Bids for McNulty / McNulty to Reading (17 Viewers)

[matesx]

There's nothing quite like a full vocabulary H always taken great fun out of learning and using them ,there are so many variants of the same thing and then little nuances applied .

Indubitably

 

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[Captain Dart]

So are you saying that loyalty equates to stupidity? Surely it depends on the moral code of the individual concerned? Either way, agitating for a move and threatening to down tools if he doesn't get it isn't behavior to be admired IMO.

Or are you just being offensive?

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

There's nothing quite like a full vocabulary H always taken great fun out of learning and using them ,there are so many variants of the same thing and then little nuances applied .

Man after my own heart. In one of my previous jobs I was always around schools dealing with finance. I often used to correct the grammar of certain headteachers' letters/e-mails that were on their computers when they had been called away to deal with something. They were quite happy for me to do so, and I was often befuddled at their lack of basic grammar (though I am sure they had a bucketful of other skills). Keep up the good work (Itsabuzzard is also a keen one for this!) P.S. Can't be bothered to see how many errors are in this post!

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Indubitably

Can't type that word with that avatar!

 

[Mcbean]

There's nothing quite like a full vocabulary H always taken great fun out of learning and using them ,there are so many variants of the same thing and then little nuances applied .

H surely a comma needed after H - Wingy take note !

 

[better days]

Players learn early how ruthless football is
We as fans all demand the same loyalty we give but former favourite players who get injured or lose form or pace as they get older are unceremoniously dumped when the club feels they have no further use
It's even worse for young players coming through who get their first relatively modest pro contract and think it's the start of something. The majority end up disappointed when they go in to find out if it's being renewed
Only a few weeks ago the DKE twins who had been at the club since they were 8 were released in a pretty unsentimental way that surprised their team mates
Some fans welcomed this as a sign of the club taking a ruthless approach
These are people just like the rest of us and team mates see this and wonder if it will be their fate next time
I don't believe McNulty was looking for a move but I suspect that when his agent told him the deal being offered he thought of things he's seen happen to former team mates over the years

 

[fernandopartridge]

Players learn early how ruthless football is
We as fans all demand the same loyalty we give but former favourite players who get injured or lose form or pace as they get older are unceremoniously dumped when the club feels they have no further use
It's even worse for young players coming through who get their first relatively modest pro contract and think it's the start of something. The majority end up disappointed when they go in to find out if it's being renewed
Only a few weeks ago the DKE twins who had been at the club since they were 8 were released in a pretty unsentimental way that surprised their team mates
Some fans welcomed this as a sign of the club taking a ruthless approach
These are people just like the rest of us and team mates see this and wonder if it will be their fate next time
I don't believe McNulty was looking for a move but I suspect that when his agent told him the deal being offered he thought of things he's seen happen to former team mates over the years

I'd accept that justification if there wasn't an improved contract offer on the table or that Reading are not just another club who might dump in at the first opportunity.

 

[oucho]

fuck I hadn't even seen that MM had gone......shows how much I've been following the Sky Blues since the Wembley game. Any chance we can bring him back in on loan?

 

[Adge]

People are desperate for Sisu to be the pantomime villains despite the fact they played zero part in this transfer.

Whether they had any dealings with the transfer or not they will always be cockroaches.

 

[mark82]

Whether they had any dealings with the transfer or not they will always be cockroaches.

Obviously they've done a lot wrong but just blaming them for everything is just stupid.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

Whether they had any dealings with the transfer or not they will always be cockroaches.

That may indeed be true. Best to focus on what they *do* do wrong, mind (yes yes know - existing is enough!). There's plenty of that, after all!

(And if we sign nobody, then they are this time, too - remembering the transfer fee might pay somebody's wages or contract extenson)

 

[Ashdown]

Ho

People are desperate for Sisu to be the pantomime villains despite the fact they played zero part in this transfer.

How do you know that any more than if somone suggested Joy was now rolling up £50 notes and smoking them on the Madison windfall ! SISU ultimately make the big decisions on money, let's just hope MR, can try and find a few nice little
bargains again though eh ?!

 

[Nick]

Ho

How do you know that any more than if somone suggested Joy was now rolling up £50 notes and smoking them on the Madison windfall ! SISU ultimately make the big decisions on money, let's just hope MR, can try and find a few nice little
bargains again though eh ?!

Didn't Robins say the only person pressuring for the deal was the agent?

As I said, it seems to be the people who don't actually bother or have a clue frothing about it

 

[thekidfromstrettoncamp]

Nick the person putting pen to paper is Mac not his agent if he didn't think the deal was good he would not have signed it . Sorry to see him go but all the very best

 

[Nick]

Nick the person putting pen to paper is Mac not his agent if he didn't think the deal was good he would not have signed it . Sorry to see him go but all the very best

Who put the offer in front of him? Who was leaking things to the press to try and force it through and pressure it?

 

[Sick Boy]

Who put the offer in front of him? Who was leaking things to the press to try and force it through and pressure it?

To be fair the footballer would expect that of an agent and is what they get paid for. The negativity towards them from the fans is not shared by the players in any way whatsoever.

 

[itsabuzzard]

We obviously come from different backgrounds.

I had a very sheltered upbringing.

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[Otis]

I had a very sheltered upbringing.

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Didn't know you were that old. What was it like hearing those air raid sirens screaming in the night?

 

[Ashdown]

The agents are trouble making leeches. I did hear that MM was looking elsewhere before all this happened but I hoped that clinching promotion may have changed his mind. Perhaps we could have tried a bit harder to keep him. I don't know all the details.

 

[matesx]

We were never going to match Championship wages unfortunately

 

[robbiekeane]

Ho

How do you know that any more than if somone suggested Joy was now rolling up £50 notes and smoking them on the Madison windfall ! SISU ultimately make the big decisions on money, let's just hope MR, can try and find a few nice little
bargains again though eh ?!

You’re a very strange person

 

[Nick]

The agents are trouble making leeches. I did hear that MM was looking elsewhere before all this happened but I hoped that clinching promotion may have changed his mind. Perhaps we could have tried a bit harder to keep him. I don't know all the details.

You mean like offer him a new better contract?

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

Easy to hide behind agents and let them take the rap.

 

[matesx]

Easy to hide behind agents and let them take the rap.

Agents are rats

 

[shmmeee]

Agents are rats

All of em. Travel agents, estate agents, just money grubbing middle men living off others hard work.

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

Agents are rats

They are in football but I doubt it was all the agents idea. I'm sure he'd be acting on his clients instruction.

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

We obviously come from different backgrounds.

 

[itsabuzzard]

Didn't know you were that old. What was it like hearing those air raid sirens screaming in the night?

I'll be Clarice Starling to your Hannibal Lecter.

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[Otis]

I was thinking more, your Rose Sayer to my Charlie Allnutt.

 

[Magwitch]

McNulty will have known about the Reading interest weeks ago so would have Robins, we were told the initial bid was £500k and in the end got nearly treble that, for a player we got for nowt 12 months ago. He will be replaced, probably for much less money and possibly a better player who knows. Any money left over might help bring in better players to the squad too. I trust our manager to have his finger on the pulse and with a couple of weeks to the big kick-off we could have an interesting fortnight.

 

[Ashdown]

The agents are trouble making leeches. I did hear that MM was looking elsewhere before all this happened but I hoped that clinching promotion may have changed his mind. Perhaps we could have tried a bit harder to keep him. I don't know all the details.

McNulty will have known about the Reading interest weeks ago so would have Robins, we were told the initial bid was £500k and in the end got nearly treble that, for a player we got for nowt 12 months ago. He will be replaced, probably for much less money and possibly a better player who knows. Any money left over might help bring in better players to the squad too. I trust our manager to have his finger on the pulse and with a couple of weeks to the big kick-off we could have an interesting fortnight.

I thought the fee was undisclosed ?!

 

[Otis]

I thought the fee was undisclosed ?!

It is though to online forum folk. They always know all the fine details.

 

[Nick]

“He hurt his ankle" - Robins offers injury update on Coventry stars
A couple more interesting comments:

He added: “It was intimated in no uncertain terms that the player would have been stroppy – and that was the word he used – if the deal didn’t go through. And I said, ‘fine, a stroppy player doesn’t play.’

“And that wasn’t Sparky, by the way, it was his agent who was trying to force that deal through, and he’s done it.

“It is what it is. It’s the way of the world. Agents move the players and they get paid. That’s the top and bottom of it.

 

[fatso]

If Mcnulty had real ambition he would of held out for a better side than a struggling Reading! The fact is he jumped ship at the very first opportunity, and snapped the hand off the first club that offered a bit more cash.
Reading isn’t a bigger club, or an attractive club, it’s just a club with a bit more cash to play with. he’s hardly moved for footballing reasons now has he.
He could of stayed here till January, proved he could score goals in league 1 and possibly got a move to a premier league side.
The only real winner in all of this, is his agent.

 

[duffer]

Players learn early how ruthless football is
We as fans all demand the same loyalty we give but former favourite players who get injured or lose form or pace as they get older are unceremoniously dumped when the club feels they have no further use
It's even worse for young players coming through who get their first relatively modest pro contract and think it's the start of something. The majority end up disappointed when they go in to find out if it's being renewed
Only a few weeks ago the DKE twins who had been at the club since they were 8 were released in a pretty unsentimental way that surprised their team mates
Some fans welcomed this as a sign of the club taking a ruthless approach
These are people just like the rest of us and team mates see this and wonder if it will be their fate next time
I don't believe McNulty was looking for a move but I suspect that when his agent told him the deal being offered he thought of things he's seen happen to former team mates over the years

Exactly this. It's a short, risky career, and as soon as a player isn't performing the fans and club are desperate to get him off the books by any means possible.

Who could blame anyone for taking a substantial increase elsewhere if it was on offer, I know that I would! MM has done very well for us, I wish him every success.