singe Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Not sure this was predicted anywhere http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23016260 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fervid Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Can't blame him as he has a young family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) Was just about to say the same Fervid. At 35 and no guarantee of a long appointment for making huge upheavals Edited June 22, 2013 by Lags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) cocked up Edited June 22, 2013 by Lags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemboy Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 We were cluching at straw there then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshgaz Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 (edited) Prozac got me thinking before that the salaries we are offering might be low. May explain the lack of activity, I'm sure he would of brought his family down if the package was attractive enough. Edited June 22, 2013 by welshgaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Know nothing of him but he seems a dignified bloke. If one of ours left after not being offered a contract and spoke so highly of the club I'd be made up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mighty_bosh Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 We were cluching at straw there then From what I've heard he is a good left footer, but he is no Bale... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Don't Scare Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 35, no great loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Success with Paul Murray and Byrne last season have probably convinced LJ that player-coaches can work so I'd expect at least some young coaches, perhaps some still playing, coming in between now and the start of the season. I'd still like him to have an experienced head alongside him though, as he had with TP last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Everything smacks of the wage bill being kept as low as possible until takeover is completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Everything smacks of the wage bill being kept as low as possible until takeover is completed. No it doesn't! You can read into things like that if you want, it wouldnt be unusal for posters on this board to read into things that are not there to suit themselves Maybe he just didn't want to leave Scotland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 No it doesn't! You can read into things like that if you want, it wouldnt be unusal for posters on this board to read into things that are not there to suit themselves Maybe he just didn't want to leave Scotland? Just since January - Furman, Croft, Simpson, Mvoto, Cisak, Smith, Dickov, Taggart, Butler, Duxbury, Gerrard all left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Just since January - Furman, Croft, Simpson, Mvoto, Cisak, Smith, Dickov, Taggart, Butler, Duxbury, Gerrard all left. How many of them left due to the budget though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 How many of them left due to the budget though... Depends how cynical you want to be - I would say all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshOWTB Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Depends how cynical you want to be - I would say all of them. Yeah noone wanted to see Dickov go, shame the budget couldn't keep him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_balls Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 I'd say it's more a point of how much money has been saved due to all the above leaving. A few of those would have been on a decent wedge. Especially Simpson, Croft and M'voto (Although we're still currently paying him as he's still contracted until the end of June) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Just since January - Furman, Croft, Simpson, Mvoto, Cisak, Smith, Dickov, Taggart, Butler, Duxbury, Gerrard all left. Furman - Wanted away during the time in which we needed him - not due to budget. Croft - Offered contract, wanted to play at highest level he can - not due to budget. Simpson - Offered a lower deal, wouldn't drop down - partially budget caused, partially on too much in the first place. M'Voto - Been offered a deal, presumably with slightly better/same terms - not wholly budget related. Cisak - Has wanted away since about Septemper - not budget related. Smith - Offered a better deal at Leeds, always going to take it - wouldn't have stayed anyway whatever the budget - Not budget related. Dickov, Taggart, Butler, Duxbury - not performing, sacked/resigned - not budget related. Gerrard - Pissed around by the club, probably wanted more security - not budget related as such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 Just since January - Furman, Croft, Simpson, Mvoto, Cisak, Smith, Dickov, Taggart, Butler, Duxbury, Gerrard all left. that is practically the team that almost took us down.No tears from me, except frustration. That team should have challenged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footy68 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Was Gerrard messed around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 Was Gerrard messed around? Big time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 (edited) Was Gerrard messed around? Well we sacked him but required him to work his notice period while his mates could put their feet up while being paid. We effectively promoted him to first team duties but presumably paid him nothing extra for this. We seemed slow to ask him to stay to the end of the season (his termination date was the end of March) and we seemed slow to offer him a contract for the new season. I think he's been messed around. I'd feel a bit confused and alienated if my employer did that to me. That's gleaned from reading the headlines. No idea what else went on. Edited June 23, 2013 by opinions4u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyPimp Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 If his coaching skills matched his passion, he'll be a big loss. I can only assume that he wasn't wanted because the delay in issuing a new contract was bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footy68 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I just find it odd that he agreed to stay to the end of the season after being dicked around. Normal people would have been off like a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I just find it odd that he agreed to stay to the end of the season after being dicked around. Normal people would have been off like a shot. Got to pay the bills some how... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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