Dushku
Player Valuation: £1m
Maybe, it's like when you finish with your girlfriend and you have that empty feeling inside you - That feeling, that you think will never ever go away, but one day, it suddenly does. At this moment in time, although nothing has much has changed, my optimism about the upcoming season is just not there ! 
Yes, we all knew 'our bird' was getting the eye from that 'fella' down the road - yanno, the loaded one with all the flashy clothes, cars and that big house in Cheshire and that one day, she'd succumb to his advances. But, we've got a new girl now, some Spanish lass with a nice big smile and who smells quite nice ! But she's not quite up to the mark of our last one , but I dunno..given time , she may turn out to be ?!
From the horrendously embarrassing pantomime over the badge, new kit and the merchandise catalogues , that has nothing in it you want to buy 'cos it has THAT badge on all the stuff and those yelow stripes ! To the on going media tug -o-war fabrication of Leighton Baines going to Manchester United, whilst Moyes was technically still our manager..all whilst Baines was at Glastonbury doing his best Bradley Wiggins impression ! Being linked with THREE Wigan players , who will be squad men at best..Its nothing to really get your juices pumping now ,is it ?!! We even got linked with Rooney, who at 26 is prime for the picking but at £250,000 a week and his personal baggage, is totally out of price range and would be more of a burden than an asset.
We are told we are not a selling club - but all we've heard is that to move forward, we need to sell..Fellaini, Baines, Heitinga..even Jelavic , who was found out big time last season, are all in the shop window. We also have six full time squad members over the age of 30, who need replacing/ back -up. With all this, we really need to do some moving and shaking in the transfer / loan market, whether we like it or not.
Maybe we could look to our younger players to come through ? ..well there's Ross Barkley.. who was so underutilized by Moyes, how he got onto the England radar, is beyond me ! Their scouting system must spend countless hours attending freezing cold reserve matches across this nation, amongst the other 78 people in attendance .
I know we're skint and it frustrates me, when other teams, one of whome is 'very close by' are splashed across the tabloids for all the wrong reasons, be it for their players conduct or their mismanagement of funds are then green lit to redevelop their ground ( when it still looks brand new) and move freely in the transfer market. Year in year out, we cry out for investment, we struggle but eventually conquer and finish the year as 'the best of the rest' only a few marquee signings away from making that transition into the Sky SIX boys club..How are we overlooked year in year out ?..yet West Ham can almost get relegated and still move into the Olympic stadium !!!
In Martinez we Trust ?.. I'd like to think so, but like Oddball said in Kelly's Heroes.." You've gotta stop with them negative waves "...Sadly,I just can't pull myself together enough to do it, right now
Yes, we all knew 'our bird' was getting the eye from that 'fella' down the road - yanno, the loaded one with all the flashy clothes, cars and that big house in Cheshire and that one day, she'd succumb to his advances. But, we've got a new girl now, some Spanish lass with a nice big smile and who smells quite nice ! But she's not quite up to the mark of our last one , but I dunno..given time , she may turn out to be ?!
From the horrendously embarrassing pantomime over the badge, new kit and the merchandise catalogues , that has nothing in it you want to buy 'cos it has THAT badge on all the stuff and those yelow stripes ! To the on going media tug -o-war fabrication of Leighton Baines going to Manchester United, whilst Moyes was technically still our manager..all whilst Baines was at Glastonbury doing his best Bradley Wiggins impression ! Being linked with THREE Wigan players , who will be squad men at best..Its nothing to really get your juices pumping now ,is it ?!! We even got linked with Rooney, who at 26 is prime for the picking but at £250,000 a week and his personal baggage, is totally out of price range and would be more of a burden than an asset.
We are told we are not a selling club - but all we've heard is that to move forward, we need to sell..Fellaini, Baines, Heitinga..even Jelavic , who was found out big time last season, are all in the shop window. We also have six full time squad members over the age of 30, who need replacing/ back -up. With all this, we really need to do some moving and shaking in the transfer / loan market, whether we like it or not.
Maybe we could look to our younger players to come through ? ..well there's Ross Barkley.. who was so underutilized by Moyes, how he got onto the England radar, is beyond me ! Their scouting system must spend countless hours attending freezing cold reserve matches across this nation, amongst the other 78 people in attendance .
I know we're skint and it frustrates me, when other teams, one of whome is 'very close by' are splashed across the tabloids for all the wrong reasons, be it for their players conduct or their mismanagement of funds are then green lit to redevelop their ground ( when it still looks brand new) and move freely in the transfer market. Year in year out, we cry out for investment, we struggle but eventually conquer and finish the year as 'the best of the rest' only a few marquee signings away from making that transition into the Sky SIX boys club..How are we overlooked year in year out ?..yet West Ham can almost get relegated and still move into the Olympic stadium !!!
In Martinez we Trust ?.. I'd like to think so, but like Oddball said in Kelly's Heroes.." You've gotta stop with them negative waves "...Sadly,I just can't pull myself together enough to do it, right now
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