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Even if he is the "type" to feign injury he surely can't get away with a dodgy knee for the next 7 matches to prevent him getting injured.

And if the club doctors are going to let him get away with that then we should have just sold him in January.

Quit with the paranoia everyone, let him get back fit and put him straight into the team.

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After last season I thought RSC was the consumate pro, my trsut in him was gone after witnessing the disgrace of a performance he put in at Wigan away and his leaks to the press.

Having said that I hope he retunrs and plays a massive part for us still this season, give both the club and the player the farewell his last season performances warranted.

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What message would it have sent out to the players had he gone!

If we stay up it was the right decision, regardless of whether he comes back or not.

That every player has his price and that 20ish million for an injury prone striker who had scored a handful of league goals in the first half of the season represented a very good deal for the club.

It's unlikely that he will do anything between now and the end of the season to justify the decision, it will be decided either in the summer or next season. If we sell him and don't get 15+ million it will have been a terrible decision or if we keep him and he doesn't score 15+ goals it will also look bad. I personally feel we will look back on it in a few years and wonder why we didn't sell.

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That every player has his price and that 20ish million for an injury prone striker who had scored a handful of league goals in the first half of the season represented a very good deal for the club.

It's unlikely that he will do anything between now and the end of the season to justify the decision, it will be decided either in the summer or next season. If we sell him and don't get 15+ million it will have been a terrible decision or if we keep him and he doesn't score 15+ goals it will also look bad. I personally feel we will look back on it in a few years and wonder why we didn't sell.

It's cos we didn't have a tardis available Eddie. The Doctor was visiting his family on Gallifried in January. :rolleyes: Does that help you?

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It's cos we didn't have a tardis available Eddie. The Doctor was visiting his family on Gallifried in January. :rolleyes: Does that help you?

got a downer on Eddie at the moment Theno?

Maybe didn't have a Tardis but don't tell me the reasoning for the operation has only just been diagnosed - how long has he been out?

Forget about Roque the saviour - expect a subs/ starting appearance against Pompey and a cameo start (parting) for the game against WBA.

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That every player has his price and that 20ish million for an injury prone striker who had scored a handful of league goals in the first half of the season represented a very good deal for the club.

It's unlikely that he will do anything between now and the end of the season to justify the decision, it will be decided either in the summer or next season. If we sell him and don't get 15+ million it will have been a terrible decision or if we keep him and he doesn't score 15+ goals it will also look bad. I personally feel we will look back on it in a few years and wonder why we didn't sell.

Almost as bad a decision as not selling Michelin man McCarthy to Sunderland for 7m eh Eddie?

But at the time everyone was lambasting Ince saying after the departures of Brad and Bentley no more players had to leave.

In my view it was a similar situation in January except that our position was even more perilous and it was therefore even more important none of our better players left.

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I was in favour of selling Benni for the 7/8 million touted in the summer, although it is still unclear how serious their interest actually was.

I'll also say again, I've been very consistent in my opinion about Santa Cruz since the end of last season, but you can all keep ignoring that fact. You can disagree with me by arguing that he will eventually prove his worth or that he will hold his value, but you can't try and get around it by saying that I am only saying what I am because of hindsight. He's had knee problems since his early 20's (if not even earlier) and he was bound to have them come up again, we played this one very badly.

The ONLY possible correct reason I can now see for why we didn't sell Santa Cruz is that we knew he wouldn't pass a medical and we didn't want to completely destroy his value by having a deal collapse.

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The ONLY possible correct reason I can now see for why we didn't sell Santa Cruz is that we knew he wouldn't pass a medical and we didn't want to completely destroy his value by having a deal collapse.

Yeah, but Hughes would have known what he was taking on having signed him for us in the first place, surely?

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