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Lescott : would you have him back?

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Greek Fisherman said:
Please, he let his contract run down and was going to leave for free. Let him leave my ar$e. We should him 2 and bought him back for 4. He did us over. The club offered Pienaar a contract which he turned down for more money knowing he was on a position of strength. Our hand was forced.
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As i understand it you're wrong. Pienaar wanted a considerable pay rise which he totally deserved based on the fact that he was one of if not the most influential player for us at that time. The club wouldn't play ball, so he left.

But the contract negotiations aren't even the most important thing. Lescott's performance at Arsenal is.

And yeah, he was going to leave for free, which he's totally within his rights to do. He signed a contract, anything after that is fair game. Lescott signed a contract and then acted like a knob, handed in a transfer request and capitulated when the City interest materialised.

How you can't see the difference there is beyond me tbh.
 
Brennan91 said:
Yeah, you can do that without acting like a total and utter snide.

Can't believe you're trying to justify a player deliberately giving a poor performance ffs. He even ignored the fans who travelled to Highbury that day when they applauded him (by the accounts i've read).
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Not once have i defended his performance. This is the sole argument you have. Moyes should never have played him and to be fair the whole team was out of sorts. Despite his poor performance its too easy to solely blame Lescott for that calamity.
 
Brennan91 said:
As i understand it you're wrong. Pienaar wanted a considerable pay rise which he totally deserved based on the fact that he was one of if not the most influential player for us at that time. The club wouldn't play ball, so he left.

But the contract negotiations aren't even the most important thing. Lescott's performance at Arsenal is.

And yeah, he was going to leave for free, which he's totally within his rights to do. He signed a contract, anything after that is fair game. Lescott signed a contract and then acted like a knob, handed in a transfer request and capitulated when the City interest materialised.

How you can't see the difference there is beyond me tbh.
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The club wouldn't play ball - so both players made the deals happen.
Lets just agree to disagree, for me Lescott is far from the Judas you make him out to be. He left for more money, CL football and opportunities we couldn't offer. Good for him. Had we been low balled on the price i'd be dirty but we weren't.

The only criticism i have is that it was left so late in the window.

If bringing him back secured 4th would you take it?
 
Brennan91 said:
Yeah, you can do that without acting like a total and utter snide.

Can't believe you're trying to justify a player deliberately giving a poor performance ffs. He even ignored the fans who travelled to Highbury that day when they applauded him (by the accounts i've read).
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The game was at Goodison Bradley lad.

But yeah, he got clapped, even tho he was acting like a total cnut and he didnt even look at the fans, totally sh1t all over us that day.
 

I'd take him tomorrow, literally, He can play LB until Baines is back
Pienaar / Lescott all same same
If you want loyalty get a dog, if we need a centrehalf on loan get Lescott
 
My brain says possibly. My heart says no way. He would have to earn forgiveness through displays where he put everything into it. Mixed thoughts here.
 

I can't stand the stir fry headed scrote.

But I'm shallow enough to concede that if he helped the famous EF and ****ing C keep more clean sheets and finish in a boss place in the league then its a reluctant yes from me.

All yer mars.
 
We were bad against arsenal. I couldn't honestly pin the blame on lescott though... I know moyes did, but there you go.

cheese on toast
 

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