All I done on the other thread was commented on a post where you incorrectly claimed Baker was our captain which he isn't.I see you are quick to say something against a player that is leaving or to defend the SISU actions. Both Baker and Murphy within a minute.
So are you saying that although Murphy offered to take a pay cut to stay months ago he was only after a contract elsewhere?
I think he would. But I guess he has been pretty out of favour under SP so new terms are unlikely.
Do you mean like Murphy who came out publically that he would be happy to take a pay cut but no offer was forthcoming.
Murphy out of favour?
Why did he keep picking him then and why has he been replaced with a loan signing? All the choice of SP?
Murphy out of favour?
Why did he keep picking him then and why has he been replaced with a loan signing? All the choice of SP?
Baker to Barnsley set to be confirmed later today.
Frees up some more wages for players?
All I done on the other thread was commented on a post where you incorrectly claimed Baker was our captain which he isn't.
The pay cut was an answer to a direct question in an interview, it's not as if he just came out and said offer me a pay cut and I will sign right now. He just said he would if he needed to. Murphy was never interested in taking a pay cut once he got word other clubs were in for him.
I'm sorry, but that's not quite right. Murphy came out and said quite clearly that he wanted to get something sorted before the end of the season, and understood he might need to take a pay cut. In response, the club didn't even make him an offer before the end of the season. He hardly had his head turned by better offers prior to then, and it seems reasonable to assume he might have stayed had the club offered him something *before* last season had finished.
Baker, whether you rate him or not, played 43 times and scored 10 goals last season, and 55 times and 15 goals the season before. I think we'd be quite excited if we were signing a midfielder with those stats, or a goalkeeper with Murphy's pedigree at this level.
As I see it, letting Baker and Murphy go is far more about cutting costs than improving the team. I can sort of live with that, except for the nagging doubt that if we were playing in front of bigger crowds at the Ricoh we might not have had to have cut wages quite so drastically.
Baker, whether you rate him or not, played 43 times and scored 10 goals last season, and 55 times and 15 goals the season before. I think we'd be quite excited if we were signing a midfielder with those stats, or a goalkeeper with Murphy's pedigree at this level.
Word for word perfect.
No it's not. Murphy was offered a contract. When a championship club came in for at his age it's nonsense to suggest he would stay.
Bakers 7 league goals in 37 appearances last season would hardly be considered irreplaceable.
We offered Messi 10m a year to join us. It has been said so must be true.
If our club would have said that they offered Murphy a contract they would have said so. SP did say he wanted to keep him but that was as far as any comment went.
The club did offer Murphy a contract. They wouldn't lie.
Whether you want to believe that the offer was so low he was practically forced to take the other offer on the table, or that he "couldn't resist" an offer to be a bench warmer in the championship is up to you.
Get with the fucking program you retards. We are in league 1 so stop trying to live in the glory days and wake up.
I was born in 1990. What are these glory days you speak of?
It is all well and good saying "wake up" but I think we are well within our rights to question our League 1 mediocrity don't you?
Every player would choose bench warming if it's a bigger salary.
To suggest it was a very low offer is pure guesswork with zero evidence. You are rapidly becoming astutes apprentice.
I was born in 1990. What are these glory days you speak of?
It is all well and good saying "wake up" but I think we are well within our rights to question our League 1 mediocrity don't you?
Get with the fucking program you retards. We are in league 1 so stop trying to live in the glory days and wake up.
No. Stop acting like we are above clubs. The talk about how depressing it is to lose players to Bournemouth and Huddersfield is disgraceful and disrespectful to those clubs.
Given that most on here seem to revel in the epitome of league one mediocrity - Carl Baker - I find your remark ironic.
We should be one of the best supported clubs in L1, obviously not at the moment due to our owners actions, and therefore be in a position financially to be challenging for promotion. It's not like people are going around saying we should spend crazy money to storm back into the PL. We should be able to get back into the Championship without breaking the bank but instead we're now starting our third L1 season with doubts over our ability to do more than survive another season. What is wrong with wanted a realistic level of success?
Ageed. I have no problem with the signings we have made, however I am concerned at the size of the squad, and the fact that any player that did make an impact last season is now gone. I think it would be strange to NOT be a little concerned. We want promotion back to the championship, and we have a squad which have played a handful of games together. Plus the fact the captain hasn't played 1.
Because they all wanted to leave. They weren't sold from underneath pressley
So they could ply their trade at a higher level you dipshit.
nice. Thanks for that one. Grendel said it was all about money? I would suggest there were several reasons. Quite a few go back to the fact we are now a mediocre League 1 team in a tin-pot stadium.
Two factors: money and higher league.
Stop looking so far into it for no reason but to be depressing
Because they all wanted to leave. They weren't sold from underneath pressley
Two factors: money and higher league.
How do you know they all wanted to leave? Did the ones saying they wanted to say want to leave? Of course even if they did want to leave you would need to know why, maybe if they thought we would be back at the Ricoh and mounting a genuine promotion challenge they wouldn't be so keen to go.
Baker is, according to many on here, earning way to much for a L1 player and its looking like he's moving to another L1 club so are you suggesting they are offering him more than the salary we are paying him?
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