Ashley Young willing to sign a new contract.

[pablopicasso_10]

The importance of this goes well beyond football.

It is a message to the witless media monkeys who spent the whole summer parroting that "selling club" nonsense and acting like it was a given we were selling Ashley.

but hes off to sign for tottingham hotspuds... surely?

[Holtenderinthesky]

If he does not want to stay on 60K a week then let him go!!



Next we will give NRC an improved contract and he is really shit!! could not pass water,

I am so glad you are not the manager.  This is 2010.  Footballers hold the cards now and if we let him go then we will clearly be a lot worse for it. Cutting off your nose to spite you face a bit there I reckon.  Ash is class and we should pay him whatever we can to keep him.

Regards NRC.  If you think he is shit then I can only take it you have not watched us play this season.  Either that or you have in mind a suitable replacement that will come to us in January for a modest fee who is much better than Reo.  If so I'd love to know who?

[Shrek]

We won't have to improve Nigel's money, he will not get what he is currently on anywhere else.

[Monty]

If Ash signs a new contract, then we can really start to build properly in the summer. Man City have indicated that their ludicrous player recruitment will slow down in order to meet the Platini rules, and if they are everyone is. That means that not only Young won't go (which he won't if he signs a new contract anyway), but if Albrighton or Ireland or someone has a mental season then nobody will come in for them either, because only City have the money.

[BILL DE VALL]

Ash is an English player that has 2 good feet is fast can cross dribble and score
so he is worth a great deal in todays market-home grown player rules etc
A long term contract is sensible for one of your main assets
no brainer

[sid1964]

Regards NRC.  If you think he is shit then I can only take it you have not watched us play this season.  Either that or you have in mind a suitable replacement that will come to us in January for a modest fee who is much better than Reo.  If so I'd love to know who?

In reply to the above from holte ender in the sky, I am a season ticket holder, so I have seen him play this  season, last season and the season before and he is just a poor footballer who runs around like a headless chicken!!

If he was so good when he was available for transfer in the summer how many clubs came in for him..... I can tell you NONE.

I would rather we give the chance to young Delph when he is fit.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I would rather we give the chance to young Delph when he is fit.

There ain't half some expectation being piled on the kid.

[Holtenderinthesky]

Regards NRC.  If you think he is shit then I can only take it you have not watched us play this season.  Either that or you have in mind a suitable replacement that will come to us in January for a modest fee who is much better than Reo.  If so I'd love to know who?

In reply to the above from holte ender in the sky, I am a season ticket holder, so I have seen him play this  season, last season and the season before and he is just a poor footballer who runs around like a headless chicken!!

If he was so good when he was available for transfer in the summer how many clubs came in for him..... I can tell you NONE.

I would rather we give the chance to young Delph when he is fit.

Yes but Delph isn't fit though is he.  And I do believe that NRC is taking his chance quite well at the moment.  I don't believe I am the only one either.

[not3bad]

Yes but Delph isn't fit though is he.  And I do believe that NRC is taking his chance quite well at the moment.  I don't believe I am the only one either.

Yes I agree, NRC has done well this season.  He makes mistakes, yes, but he's more than made up for those by the way he strengthens the spine of the midfield.  Also, he can use the ball intelligently.  Watch the build up to the goal against Stoke to see what I mean.

[sid1964]

Lets just wait and see what NRC is playing like by Christmas.

If he is doing ok then extend his contract by a season if not and he is out the team then tell him he will be moving on in the summer.

As for Delph when you spend the type of money we spent on him last summer then surely expectation is high for the lad to prove his worth.

[fredm]

I would rather we give the chance to young Delph when he is fit.

There ain't half some expectation being piled on the kid.

I think it will be the rest of this season and then well into next before he is up to speed and capable of holding a regular place down in the team.  For people to think he is the replacement for Petrov/NRC this season are, I think, under a big misapprehension.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

NRC is nowhere near what we need in his role. The summer transfer period proved that by not one club being seriously interested in him. We have no one else to play there (Sidwell is a joke) so along with a striker Houllier has to replace him in Jan and let him go when his contract runs out. Ash is class and he is the player we have to keep and work around ...............

[Shrek]

NRC is nowhere near what we need in his role. The summer transfer period proved that by not one club being seriously interested in him. We have no one else to play there (Sidwell is a joke) so along with a striker Houllier has to replace him in Jan and let him go when his contract runs out. Ash is class and he is the player we have to keep and work around ...............

I'm sorry I totally disagree. NRC has been superb.
Think back to last year at anfield, MOTM then dropped next week.

[supertom]

NRC is nowhere near what we need in his role. The summer transfer period proved that by not one club being seriously interested in him. We have no one else to play there (Sidwell is a joke) so along with a striker Houllier has to replace him in Jan and let him go when his contract runs out. Ash is class and he is the player we have to keep and work around ...............

I'm sorry I totally disagree. NRC has been superb.
Think back to last year at anfield, MOTM then dropped next week.

Yes, for some reason O Neill and MacDonald have been pretty harsh on him at times. I felt last season, whenever Nige played we looked better for it, same this season. But he'd come in, play well, then get dropped.

I think Houllier is savvy enough to know, that with current options, Nige is a must pick. In fact I'd go as far as saying, besides Ash, he's the first midfielder you put down on the team sheet. Simply must play or we will just capitulate.

His ball use has improved immensely in the last year too.

[Shrek]

Spot on, I mean who could we get that could do a better job that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg.