that correlate with players getting stick over the years.
I rate Simmo – he bombs forward constantly, covers huge ground and – let’s face it – is one of the most consistent components of the team that’s got us from fizzy to Europe in 3 seasons.
I hope he signs a new contract soon; would love to see him here for a while.
Whumpie(Quote)
On the ‘because he’s English’ thing, you only have to look at what we do to English names when they do a good job (Perchino, Pardiola) to see there’s something in this “if he’s English he’s ****” nonsense.
As for slamming Glen Johnson – what planet? They guy’s superb. If he was called Johnioretti…?
Whumpie(Quote)
Whumpie and others – that because he’s English thing is nonsense. I’m not a Simpson fan because he’s just not very good. When did Ferguson last sell a player for £750k that was “outstanding?”
He does bomb up and down the wing. There’s a lot of dogs could do that.
georgio(Quote)
Have to say, I completely agree with the article. Yes, he doesn’t show much flair, doesn’t have a spectacular cross and occasionally backs off his man too much. However, he is consistent. His positional sense is far better than Santon’s (who, incidentally I rate very highly, but in other, more attacking respects to Simmo), and he is far less of a liability, and he always gives his all. How people criticise him so much when he really is a great member of the team, I do not know. I, for one, hope he signs up and continues to perfrom, although a more attacking full back would be welcome, especially for games against weaker teams, we could absolutely demolish with more overlapping and pinpoint crosses (obviously tactics dependant).
Big(well…not so big) bad Bigirimana(Quote)
Troy – I think you have miss understood. It’s B&B I find funny – your posts have a hint of arrogance about them 😳 😛
Regarding Steve Wraith. I can honestly say that until this post, ive never heard of the bloke. I neither like or dislike the guy. But as Troy said, what he tweeted was very similar to what Pardew has already said. So my point is, why rack over old coals?. It’s been said and now it’s time to move on because the window is closed and we have to get on with it – fans and players alike.
Sharpy17(Quote)
@georgio
pique was sold when he was 21 for about 3 mill, having.only made 12 appearances for man utd. so fergie got it wrong.
Clutching at straws mate.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
SolanosTrumpet @ 164 are you really saying that HBA’s job was to mark Ciaran Clark, a centre back? Who would put ben arfa on clark? That’s bad management not Ben Arfa’s fault at all. Or do you mean to stop the cross? I was at the villa game and watched it live and I saw how poor simpson was but you carry on with your highlights. Of course, it should have been dealt with better in the box, but the point of a full back is usually to stop the cross. It wouldn’t have got into the box if we stopped the cross. Simpson never stops the cross. He backs off the crosser. Always.
And stats show did they?! Well ‘stats’ showed simpson to be the best right back in the league, yet he’s nowhere near the woeful England squad (Johnson and Walker are infront of him, two players notorious for not being able to defend, funny that!) why would Hodgson over look him if he was so good? Hodgson loves a defensive worker, yet Simpson can’t get a look in? If you could pick any premier league right back who would it be? I can bet it wouldn’t be mr stats simpson!
Whumpie @180 are you on drugs? “he bombs forward constantly, covers huge ground” are you serious? A headless chicken can do exactly the same.
When a player goes on loan to antwerp, blackburn, ipswich and sunderland and they all don’t want to sign him, alarm bells are ringing. He’s been average since we signed him in the fizzy season and hasn’t improved to me, and if we want to improve as a team it’s players like him we have to upgrade. I don’t care if he’s a nice lad and all that spiel I’ve read. I’m bothered about his footballing ability and being able to do it on the pitch and he’s not good enough for the next level.
Thanks for your effort danny but you have been well paid no matter how much you cry about your low wage you won’t get any sympathy from a majority working class fan base.
Pardiola(Quote)
Solanostrumpet @ 185 3 million is not 750k though is it? And Pique wanted to leave and go back home, similar to fabregas. Pique is definitely good enough for Man Utd whereas Simpson is not. If anyone is clutching at straws it’s you.
Pardiola(Quote)
@pardiola i think pique for 3 million is far worse than 750k for simmo.
Fergie never rated him which is why he never played. 21 with near no starts yet a world cup winner two years later.
Clearly Fergie makes mistakes too.
So which straws were these?
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Re: the argument over Simmo’s wages – I assume the club are applying the same method to contract negotiations as they are to transfers. They have put an offer on the table, which they feel fairly represents Simpson’s value as a footballer and are not being panicked into offering him over the odds in order to avoid losing him for free.
The only reason the lad has not signed simply has to be because he thinks he is worth more than the club does. The present owners have already proven they are not afraid to pay a decent wage to a player in order to lengthen their stay here – just look at deals for Colo or Saylor for proof of that. Even Benny, whom they stumped up a large transfer fee and I assume, decent wages for – even though he was badly injured around that time. They will pay up if they think the player is worth it.
That begs the questions really: How much do Pards and the owners actually value Simpson themselves? After all, it is their opinion that really matters, being as they watch him train and play every day…
Shamrock(Quote)
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@BD
I do recall Toonsy slating Steve Wraith and you’re right SW came on to defend himself.
I find the hatred towards him difficult to understand. He has the same concerns as me and is never sure when the next scandal is going to surface.
That’s only down to experiencing the **** ups by the the regime and therefore the regime are culpable.
Trust takes time.
We are all expressing our views on a public forum. Hypocritical IMO 😯
Troy Stavers(Quote)
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@Sharpy
Arrogant 😯 me? 😯 😉 😎
Troy Stavers(Quote)
@Pardiola
Also, nowhere have I said that Simpson is good enough for Man Utd. Georgio’s point was that “When did Ferguson last sell a player for £750k that was “outstanding?”” And I pointed out that for 2 million more Fergie sold a player that was a lot more than outstanding in the world class Pique.
Just because Fergie doesn’t rate a plaeer doesn’t mean he can’t perform elsewhere. Besides we should have moved past assessing our players based on their fee.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Troy Stavers says:
September 12, 2012 at 16:52
I find the hatred towards him difficult to understand. He has the same concerns as me
The reason you find the hatred towards him difficult to understand is becasue he shares your views
Johno Toon(Quote)
@Pardiola
Well I was at the Chelsea game and he was one of the better performers and neither of the goals were his fault 🙄 “Carry on with your highlights” Poor way to validate a wrongful accusation.
You can be stubborn and accuse Simmo of being at fault for every goal or you can watch the clip here: http://www.soccer-blogger.com/2012/09/02/newcastle-vs-aston-villa-1-1-highlights-september-2012-clark-ben-arfa-goal-video/
See at the start Colo and Saylor each have a man each in the centre. So Simmo needs to come in to mark the extra guy (which he does).
Second camera angle shows HBA meandering around not marking anyone when he should have tracked the runner.
In fact I would say Simpson is the least at fault for the goal as he is the only player actually trying to do anything. The rest of the players are stood doing eff all.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Simo was rated as one of the Best right backs in the league stat wise last season & out of the RB in the league he would be in the Top ten. He will get a Nice contract When he goes on free and we a better with him in the squad then without him.
David Brown(Quote)
Pardiola 186 -Get your facts right mate, after Simmo’s loan to the Scum he signed a three year contract with Manure. Or would you pick the scum over the best team in the league? I know some people are thick like but really…
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Newkie(Quote)
Top 10 yes. Average then. Is this club looking at being average in the Prem or regular Top 6? Good squad player for future, but good enough to be considered on of league’s best?
Shamrock(Quote)
Solano-194. Exactly what I saw. Bang on.
Newkie(Quote)
He has been good value over our transition period. However if we are to take the next step up in class as a club then no, I dont think he’s our man. Not as a 1st teamer anyway. If we are content being a mid table to 7 th ir 8th club year on year, then by all means sugn him up as 1st choice right back. He just lacks that bit of class and all round ability to ever make it big in my limited opinion.
Shamrock(Quote)
Shamrock@189-Aye, the club have proved they’ll be as tight as they can and got us worried about the Staylor and especially the Colo deal. Colo was obviously vital though, if the club have a better player than Simmo lined up and don’t feel the need to keep him, fair enough i’ll trust their judgement.
Newkie(Quote)
This is onto a different topic though. I think most people on here would agree they would like an internatonal or cl class full back, who wouldn’t? It’s a completely different point as to why some fans just seem to want him dead.
Newkie(Quote)
Troy I would look over it if he had done something bad or something but as far as I can see like you say he’s just expressed his views and is entitiled to them like everyone else.
Johno @ 193 I don’t understand that because its basically like saying Troy and I would understand the hatred showed towards a fan if their opinion that they’re expressing was totally different to ours 😕 😕
Thats a bit like saying I would understand someone hating Wolfie or ST just because they have opposite views to me, and I can assure you that that wouldn’t be the case, I have had words with ST but I can assure you if someone came on here to abuse and show pure hatred towards him just because of his views, I would defend him because even though his views are different he still has a right to express them without fear of abuse and hatred.
Big Dave(Quote)
Newkie @ 201 spot on I am a vocal defender of Simmo but offer me a top notch RB to replace him and i’ll have him tomorrow, but we don’t have anyone better and IMO we are weaker in other areas that I would prefer to see strengthened before RB
Big Dave(Quote)
DAVE @202 i agree 100% your right for a change 😀 😀 😀 😀
icedog(Quote)
Dave-Exactly mate 😉
Newkie(Quote)
Ice you know you can agree with me because im normally right 😆
Newkie 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
Dave@206….Don’t push it!
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Newkie(Quote)
Thanks Dave, i know we’ve got each others backs deep down 😎
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
DAVE your lass telt me your never reet 😉 😀 😀
icedog(Quote)
Reading through the comments on Ed’ stuff for the first time in ages, I’d swear 80% of the people were mackem trolls, just can’t see where they’d get their fun as there’s not actually any reasonable people to annoy 😆
Newkie(Quote)
ST 😀 I even try to defend Stardy when he’s getting **** from all angles 😆 I guess im just a good Samaritan 😉
Ice the only time i’m wrong in the house is when i’m not in 😉
Big Dave(Quote)
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@Big Dave
Couldn’t agree more regarding the SW issue.
You’re right about defending those who have different opinions. The vast majority on here are decent. There’s a lot of slagging comments but it’s not vicious and it’s expected on a forum as we don’t know each other.
I can think of one poisonous character on the whole blog and thats Toon Chicken.
Some are huffy, Aussie, Begas (but that might be an Aussie thing) and some are honest and deal with those they don’t like by explaining so and ignoring them, Icedog falls into that category.
But overall, I would defend any of them (bar TC) if someone came on and used unnecessary abuse towards one of them.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
I have to say that Simpson incites a lot of argument and animosity. I have no ill will toward him, I just want the team to improve by bringing in a right back with more skill. The management must feel the same way because he isn’t being offered a good enough contract (at least in Simpson and his agents’ mind). I can see that he is not hopeless but attacks on his side are often much more successful. Granted his cover is not always as good as Santon’s is but he does back off too much and give the winger or overlapping left back a lot of space to operate in. I wish him well but can see his future being in a bottom 10 team next season.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Strumpet – I had to respond to your comment about Simpson, but found Pardiola had stolen my thunder. He gets it bang on @ 186.
Then you come up with that video clip in support, and I spluttered at the screen 😆 Simmo’s defending was even worse than I remember. He gets beaten easily for the header and then has a leisurely stroll out to the winger with his hands behind his back. And I’m not having this new hands behind the back thing. Pathetic!
Blackley & Brownlie(Quote)
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@troystavers: @stevewraith speak your mind and be honest and those who have the same virtues will understand. Why worry about snipers.
Troy Stavers(Quote)
Hopefully a new article soon? This subject is starting to show the wear marks. Looking at our coming schedule after Everton away we need to take points from Norwich (home) and Reading (away) to start climbing up the table. Our injury situation looks a bit ominous if Krul is out for any length of time, what with Raylor, Simpson, and Collo already out as well. Leaves us very thin indeed at the back. Who deserves playing time? Perch at LB and Santon at RB with Saylor and Willo in the middle? Or we could put Ferguson in at LB and Santon at RB, or Anita at RB and leave Santon at LB. Not desperate but don’t want to see Willo in there against stronger teams.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
Alright lads,
I wanted to come on here before I head off up to the North East on Friday to move into my halls at Sunderland University. I might not post comments for a while as I’ll be settling in. Much like the last week or so as I have been packing for uni. Don’t worry though, I currently writing articles for Toonsy so that you’ll be able to read my thoughts and opinions.
On topic, I think Simpson is a hit and miss player. There are aspects of his game that are good but there are parts of it which he could improve. I would’ve liked him to have signed that contract that he was offered then you would’ve at least wouldn’t have doubts about if he was loyal to the club etc.
However I was impressed with Anita’s performance at RB in the Aston Villa game, I would like him to be given a chance in that position.
Zoë Vicarage(Quote)
Geordietwo-The management and the owners are slightly different though, not sure Pards would play such hardball tactics. I do find it a little funny that some slaughtered the board for not giving Colo exactly what he wanted and tying up the deal asap when it was dragging on, but now some say that Simmo is being far too greedy and should accept whatever the board give him because he’s as useful as a dog, and any fan could do better.
Newkie(Quote)
I would agree Newkie. Not sure what Pardew thinks of Simpson. I think he wanted Debuchy in and it just seems to me we could have had him with a final serious offer. We’ve mucked French teams around too much now with lowball offers. We’re not talking about 15 or 20M pound deals here. I realize that is not going to happen with Ashley and probably rightly so. But when we miss out on an excellent player for as little as 1 or 2M pounds I just don’t understand it unless Debuchy was being wildly greedy with his wage demands. I don’t consider that likely as he is a good friend of Cabaye and would know our wage structure. Anyway we missed out and now we’re still arguing the merits of Simpson.
GeordieTwo(Quote)
@B&B
As opposed to the rest of the players? Noone else even bothers jumping for the ball and maybe if HBA had “leisurely” strolled over to the blatantly free player he would have had more chance at blocking the cross.
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Geordietwo the regime would have known what his wage demand would have been and no doubt his mate Cabaye would have let him know what type of money to expect before publically tapping in him up, IMO the club didn’t want to pay the market rate for him so moved on because they like to get bargain buys.
Troy @ 212 yeah your right 😉 but I think your a bit rough on Aussie as after all he has a lot of crosses to bare and wombats to chase so I think you should make an excuse for him and cut him some slack 😆
Zoe best of luck and makesure to bring cleaning wipes everywhere with you, you don’t want to end up catching something nasty from the SMB’s
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Dave: I have plenty of them already! Hoping on Monday that I can find a pub showing the game!
Zoë Vicarage(Quote)
Zoe ,All the best at university ,I’m told plastic bags on the feet ward off contamination . 😉
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Dave @221
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If I were her I’d carry an apple or something about wherever she goes, stupid people fear what they’re unfamiliar with.
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Zoe
You could try, doubt there’d be many places showing it. The mackems hate seeing our silky football 😎 , makes them depressed after seeing there’s 😀 .
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