Hhtoon Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 It's the clubs fault period. They didn't want to spend because they believe on doing things on the cheap. If we had any intentions of bringing him in it would have been done before deadline day as both Palace wanted him out and the payer wanted to return. Palace didn't want him out that badly or they wouldn't have been dicks about the loan fee. They could easily have offset that against the £13m in the summer and if we didn't get promoted so didn't take the option to buy, surely he would command a better fee after playing rather than warming their bench. Didn't see Townsend come out begging to return either....probably hoping another prem club would swoop in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 It's the clubs fault period. They didn't want to spend because they believe on doing things on the cheap. If we had any intentions of bringing him in it would have been done before deadline day as both Palace wanted him out and the payer wanted to return. Palace didn't want him out that badly or they wouldn't have been dicks about the loan fee. They could easily have offset that against the £13m in the summer and if we didn't get promoted so didn't take the option to buy, surely he would command a better fee after playing rather than warming their bench. Didn't see Townsend come out begging to return either....probably hoping another prem club would swoop in. No other premier club really came in for him. As far as we know ,so does that mean he is over priced or Palace had no desire to sell him for the 13 million. Think they be more to it than just Ashley not wanting to spend money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hhtoon Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Yeah, if you look at the beginning of this thread you can see what our opinion of him was for £12m. Now he has 4 months shining in a relegated team of sh1te and 6 months on the bench for another struggling team. Don't get me wrong, I would like him back and £13m is fine with me but would rather stand our ground then get walked over by Palace and Fat Sam. Of course when Ashley offers 10m in summer then I'll be full on raging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 It was pretty obvious from the short interview with Allardyce on Sky that he was determined to keep Townsend and that Townsend wanted to go. We don't know the full story, but I think there was more to it than Palace naming a price and us refusing to meet it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 You're Alan Barnes. A nice young lass has raised £300k and you've f***ed off to the Shetlands. Do you give her a decent reward when you can get away with a tenner? Do you f***. hahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Wouldn't surprise me if Fat Sam deliberately held this one off to get one over on us and Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Wouldn't surprise me if Fat Sam deliberately held this one off to get one over on us and Rafa. Hope the cunts go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Wouldn't surprise me if Fat Sam deliberately held this one off to get one over on us and Rafa. yes- wouldnt surprise me if Ashleys minions knew this would be the case, and allowed it to proceed as a- we tried cover story to peddle to Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymc1 Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 You're Alan Barnes. A nice young lass has raised £300k and you've f***ed off to the Shetlands. Do you give her a decent reward when you can get away with a tenner? Do you f***. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I said at the start of this Ashley has never gone back fof someone he has sold, never. Enough said Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Townsend did not do enough personally to force a move. He could have put in a transfer request and if refused he could have made sure he was injured for the rest of the window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Townsend did not do enough personally to force a move. He could have put in a transfer request and if refused he could have made sure he was injured for the rest of the window. Just shows he's mildly professional Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Hes a Laaandon boy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I said at the start of this Ashley has never gone back fof someone he has sold, never. Enough said He has gone back for previous targets several times. In fact, that's one of the hall marks of the Ashley regime, to never give up on a target, a strategy that has landed us successes like McClaren and Thauvin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I said at the start of this Ashley has never gone back fof someone he has sold, never. Enough said You also said that George Caulkin talks bullshit and isn't really ITK, despite him nearly always getting things right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I said at the start of this Ashley has never gone back fof someone he has sold, never. Enough said He has gone back for previous targets several times. In fact, that's one of the hall marks of the Ashley regime, to never give up on a target, a strategy that has landed us successes like McClaren and Thauvin. I've never even understood the point of highlighting how we've never re-signed a player under Ashley, like it's some sort of interesting stat. What percentage of transfers in professional football is a player going back to an old club? 0.00001%? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 It will be interesting to see whether we go back for Townsend in the summer. He's a good player but seems to get his head turned at the drop of a hat. I wish he would just make his mind up where he wants to play football so we can either make a serious bid for him or put our focus elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I said at the start of this Ashley has never gone back fof someone he has sold, never. Enough said You also said that George Caulkin talks bullshit and isn't really ITK, despite him nearly always getting things right So fook. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 I said at the start of this Ashley has never gone back fof someone he has sold, never. Enough said He has gone back for previous targets several times. In fact, that's one of the hall marks of the Ashley regime, to never give up on a target, a strategy that has landed us successes like McClaren and Thauvin. I've never even understood the point of highlighting how we've never re-signed a player under Ashley, like it's some sort of interesting stat. What percentage of transfers in professional football is a player going back to an old club? 0.00001%? Its just a fact.i can only point out a fact Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Too bad you can't assess its relevance or significance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Just looking at Palaces fixtures. They're fucked man. Using a conservative estimate of 36 points to stay up, they'll need 17 more. Their remaining away games are West Brom, Chelsea, Southampton, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd They'd be lucky to get 3 points from that lot. Meaning they need 14 from their home games, Boro, Spurs, Watford, Arsenal, Leicester, Burnley, Hull. 4 wins & 2 draws or 5 wins. Before seeing this I'd have dismissed them as a relegation candidate, even in their current situation, but fucking hell it'll be close. Nice one "Pards" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Must say, I'd dearly love to see this lad playing in the Championship next year and us to have someone better than him tearing shit up in the Premiership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 It's going to be about 33-34 this season to stay up, I reckon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Must say, I'd dearly love to see this lad playing in the Championship next year and us to have someone better than him tearing s*** up in the Premiership. Would prefer we signed him and used him in the PL to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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