As I seem to be the forum Green apologist I think this is a bad idea. If we get both Smithies and Bentley then that is a different matter.
On the one hand, I rate Green highly and I had him on my shortlist for 2014/15 POTY. On the other hand, financial prudence, his on-going ball distribution problems and the desire to start with a clean sheet after our embarrassing forays in the Premier League all mean that a sale has its attractions. If we can recruit a couple of good young prospects (Smithies, Bentley) to compete for the No. 1 jersey, I'd let Green go.
It seems with Adrian banned for three games that Green will be in the West Ham goal at the weekend according to the Moose on Talksport
Reports that Green has been offered a contract by West Ham, expect him to be gone before the weekend...
And it seems that wage packet is scuppering the West Ham bid, also, from Bilic's quotes, Adrian is definitely their No.1... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...-force-Slaven-Bilic-play-Darren-Randolph.html
Yes, I'll second that. They won't take him at 50K a week. Green wants to be the mainstay and won't drop the coin........ Not a chance in going.
So we have Rob Green, Junior Hoillet and Armand Traore - all potentially surplus to requirement - but any moves stymied by their (understandable) desire to negate a drop in salary. Contrast them with the likes of Matt Phillips and Charlie Austin - whom we'd all like to see stay and galvanise a push for immediate promotion. The most perfect storm - forecast to arrive by 01 September.
WTF would Green want to join West Ham for anyway? He's the number one where he is and is raking in 50 big ones each week. Why go somewhere else to bench warm? Unless the Club are giving him the cold shoulder and he feels he's being pushed out the door?
Can't see the point of signing Smithies and doing a Mccarthy on him, unless he is prepared to hang around for a year while Green takes another £2.6m from the club. I'd give Green away.
Green needs to weigh up his chances of retaining his place in the England squad with playing in the Championship, same applies to Charlie. The difference is Green appears to want to stay for the money whereas Charlie has refused an improved contract. Either way neither will feature in an England squad whilst they remain with us this season...
I think that's grossly unfair on Green, we have absolutely no idea of his intentions or his motivations. It's just an assumption based on nothing, about him wanting to stay for the money. So far all the West Ham stuff has just been paper talk anyway. PLaying second fiddle there will be worse for his England chances than being our first choice on the championship surely. Have we actually offered Austin a new deal? All I've heard les say is if no one comes in for him they will offer a deal.
Ramsey is quoted as saying they are just likely to get England call ups doing well in the Championship as they will sitting on a bench or strugging in the PL. I think he's right.
England squad picked next week I think. Be interesting to see how valued Charlie's 4 goals and 2 assists in 3 championship games are weighed against Kane's nothing in 3 PL games.
Yep, fair comment. However, if Woy was going to play him, surely he would have got a run in that last friendly?
As far as the England striker's role goes it'll be Rooney plus one even though he's not scoring regularly for ManUre, there are far too many others ahead of Charlie and 'No-risk Woy' won't try him now when he could have against Ireland...
