Hanshithispantz Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I think Big Mo has at least another 2 seasons in him like. Maybe not to the level of last season where it seemed he'd drained Kante's life force though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 You guys don't think Rafa has to share the blame for Merino wanting to leave? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I don't blame Merino for wanting to leave at all, he left Dortmund to play first team football and it dried up here. I think assurances should be made that he will start more games next season, he's one we'll regret selling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 You guys don't think Rafa has to share the blame for Merino wanting to leave? Well, depends what you mean by blame. Should he have played him more? Not really because our CMs were brilliant and we finished 10th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 You guys don't think Rafa has to share the blame for Merino wanting to leave? How so? Shelvey and Diame were better than him last season. Plus he fucked his back which put him out for a while. I'd blame Rafa more if he played Merino to keep him happy and we were relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Yea I won't question the starting eleven (no one can anyway given our position) but surely Merino deserves at least a bench position right? He was even out of the match day squad FFS. No where to be seen after we guaranteed safety either. Seriously? If you are Merino, what's the message you receive from these decisions from Rafa? It makes perfect sense to me that he is asking to leave now. It would be dumb not to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Yea I won't question the starting eleven (no one can anyway given our position) but surely Merino deserves at least a bench position right? He was even out of the match day squad FFS. No where to be seen after we guaranteed safety either. Seriously? If you are Merino, what's the message you receive from these decisions from Rafa? It makes perfect sense to me that he is asking to leave now. It would be dumb not to. Few reports now suggesting he asked to leave in January so he surely mustn't have settled here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Will be gutted to see Merino go if he does, but no point having an unhappy player who doesn't want to be here who isn't getting football. And as others have mentioned, maybe there's more to this back injury than first thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Better have a replacement lined up: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/11404485/newcastle-want-20m-for-aleksandar-mitrovic Should no way sell for that, same goes for Merino. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Seems to be a lot of hints from the Chronicle that there's some release fee clause in Merino's contract - although they seemed very vague about what amount it was. Find it hard to believe it was as low as €15m though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Yea I won't question the starting eleven (no one can anyway given our position) but surely Merino deserves at least a bench position right? He was even out of the match day squad FFS. No where to be seen after we guaranteed safety either. Seriously? If you are Merino, what's the message you receive from these decisions from Rafa? It makes perfect sense to me that he is asking to leave now. It would be dumb not to. Few reports now suggesting he asked to leave in January so he surely mustn't have settled here? Would agree with this. I would say it has been more down to Merino than Rafa. There was obviously something not quite right in Merino's mind, whether he had his head turned in January, or something like that. But he was never quite the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Yea I won't question the starting eleven (no one can anyway given our position) but surely Merino deserves at least a bench position right? He was even out of the match day squad FFS. No where to be seen after we guaranteed safety either. Seriously? If you are Merino, what's the message you receive from these decisions from Rafa? It makes perfect sense to me that he is asking to leave now. It would be dumb not to. Few reports now suggesting he asked to leave in January so he surely mustn't have settled here? And so the encouragement Rafa show to a homesick player is to give him zero mins on the pitch? It appears to me that Rafa has given up Merino already in the middle of the season instead. Hence why we asking for only 15m. Rafa doesn't rate Merino as high as fans like us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Didn't we only pay about £6m for Merino? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Didn't we only pay about £6m for Merino? Just over £9m I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Being linked with someone called Valon Berisha from RB Salzburg. Linked by who? He's good. I'd approve of buying him. Great stats and a star in the Europa League. Salzburg have developed some great players recently like Mane and Keita, so I'd love him here. Plus, it'd be nice to have an Albanian. There are a lot of them in NYC. Having a medical at Sampdoria. €7m figure mentioned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Yea I won't question the starting eleven (no one can anyway given our position) but surely Merino deserves at least a bench position right? He was even out of the match day squad FFS. No where to be seen after we guaranteed safety either. Seriously? If you are Merino, what's the message you receive from these decisions from Rafa? It makes perfect sense to me that he is asking to leave now. It would be dumb not to. Few reports now suggesting he asked to leave in January so he surely mustn't have settled here? And so the encouragement Rafa show to a homesick player is to give him zero mins on the pitch? It appears to me that Rafa has given up Merino already in the middle of the season instead. Hence why we asking for only 15m. Rafa doesn't rate Merino as high as fans like us. Or he put his faith in players that actually wanted to be here?. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I don't even care anymore, there's no point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I don't even care anymore, there's no point. At this stage it look likely we're favourites for relegation next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I don't even care anymore, there's no point. At this stage it look likely we're favourites for relegation next year. Unlike you to be overly dramatic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I don't even care anymore, there's no point. At this stage it look likely we're favourites for relegation next year. Wtf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 A team who finished 10th being favourites to go down would be quite something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 #TheBish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 A team who finished 10th being favourites to go down would be quite something. With 44 points. Not that out there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 #TheBish Would be stupid to set the price before the World Cup surely? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I don't even care anymore, there's no point. At this stage it look likely we're favourites for relegation next year. Unlike you to be overly dramatic. Glad you could tell I was taking the piss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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