danny2997 Posted 12 June 2018 Posted 12 June 2018 45 minutes ago, Katy said: If you’re going to make stuff up, at least make it convincing ? 1
wokinghamfox Posted 12 June 2018 Posted 12 June 2018 21 minutes ago, AjcW said: dangerous coming on to an internet forum and testing people with too much time on their hands about their train knowledge! It was defo him. Made the bit up about heading to the midlands.?
CarbonVirtine Posted 12 June 2018 Posted 12 June 2018 Chelsea's training ground is about 10 miles from Surbiton isn't it?
ARM1968 Posted 12 June 2018 Posted 12 June 2018 Wonder if we could sneak a season long loan, then just bench him.
Popular Post norwichfox Posted 13 June 2018 Popular Post Posted 13 June 2018 11 hours ago, Lineker's Left Foot said: How has this made fourteen pages?? The first 13 got full.... 1 8
urban.spaceman Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/07/03/chelsea-open-barcelona-offers-willian-fund-summer-spending/ "Chelsea want to sell Danny Drinkwater for over £30m, but they would also be prepared to cash in on Willian if Barca can get near to their £60m valuation."
NGoloMode Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 30m is just silly. These English players who rot on the bench don't go for a lot.
Jattdogg Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 2 hours ago, urban.spaceman said: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2018/07/03/chelsea-open-barcelona-offers-willian-fund-summer-spending/ "Chelsea want to sell Danny Drinkwater for over £30m, but they would also be prepared to cash in on Willian if Barca can get near to their £60m valuation." Lol good one.
waylander Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 Who would pay 30m for drinkwater . Be mad the could get slim and musa for that . 1
RoyFox Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 (edited) On 12/06/2018 at 12:40, CarbonVirtine said: ** pedant alert ** Can you get a train from Surbiton to the midlands (without changing)? I used to live that way (back in the steam era) and Surbiton trains went Waterloo - South Coast, maybe to Reading... just wondered like... Yep, I lived in Surbiton during Uni. Certainly no direct routes to the Midlands! Edited 5 July 2018 by RoyFox
Gillies Apprentice Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 I wonder if he had his time again whether DD would still push for the move ,but I suppose financial gain will always outweigh a ruined career
breadandcheese Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 Chelsea will not get the money back on Drinkwater. We got a very good sum for him, which he's not really worth. Having said that, we've failed to replace him in the team. 1
Jattdogg Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 4 hours ago, breadandcheese said: Chelsea will not get the money back on Drinkwater. We got a very good sum for him, which he's not really worth. Having said that, we've failed to replace him in the team. The most i could see any club offering is £15 to £20 million. If last season is anything to go on he has fallen off the map.
Suzie the Fox Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 2 minutes ago, Jattdogg said: The most i could see any club offering is £15 to £20 million. If last season is anything to go on he has fallen off the map. Indeed i would imagine the best they can hope to get would be 50% of what they paid for him. Especially now he is a year older. Feel sorry for the guy and i did love him in our title season, but when we got the offer from Chelsea of £35m , i was chuffed to bits we sold him. 2
Saxondale Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 Oh Danny. He might have gone to Russia had he stayed with us. Sure he knows this. 1
ithuriel Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 26 minutes ago, Saxondale said: Oh Danny. He might have gone to Russia had he stayed with us. Sure he knows this. Probably was badly advised and believed the guff being whispered in his ear, it might have been a dream move for his agent but not for Danny, to go from being a Prem first team player and possible England starter to a bench warming has been cant be satisfying.
urban.spaceman Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 Feel genuinely sorry for the lad. He was badly advised but also treated terribly by Chelsea who spent £35m on him despite having no intention of giving him a chance. A player can have a reasonable expectation of featuring regularly when a club pays that much for you. He'd have been an England starter in this tournament if he'd played last season, now he has to sit on the sidelines and watch England possibly achieve something incredible. Only Matty James knows what that's like!
dannythefox Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 I’d love him back a fully fit Drinkwater is better than anyone we have but I’m expecting Silva to step up this season he needs too. I think he’ll end up at Everton.
Ted Maul Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 1 hour ago, Saxondale said: Oh Danny. He might have gone to Russia had he stayed with us. Sure he knows this. Definitely, we've only got 2 out-and-out central midfielders out there. Would have been guaranteed if he had maintained his form.
gurru991 Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 I know the transfer market has gone crazy but what Premier team would pay 30 mil for him right now. 28years old with only 5 starts last year doesn't really shout 30 big ones. Mind you Chelsea has been good for his hair.
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 1 hour ago, ithuriel said: Probably was badly advised and believed the guff being whispered in his ear, it might have been a dream move for his agent but not for Danny, to go from being a Prem first team player and possible England starter to a bench warming has been cant be satisfying. Badly advised or believed in his own ability? No doubt that by all accounts the way he pushed through the move left a sour taste with the club but if anybody in our Prem winning squad was their own worst critic it was him. You'd see him arguing with himself on the pitch, think Vardy even brought it up in an interview, the bloke is a perfectionist and I genuinely just think he fancied his chances of breaking into their side - especially alongside the bloke he was nigh on unbeatable next to. I don't think it was ever a case of him wanting more money or somebody whispering in his ear, I just think he wanted to prove he wasn't a flash in the pan at the highest level. Would I have him back? For the right price, probably. I think he's better than Silva, King, James, and Iborra. Will he come back? No. 1
Shane Posted 5 July 2018 Posted 5 July 2018 If he was fully fit I’d take him back as he’d have a point to prove. A fully fit Danny is better than Silva, Iborra and most CM’s outside the top six. But that’s a big if, as he seems to have been injured a lot recently. £15-20m maximum though. Chelsea can’t seriously expect to get any more than that.
420Hashish Posted 8 July 2018 Posted 8 July 2018 I'd only have him back if we can get Kante in the deal as well.
Spudulike Posted 8 July 2018 Posted 8 July 2018 It's a salient lesson for young ambitious players. Would Maguire now be a World Cup star if he had signed for Chelsea (or some other) rather than City ?? Obviously, agents take a different view. 1
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