Looks like Charlie's off.......

[brightonr]

I said "I genuinely don't THINK he's the sulking type" NOT " he's not that type"!!! ..... I dont THINK it will rain tomorrow, it might do but I dont THINK it will... If I knew it woulnt then Id say It wont rain tomorrow... you're a clever boy Hove you can see where Im going with this... (maybe I should've said 'IMO' instead of 'think'??)

Think we should do all we can to hold on to him, play hard ball BUT I also think there'll be a host of clubs after him.

But will we? And will there?

[Nick]

But will we? And will there?

Unfortunately no and yes :(

[Shania]

I don't get this acceptance that we should let Charlie go for 10-15m just because he has a year left on his contract, have you forgotten he was the PL fourth highest scorer, compare that with DeGea, played for champion's league qualifiers yet not even in top five clean sheets but valued at 30m, Clyne? Saints turned down 10m from Liverpool, both only with a year left.
We see other clubs in particular Saints and Swansea who we aspire to be, negotiate massive fees for average players, mainly to Liverpool.
As much as I want Charlie to get as far as he can in the game, I don't want it to be at our expense.
If we dig our heels in for 25m starting price and nobody's willing to cough up, we keep him, his goals give us a better chance of promotion and 100k+, he leaves on a free, with double the salary he'll get this summer as no fee to pay, everyone's a winner.

Top post.

[Hove Ranger]

I said "I genuinely don't THINK he's the sulking type" NOT " he's not that type"!!! ..... I dont THINK it will rain tomorrow, it might do but I dont THINK it will... If I knew it woulnt then Id say It wont rain tomorrow... you're a clever boy Hove you can see where Im going with this... (maybe I should've said 'IMO' instead of 'think'??)

Firstly you decided to reply to what i wrote as a rebuttal to my points about it being too risky to force charlie to stay and now you are saying i cannot criticise your reply because you wrote you "THINK" he's that type. Strange logic. How else do people come up with opinions other than thinking? And if its not an indication of your position on the matter then what is the point in posting it? Instead of putting IMO (which wouldnt resolve the confusion) maybe you should consider not posting something if its not how you actually feel about it. Cheers for the flattery though Nick, always like a compliment

[Kurt Bakholt]

Another reason to dig our heels in is his refusal to sign a new contract in January, not to be spiteful, but because had he, we would probably get a bit more money but at 60k a week, we'd be under more pressure to release him, but as he's only on 20k we afford to keep him, ######## to it 30m or no can do.

[Nick]

Firstly you decided to reply to what i wrote as a rebuttal to my points about it being too risky to force charlie to stay and now you are saying i cannot criticise your reply because you wrote you "THINK" he's that type. Strange logic. How else do people come up with opinions other than thinking? And if its not an indication of your position on the matter then what is the point in posting it? Instead of putting IMO (which wouldnt resolve the confusion) maybe you should consider not posting something if its not how you actually feel about it. Cheers for the flattery though Nick, always like a compliment

No worries Hove, always happy to compliment

[Hove Ranger]

No worries Hove, always happy to compliment

Cheers Nick. What makes me sure that you meant the compliment is that you didnt say you "THINK" it

[Nick]

Cheers Nick. What makes me sure that you meant the compliment is that you didnt say you "THINK" it

Hahaha touche.

[jmelanie]

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/newcastle-united-target-charlie-austin-9397140