Dunno, that's why I'd love to know what was going on

I'm sure like most footballers he's ambitious and having had a taste of the Prem, wanted more. But then why sign a contract extension? He doesn't strike me as the greedy type. I'd guess he'd have been pissed off at the service he was getting, although he did miss chances at the beginning of the season. Then there's the mysterious yet very convenient minor strain he picked up just before the Cup game, which ensured his transfer to West Ham.

I wish him well, but with the nagging suspicion that he may have done a Francis on us (alternatively, we don't know the full Francis story, so he may well have done a perfectly reasonable Ashton on us, although Francis did seem to give up on us around Christmas in the Prem)

Posted By: BerlinCanary on April 23rd 2006 at 18:07:55

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1-0 west ham (Other Football) - andross, Apr 23, 17:42:33
- yep may save england from mcclaren, harewoods a legend (n/m) (Other Football) - otbc2006, Apr 23, 18:09:39
  - If McClaren gets the job, it will show what is wrong with our FA (n/m) (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, Apr 23, 18:15:45
- Not sure how I feel about Worthless being given an extra ?125k to play around with (n/m) (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, Apr 23, 17:44:28
  - Not sure how I feel about Ashton doing well at West Ham ... (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Apr 23, 17:56:10
    - Ashton's success makes my blood boil in some ways... (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, Apr 23, 18:00:39
      - earnshaw is a better goalscorer tho (Other Football) - otbc2006, Apr 23, 18:11:46
        
        He really should just shave it all off, he did it in the summer and it looked ok..... (Other Football) - The Baron, Apr 23, 18:14:21
      - Dunno, that's why I'd love to know what was going on (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Apr 23, 18:07:55
        
        The Francis business (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, Apr 23, 18:18:03
        
        Hux has reffered to "the Ashton business not helping us" at least twice since he left..... (Other Football) - The Baron, Apr 23, 18:10:22
        
        I've always taken that to mean constant transfer speculation (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Apr 23, 18:16:22
  - thought it was more than that. (n/m) (Other Football) - andross, Apr 23, 17:48:53
    - Nope (Other Football) - iwans_ex_dentist, Apr 23, 17:54:41
      - Thought it was ?250,000 (n/m) (Other Football) - trt354, Apr 23, 18:00:21

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