The next time we're in danger of losing one of our best players, if anyone, anywhere suggests we do a PX with the other club, the name STEPHEN IRELAND should be shouted loud and clear.
This whole sorry situation should be a salutary lesson to everyone concerned.
Despite the fact that hurling cash at the pillock makes me sick to the pit of my stomach, I'd rather we paid up his contract and sent him on his way. Let him spend the summer finding a contract at another club, rather than poisoning the atmosphere around Bodymoor Heath.