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Nonleagueherewecome

Nonleagueherewecome

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fernandopartridge said:
Yeah, there is but a move to the mighty Reading falls firmly into one of those camps. The justifications used here are all purely about money rather than ambition.
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Agreed. I'd tell him he's going nowhere and if we don't go up next season, we'll let him move on the summer after. If he wants to sulk, fuck him. He owes us a bit after all, we got his career back on track...
 
Liquid Gold

Liquid Gold

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Nick said:
The shouldn't be one anyway for an engineered move.
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The contracts just say that you only lose out if you hand in a written contract request. I think it's pretty standard over all UK players. It's a worthless clause when they can force a club's hand in other ways. Exactly what Leon Clarke did.
 
torchomatic

torchomatic

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fernandopartridge said:
I'd be completely pissed off and massively deflated if this is the case. £1.5m is nothing and doesn't guarantee replacing 28 goals. Has any team at any level ever gone on to have a good season after selling their top scorer?
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Chances are he will never score 28 goals in a season ever again. It's only players like Harry Kane who bang them in season after season. It was an amazing season for him last season but I doubt he will ever match it, particularly two leagues higher. Good luck to him. If he wants to go then let him go and replace him now. Be interesting to see if he is in the team to face Sutton tomorrow.
 
ashbyjan

ashbyjan

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There is no loyalty in football be it clubs to players, players to clubs even fans to players. Clubs want instant success, players want to maximise earnings in a relatively short window so it's not really surprising that these things happen. Only surprise is that some folk get all worked up about it
 
Nonleagueherewecome

Nonleagueherewecome

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Ah well he was a foul mouthed so-and-so:

Feel a bit better about him going after watching that a few times!
 
fernandopartridge

fernandopartridge

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jimmyhillsfanclub said:
......aand im pretty sure the red shite won it the season after that....having sold rush to juve.....

I think these are the exceptions that prove FPs point
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In our case:
Keane and McAllister
King
Armstrong (admittedly a loan expiring)

All led to relegation. It is difficult to replace all those goals and assists.

That said, the players we have signed and Andreu coming back might point to having a different type of player to McNulty up front.
 
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wingy

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I hear £1.2M rising to £1.5M.
It might not make me popular considering what he's done for the club last season, but I'm not really surprised on the loyalty front ,given he dropped Mansfield for us.
But more than that I felt he either lacked confidence and the Club felt heavy on him, then it came across he was a bit needy with various articles about getting called out,etc, patience ,belief.
Then Articles about Scotland, I just felt he should have manned up, got on with it.
 
Gibbo

Gibbo

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ashbyjan said:
There is no loyalty in football be it clubs to players, players to clubs even fans to players. Clubs want instant success, players want to maximise earnings in a relatively short window so it's not really surprising that these things happen. Only surprise is that some folk get all worked up about it
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"Loyalty" is such a feeble argument in any context, let alone this one. He has been here a year. His only duty is to his own (short) career and to maximize the income he can generate for his family. Every single one of us would do exactly the same including those bleating on about loyalty
 
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fernandopartridge said:
In our case:
Keane and McAllister
King
Armstrong (admittedly a loan expiring)

All led to relegation. It is difficult to replace all those goals and assists.

That said, the players we have signed and Andreu coming back might point to having a different type of player to McNulty up front.
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Well... I remain convinced if we hadn't have wasted the cash we had to spend from Keane on Bellamy, we'd have been alright. There was a steady decline across the years when King went. Armstrong did prove the point, but of course as both he and King went for zero, there was no cash to replace with.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's simple(!) but it's the text all managers have to face anyway. If McNulty hadn't scaled the same heights next season (and yep, it's a what-if) we'd have had a fraction of the cash to keep the club running and also find a replacement.

You could say that from free to £1mil+ in a season is a fabulous achievement by Robins really (and McNulty too, of course!)

It's a decision where we'll only know if it's the right one come next season, and how he and us both do!
 
Nonleagueherewecome

Nonleagueherewecome

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Gibbo said:
"Loyalty" is such a feeble argument in any context, let alone this one. He has been here a year. His only duty is to his own (short) career and to maximize the income he can generate for his family. Every single one of us would do exactly the same including those bleating on about loyalty
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That's why Steve Bull left Wolves isn't it?
 
Marty

Marty

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I can't see him making it in the championship. Most games he needs a good 4 or 5 chances before he gets a clean strike on the ball. If I was in his position, I would be wanting the move too, 3 year contract at 10k a week sets him up for life.
 
hill83

hill83

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Gibbo said:
"Loyalty" is such a feeble argument in any context, let alone this one. He has been here a year. His only duty is to his own (short) career and to maximize the income he can generate for his family. Every single one of us would do exactly the same including those bleating on about loyalty
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Basically this. And anyone saying otherwise is fucking deluded.

28 goal striker lost, full faith in Robins to replace him. Anyone can leave, don’t give a fuck. It’s a team game.
 
mark82

mark82

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Not sure Reading would be my choice if I were a footballer (I think they are league one bound) but if he thinks it's the right move for him and his family then good luck to him.
 
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Magwitch

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McNulty’s eyes are on Rangers if the truth be known, family of Gers fans and he has said he’d like to go back and play in Scotland.
 
Nick

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Sick Boy said:
How naive.
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I thought he had gone on his mates stag after the end of the season?

His only mistake is being too comfortable with city fans and going over the top with mingling like in that video but can't really hold it against him. He's pissed up with his mates and somebody comes up to him and asks him to give their mate some abuse. Then it's debatable whether him socialising on the beers with fans is that wrong (see promotion parties in clubs with fans)

If it was a couple of days before a match mid season it would be a bit different.
 
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