Without doing anything? Have you not seen the Selfie stick video from the Arsenal game?!?!
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Jesse Ellis Lingard
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Jack Burkitt
Make no sense whatsoever to have what is effectively a highly paid cheerleader - to get us ready for next season I there's gonna be an edge of ruthlessness, the owner demands nothing more and need all our money for the best signings we can get on the pitch - no idea if his issues have been part of some longer time injury, but if that's not part of the equation and SC can't see a role for him a player then its adios
joefretters
First Team Squad
I haven't seen it.
Was it worth 100 grand a week for a year???
Omar Devone Little
Mr Realistic
I'll have you know that earned our brand 5000 more followers on Instagram. If anything we're not paying him enough.
Berkshire Red
Jack Armstrong
His delight wouldn’t have anything to do with a “staying up” bonus, would it? That’s what my cynical side says. The other side sees the delight on his face and the way the rest of the squad is with him. They obviously love him.
Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Appreciate the farewell vid Jesse, you'll leave with our respect.
Maybe more
Frank Clark’s Tash
Jack Burkitt
It's probably better in a way that this didn't come to pass, otherwise he'd go and be leaving a pretty big hole in the side that'd need plugging.
Thankfully the majority of our key performers this year are firmly under contract (GK and RB aside).
valspoodle
Steve Chettle
No thanks.
Baronvon
Jack Burkitt
Really quite sad it didn't work out for him. Injuries struck as he was starting to hit his stride and, once fit, was never going to get in ahead of MGW.
If he does leave, which seems likely, I wish him all the best.
If he does leave, which seems likely, I wish him all the best.
PynchonForest
John Robertson
Or China. Then he can work on finding a cheap factory to make shitloads of JLinz merch. He's obviously a guy with a big personality, very likeable etc. But he was poor on field, and spent much of the season injured. No. Let him go make an obscene wage somewhere else. I don't think he'll have a big problem finding that option.
Thomas
Martel Maxwell Enjoyer
I don't think he leaves the UK, seems like family is extremely important to that lad.
Rzar
Bob McKinlay
I could definitely see him ending up at one of the promoted clubs, especially given the amount of money they all seem to be planning on spending.
Thomas
Martel Maxwell Enjoyer
Yeah and anyway his involvment was cut short here via constant injury, we SAW what he would offer against Spurs in the cup. If he can get his fitness tiptop this summer, he is still capable of doing well in this league. Maybe Burnley?
Ashley
Steve Chettle
Was about to say I could see him at Burnley. Not a million miles from home for him.
Omar Devone Little
Mr Realistic
With a mere 77k followers on Instagram it's looking more like Coventry if they go up. Luton only have a few more as well in case him and his selfie stick fancy it down at Kenilworth Road.
Frank Clark’s Tash
Jack Burkitt
I'm sure I read sheff U's warchest was quoted as being £20m
Bonalair
John Robertson
Ok he didn’t work out and he’s not going to be here next year. But he was predicted to be a shelvey and he wasn’t a Shelvey, he was an anti-shelvey. The only Shelvey was Shelvey.
eyupmeduck
Geoff Thomas
Remember when we spent about that in the championship under Karanka and were stuck with the moniker "Big spending Nottingham Forest"! Basically they've got a budget to pay big Sam for about 15 games!I'm sure I read sheff U's warchest was quoted as being £20m
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Timothy Pope
I know that Nuno that I know that Nuno that I know
Perhaps he’ll try one of the 2 Scottish horses?
IdiotTricky
First Team Squad
Hindsight's a wonderful thing.
Maybe he cost us £10m, but his signing was a real statement of intent and I'm sure was a factor in luring other players to the club. We all hoped he could replicate his West Ham form. He didn't. But anyone in the game who speaks about him says he's a top professional and a good squad member. He has 30 odd caps, and is clearly not shit.
He was messed about by Man U last year, which meant he had a lot of ground to make up. He was just coming into form when he got injured. I suspect if he'd gone to West Ham it would have been a similar story, given they also struggled for 2/3 of the season.
It didn't work out on the pitch, but the fact that he obviously supported the squad behind the scenes means he leaves with my best wishes.
Maybe he cost us £10m, but his signing was a real statement of intent and I'm sure was a factor in luring other players to the club. We all hoped he could replicate his West Ham form. He didn't. But anyone in the game who speaks about him says he's a top professional and a good squad member. He has 30 odd caps, and is clearly not shit.
He was messed about by Man U last year, which meant he had a lot of ground to make up. He was just coming into form when he got injured. I suspect if he'd gone to West Ham it would have been a similar story, given they also struggled for 2/3 of the season.
It didn't work out on the pitch, but the fact that he obviously supported the squad behind the scenes means he leaves with my best wishes.
Harvey
Chrissy Cohen
An excellent summary
Morpeth
John Robertson
I’m completely fine with the Lingard deal but yes it hasn’t worked out. Was he the statement of intent that we all think though? Look at the dates of transfer and there were good players signed well before him.
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
Not 100% I agree.
So yes, we now know TA and MN (whom I assume you refer to) are "good players" but I also doubt anyone who doesn't follow the Bundesliga would have heard of them.
The rest was youth cover and hedging our bets with players who would be fine in PL if they stepped up too (HT, LOB) or younger players from abroad (GB, BA), No-one really knows about OR as he hadn't played for us this season and went to Bayern from the CH.
The Lingard signing was a statement of intent in that it was the first established player with specific PL experience that we brought in - in fact, loans aside, he has been a PL player all his career. You could at a stretch include NW and WH in that but they were cover players.
Morpeth
John Robertson
Completely see that but equally, if you look at the players after him then its fairly similar. I do still think it was a statement signing as it certainly felt it at the time (so that’s the crucial bit) but it’s not like he came in as one of our very first signings.