Are players so feebly minded that they get unsettled at the slightest hint of transfer speculation? If i was Paul Hayes and i heard southend were in for me, i'd either be chuffed that i had the chance to retun down south or insulted that the offer was peanuts...in any case i'd want to go out a prove a point on the pitch and do a job for my current empolyers. Footballers are a bunch of pansies, they too used to getting things there own way.
Too right, I see no reason why he shouldn't play. What's unsettling, is he refusing to play? Or can he not concentrate on football for dreaming of the sunny beaches of Sarfend?
I think it's more a matter of . . . . . . would you want to play a striker in a crucial match when you knew you were probably going to sell him to a team you were in a relegation battle with? The idea of Hayes being unsettled seems more an excuse to complain to the FA about an unreasonably timed approach than the real reason: can the management be sure where your loyalties lie on the eve of a transfer to a fellow relegation contender?
