Ross Barkley

[marmor]

There is no "next move"...I think that's what an ultimatum means. doesn't it? You start throwing them around and you dont get the chance for "next moves".

So what should Everton do rather than what they have done? You can't force the lad to sign and we shouldn't offer him what they don't think he is worth, so what should they do?
- ultimatum (sign or sell)
- lose him for nothing and miss out on multi millions

They are the only 2 choices for the club at this time. What would you do as an owner of your company?

 

[nsno-chris]

Is he on crack wanting a £150k a week. Holding the club to ransom, top blue behaviour that. Money before loyalty

 

[bring the ghost on]

Koeman's won nothing of note...and indeed nothing AT ALL in the last decade.

...and yes, Martinez won the FA Cup two months before joining Everton.

I know you're probably just trolling, but do you actually think that one FA Cup (in which the club were relegated in the same season) is more note worthy than 3 x Eredivise titles and a Copa Del Ray?

I'm not saying Koeman is Jose Mourinho or anything but come on Dave.

 

[Blue_Berry]

There is no "next move"...I think that's what an ultimatum means. doesn't it? You start throwing them around and you dont get the chance for "next moves".

Ok mate but don't avoid the question. You're never short of telling us what the managrment is doing wrong. Just humour us - what would you do? Pay him £150kpw?

 

[kenada_blue]

Again, which managers hang around? Pretty sure the average tenure is less than 2 seasons. It's a transient role just like players. And anyhow, isn't a new squad what virtually everyone wants and knows we need....or is the billion page transfer thread a figment of my imagination.
It would be much easier if there was a "Koeman Out" thread so every other thread wouldn't get derailed by the same protagonists.

That's fine. You're clearly okay with a building job based on dodgy foundations.

I ain't.

 

[evertony]

It's what he did at Feyenoord, and what he demanded from Southampton.

Pot - kettle - black.

It's called football Dave.

 

[davek]

Yes, poor RB, probably being offered somewhere between £70k and £100k as a reward for netting 5 goals this season and being hugely inconsistent, talk about being shafted - I wouldn't put up with that treatment.

...and who out of this team does not fit that description?

 

[thebluenosebolt]

Be a shame if he was to go but if that £150k per week is in anyway true....well let someone else pay it. Christ !! Ross isnt yet worth half that imo. A talented lad deffo, important for us to keep ? Sure ! But in no way irreplaceable and certainly not worth breaking the current top earner ceiling for.

 

[nsno-chris]

...and who out of this team does not fit that description?

There not asking for a £150k a week though are they Dave

 

[kenada_blue]

Is he on crack wanting a £150k a week. Holding the club to ransom, top blue behaviour that. Money before loyalty

Us bloos love nothing more than a Judas so this story will be gospel by Sunday.

 

[evertony]

That's fine. You're clearly okay with a building job based on dodgy foundations.

I ain't.

"Dodgy foundations"? I'm intrigued. What do you suggest it's built on....the same squad which has totally underachieved for 4-5 seasons and which bottles every single big game? You have to make change to deliver different outcomes.
For the record I'd love Ross and Rom to stay- but I understand it's their reluctance to sign contracts that's forcing the Clubs hand. If you prefer to rely on the romanticism that players love the Club and are being forced out then good luck with that, but be careful of building your foundations on that base.

 

[bring the ghost on]

...and who out of this team does not fit that description?

They pretty much all fit the description, but how does that back up your suggestion that Ross is being "royally shafted"? As far as I can make out, none of the others are making ridiculous demands and holding the club to ransom.

 

[4737carlin]

[QUOTE="bring the ghost on, post: 5450458, member: 28378"]I know you're probably just trolling, but do you actually think that one FA Cup (in which the club were relegated in the same season) is more note worthy than 3 x Eredivise titles and a Copa Del Ray?

I'm not saying Koeman is Jose Mourinho or anything but come on Dave.[/QUOTE]

His fishing rod is doing a better job on this thread then Barkley will do in a Spurs shirt next season

 

[nsno-chris]

Us bloos love nothing more than a Judas so this story will be gospel by Sunday.

So it's not true? Or you don't know?

 

[davek]

So what should Everton do rather than what they have done? You can't force the lad to sign and we shouldn't offer him what they don't think he is worth, so what should they do?
- ultimatum (sign or sell)
- lose him for nothing and miss out on multi millions

They are the only 2 choices for the club at this time. What would you do as an owner of your company?

Negotiate until the end of the window then make a choice.

It's THAT blindingly obvious.

What you dont do is issue a numb nuts statement about him being finished here next week if he doesn't respond to the gun at his head.

There's no justifying an act of immense stupidity, and that's what this current manager has done. I can only hope he's a loose canning just shooting his mouth off again rather than this being the policy of the club itself.