Really impressed by Joe yesterday - was a joy to watch and his balance/movement were outstanding. There are still parts of his game he needs to work on but surely he's destined to play at a higher level.
The mismanagement of his contract negotiations is yet another example of RD's appalling ownership. I hope we keep him but it seems unlikely we'll make a real effort.
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God knows what midfield we'll be left with next season.
He is better than Semedo and he never gives the ball away
I still have visions of Roland sitting there last night rubbing his hands at the thought of another big transfer for Aribo before someone breaks the news to him that Aribo is free to go at the end of the season for nothing.
Also, Sky didn't help yesterday by listing all our out of contract players at the end of the game. I know everyone in the football world will be only too aware of the situation but there must be one or two clubs rubbing their hands at the prospect of picking up some quality players for nothing.
I wouldn’t say there’s no way he’ll be here next season but we’ll surely need promotion and an owner willing to pay him well.
The fact that the club will not receive any financial benefit from his departure.
Is just absolutely f*cking pathetic!
He will leave. We get nothing.
Good luck to him.
So under the present circumstances, in a perverse sort of way it almost seems better if he does not re-sign.
If Roland by some miracle does leave before the end of Joe's contract, I reserve the right to change my mind!
When he first broke into the team last season, famously he had 4 assists in his first 2 games.
Now, he is more of an attacking midfielder, using his ball control to get into the box, and scoring goals.
Not saying that's worse, just very different. Is it a decision made by the (very different) coaching staff that we have now, or is it a decision that he's made himself?
No doubt about it, he is a talent. It's a been a pretty meteoric rise from that day he played for Charlton in a pre-season friendly against Dulwich...
if I were Aribo or someone advising him, I tell him to sit out his current contract and move on a free. He should be able to work out a nice little pay day.
Another talent we will have seen for a handful of games.
Of course if Roland goes that could change.