Tom Ince

[Vermilion]

I think your right but then do we get ****ed over from Blackpool?
If Oyston wasn't such a Bellend, I would have liked to see us buy him for 8m then lent back to Blackpool till the end of season at least.

The only way we will end up in a better situation is that he is absolute adamant he is coming to us and who knows a deal like that may have been struck personally between Blackpool and Ince.

[Captain Stu]

If he really wants to come to us then why not put in a transfer request? Do we lose the 35% buyback if that happens?

At a guess - he doesn't want to piss off the club and fans that have backed him so well.

If Oyston wasn't such a Bellend, I would have liked to see us buy him for 8m then lent back to Blackpool till the end of season at least.

Exactly what I wanted... but not at that price... I said we should have offered the £6M, ie, the price we'll offer in the summer and let them have him until July 1st. We get a player we want, they get to keep him for the rest of their campaign and have plenty of time to scout and recruit a replacement.

[Norbs]

At a guess - he doesn't want to piss off the club and fans that have backed him so well.



Exactly what I wanted... but not at that price... I said we should have offered the £6M, ie, the price we'll offer in the summer and let them have him until July 1st. We get a player we want, they get to keep him for the rest of their campaign and have plenty of time to scout and recruit a replacement.

I think Oyston, whether misguided or not, believes he's worth a fair bit more than £6m. Recent performances would suggest he's right, escpecially when considering the value put on Zaha recently. We should've offered £8m less our commission and tried to tempt them to sell. We were never going to get anywhere by playing hardball.

He's still a cunt though, that's undisputed.

[meffin]

you have to bear in mind that my dad once...when i was about 6/7, and he bought me my first pair of shin pads (****ty lfc kids ones that were a little bit of foam and some plastic stuck on the front) - i was running around my back garden thinking i was john barnes, and my dad says, do the shin pads work, "yes" then snap, he nailed me and left me on the floor tough love

brilliant

[baitman]

i dont think any would doubt that ince would offer us a better option than downing, even given his rise in form and as ince is still a young lad he should only get better.

given the choice of ince or downing then surely we should go for ince. even if we feel like we are being done over by oyston so what. we will sell downing and recover the money, have added a better player who will be on half the wages, and have a young lad who will add more to the team for many years to come.

just get it sorted or watch someone else get him for 8-10m and he will be great for them, and always score against us. you just know it...

[frank the tank]

Ince left to play more football but if he re-signs for us, then will he go back into the team or be a squadie?

In a 4-3-3, the front 3 options Brendy will have (assuming we don't get anyone else) would be:

Suarez
Sturridge
Coutinho
Sterling
Suso
Downing
Ince

plus the likes of Yesil coming through soon as well....

Now i think there will be enough games to go round and we need squad strenght in depth, but i reckon the front 3 of Suarez, Sturridge and maybe Coutinho will pick itself (especially if Phillippe kicks on and does well) Sterling will also get stronger and stronger in terms of being able to play more......

We would have a great exciting team of young players that are only going to get better and better but i would be concerned that Ince might get cheesed off if he wasn't playing more than, say 30 games per season...

[baitman]

4-2-3-1

---------- sturridge -----------

ince ----- suarez ------- coutinho

---- gerrard ----- lucas ------

--------- back four --------

----------- GK --------------

ince and coutinho can swap flanks.

[little dave hedgehog]

Did anyone watch the game last night?

i dunno. maybe if i scroll up about 5 posts i might find an answer.

[Exiled_red]

Ince left to play more football but if he re-signs for us, then will he go back into the team or be a squadie?

In a 4-3-3, the front 3 options Brendy will have (assuming we don't get anyone else) would be:

Suarez
Sturridge
Coutinho
Sterling
Suso
Downing
Ince

plus the likes of Yesil coming through soon as well....

Now i think there will be enough games to go round and we need squad strenght in depth, but i reckon the front 3 of Suarez, Sturridge and maybe Coutinho will pick itself (especially if Phillippe kicks on and does well) Sterling will also get stronger and stronger in terms of being able to play more......

We would have a great exciting team of young players that are only going to get better and better but i would be concerned that Ince might get cheesed off if he wasn't playing more than, say 30 games per season...

I wouldn't be surprised to see Downing shipped out in the summer (despite his upturn in form) and Suso loaned out for the season next year. That would get the list down to a more managable size where everyone could get a decent amount of games and some rest: Suarez, Sturridge, Borini, Sterling, Coutinho, and Ince if we sign him.

[Captain Stu]

Downing's off - he's improved in some games but still goes missing when it really counts. Ince, like Sterling, doesn't look the kind of person to be put off whether he's marked by some third-rate no mark or a full on class international. Downing ****s his pants and turns the other way when confronted with a decent defender, he's just not good enough.

[Pablo]

i dunno. maybe if i scroll up about 5 posts i might find an answer.

Welcome back bitch.

[little dave hedgehog]

hello, hooker.

[Shaggy]

If he signs I really hope we call him 'Thom'.

[Captain Stu]

If he signs I really hope we call him 'Thom'.

I'm going for 'Thince'.

[Pablo]

I'll throw "T-Incey Stryder" into the mix