Former Players Views

[Power n Glory]

The fact that we kept fobbing him off speaks volumes. We didn't value him as a player and we'd have never sold him if Barca didn't stump up £15m regardless of behaviour. I think reports of Song's behaviour have been exaggerated and I think it's wrong for the club to leak these sort of reports. When players speak ill of the club they get stick, shouldn't the same principle apply to the club if that's your view? Song didn't kick up a fuss in the press so I think he deserved a bit better. As for what makes business sense, I don't bloody care and it's about time we stopped applauding the clubs ability to be penny pinching, tight c***s. The money doesn't go into our pockets, it just takes more quality away from the pitch and results in the boring shite we're having to watch now.

[Ollie the Optimist]

The fact that we kept fobbing him off speaks volumes. We didn't value him as a player and we'd have never sold him if Barca didn't stump up £15m regardless of behaviour. I think reports of Song's behaviour have been exaggerated and I think it's wrong for the club to leak these sort of reports. When players speak ill of the club they get stick, shouldn't the same principle apply to the club if that's your view? Song didn't kick up a fuss in the press so I think he deserved a bit better. As for what makes business sense, I don't bloody care and it's about time we stopped applauding the clubs ability to be penny pinching, tight c***s. The money doesn't go into our pockets, it just takes more quality away from the pitch and results in the boring shite we're having to watch now.

we did value him as a player, we gave him a big 5 year contract. we wanted mroe money and started trying to make the club give him more money when it was the clear the club had more urgent stuff to deal with. the club rightly told him to go fuck himself

[Olivier's xmas twist]

we did value him as a player, we gave him a big 5 year contract. we wanted mroe money and started trying to make the club give him more money when it was the clear the club had more urgent stuff to deal with. the club rightly told him to go fuck himself

Pretty much. you'd have thought from what he came from he'd would have been greatful with what he got.

[GP]

we did value him as a player, we gave him a big 5 year contract. we wanted mroe money and started trying to make the club give him more money when it was the clear the club had more urgent stuff to deal with. the club rightly told him to go fuck himself

[Cripps_orig]

As for what makes business sense, I don't bloody care and it's about time we stopped applauding the clubs ability to be penny pinching, tight c***s. The money doesn't go into our pockets, it just takes more quality away from the pitch and results in the boring shite we're having to watch now.

Spot on.

[Ollie the Optimist]

if the club had spent time negotiating songs contract this summer knowing he had 3 years left instead of working on transfers and contracts with less time on them, i would have been fucking furious

[Power n Glory]

we did value him as a player, we gave him a big 5 year contract. we wanted mroe money and started trying to make the club give him more money when it was the clear the club had more urgent stuff to deal with. the club rightly told him to go fuck himself

Does it matter that he's asking for more money. Is that something that should concern you as a fan? Keeping our top performers and remaining competitive should be your main concern and not this nonsense. It's the clubs job to retain their best players and they're doing a poor job of it. It's the reason why we suffer on the pitch. Great, we've possibly saved money and we'll break even this year, but it's not going to keep the ticket prices low, now is it? You should think about that. Continue to praise financial prudence while the club have their hands in your pocket while draining the quality away from the pitch. We're not even enjoyable to watch anymore.

[SayNoMore]

The fact that we kept fobbing him off speaks volumes. We didn't value him as a player and we'd have never sold him if Barca didn't stump up £15m regardless of behaviour. I think reports of Song's behaviour have been exaggerated and I think it's wrong for the club to leak these sort of reports. When players speak ill of the club they get stick, shouldn't the same principle apply to the club if that's your view? Song didn't kick up a fuss in the press so I think he deserved a bit better. As for what makes business sense, I don't bloody care and it's about time we stopped applauding the clubs ability to be penny pinching, tight c***s. The money doesn't go into our pockets, it just takes more quality away from the pitch and results in the boring shite we're having to watch now.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Does it matter that he's asking for more money. Is that something that should concern you as a fan? Keeping our top performers and remaining competitive should be your main concern and not this nonsense. It's the clubs job to retain their best players and they're doing a poor job of it. It's the reason why we suffer on the pitch. Great, we've possibly saved money and we'll break even this year, but it's not going to keep the ticket prices low, now is it? You should think about that. Continue to praise financial prudence while the club have their hands in your pocket while draining the quality away from the pitch. We're not even enjoyable to watch anymore.

THEY GAVE HIM A FUCKING FIVE YEAR CONTRACT TWO YEARS AGO. tahts a pretty good job of retaining players. if he didnt like that contract, he shouldnt have agreed to it, blame his fucking agent. im sorry but no time should have been given to songs deal this usmmer, he had 3 fucking years left on it, and we had more important things to do this summer then worry about some **** who wanted more money when he had 3 years left on his contract. how can you blame the club for not retaining top players when top players demand a new contract, 2 years into their new deal, and lets face it, they ahve wanted a new deal for about a year now so thats 1 year into a five year deal and he wants a new one? fuck off

[Power n Glory]

THEY GAVE HIM A FUCKING FIVE YEAR CONTRACT TWO YEARS AGO. tahts a pretty good job of retaining players. if he didnt like that contract, he shouldnt have agreed to it, blame his fucking agent. im sorry but no time should have been given to songs deal this usmmer, he had 3 fucking years left on it, and we had more important things to do this summer then worry about some **** who wanted more money when he had 3 years left on his contract. how can you blame the club for not retaining top players when top players demand a new contract, 2 years into their new deal, and lets face it, they ahve wanted a new deal for about a year now so thats 1 year into a five year deal and he wants a new one? fuck off

Didn't Kosienly get a new deal this summer?

But you're missing the point and defending bullshit.