Wayne Routledge signs 3 year deal with Swansea

[Skirge]

Deal done for Routledge & Lita..

[Spider Jerusalem]

Does the fee really make any difference when it comes to transfer policy?

 

It makes a difference to one man.  It's not Alan Pardew.

[Disco]

Good luck to the kid. I actually think he might do alright and wouldn't be surprised at all if he scored past us.

[JH]

See ya Wayne. All the best

[midds]

Good luck to the kid. I actually think he might do alright.

 

Exactly this. No axe to grind from me. 

[Skirge]

http://www.swansea.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=249518

[Mick]

I hope that he does well and should get no stick at all on his return.  I think he'll do well at Swansea and I think he would have done OK here if we'd given him more time.

[Dave]

Good luck to him, helped cement our promotion and I do think he's a talented player. I don't know how Swansea will fare this season but given a prolonged run in their side I've no doubt Routledge will prove to be one of their best players.

[midds]

If the worst comes to the worst and they go down they've got an ideal player to help them bounce back up too.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

I like him, I think his problems in the Premier League are mainly mental. Hope he does OK but not too well.

[Guest BlacknWhiteArmy]

Thanks for the good five months

[Dokko]

We can loan him next season and help our push for promotion.

 

 

[quayside]

Was a brilliant signing for us at the time, and made a huge difference to our promotion effort. Good luck  

[Guest BooBoo]

Good luck to him. More pie for Fatty.

[Guest Geordiesned]

Good luck to him. Nailed on to score against us though. Especially if we've got no left back!

[Guest NewBoyPeetah]

Good luck to the lad, nothing against him.

[Ronaldo]

Good luck to him. More pie for Fatty.

 

[Geordie Ahmed]

Good luck to him, I think he will do well. I certainly don't think he is as bad as some make him out to be

 

 

[cubaricho]

Should have a great time against us, getting past Fergie won't be too difficult for him.

[Sifu]

Should have a great time against us, getting past Fergie won't be too difficult for him.

 

Writing Fergie off too easily imo.

[Ketsbaia]

Best of luck Wayne. I was really excited when we signed him - hopefully this time he'll get rid of that stigma of being a Premiership bottler. Seems like a canny lad.

 

Swansea are obviously preparing for promotion in 2 years time.

[Yorkie]

At a time where the promotion effort threatened to tail off, Routledge could go down as one of the most important transfers of the last few years. Failing to achieve promotion would've been near-catastrophic imo, and Routledge played an enormous role in sealing our return to the Premier League. It just so happened he wasn't good enough at this level, and we we've done the right thing by shipping him out. We still haven't replaced him as our first choice/back-up winger, however - and that's absolutely imperative. Especially with Barton's inevitable departure.

 

Good luck, Wayne.

[Fenham Mag]

If you give him stick on his return , you're an absolute moron, good luck Wayne .

[Elliottman]

He was fantastic in the Championship, tore it to bits for us. Just couldnt step up. All the best to the lad.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

At a time where the promotion effort threatened to tail off, Routledge could go down as one of the most important transfers of the last few years. Failing to achieve promotion would've been near-catastrophic imo, and Routledge played an enormous role in sealing our return to the Premier League. It just so happened he wasn't good enough at this level, and we we've done the right thing by shipping him out. We still haven't replaced him as our first choice/back-up winger, however - and that's absolutely imperative. Especially with Barton's inevitable departure.

 

Good luck, Wayne.

 

Aye, he was an excellent signing at the time, just what we needed.