James Bullard on feeling unwanted. The pertinent words “I WASN’T WILLING TO PLAY WITH 16 MONTHS LEFT ON MY CONTRACT”. Well *!&% you then. Harsh? Possibly, but it seems that the strike rumours were right after all.
Roy on transfer dealings. Andreasen off, Huddlestone not coming, Giles Barnes maybe.
Barnes is a fantastic idea. Two or three years ago Barnes was one of the game’s top prospects. Arsenal were linked with him, Spurs too. He had serious talent and was tipped for great things. As best I recall a combination of a slightly big-time attitude, bad injuries and Derby having trouble have derailed his progress, but there’s serious talent there. Best case scenario could be frighteningly good, but who knows how it’ll pan out?
Roy also wants another forward and another midfielder, while Leon Andreasen is off, as suggested earlier.
Interesting aside: I poked my head over the training ground fence this morning and saw Dickson Etuhu looking very comfortable on the ball in a small-side match. This was really only a couple of minutes but reminded me that over four days of training the coaching staff see a lot more of a player than we do in 90 minutes of match action.
