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sambo applecart said:Beckford a big name? I know you aint seen the bird for a few weeks mate so your head is probably in a tizz a bit, but Beckford? Come on mate........
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Pearse said:Ok maybe not him but he was part of a mad exodus of strikers in the last year and a half.
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sambo applecart said:But, the Yak wasn't doing it anymore, we got good Money for Lescott when we all KNEW that we were keeping the better CB in jags, Saha was gone at the game for us and everyone was happy to see him go, Billy wasnt cutting it and we ended up with Jelly and Gibson out of that money......Cahill's legs have gone at this level, so as much as he has been a legend, will he be misses and Pienaar most likely coming back........Apart from Arteta and we havnt really missed him, not one person on that list we would need for next season mate imo......
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Pearse said:
Hence I said "I know some of them were past it or weren't up to it"... please read. But my point is that they were first team players and their presence amongst the squad would've been missed. And that will be the case with Cahill more than anyone! Players can have an affect on others around them even if their footballing ability isn't the best. Ever wonder why Neville plays so much bar the fact he's captain?
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Beano said:When you look at the squad we had last September, even if we sell Heitinga we only have one player less than we did then (including the loans we had then)....and with the Heitinga cash (if he goes) along with the Yobo cash, and the Cahill cash we'd get Pienaar and a replacement for Heitinga...giving ius alot more quality than last September with Naismith, Jelavic and gibson all brought in since then.
Plus Barkley and Duffy are a futher year advanced than last year and may play more. And Junior seems to be in Moyes' plans also which is another thing we didn't have last year!
And that's NO loan players in the squad. And we'll probably get one or two loans - we always have one or two loans - the thing about loans is you don't get them really until the end of August. So there's still that avenue.
So overall I'm feeling OK about the squad in terms of it's size. Just, would really like a bit of creativity in the centre of the park and I hope Gibson can improve that part of his game!
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sambo applecart said:I'm not convinced paying Cahill 50k a week to sit on the bench just cos
he is a good influence on the team is the way forward mate. If they are
past it or not upto it, i would not worry about them leaving tbh. By
this logic, and from what you have said, we should have kept, Beckford,
Saha, Arteta, Yak, Billy cos they are a positive influence on the team,
and tbh mate, i'm not sure most of them were.......As for Neville, bar
the fact he is captain, its cos he can fit in and around players that
are injured, of course his influence is one of the reasons too.
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Pearse said:But I said we need to replace those! Which we don't seem to be doing. Ah forget it
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HOWIE8 said:Yobo agent says rumours all lies, they are going ahead with the move and are just crossing the T's n dotting the i's.....ffs who starts all these rumours, i blame the blueroom.........
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