Paynter Leaving

[Jamiesfuturewife]

I once saw her in a Vest top which I have an identical on which I brought in the sale in New Look for £3!

Girl after my own heart!  

[Arriba]

i was referring to the bright pink velour tracksuit

[Jamiesfuturewife]

Or the purple addidas one??

If I was a WAG I would wear nothing but velour tracksuits (juicy couture of course!) its there godgiven right

[Peter Venkman]

Paynter gave us 3 pretty good seasons.

We let his contract run out. If we'd offered him something last summer, who knows....

Thing is at the start of last season he had only scored 22 in 88 games and the 3 season prior to that he has only scored 10 in 67 games (Port Vale, Southend, Hull, Bradford) so 1 goal every 4 games for us and 1 goal every 7 games previously.

So at the start of last season he had scored 59 goals in 278 games, a scoring rate of 1 goal every 5 games, including a strike rate of 1 goal in every 6 and a half games for us.

I don't think ANY manager/chairman would have offered him a 3 year deal (making him the highest paid player in our history) which in January he was offered, at that time.

Yes he had a good season last year and did well but a fair few of his goals were penalties.

Hes gone.......good luck for the future away from Swindon, move on.

[DiV]

Thing is at the start of last season he had only scored 22 in 88 games and the 3 season prior to that he has only scored 10 in 67 games (Port Vale, Southend, Hull, Bradford) so 1 goal every 4 games for us and 1 goal every 7 games previously.

So at the start of last season he had scored 59 goals in 278 games, a scoring rate of 1 goal every 5 games, including a strike rate of 1 goal in every 6 and a half games for us.

I don't think ANY manager/chairman would have offered him a 3 year deal (making him the highest paid player in our history) which in January he was offered, at that time.

Yes he had a good season last year and did well but a fair few of his goals were penalties.

Hes gone.......good luck for the future away from Swindon, move on.

he still gave us 3 good seasons regardless of his stats before, during and after. I know because I was there.

[Colin Todd]

he still gave us 3 good seasons regardless of his stats before, during and after. I know because I was there.

I dont think he did. At times when he got here he looked overweight and disinterested and was sat on the bench.  To his credit his fitness,  performances and goalscoring improved during his time here, but lets not try and re-write history to say he was consistantly good in the way that someone like Parkin was. He's had 1 properly good season in his entire career, along with a few half decent ones.

I know beacause I was there, and I agree with JJ

[DiV]

his last season was obviously his best but he wasnt exactly crap in the first two either.

i'd call it 2 good seasons and 1 very good season.

[sheepshagger]

Whilst its all chinese whispers, I'm sure more people than myself have heard that Mrs. Paynter has a pretty big say in where Billy went.

She wasn't saying ANYTHING when Billy was very reluctantly carrying her out of the end of season do a couple of days after Wembley - she couldn't even stand up and he really did not want to leave !

[Nijholts Nuts]

How you knos this, did you see?

[Batch]

i'd call it 2 good seasons and 1 very good season.

I'd call it 1 very good season and 2 average ones. Even the season just gone he was dropped for a few games (before Austin came). And he was useless after his injury at the end of the season too, but I don't think he was fit.

But we'll never agree,  and he is history now.

[blah blah]

I know to some extent we're arguing over adjectives here, but his contribution alongside Cox cannot be described as average. Her was just as important that year as Cox himself in keeping us up. Cox admitted it and Wilson knew it too.

[DiV]

Well if he got dropped for a whole 4 games then he must be shit.

[Simon Pieman]

A few people seem to suffer from 'Gary Stanley syndrome':

"Oh but Paynter's not a natural goalscorer, he doesn't score enough goals and even if he's setting them up for our other striker to knock in I don't rate him. Even if we're winning games he's still not good enough. Even if he scores a hattrick it's only because the opposition was soooooo shit"

Then when he isn't playing second fiddle to Cox and has a stand out season and leaves:

"Fucking wanker. We made Billy Paynter. Without us he'd be playing in the Blue Square Premier Tiddlywinks Division. I can't believe he would go to a bigger club on a higher salary and playing in a better division instead of sticking with the club which made his career. But he's not even that good anyway, easily replaceable. Look at all the fabulous strikers we've brought in. Oh fuck it's Pericard. Oh but he's not a natural goalscorer, he doesn't score enough goals and even if he's setting them up for our other striker to knock in I don't rate him. Even if we're winning games he's still not good enough. Even if he scores a hattrick it's only because the opposition was soooooo shit"

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

A few people seem to suffer from 'Gary Stanley syndrome':

"Oh but Paynter's not a natural goalscorer, he doesn't score enough goals and even if he's setting them up for our other striker to knock in I don't rate him. Even if we're winning games he's still not good enough. Even if he scores a hattrick it's only because the opposition was soooooo shit"

Then when he isn't playing second fiddle to Cox and has a stand out season and leaves:

"Fucking wanker. We made Billy Paynter. Without us he'd be playing in the Blue Square Premier Tiddlywinks Division. I can't believe he would go to a bigger club on a higher salary and playing in a better division instead of sticking with the club which made his career. But he's not even that good anyway, easily replaceable. Look at all the fabulous strikers we've brought in. Oh fuck it's Pericard. Oh but he's not a natural goalscorer, he doesn't score enough goals and even if he's setting them up for our other striker to knock in I don't rate him. Even if we're winning games he's still not good enough. Even if he scores a hattrick it's only because the opposition was soooooo shit"

Ha.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

There really are some utter cunts around...and I'm not talking about Billy Paynter