Well the best thing to do now is to bench Honda and not play him a single minute. Than after the game, tell him that "he doesn't have to leave, but his season is going to look like this....on the bench".
It would suck if we don't sell him because that means we will lose him on a free next summer! I mean, what do some of these players think!? There is a reason bigger clubs aren't after him. They have to be self critical and understand that they simply aren't good enough for bigger clubs. Most of these players are mid table quality. When you finish mid table for 3 years in a row, I think you have proven that nothing else can be blamed and it has to be admitted (by everyone including the plsyers themselves) that this is a reflection of the quality of these players. Sunderland is exactly the type of team that Honda belongs in. What does he want? Real Madrid? Bayern? Juventus? Barcelona? These teams wouldn't touch him with a 10foot pole. They didn't when he was free and they sure as hell won't now.
It would suck if we don't sell him because that means we will lose him on a free next summer! I mean, what do some of these players think!? There is a reason bigger clubs aren't after him. They have to be self critical and understand that they simply aren't good enough for bigger clubs. Most of these players are mid table quality. When you finish mid table for 3 years in a row, I think you have proven that nothing else can be blamed and it has to be admitted (by everyone including the plsyers themselves) that this is a reflection of the quality of these players. Sunderland is exactly the type of team that Honda belongs in. What does he want? Real Madrid? Bayern? Juventus? Barcelona? These teams wouldn't touch him with a 10foot pole. They didn't when he was free and they sure as hell won't now.