Willow Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 i wish everyone would stop slagging simpson http://i.imgur.com/r5mt6.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Simpson is Top 10 level, not Champions League level. That is still adequate for where we are realistically targetting for this season. Having said that, an identical performance but one better throw in over the course of last season by a different player would have got us top 4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 A different playing not getting back on the line could have cost us a few points too... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Simpson has Twitter, I'm sure he'll be fairly thick-skinned to all the criticism. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Simpson has Twitter, I'm sure he'll be fairly thick-skinned to all the criticism. So he should be after dishing it out to his fellow professionals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 A different playing not getting back on the line could have cost us a few points too... Exactly, he isn't terrible. Just a scapegoat that people like to be dramatic about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 A different playing not getting back on the line could have cost us a few points too... Some would argue that a better player wouldn't have allowed it to get to that stage in the first place.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 According to Mark Douglas in his article today, we only need to raise the Debuchy bid by £1m, we won't because of his age. Meet them half way, 500k The rumour is that the club doesn't want to budge because they thought they had an agreement with Lille, only for them to demand more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 According to Mark Douglas in his article today, we only need to raise the Debuchy bid by £1m, we won't because of his age. Meet them half way, 500k The rumour is that the club doesn't want to budge because they thought they had an agreement with Lille, only for them to demand more. I wouldn't call it a rumour tbh, Pardew has been quoted as saying as much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 A different playing not getting back on the line could have cost us a few points too... Some would argue that a better player wouldn't have allowed it to get to that stage in the first place.... So all his goal line clearances came about from him fucking up initially? Doubt that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 A different playing not getting back on the line could have cost us a few points too... Some would argue that a better player wouldn't have allowed it to get to that stage in the first place.... So all his goal line clearances came about from him f***ing up initially? Doubt that. Didn't mean that, i meant having better players would mean keeping the ball better so less chances for the opposition and we wouldn't need to defend for our lives as often and need to make goal-line clearances. Obviously not all Simpson's fault but still a point that should be made. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Wish we'd just stump up if we're talking about 500k. If we'd signed him a month ago we'd have already paid him a minimum 120k in wages. Seems a bit mad to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Us being frugal isn't a terrible way to go in the financial climate of the game, and Pardew all but confirmed that at the talk-in last night. But it'd be absolutely fucking scandalous if we missed out on this player over the sake of £1m, regardless of the success we've had with this policy so far. You've got to find a medium somewhere; we can't forget that Cabaye and Ben Arfa were two of the bargains of the century at less than £5m each. You can throw Ba in with that, too. Surely we can afford to relinquish our stubbornness just a bit. He's a fantastic player who would improve us immeasurably, and he wants to come here. There should be no excuses if we miss out on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Wish we'd just stump up if we're talking about 500k. If we'd signed him a month ago we'd have already paid him a minimum 120k in wages. Seems a bit mad to me. Maybe MA wants to save a further £70k and get him in 2wks time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Saw some highlights of Lille's match at the weekend and he looked quality in an attacking sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Saw some highlights of Lille's match at the weekend and he looked quality in an attacking sense. Aye, saw that too. I can see why people want us to just stump up the extra cash, but if we hold our ground here and ultimately get the player without raising our bid again it'll serve us well in the future. Sends a message. Not sure it's worth the risk of missing out entirely of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I'd rather have spent that £1m and have him integrated during pre-season. Worked wonders for Cabaye, etc. (that is, obviously, assuming that rumour is true) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 It's getting silly now. Any small financial saving made by letting this drag are negated by the benefits of a full pre-season. Whether its 5 or 6 million, we'll have robbed them either way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 From a business (Ashley) point of view if they have named a price that we find acceptable, he may as well play hard ball hoping to knock of half a million or whatever and if not meet their demands nearer the window closing. Especially as the player has made it so clear he wants to come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisd09 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I suppose Mike probably doesn't want to look like he's been dictated too. Maybe in his mind he is thinking if he folds on this deal, that future negotiations may go this way. I agree with the principle of this but given that this guy will improve our team significantly I want us to fold if it is true that the want an extra £1million. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 This is soooooo boring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rey Mysterio Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Simpson is Top 10 level In league 1? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 It's getting silly now. Any small financial saving made by letting this drag are negated by the benefits of a full pre-season. Whether its 5 or 6 million, we'll have robbed them either way. Strangely I agree with Ashley on not giving in to the Lille prez's posturing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I'd rather have spent that £1m and have him integrated during pre-season. Worked wonders for Cabaye, etc. (that is, obviously, assuming that rumour is true) Aye it would have been money well spent imo. Not in favour of doing it for every player, don't like being held to ransom or being shafted but for the extra million I'd have just paid it and brought him in on this occasion. The upgrade at RB justifies it imo. Each to their own though. I can also understand why the club are digging their heels in but I'd pay it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 I still think we'll get him. The closer the window gets, the more of a fuss he'll kick up and we'll take advantage of that. Like we always do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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