Joleon Lescott

[Richard Parker]

Lads, however we want to make City the villains in this, they're doing the exact same thing that we would if we had the money. I'm sure the Wolves fans were equally as fed up when Lescott joined us. He has every right to join City to improve his chances of winning a trophy or two, earn a few more quid every week and go to the World Cup as 1st choice for England. He doesn't owe us anything. It's not like he sat on his ass collecting his cheque like certain Dutch wingers.

If our club had shown some ambition by strengthening the squad as Moyes wished, then maybe Lescott might have been more willing to hang around.

 

[FC Brugge]

I am waiting for that word, "Ambition" and when he takes his first press conference for City, we wont wait too long for that word to leave his lips i can tell you. What he is leaving for is the money, he knows that and we all know that too. Good riddance Lescott!!

"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy" - Milan Kundera

Not yet sure how it applies but i'm sure i'll think of something

 

[davek]

I know one thing, if Moyes does decide to eventually sell then his credibility will be massively diminished. He's said too much along the lines of 'I've said all along none of my players are for sale' for him to get out of this corner looking good.

 

[Richard Parker]

I know one thing, if Moyes does decide to eventually sell then his credibility will be massively diminished. He's said too much along the lines of 'I've said all along none of my players are for sale' for him to get out of this corner looking good.

Agree. Very undignified. But he shouldn't have been put in that position. Had the board backed him up on that, Lescott may not have wanted a move as much.

 

[TGV]

Lescott is gonna get hammered for this, but I blame Moyes.
He is wrong to keep a player at the club when the player has acted correctly and asked for a transfer.

I don't see it as acting correctly to hand in a transfer request five four days before the season starts, it's not news that City wants him som why didn't he ask for it earlier, did he think we would let him go without a rquest so he didn't look as bad in the eyes of the fans.

I understand Lescott asking for a transfer but it still upsets med and I wish he hadn't.

 

[Clarky66]

I don't see it as acting correctly to hand in a transfer request five four days before the season starts, it's not news that City wants him som why didn't he ask for it earlier, did he think we would let him go without a rquest so he didn't look as bad in the eyes of the fans.

I understand Lescott asking for a transfer but it still upsets med and I wish he hadn't.

The OS site is notoriously slow at getting news out. We don't know when he first asked for it. For all we know he could have asked weeks ago when the rumours first appeared.

 

[The Esk]

Time for a reality check here

JL wishes to further his career either in football terms or financially - nothing wrong with that - even if in football terms he may not be making the right move - it's his judgement call.

David Moyes wants the strongest possible squad at his disposal - either with JL or replacements with the cash his sale will generate - he's absolutely correct to make it as diificult aspossible for Man City to buy him. Equally if he wishes to keep Lescott he has behaved absolutely correctly.

None of Everton, Moyes or Lescott are at fault here - this is business, every party wants what's best for their interests.
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[Rugby Toffee]

Let him go....Now Moysie will have to pull something out of the fire......Unhappy players can upset the whole team ethic......best get rid now and not have him around players who want to play for the club.......

 

[davek]

Agree. Very undignified. But he shouldn't have been put in that position. Had the board backed him up on that, Lescott may not have wanted a move as much.

Of course, the board are ultimately to blame. But realistically nobody ever expected that shower to demonstrate any ambition and give Moyes a war chest. The manager now has to carry this through to the bitter end and face down City and Lescott as O'Neill did with Liverpool and Barry last season. If he doesn't we're going to be handed a double slap in the face: selling a core team player to a rival and knowing we have a manager who's less than resolute in what he says. I know that we're all supposed to assume what people say isn't always what they mean in football, but Moyes has taken this one to extremes. Let's put it this way, if O'Neill had allowed Barry to go to Liverpool last season he'd have rightly been pilloried as a man of straw by us and every other football club supporter.

 

[benj_1878]

Time for a reality check here

JL wishes to further his career either in football terms or financially - nothing wrong with that - even if in football terms he may not be making the right move - it's his judgement call.

David Moyes wants the strongest possible squad at his disposal - either with JL or replacements with the cash his sale will generate - he's absolutely correct to make it as diificult aspossible for Man City to buy him. Equally if he wishes to keep Lescott he has behaved absolutely correctly.

None of Everton, Moyes or Lescott are at fault here - this is business, every party wants what's best for their interests.
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Personally I think Lescott is at fault, we made him the player he is and he's shown **** all loyalty and is going for the money - although he's too much of a shithouse to say why, we'll get the usual "I'm going to a club that's on the up" bullshit all those money-grabbing ****s have peddled

 

[The Esk]

For what it's worth I don't think he'll go - Moyes will stand firm and tell Lescott he has a job to do here and he needs to do it well if he wants to go to the World Cup. Moyes holds all the cards.
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[Rugby Toffee]

But do we want unhappy players , who we all know doesn't want to play for the club. I know we all would take the opportunity if it arose, but surely he should of said something when all this was sparked off , not 4 days before the season begins. Although Moyes should have been aware of the situation. Will he let him rot in the reserves...?

 

[micknick]

Thats it for me- if he has handed in his transfer request its time to go. Get as much as we can for him and move on.

It needed either a statement of intent to stay or a transfer request.

 

[benj_1878]

**** him off and take the ****s to the cleaners, don't we have a sell-on agreement with Wolves anyway?

 

[steevie]

For what it's worth I don't think he'll go - Moyes will stand firm and tell Lescott he has a job to do here and he needs to do it well if he wants to go to the World Cup. Moyes holds all the cards.
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Your right, Moyes holds all the the cards but like RT stated, we dont want players at the club who are unhappy. Moyes now has to remove his stubborn streak, sell Lescott now and get several quality players in quickly.