Guest firetotheworks Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Still turns my stomach to this day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 no thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Why are we still wasting time, what about bringing in Michy and get done with it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Why are we still wasting time, what about bringing in Michy and get done with it? You paying? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Sky is paying... altho those money doesn't seem to have arrived in the coffers yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Would you take an ex girlfriend back after she’d been passed around a bit? ? You might be getting back an older, out of her prime version of what you knew. But you can be safely reassured that she’s way more experienced now. Ritchie is a loyal servant to the club. We should give him the chance to play in a better side than what we gave him in the first 6 months of the season. He has more potential to reach. The club in this case should repay back that loyalty. Part of a squad that got us 10th. Andros, you chose Pardew over Rafa. You obviously thick mercenary cunt. No thanks. Go try and get back in the England squad with one of the small London clubs. Jesus, that is the shittest analogy every. Sheer bollocks on him to come in and say that knowing fine well what he'd posted before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Bullshit. I have a reputation as the forums idiot to upkeep. What excuse does Odin have? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Open_C Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Odear Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Bullshit. I have a reputation as the forums idiot to upkeep. What excuse does Odin have? Just calling it as I see it. I don’t want Ritchie sold on at the expense of bringing a mercenary in. No matter how much better he may seem on paper. I think Ritchie can make a difference this season and improve. He’ll never walk out on us for bloody Pardew, that’s for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Bullshit. I have a reputation as the forums idiot to upkeep. What excuse does Odin have? Just calling it as I see it. I don’t want Ritchie sold on at the expense of bringing a mercenary in. No matter how much better he may seem on paper. I think Ritchie can make a difference this season and improve. He’ll never walk out on us for bloody Pardew, that’s for sure. Given the offer of PL football vs Championship football PLUS higher wages... he'd go immediately tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Ritchie probably took a payrise to join us in The Championship. Does that make him a mercenary? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greydos Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 The big problem for me in swapping Ritchie for Townsend is that Ritchie’s a decent and reliable finisher in the box. Man U and Arsenal at home 2 important examples. Townsend seems to be more like Kieron Dyer with his inside the box finishing, not composed and very hit and miss. Outside the box he can dig like but still we need to guarantee the few clear cut openings we create in the box are buried and Ritchie does that better in my view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Ritchie only scored 3 goals all season, I'm not sure how he can be classed as a reliable finisher on that basis. Given that Townsend scored 4 in 13 in a McClaren side that was relegated I'd like to see him in a side full of Rafa's players not coming off the back of 4-5 months of devastation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I do like Ritchie a lot, but the prospect of having Kenedy and Townsend on the wings would frighten a lot of defences. A lot of pace and trickery, whereas Ritchie just doesn't have that yard of pace to actually beat his man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Ritchie was a passenger for half of the season. I like him a lot but he's definitely someone to be upgraded upon. As always, the question will be whether we reinvest. I know Townsend left with a bit of a sour taste, but he's the best winger we've had since Ben Arfa by quite a distance, imo. Kenedy is a no-brainer who will be a very good player (potentially world class) & was important last season, but he wasn't on the same level as Townsend was for us. Having both of them would be a treat, in the short term. Although, I have high hopes for Murphy this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 I think Kenedy was better than Townsend was (and also has far more potential), but broadly agree with that assessment. I'd happily see the back of Ritchie to get more pace and quality on both flanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankles Bennett Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 £15m for a 29 year old, that's a cracking deal in my view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 £15m for a 29 year old, that's a cracking deal in my view. It's a decent price for Townsend IMO, could be an England player again under Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 £15m for a 29 year old, that's a cracking deal in my view. It's a decent price for Townsend IMO, could be an England player again under Rafa. He means Matt Ritchie. Townsend is only 26. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Oh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 £15m is a good price for Ritchie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 £15m is a good price for Ritchie. I'm still struggling with finding a good reference point for the crazy prices these days, so I'm not sure if it's an amazing fee or a low one. It was much easier when £15m was considered a huge signing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 £15m is a good price for Ritchie. I'm still struggling with finding a good reference point for the crazy prices these days, so I'm not sure if it's an amazing fee or a low one. It was much easier when £15m was considered a huge signing. He's at peak or has past his peak considering his chronic lack of pace. Getting our money back on him is decent business. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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