diehardhammer 11:07 Mon Jun 22
Stuart Downing
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Apparently Sunderland want him, would you sell? personally if we get Payet signed I would let him go.
one thing to take into account is sunderland may lose Adam Johnson to Prison FC and will need a replacement midfielder
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Lily Hammer
11:09 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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If he stays, I hope he has serious competition for his place.
If we get in serious competition for his place, I wouldn't cry if we sell him.
So....erm.
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I.want.that.one
11:09 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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Stuart Downing doesn't' play for us, so they can have him
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Iron Duke
11:10 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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Yes. I don't think he is that great. Apart from a few games at the beginning of last season he has been a disappointment.
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goose
11:10 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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sell the bottle job to anyone offering a decent sum.
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Takashi Miike
11:11 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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yes, let the cunt go
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Nasty_Nick
11:15 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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Didn't someone say we were interested in Adam Johnson the other day?
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ludo21
11:49 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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I would let him go if we can get a decent amount for him and Payet comes in as his replacement, also reckon that Zarate wil be a good understudy for that ACM position that is Downing's most effective position.
Having said that I reckon that if Downing is played in that more central position then he has a good few years left in him... pace isn't an issue there and he has a good footballing brain and I can actually see him getting better with age in that position, but he is and always will be a bottle job... the sort of player that will agree that a purple chair is blue to avoid confrontation!
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busheyhammer85
11:52 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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Is it Downing's fault he was shunted out wide to accommodate Nolan?
I'd want to keep him for a while to see how he fares under Bilic.
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geoffpikey
11:55 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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I think we should keep Downing. Won't get a huge fee if sold and he can - CAN - be very good.
Then again, he's probably on stupid wages so may have to go...
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Glenn Rodent
11:57 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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To move forward you need to retain the better players like Downing but bring in better, such as Payet. Then you will get the best out of both Downing and Payet because there is competition for places.
It's no good bringing in Payet and selling Downing as you end up having Payet going into his comfort zone as he knows he will pretty much play every week. This was the issue with Downing last year.
You want to keep Downing, Noble, Carroll etc to compete against Payet, Obiang, Austin.
It is the weaker players who need to go, such as Nolan, Jarvis, Maiga.
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Russ of the BML
12:09 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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No way would I get rid.
As others have said to build you have to retian the right players.
If Payet comes in and gets injured then we'tre back to sqaure one.
For me Downing is good enough for the first team (played in the right position) so keep him and let him and Payet fight it out.
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1964
12:10 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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NO
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appyhammer78
12:12 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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yes but only if we replace him with somebody better , otherwise no
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,
12:13 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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Depends on what they offer.
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i-Ron
12:14 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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I'd sooner sell
Maiga
Zarate
Jarvis
Nolan
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Private Dancer
12:20 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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I would not sell Downing. We seem to be targetting players that haven't played in the PL yet, Downing is very experienced and on his day can still make something happen out there. Keep him.
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Mad Dog
12:23 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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Keep him. Yes
Play him on the wing. No
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GreenStreetPlayer
12:24 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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Again like other players bought in by the club, I'd like to see what a decent manager can now do with them. Valencia is another one.
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Darby_
12:25 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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Depends who we get to replace him. He'd be on a big wage and we're restricted in how much we can spend on wages.
Considering that we might need a big squad for Europe, and since we've got plenty of money to spend on transfers, then maybe we could replace him with a couple of younger players who might cost a lot but be on relatively low wages.
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w4hammer
12:26 Mon Jun 22
Re: Stuart Downing
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SEE YA STUART!
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