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Harding to Saints



RM-Taylor

He's Magic.... You Know
NSC Patron
Jan 7, 2006
15,304
He's too good to be a back-up player for us and obviously wants to play every week. He's all but guaranteed first-team football at Southampton.
 




Pavilionaire

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
31,264
Interesting story when coupled with the "Lynch to sign for Forest today" rumour.

Given the fact McNulty is banged up I'd have thought the club would try to sign one of these two players for the season ahead.
 


Silent Bob

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Dec 6, 2004
22,172
I don't have any problem with him making this move, but I will still boo him because it is fun and makes him play worse. :)
 


beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
36,015
i dont see why anyone thinks he "used us", it not uncommon for out of contract player to train with a club near where they live. Let it go.
 


JJ McClure

Go Jags
Jul 7, 2003
11,107
Hassocks
No fussed, so long as we can keep McNulty AND Lynch.
 














JJ McClure

Go Jags
Jul 7, 2003
11,107
Hassocks
If Lynch goes and Harding then we're very short on cover at left back. wasn't expecting Harding to sign anyway given that he hasn't been playing in the pre-season games but the fact that Lynch was playing had left a glimmer of hope that he'd stay.
 


Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
With Lynch going to Forest, Harding to Southampton and Ifill to Wellington it seems the attarction of playing for the Albion is no more than it has been for the last 10 years, so much for the Falmer factor. If you haven't played for Stockport you won't be signing for the Albion it seems.
 




CHAPPERS

DISCO SPENG
Jul 5, 2003
45,092
With Lynch going to Forest, Harding to Southampton and Ifill to Wellington it seems the attarction of playing for the Albion is no more than it has been for the last 10 years, so much for the Falmer factor. If you haven't played for Stockport you won't be signing for the Albion it seems.

Lynch - Forest in Championship, higher wages, left Albion with bad taste in mouth
Harding - Hardly liked by support here, was only training with us anyway, second choice left back
Ifill - I think we'd all rather ply our trade in New Zealand given the choice.
 


Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Lynch - Forest in Championship, higher wages, left Albion with bad taste in mouth
Harding - Hardly liked by support here, was only training with us anyway, second choice left back
Ifill - I think we'd all rather ply our trade in New Zealand given the choice.

Finding reasons why players wouldn't want to come here is easy though, isn't it :(
 


CHAPPERS

DISCO SPENG
Jul 5, 2003
45,092
Finding reasons why players wouldn't want to come here is easy though, isn't it :(

Well they all have better options and aren't really the type of player we want anyway. I'm not too bothered about losing out of any of them apart from maybe Ifill and he clearly had a much better offer.
 




Forster's Armband

Well-known member
Sep 23, 2008
2,560
London
Finding reasons why players wouldn't want to come here is easy though, isn't it :(

This kind of negative talk "oh no players don't want to sign for us" always happens before RS pulls a decent signing out of the bag. People seem to panic about not having LB cover, do you think Sladey will just leave it or is not aware of this?
 




blockhseagull

Well-known member
Jan 30, 2006
7,364
Southampton
We need to stop letting players train with us only then to f*** off to other destinations.

We're being used!

To be fair he's only trained with us.

Seems that he was never goning to sign for us and Slade knew that. He wasnt used in any friendlies to take playing time from any of our players.

Dont see the problem to be honest, not like we've really wasted any resource on him or paid him anything
 


Del Boy

New member
Oct 1, 2004
7,429
Good news! I'm not sure why we let him train with us, can anyone shed any light who made that decision or why?
 






Good news! I'm not sure why we let him train with us, can anyone shed any light who made that decision or why?

I've got no inside info, complete guesswork, but could it not be that

i) it helps out a former employee
ii) it gives our young full backs a LB to watch and learn from, in the absence of any other fit senior LBs

we are supposed to be a community club after all. I don't really see what we've lost from letting him train with us, and as some others have mentioned it's a fairly regular occurence letting local players train with a club while they are looking for a deal.
 


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