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by Bianchi on Ice » Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:19 pm
Nige wrote:Mistake. I'd much prefer it to be a loan so we can benefit from all the medical resources we've chucked his way.
He's a great player and I'd much rather see him on the bench than Garcia.
Great? set your bar lower Nige, he's a good player, but all things considered, 10m is good business.
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by Bridge'srightfoot » Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:58 pm
Bianchi on Ice wrote:Nige wrote:Mistake. I'd much prefer it to be a loan so we can benefit from all the medical resources we've chucked his way.
He's a great player and I'd much rather see him on the bench than Garcia.
Great? set your bar lower Nige, he's a good player, but all things considered, 10m is good business.
This. He's 23 and he's been injured for two years. Not a great player by any means. Decent player when fit (chuckle) but even at Everton I never thought he was good enough for us. His best asset to us was his nationality...
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by PeterParker » Mon Aug 04, 2014 10:14 pm
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by Green & Blue » Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:12 pm
I'm a bit disappointed he never really stayed fit enough to have even a fighting chance of establishing himself at City.I think he's a very talented player but injury has really held him back.All things considered it looks a good deal for all concerned.Good luck to him I Hope he gets his fitness in order and starts fulfilling his potential, could still go on to be a great player.
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by kinkylola » Tue Aug 05, 2014 6:11 am
thought he was a player of good potential, but he spent a crucial development period injured and not playing. When he did come on, you could see the rust on him, and unfortunately, he never seemed to be able to shake it off and move on.
Sorry to see him go, potential unfulfilled ... but 10m makes it easier.
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by Crossie » Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:39 am
We all want the English lads to do well I think. He showed glimpses in some games. No doubt if he was fit he'd be in the England team (doesn't say much) Overall though, as someone else said, Christmas has come early, for a £10 million return. Great business.
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by john@staustell » Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:52 am
Agree with all above but if they pay 10M up front we have seen them coming. You'd have to see him fit for 6 months before you stumped up hard cash!
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by Slim » Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:11 am
john@staustell wrote:Agree with all above but if they pay 10M up front we have seen them coming. You'd have to see him fit for 6 months before you stumped up hard cash!
With the financial structure they are on, I doubt they have 10M to pay up front.
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by Ted Hughes » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:11 am
It's a pity he has so many injuries, as I really think there is a player in there somewhere. If he had actually stayed fit for the last two years, I imagine we wouldn't have needed Fernando & possibly he would have been playing this American tour as a centre back. Possibly he still has time to learn that job but it's more difficult seeing as he has effectively just missed two years of football. Probably needs to learn midfield first.
A pity, as he could have been an ideal player for us, but good luck to him.
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by Wonderwall » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:16 am
Rodwell has it in his locker if he can stay fit, which is the big problem, as we all know. We did see a glimpse of the Rodwell we all hoped we would get in the game against Norwich at the end of the 2012/13 season. I was really hoping he would get an extended run last season but he was either out of favour or injured.
Good luck to the lad, I hope he stays fit and carves a good career as I do think he has what it tales to play at the very top level.
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by MilnersJaw » Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:50 am
hopefully he will manage to stay injury free and avoid being on his last chance .
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by aaron bond » Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:08 am
I always thought he had great potential but his injury record has prevented us from ever knowing if he would be good enough at our level.
If the £10m fee is true, then that is great business for us (although I imagine there are some conditions relating to the number of games he plays for them).
Good luck to him. I hope he can stay injury-free long enough to fulfil his potential.
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by Slim » Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:33 am
aaron bond wrote:I always thought he had great potential but his injury record has prevented us from ever knowing if he would be good enough at our level.
If the £10m fee is true, then that is great business for us (although I imagine there are some conditions relating to the number of games he plays for them).
Good luck to him. I hope he can stay injury-free long enough to fulfil his potential.
If that number is above 5, we're screwed.
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by blues2win » Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:04 pm
He's officially joined Sunderland. It's on the OS.
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by Niall Quinns Discopants » Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:21 pm
As many have said, the kid has talent to be really good if he can stay fit. Not "complete shite" some made him out to be. Having said that, if we only made 2m loss on him then it has got to be considered fantastic piece of business.
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by Bluedj » Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:28 pm
I wish him well and good luck to him........Never moaned and a good professional
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by Moonchesteri » Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:32 pm
Good luck Jack! but not when you play against us.
ps. a bet on sunderland beating us 1-0 with rodwell scoring the winner is surely worth a punt. (unless he is injured again of course)
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by littlebig » Tue Aug 05, 2014 1:40 pm
Bluedj wrote:I wish him well and good luck to him........Never moaned and a good professional
Second this. As an aside, what an unlucky bloke! must be heartbreaking, every time you recover and build yourself up again only to be knocked down again, he deserves a bit of luck. It will be interesting to see how he turns out as a player.
Good luck Rodders fella.
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by Blue Blood » Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:09 pm
Great business from us selling Rodders, I mean even though I liked Rodwell as a player... that hamstring is a ticking time bomb.
£10 million is a great deal for us and if he stays fit, could be good for them... it's a big if though.
I wish Jack all the best though. I hope things work out for him.
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by Dubaimancityfan » Tue Aug 05, 2014 2:42 pm
A bit disappointing things did not work out for him as I had high hopes for him when he joined us. Good luck to the lad.
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