Pressley suing CCFC (9 Viewers)

[speedie999]

The irony. Pressley brings future transfer embargo or points deduction. And we were doing so well..this week


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[pusbccfc]

Is there any other career where you get sacked for being useless at your job and get paid 18 months salary?

I thought it was usual that even if you did get a payout you only got it until you were back in employment so unless nobody else will give him a job we shouldn't be on the hook for 18 months of paying him should we?

When SISU signed Pressley up, they probably put it in the contract that if he was to get sacked he'd be paid X amount. It is a way of getting him to sign.

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Is there any other career where you get sacked for being useless at your job and get paid 18 months salary?

I thought it was usual that even if you did get a payout you only got it until you were back in employment so unless nobody else will give him a job we shouldn't be on the hook for 18 months of paying him should we?

I'm not sure, I've always thought thats how it should work but I'm not sure if it does. Doesn't seem right that SP could get another managers position and then effectively pick up 2 wages.

 

[dongonzalos]

Bloody hell what agreement is there to reach?
The agreement is already written down and signed by both parties. One party is now reneging on it.
If I were his lawyers I would agree nothing get the full amount owed. Plus legal costs from SISU. Plus more on top for the inconvenience. Then SISU might start honouring the contracts they sign.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

This Alex Smith needs to keep his nose out as well he is from the Scottish LMA which has nothing to do with English football, Pressley may not have been ready to go but most sensible people were more than ready to see the back of him and for me had well over stayed his welcome, the structure doesn't matter the first teams results do and he is not an attractive manager for somebody and if he is I am sure he will be back in work in the summer so doesn't need an 18 month pay off but they have agreed it.

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

I'm sure that if SP had been a success and another club had come in for him SISU would not have wanted or taken any compensation.

 

[LJC_CCFC]

Serves the club right for giving him a new FOUR year contract after that feast of football that was Coventry 1-0 Gillingham.

Someone should bump the thread from that game, would be an interesting read.

 

[lifelongcityfan]

im sure RFC will say it is all the councils fault! after all neither Tim or SP could do no wrong!

 

[Earlsdon-Loyal-Blue]

Right lets all be fair to the man, whether you rate him as a manager or not he should be paid what he is owed. Contracts work both ways.

If any of us were made redundant from a job, you would be expecting the money you were owed! You'd all be straight down the pub and whining if your employer said he wasn't going to pay you a penny of what you were owed!

 

[SkyblueBazza]

They just love controversy don't they?
This "reach a settlement" approach means that yet again they project the image that regardless of the agreement - when it suits them they will not honour the agreement...so its pointless trying to agree to anything...which makes it more hassle than its worth to have any dealings with them in any capacity.

PUSB

 

[wingy]

Yep it will give Alan Poole something else to simper about, in his next installment of Alan's waffle, where he sits in what looks very similar to a prison cell with his buddy Andy Turner, and tells us all how hard done by Pressley was.

If they were ever audible moff

 

[lifelongcityfan]

old saying...live by the sword, die by the sword! he felt it was ok to force players out on the cheap.

 

[Mr pot]

Pay him , move on, done

 

[TasmanSeaSkyBlue]

Just pay Pressley his redundancy - Coventry City are in the wrong game - more Court time than Andy Murray!

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

So we managed about 48 hours without having to worry about off the field stuff.

I always wonder what a manager who has just been sacked for being terrible thinks when the team starts winning?

 

[Silence_Is_The_Enemy]

bet Tony Mowbray is desperate to sign long term ¬_¬ go on somebody tell me this is a good thing as this is the end of sisu ointlaugh:

 

[singers_pore]

Well even Pressley's win ratio is higher than SISU's win ratio so he probably fancies his chances in court.

 

[Chipfat]

SW is getting away with this again,, he has to be held accountable for these decisions, an illusionist that says he cares but in reality most if not all decision made are hurting the club... He needs to go and take TF with him,, if you are SP you take this as far as you can get every penny owed and let the world know what it was like to work with these owners..

Sisu should pay up and go.. TM will not hang around if the club end up with points deducted or embargo's flying around,,, 2 steps forward 3 back with these owners....

 

[rupert_bear]

They should have sacked him a few months ago for gross misconduct when they had the chance.

 

[Longford]

Is there any other career where you get sacked for being useless at your job and get paid 18 months salary?

I thought it was usual that even if you did get a payout you only got it until you were back in employment so unless nobody else will give him a job we shouldn't be on the hook for 18 months of paying him should we?

Bankers ? CEOs of large PLCs ?

 

[gally9]

I just dont understand this company at all.. a contract literally isnt worth shit in there eyes

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Could they stay out of the news? Could they bollox! Could they let us have a bit of hope? Could they bollox!

 

[wingy]

They really are clueless aren't they
They seem to have signed up to more onerous terms than those of Coleman, Boothroyd etc, admittedly not to the same value
He should be eternally grateful to his mate Alan Poole for planting that Huddersfield article in the CT

Memories and Careers In football are short
I think they owe him his money for all the shit he saved them while we were at sixfields JMO

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

I agree wingy

 

[Nick]

Can he not be done for fraud?

 

[albatross]

at the end of the day SP signed a contract in good faith , at the time his stock was rising, and the incentive for the club was that they had him locked in for 4 years or a decent compensation payout should he elect to go and CCFC were rising through the leagues. It seemed to be the one bit of long term planning that SISU did.

As we know things didn't pan out for either party, SP was determined to continue but the club had other ideas and he seemed genuinely upset at losing the job. Irrespective of what anyone thinks this is not performance related pay , the severance package would have been agreed up front so for SISU to appear to renege is a pretty poor show and given SISU's record i am not surprised that he has felt the need to test it in court.

The one worrying thing is that he may end up forcing another admin if there is not enough cash in the club to settle this and keep it running , i would suspect that a cash injection from SISU would be required , which as the auditors said at the time of the last accounts unless SISU fund the losses then the club cannot trade. At that time SISU agreed to fund the losses but back then they were not expecting to have to run the club and payout SP.

This could decide if TM sees a future with CCFC if there is even less money to rebuild

I suppose this will be another excuse, its somebody else gov...

Worrying times

 

[skybluetony176]

That clearly means SP is going to be appointed the new boss in the summer. SISU have resorted to form and are clearly trying to distress him to pick him up on the cheap

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

We'll still have one of the top 6 budgets in the league

 

[skybluesam66]

TM the CEO said at the time that this was in the financial forecasts - so if he lied to get the accounts signed off..... Tim watch out for the boys in blue!!!

 

[mrtrench]

Is there any other career where you get sacked for being useless at your job and get paid 18 months salary?

Yes, every career where you agree a contract with those terms. If any of my clients want me out they have to honour my contract. I'm not senior enough for them to want to tie me in for 3 years but I imagine it happens for CEOs et al.

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Can he not be done for fraud?

Interesting thought.

if so, might it apply to anyone else at the club?

 

[Grendel]

at the end of the day SP signed a contract in good faith , at the time his stock was rising, and the incentive for the club was that they had him locked in for 4 years or a decent compensation payout should he elect to go and CCFC were rising through the leagues. It seemed to be the one bit of long term planning that SISU did.

As we know things didn't pan out for either party, SP was determined to continue but the club had other ideas and he seemed genuinely upset at losing the job. Irrespective of what anyone thinks this is not performance related pay , the severance package would have been agreed up front so for SISU to appear to renege is a pretty poor show and given SISU's record i am not surprised that he has felt the need to test it in court.

The one worrying thing is that he may end up forcing another admin if there is not enough cash in the club to settle this and keep it running , i would suspect that a cash injection from SISU would be required , which as the auditors said at the time of the last accounts unless SISU fund the losses then the club cannot trade. At that time SISU agreed to fund the losses but back then they were not expecting to have to run the club and payout SP.

This could decide if TM sees a future with CCFC if there is even less money to rebuild

I suppose this will be another excuse, its somebody else gov...

Worrying times

No it isn't - the club took Mowbray on since the report so I'm pretty sure he is getting paid.

Agreeing a settlement often takes some time to resolve. Strachan when he tried to sue I'm sure hadn't been paid months after the event. Oddly fans seemed a lot less sympathetic to him and most wanted the club to tell him to shove off.

 

[Ibby]

Did not see this coming.

 

[skybluetony176]

Interesting thought.

if so, might it apply to anyone else at the club?

Or indeed the "owners" full stop.

 

[Evo1883]

4 year contract , still makes me laugh ..what a joke