Is Danny Simpson also joining Amiens or did that fall through?
He can still join anybody he likes - he's a free agent
If the paperwork was done in time.Shinji, too, I suppose.
If the paperwork was done in time.
Wow that’s even better than James ahead of King last season are they having us on?Slimani and Silva included in 25 man squad. James, Kapustka, Thomas, Uche, Diabate all omitted.
Schmeichel / Ward / Ricardo / Amartey / Evans / Soyuncu / Morgan / Benkovic / Chilwell / Fuchs / Ndidi / Choudhury / Tielemans / Albrighton / Maddison / Barnes / Perez / Gray / Vardy / Iheanacho / Praet
Jakupovic / Mendy / Silva / Slimani
https://www.premierleague.com/news/1335777
You can’t recall outside of a transfer windowSo do Silva and Slimani have recall options?
I won't bag on James too much. I read an interview with him a year or so ago and he said that when he was out with the knee injury followed by another injury he got while recovering he sank into depression. Considering we haven't heard a thing about him since the Newport game I'll cut him some slack, who knows what his state of mind is.
Lako is, 3 more years of rent.I’m so glad we gave that Matty James bloke a new contract.
I won't bag on James too much. I read an interview with him a year or so ago and he said that when he was out with the knee injury followed by another injury he got while recovering he sank into depression. Considering we haven't heard a thing about him since the Newport game I'll cut him some slack, who knows what his state of mind is.
Any player can suffer with mental health issues at any time. Being injured may exacerbate this but it's not a reason in itself.
Giving someone a four year contract when he's proven to be incapable of playing professionally is patently absurd.
My objection to our treatment of James was mainly because we wasted a squad position on him (at the expense of a fit King). The fact that he's becoming a millionaire doing occasional sessions on an exercise bike is neither here nor there. It's not my money.
You could argue that had we had the guts to deal with him properly, he could well be mentally much healthier now pursuing a rewarding career in coaching or outside the game. Pretending he can hack it is actually pretty irresponsible from a safeguarding perspective.
Is any of that James' fault?
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Liverpool | 19 | 46 |
2 | Arsenal | 20 | 40 |
3 | Nottm F | 20 | 40 |
4 | Chelsea | 20 | 36 |
5 | Newcastle | 20 | 35 |
6 | Manchester C | 20 | 34 |
7 | Bournemouth | 20 | 33 |
8 | Aston Villa | 20 | 32 |
9 | Fulham | 20 | 30 |
10 | Brighton | 20 | 28 |
11 | Brentford | 20 | 27 |
12 | Tottenham | 20 | 24 |
13 | Manchester U | 20 | 23 |
14 | West Ham | 20 | 23 |
15 | Palace | 20 | 21 |
16 | Everton | 19 | 17 |
17 | Wolves | 20 | 16 |
18 | Ipswich | 20 | 16 |
19 | Leicester | 20 | 14 |
20 | Southampton | 20 | 6 |