Absolutely spot on.Keep looking at that pic and it proper chokes me.
Forget Wolves for a minute, and how we all feel. Put yourself in his shoes for a minute. The fact that such a talented player, came here so young and has such an amazing connection and affinity to us, let’s be honest a pretty second rate outfit in Premier league terns, is just unreal.
Seeing how emotional he is, and what it has clearly all meant to him, has proper upset me.
Of course life goes on and players come and go, but that doesn’t mean occasionally ones come along who just mean more.
Just watched the Mark Noble farewell video from today. It's incredibly rare in this day and age you get players that get so emotionally attached to a club.I always said Neves, Jota & Boly were huge favourites for me because they joined when they didn't have to.
They all took massive risks with their careers to join us, especially Neves & Jota given their age, and more so Neves because he joined permanently straight away.
Failure to go up could've damaged their reputation so much and we know how difficult the Championship is. If you fail at Wolves, where do you go from there? Maybe back to Porto but even they'd have doubts, if not a lower league Portuguese side or a bottom half Spanish side.
So, have to be so grateful for him by agreeing to join in the first place and to stay as long as he has is probably more than we all expected.
Attacking players are worth a lot more than defensive mids though, Rodri was £62M and I believe is the record for that position depending on what you count Frenkie de Jong as I suppose he was a few million more.I'm hoping more than anything that we we don't sell him but if we do, to let him go for less than hundred million would be a joke. surely he's in the same bracket as Bruno Fernandes and Grealish , if not more
That photo surely tells you he's off?quality player hope he stays.
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He still score his fair share of goals and is proven in the premier leagueAttacking players are worth a lot more than defensive mids though, Rodri was £62M and I believe is the record for that position depending on what you count Frenkie de Jong as I suppose he was a few million more.
15 in 141, with a few of them pens. It's not bad at all for a DM but you aren't buying him for his goals are you really? Grealish also English so you add on a big %He still score his fair share of goals and is proven in the premier league
Look at his eyes. He is offquality player hope he stays.
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He is really close friends with Coady, do you know for a fact he'd want it taken off him?Give him the captaincy, make him our top earner, promise him we'll sell at a pre-agreed price NEXT summer if we don't finish top 6.
On that video, didn't half get a lump in the throat where he was saying that he just hoped he did everyone proud.Just watched the Mark Noble farewell video from today. It's incredibly rare in this day and age you get players that get so emotionally attached to a club.
Really hope Ruben stays, but if he wants to move on and better his career, I get it.
Just don't leave us and go to ******* Arsenal.
He wrote a letter to the press too, thanking them for their support over the years. It's the little things that go a long way.On that video, didn't half get a lump in the throat where he was saying that he just hoped he did everyone proud.
Like the bloke or not, can't deny he didn't half give it all for West Ham, much akin to Ruben, and going to miss him all the same.
He is really close friends with Coady, do you know for a fact he'd want it taken off him?
People just throw it around like it is a massive sway for him, captaincy isn't as big of a deal in every country as it is here anywayDo any of us know anything for a FACT on a messageboard? Who's even to say Cody is staying, do you know that for a fact?
Only if he wanted to sign him.He wrote a letter to the press too, thanking them for their support over the years. It's the little things that go a long way.
One striking thing was Pep going to him at final whistle.
Do you think Klopp would have done the same dropping 2 points? I'm not so sure.
If he does stay which we all know he wont we won't have much money to spend in the window sad state to be inquality player hope he stays.
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I wouldnt be at all surprised if a deal in principle isnt already in place with someone. Can only wish the guy the absolute best given the service and professionalism he's shown for us.Look at his eyes. He is off
People just throw it around like it is a massive sway for him, captaincy isn't as big of a deal in every country as it is here anyway
Also his loss to Wolves which is massive, I would prefer getting rid of quite a few of the dead wood instead, there's quite a few of them.15 in 141, with a few of them pens. It's not bad at all for a DM but you aren't buying him for his goals are you really? Grealish also English so you add on a big %
5 years is a very long time to stay with any one club.We should be building a team round him, not selling him
Its really frustrating to lose good players because we cant have the foresight to build on what we have.
One reason why it was so frustrating so many people, seemingly both at the club, and on here, couldn't see the big picture. Lack of desire and investment when we were on the cusp of Europe / CL, we don't qualify, players leave to achieve their career goals.
Ask a Derby County fan how they feel about this sort of statement....... The tail off this season is really disappointing but I'd rather that than what Derby are still dealing with. You can argue that this season, for whatever reason, 3/4 players are well below start of season expectations of goal returns; Neto, Jiminez, Trincao and lesser extent Silva. That's cost us Europe qualification. Whether bad management, luck or just circumstance, it's fairly pessimistic to think all 4 of these players would underperform expectations as has happened.Yep. Totally agree. Instead we have Sellars in charge who said "I won’t bankrupt the club to go up another two places "Thats the lack of ambition we are dealing with now and its so sad to see.
I take your points jwolf but I'm still sticking to he's worth that. What makes me laugh is when teams are after our players the price always seems to be low, but when we're after someone the price goes Sky high, I don't think we want to sell him so ask for top dollar15 in 141, with a few of them pens. It's not bad at all for a DM but you aren't buying him for his goals are you really? Grealish also English so you add on a big %