Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
He's a bigger traitor than Edward the eighth.
Haha, go on then, I shall bite. Why would any player who has been very loyal to his club and manager wish to sign another contract when his manager was kicked into touch and he would have been taking a cut in salary and playing for a new manager who, in his quest to field a young team, could quite easily have kicked him into touch anyway.
As it stands, Ben has played two games for a club who have scored 6 goals and who have 4 points in the Premier League after two matches, he could have been in a squad playing at a lower level which still can't score goals and who also have 4 points from 3 matches at a much lower level. Knowing the attitude of quite a number of our fans he would have got the blame for Watford's winner yesterday, in fact, he probably still has because he would not stay at the club.