Yeah how annoying that the lad wanted to go and forge his own career instead of being sat in the stands or at best getting himself on the bench every so often and getting 10mins at the end of a Carabao cup game.Which, to me, makes it even more annoying that we got rid of Lavia.
Watching Lavia this season, he could've stepped in to give Rodri a rest.
I agree, but considering that Phillips was injured when we bought him and then needed shoulder surgery, i just think that we should've saved our money knowing we had Lavia already here.I like Lavia but some Southampton supporting friends of mine say he's getting the treatment a lot of players at struggling clubs get where anything he does good makes it to MOTD or twitter and anything he does bad gets overlooked because he's an 18 year old in the worst side in the league. When his mistakes cost them a goal people just blame the team or the manager.
It's a very, very different propositon to playing back up to Rodri.
The problem is that we might have to buy him back this summer because he's too good for the Championship and other PL clubs are lurking.
I think the best case for us is Southampton stay up and he stays there for at least 1 more season.
Fair point, I think the last player we went back for was Laporte and that's more than five years ago.
I'm only talking from the club's point of view.Yeah how annoying that the lad wanted to go and forge his own career instead of being sat in the stands or at best getting himself on the bench every so often and getting 10mins at the end of a Carabao cup game.
Lavia isn't coming back unless Rodri leaves.
If Southampton go down, he will be sold and he will go and immediately start elsewhere.
But lavia has developed into the player he is because hes playing consistently something we couldnt have given him. Sometimes its about whats best for the players developmentWhich, to me, makes it even more annoying that we got rid of Lavia.
Watching Lavia this season, he could've stepped in to give Rodri a rest.
From the club's point of view we got a huge fee from Southampton for a teenager with barely a kick of top level football. We secured several beneficial clauses and built on a good relationship with them for future transfers.I'm only talking from the club's point of view.
He's still only young and still developing but he would have played a vital role for us.
Playing backup to Rodri, who is one of our most important players, must be a vital role or else we wouldn't have convinced a current England international to do it!
Huh. LuMartin is toplooked at the source, ignored.
We just don't seem interested in him.
I do get the feeling that if you turn us down, you don't get a second invitation.
I wonder if that is a deliberate policy so that when City go in for a player, the player knows that it is now or never.