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Benny The Noon » Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:45 am wrote:Exactly that MK.

It's another cost cutting exercise IMO

damjan193 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:53 pm wrote:I don't see a point in getting rid of Downing unless it's for getting more money in order to sign some of our targets (Costa, Eriksen, Papadopoulos etc.). Downing is no more than a mid-table player but unfortunately that's where we are now. He's good enough for a squad filler at least. 5mill is way too low as well.

devaney » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:05 pm wrote:

damjan193 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:53 pm wrote:I don't see a point in getting rid of Downing unless it's for getting more money in order to sign some of our targets (Costa, Eriksen, Papadopoulos etc.). Downing is no more than a mid-table player but unfortunately that's where we are now. He's good enough for a squad filler at least. 5mill is way too low as well.

devaney » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:15 pm wrote:

devaney » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:05 pm wrote:

damjan193 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:53 pm wrote:I don't see a point in getting rid of Downing unless it's for getting more money in order to sign some of our targets (Costa, Eriksen, Papadopoulos etc.). Downing is no more than a mid-table player but unfortunately that's where we are now. He's good enough for a squad filler at least. 5mill is way too low as well.

damjan193 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:53 pm wrote:I don't see a point in getting rid of Downing unless it's for getting more money in order to sign some of our targets (Costa, Eriksen, Papadopoulos etc.). Downing is no more than a mid-table player but unfortunately that's where we are now. He's good enough for a squad filler at least. 5mill is way too low as well.

devaney » Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:19 pm wrote:

damjan193 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:53 pm wrote:I don't see a point in getting rid of Downing unless it's for getting more money in order to sign some of our targets (Costa, Eriksen, Papadopoulos etc.). Downing is no more than a mid-table player but unfortunately that's where we are now. He's good enough for a squad filler at least. 5mill is way too low as well.

I can think of 90000 reasons every fkg week.............and if it is about cost cutting who could blame them. I'd rather give the money to charity. Absolute waste of space other than a few slightly improved performances after BR gave him a serious ars.e kicking in late December last year. Prior to that he pranced around like a fkg prima donna that owned the place.

damjan193 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:45 pm wrote:

devaney » Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:19 pm wrote:

damjan193 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:53 pm wrote:I don't see a point in getting rid of Downing unless it's for getting more money in order to sign some of our targets (Costa, Eriksen, Papadopoulos etc.). Downing is no more than a mid-table player but unfortunately that's where we are now. He's good enough for a squad filler at least. 5mill is way too low as well.

I can think of 90000 reasons every fkg week.............and if it is about cost cutting who could blame them. I'd rather give the money to charity. Absolute waste of space other than a few slightly improved performances after BR gave him a serious ars.e kicking in late December last year. Prior to that he pranced around like a fkg prima donna that owned the place.

If that's our strategy and approach than we'll never see success again. I'm not saying that we have to spend like Man City, but we have to spend money if we want to win things again. If we're looking to get rid of players just for the sake of saving money, then we can start competing with Everton for Intertoto Cup.

damjan193 » Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:55 pm wrote:Look at it like this deveney. Every team needs at least 2 senior players for every position. We have two wings so we'll need 4. So far we've got Downing, Aspas and (if Suarez stays) Sturridge. So we have 3 at the moment, without counting the kids. Obviously we don't even have enough wide players at the moment, but we're still looking to get rid of one? And why, to save money? Idiotic strategy.

Downing isn't the best player we have that's for sure, but this squad has a lack of players. We should concentrate on bringing more in not getting rid of senior players. If we want to sell players that much, than we should get rid of the deadwood, like Assaidi, Pacheco etc.

Benny The Noon » Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:45 pm wrote:Pay for him to go !

That's ridiculous - Downing actually played well second half of last season after BR realised that Borini was either injured or poor and Sterling was going to run out of legs. We won't pay for him to go - either a club comes in for him and pays a fee and we put that towards a replacement or he stays in the squad and will no doubt be back playing in the starting line up after the left back gets constantly exposed.