Noisy noise annoys
Player Valuation: £60m
All good, mate!
EFC_FRANCIS
Player Valuation: £35m
Inundated with offers I've heard
Would be a massive loss for us.
I think the Villa incident soured his relationship with us, and I don't think it recovered.
I think the Villa incident soured his relationship with us, and I don't think it recovered.
Titus Shambles
Player Valuation: £2.5m
I doubt the modern player really cares all that much about their "relationship" with the crowd. It's a job. They care about their careers and what contract they can get. If he scored 20 goals a season he'd be loved by all, but the fact is he averages about 7 a year and misses endless chances. God help us if that level of contribution counts as a 'massive loss'.
Bob Elstone
Player Valuation: £35m
14 goals in 3 seasons I’m sure we can find a replacement.
Noisy noise annoys
Player Valuation: £60m
Im going with the many press reports at the time and the fact that Carlos played him every game and he banged in 20 goals as a result over your guesswork
Pull the other one
Genuinely not bothered either way, I’m just going with what was written
Titus Shambles
Player Valuation: £2.5m
TheFinnFan
Finners
DCL will do Barkley on us
Judging his contribution solely on goals scored is reductive and ignores context 
I think at this moment in time Che Adams might have more offers on the table.
BramleyMoore2024
Player Valuation: £750k
I agree, he’ll sit tight , and hope to get any fee we would have got paid to him in wages. I mean he really must need the money!!!!
BainesontoastNEW
Player Valuation: £40m
Gotta get those sweet, sweet Armani branded baby accessories.
MACCA75
Player Valuation: £70m
Fans absolutely love to think they are influential on stuff like this, it’s weird.
Money and success influences footballers. That is all, and in that order.
Titus Shambles
Player Valuation: £2.5m
That is primarily what he is in the team to do though. He's our first choice No9, the only striker we play, he's the focal point of our attack not a foil for two wide forwards who bang in goals. He's supposed to be a goal scorer first and foremost, yet other than under Carlo in covid era 4 years ago, it's not something he's ever really done.Judging his contribution solely on goals scored is reductive and ignores context
Obviously it's not about goals alone, but some people go out of their way to look for as many things as possible to gloss over his primary job. "He jumps well", "Can hold the ball up", "Works hard" etc. These aren't extraordinary attributes, they're bog standard things you'd expect most strikers to do pretty well.
It's a fact of football life strikers are judged on goals. I doubt there are Villa or Bournemouth fans anywhere who care one iota about Watkins' work rate or Solanke's hold up play, so long as they're putting the ball in the net 20 times a season.