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Post by madridgas on Jan 6, 2018 12:21:02 GMT
If someone offered us 50p for Moore we would snap there hands off! It would free up his wages. Only reason he's still here is because he was on a 2 year deal. If the other players are in the last year of the contract, I can see them being sold as well. If like Bodin, they are not willing to sign a new deal. Unfortunately Byron has proven to be a poor signing. The second year of his contract may have cost us close to £100k in wages. That is the risk of longer contracts! |
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Post by abbeygas on Jan 6, 2018 12:33:56 GMT
At least Taylor signed another contract to insure a future transfer fee, even if a lowish release cause was inserted. He could quite easily have done what Bodin did and refuse to sign but done the decent thing, whoever he joined. Bodin forgot who got his career back on track which enabled him to pursue his dreams. It wouldn’t have done him any harm to do the same as Taylor but like people say, loyalty and gratitude is a thing of the past. Not true Taylor signed on again for purely selfish reasons. That summer Taylor's agent claimed (falsely I believe) that there were championship clubs in for him. We blinked first and offered him a repoted £5k week and because we left it so late we had to agree to the £300k release clause to get him to sign so desperate were we. Win/win for Taylor. Play well and score goals first half of season and he knew he probably would get a move to a championship team because the release fee was so low and could 'accidently' be made common knowledge. Play sh** and still pick up £5k week. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 13:28:58 GMT
At least Taylor signed another contract to insure a future transfer fee, even if a lowish release cause was inserted. He could quite easily have done what Bodin did and refuse to sign but done the decent thing, whoever he joined. Bodin forgot who got his career back on track which enabled him to pursue his dreams. It wouldn’t have done him any harm to do the same as Taylor but like people say, loyalty and gratitude is a thing of the past. Not true Taylor signed on again for purely selfish reasons. That summer Taylor's agent claimed (falsely I believe) that there were championship clubs in for him. We blinked first and offered him a repoted £5k week and because we left it so late we had to agree to the £300k release clause to get him to sign so desperate were we. Win/win for Taylor. Play well and score goals first half of season and he knew he probably would get a move to a championship team because the release fee was so low and could 'accidently' be made common knowledge. Play sh** and still pick up £5k week. But he did sign nevertheless which he didn’t have to. Just like Agogo and Lambert did. |
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Post by yategasman on Jan 6, 2018 13:36:09 GMT
At least Taylor signed another contract to insure a future transfer fee, even if a lowish release cause was inserted. He could quite easily have done what Bodin did and refuse to sign but done the decent thing, whoever he joined. Bodin forgot who got his career back on track which enabled him to pursue his dreams. It wouldn’t have done him any harm to do the same as Taylor but like people say, loyalty and gratitude is a thing of the past. That's not what happened. Taylor did refuse to sign and let his contract expire so could go on a free. Then he signed a new contract on a free (which happened to be with us, presumably coz we offered the best deal). Yes no one came in for Snakey so he resigned for us cos he couldn’t get anything better DC agreed to the release cause. The sh**e came in right at the death to take pressure off of LJ and more importantly for them put the brakes on our progress Knowing we couldn’t react in time to get a replacement————-you have to admit a good bit of business by them and they are keeping their bench nice and warm Bastards!! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 13:48:32 GMT
At least Taylor signed another contract to insure a future transfer fee, even if a lowish release cause was inserted. He could quite easily have done what Bodin did and refuse to sign but done the decent thing, whoever he joined. Bodin forgot who got his career back on track which enabled him to pursue his dreams. It wouldn’t have done him any harm to do the same as Taylor but like people say, loyalty and gratitude is a thing of the past. That's not what happened. Taylor did refuse to sign and let his contract expire so could go on a free. Then he signed a new contract on a free (which happened to be with us, presumably coz we offered the best deal). I’ve never heard that before. We let Taylor go on a free then offered him a deal!? |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 6, 2018 13:54:08 GMT
That's not what happened. Taylor did refuse to sign and let his contract expire so could go on a free. Then he signed a new contract on a free (which happened to be with us, presumably coz we offered the best deal). I’ve never heard that before. We let Taylor go on a free then offered him a deal!? We didn't let him go, his contract ran out in the summer of 2016. Then he signed a brand new deal later that window (presumably coz it was the best deal he could get at that time). |
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Post by lmgas on Jan 6, 2018 13:56:46 GMT
Not true Taylor signed on again for purely selfish reasons. That summer Taylor's agent claimed (falsely I believe) that there were championship clubs in for him. We blinked first and offered him a repoted £5k week and because we left it so late we had to agree to the £300k release clause to get him to sign so desperate were we. Win/win for Taylor. Play well and score goals first half of season and he knew he probably would get a move to a championship team because the release fee was so low and could 'accidently' be made common knowledge. Play sh** and still pick up £5k week. But he did sign nevertheless which he didn’t have to. Just like Agogo and Lambert did. Remember that if a player doesn't sign they put themselves in a risky position, any injury and suddenly they are getting paid nothing and have a battle to find a club when they are returning to fitness. |
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Post by abbeygas on Jan 6, 2018 13:58:13 GMT
Not true Taylor signed on again for purely selfish reasons. That summer Taylor's agent claimed (falsely I believe) that there were championship clubs in for him. We blinked first and offered him a repoted £5k week and because we left it so late we had to agree to the £300k release clause to get him to sign so desperate were we. Win/win for Taylor. Play well and score goals first half of season and he knew he probably would get a move to a championship team because the release fee was so low and could 'accidently' be made common knowledge. Play sh** and still pick up £5k week. But he did sign nevertheless which he didn’t have to. Just like Agogo and Lambert did. Neither of which insisted on a paltry release clause which they made known! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 13:59:00 GMT
But he did sign nevertheless which he didn’t have to. Just like Agogo and Lambert did. Remember that if a player doesn't sign they put themselves in a risky position, any injury and suddenly they are getting paid nothing and have a battle to find a club when they are returning to fitness. I understand that hence Bodin going to Preston done and dusted before the transfer window opened. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 14:00:36 GMT
But he did sign nevertheless which he didn’t have to. Just like Agogo and Lambert did. Neither of which insisted on a paltry release clause which they made known! Well let’s be honest, they didn’t need to did they? Head and shoulders above Taylor as strikers. |
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Post by abbeygas on Jan 6, 2018 14:04:12 GMT
Neither of which insisted on a paltry release clause which they made known! Well let’s be honest, they didn’t need to did they? Head and shoulders above Taylor as strikers. Lambert certainly. Agogo not really imo. |
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Post by Big Jock on Jan 6, 2018 14:06:12 GMT
Well let’s be honest, they didn’t need to did they? Head and shoulders above Taylor as strikers. Lambert certainly. Agogo not really imo. In ma opinion Lambert was just like the Titanic. Should never ave left Southampton. |
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Post by gasify on Jan 6, 2018 14:21:48 GMT
I’ve never heard that before. We let Taylor go on a free then offered him a deal!? We didn't let him go, his contract ran out in the summer of 2016. Then he signed a brand new deal later that window (presumably coz it was the best deal he could get at that time). That's how I remember it too. He ran his contract down thinking he was Billy big time and the only other club interested was Oxford. So I guess we out bid Oxford for our own player! As it turned out though, we got a few goals and a few quid out of him. Would have got nothing if he went to Oxford. It's only because of where he went and the reason they purchased him that we have a bitter taste over the deal. |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Jan 6, 2018 14:29:38 GMT
Taylor f**ked us over twice.
Bodin didn't.
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Post by gaseous on Jan 6, 2018 14:29:56 GMT
At least Taylor signed another contract to insure a future transfer fee, even if a lowish release cause was inserted. He could quite easily have done what Bodin did and refuse to sign but done the decent thing, whoever he joined. Bodin forgot who got his career back on track which enabled him to pursue his dreams. It wouldn’t have done him any harm to do the same as Taylor but like people say, loyalty and gratitude is a thing of the past. That's not what happened. Taylor did refuse to sign and let his contract expire so could go on a free. Then he signed a new contract on a free (which happened to be with us, presumably coz we offered the best deal). Agreed, that is how it was. He only signed for us again as LJ wouldn't sign him until he proved himself scoring in L1, if you remember LJ was at the mem in box 2 a lot then. Once the snake had scored well, they bought him relatively cheap, in my opinion all this was done by LJ, the agent and the snake. We were lucky really to get anything at all. UTG |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 14:30:09 GMT
At least Taylor signed another contract to insure a future transfer fee, even if a lowish release cause was inserted. He could quite easily have done what Bodin did and refuse to sign but done the decent thing, whoever he joined. Bodin forgot who got his career back on track which enabled him to pursue his dreams. It wouldn’t have done him any harm to do the same as Taylor but like people say, loyalty and gratitude is a thing of the past. Not sure that Taylor signed a contract TO ensure a fee, rather than continue to put himself in the shop window by continuing to score, whilst having a low release clause. How long did Taylor have left on his contract? Same as Billy I think. Or put another way, the contract signed suited all parties . |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 14:31:30 GMT
Taylor f**ked us over twice. Bodin didn't. Twice?? |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 6, 2018 14:32:48 GMT
Taylor f**ked us over twice. Bodin didn't. Twice?? Alright Mrs Taylor, give it a rest. I'm sure he's a lovely boy. |
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Post by gaseous on Jan 6, 2018 14:33:22 GMT
Taylor f**ked us over twice. Bodin didn't. To be fair Taylor is a w@#nker who did miss more than he scored but did score well for us. We should've known he would do us over, look how he treated Oxford and we thought that was funny. #handshake |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2018 14:36:23 GMT
Alright Mrs Taylor, give it a rest. I'm sure he's a lovely boy. Bloody pathetic. Do grow up. It is obviously kindergarten afternoon on here so I’m off to the pub. |
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