I understand where you are coming from and yes realise they were bought to get us over the line as it were. Surely though that would or should have been only part of the reason? Do you not think we should have been looking to the future as well when making those purchases. Neither have been give even the faintest of chances in the premier. Not even as a bit player in the cups or friendlies. Something for me just is not right over these two in particular for me. Accepting of course that I am not the manager and don't make the decisions....
Must remember that bigger clubs than us make mistakes. Not that I consider Billy a mistake. I bet if you look at the top 6, they have bought players who have scarcely featured.
It would have been nice if we could have bought someone like Rodriguez who could probably have scored some goals and been effective in the premier league as well, but without promotion secured we probably wouldn't have been able to afford/attract that kind of player. It's counterintuitive that we buy a player to improve the team and then he is deemed unfit to play when others we already had are still there, but that's how things work out sometimes I guess. Sharp did make a few appearances in the PL remember, and I imagine had we not been able to get Rodriguez he would have played more. He just doesn't offer as much as our other forwards though; he's a good poacher, but his link-up play isn't very good and he can't play on the wing, so even if he was considered good enough, he would have found his chances limited for that reason.
Strange my mind must have airbrushed out his games in the PL...thought he never played. Memory playing tricks on me.
It was away against Man City. Lambert is subbed on...scores! Davis is subbed on...scores! Sharp is subbed on...oh.
Lee has been given a squad number apparently, and he's had his picture updated to the latest versions on the website. I wonder if he's going to get an opportunity?
We could use him on the wing i guess. Although, it's been so long since i last saw him play, i can't even remember if he's any good.
It's a photoshop from last year. That body clearly isn't his, and he has the same expression/hair style as last year
Southampton striker Billy Sharp is wanted by Reading, Leeds, Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday and Doncaster when the loan transfer window opens up this week. But the 27-year-old fears he may have to stay as the Saints are refusing to subsidise his £18,000-a-week wages.
I have a strong desire to bang heads together, but I reserve my greatest ire for SFC...subsidise the guy's wages for God's sake...stop trying to save peanuts because you think you have Billy over a barrel. He has done nothing wrong (that we know about).
The message that I am getting over this saga.......is that they are not getting Billy on the cheap. There seems to be a little bit of Cortese getting his own back as when we were trying to obtain players when we were in the lower leagues every thing we had to do was at the full rate whether it was loans or purchases. Very little compromise....... Sound familiar?
Ceefax says £18k a week.It's going to be hard for a Championship club to stump up that kind of money.
