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Frank Lampard in Bedworth (2 Viewers)

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alexccfc99

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Must have spent a good two hours at the supporters club last night - Nothing off limits, everyone in the room who wanted one got a photo/quick one on one convo

For a global superstar a really down to earth, humble and funny bloke - We are lucky to have him represent our club, PUSB
 
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Jamesimus

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Frank after leaving Bedworth…

 
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Viktor17

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Any comments of interest?
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Viktor17 said:
Any comments of interest?
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He divulged what got him sent off against Burnley, everyone was asked to put their phones away at that point though
 
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alexccfc99

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Viktor17 said:
Any comments of interest?
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And that Kitch was banging on his door asking why he couldn't get a game before Xmas - But said it was in a positive way as opposed to kicking up a fuss and a strop and he really respected him for it and he hasn't let him down since

I would also hedge your bets on Grimes being our captain next season he absolutely loves him
 
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Viktor17

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Nice. Good to hear.

Hope he’s got them fired up tomorrow
 
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MTK

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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I think you’re right. We are lucky to have him representing us. He seems a great balance of passion with reason, modern and forward thinking but with a footballing history himself that is the equal of anyone’s. I really hope he can achieve his ambitions with us and we keep him. Well done to Doug as well for making what was clearly massively the right choice from the m m managerial options available at the time as well
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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I've heard he's just handed in his notice
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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fernandopartridge said:
I've heard he's just handed in his notice
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Is that cause he had to go to Bedworth
 

torchomatic

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #10
House hunting?
 

Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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torchomatic said:
House hunting?
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The jock estate presumably

Sent from my Pixel 8 using Tapatalk
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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What was he sent off for
 

Nick

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Bet he has just left JBs
 
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Bad Boy

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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alexccfc99 said:
And that Kitch was banging on his door asking why he couldn't get a game before Xmas - But said it was in a positive way as opposed to kicking up a fuss and a strop and he really respected him for it and he hasn't let him down since

I would also hedge your bets on Grimes being our captain next season he absolutely loves him
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Sheaf stripped of the captaincy and or sold??
 
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nunchuckas

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Bad Boy said:
Sheaf stripped of the captaincy and or sold??
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Sheaf is almost certainly going to be sold. He'll be in the last year of his contract, and was rumoured to be wanting to leave last summer.

With his injury record this season, we probably can't even afford to offer him a decent contract, he's 27, so we'll try to get as much as we can for him.
 
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CovLad94

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  • Apr 25, 2025
  • #16
Suprised his Bentley weren't on bricks when he come out
 

chiefdave

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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alexccfc99 said:
I would also hedge your bets on Grimes being our captain next season he absolutely loves him
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Said this when he came in, he's the obvious choice as one of only a handful of players who won't often be rotated out of the squad.

Suspect the only reason is didn't happen immediately was to make sure it didn't piss off the rest of the squad with someone walking through the door and immediately being made captain.

Become a bit of a joke this season with the constant changing.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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nunchuckas said:
Sheaf is almost certainly going to be sold. He'll be in the last year of his contract, and was rumoured to be wanting to leave last summer.

With his injury record this season, we probably can't even afford to offer him a decent contract, he's 27, so we'll try to get as much as we can for him.
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Trouble is I think the options of how he could go to will be severely limited and the price much lower than we'd normally want/expect.

Supposedly last year he only attracted interest from Southampton and Luton, and this year he's been injured a lot and not exactly dominating games when he has played.
 

David O'Day

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Did he risk wearing one of his expensive watches?
 
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Viktor17

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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nunchuckas said:
Sheaf is almost certainly going to be sold. He'll be in the last year of his contract, and was rumoured to be wanting to leave last summer.

With his injury record this season, we probably can't even afford to offer him a decent contract, he's 27, so we'll try to get as much as we can for him.
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We have a year option on him, which I suspect we will enforce so he could yet stay.

Suspect hes earmarked to go as we will need money to do stuff with squad.
 
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Para1140

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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A few video captures of last night
 

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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Did anyone in the audience at Bedworth last night ask if Frank is going to sign a new goalkeeper in the summer.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Why was he sent off
 

Jamesimus

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Sky Blue Pete said:
Why was he sent off
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Yeah I’d also like to know this / what he said here!
 
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nunchuckas

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Trouble is I think the options of how he could go to will be severely limited and the price much lower than we'd normally want/expect.

Supposedly last year he only attracted interest from Southampton and Luton, and this year he's been injured a lot and not exactly dominating games when he has played.
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Yeah, he's definitely gone down in value since last summer. But it may still be the last chance age-wise to get a reasonable return for him.

Last summer we would have been holding out for between the 8m - 12m - if there's any truth in the rumours.

This summer we'd probably be hoping to get 5m-8m due to his injury record, if there's any takers. Which is still a reasonable amount of money for a 27 year old, and better than losing him for nothing or letting his value disintegrate with age/injuries.
 
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nunchuckas

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Viktor17 said:
We have a year option on him, which I suspect we will enforce so he could yet stay.

Suspect hes earmarked to go as we will need money to do stuff with squad.
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Did not know about the option, that changes the dynamic slightly in our favour.

But still, with his age and injury record, if we can get a reasonable sum we should probably offload him - with the benefit of hindsight, we should have sold him last summer, we won't be able to get anywhere near the same figure now he's a year older and spent most of the season on the treatment table.
 
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AJB1983

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Can’t say that and then not say. That’s like someone putting something really vague on Facebook to just encourage all the “ah what’s up babe?” comments

share the wealth….
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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nunchuckas said:
Yeah, he's definitely gone down in value since last summer. But it may still be the last chance age-wise to get a reasonable return for him.

Last summer we would have been holding out for between the 8m - 12m - if there's any truth in the rumours.

This summer we'd probably be hoping to get 5m-8m due to his injury record, if there's any takers. Which is still a reasonable amount of money for a 27 year old, and better than losing him for nothing or letting his value disintegrate with age/injuries.
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If we do get that £5-£8m (will is just about possible) the next issue is whether Sheaf would want to accept going to the team offering that. Last year he supposedly wasn't interested in talking to Luton (smart move in the end) and I can't see a Prem team coming in for him.

That doesn't leave many options for teams that would be considered better placed than us in the Championship that could pay him a significant amount more than us.

If we do have that extra year (I thought that extra year was for next season but maybe not) then it may well be better for us to take the risk and keep him, hoping he can steer clear of injuries and get back to his best.
 

Briles

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
If we do get that £5-£8m (will is just about possible) the next issue is whether Sheaf would want to accept going to the team offering that. Last year he supposedly wasn't interested in talking to Luton (smart move in the end) and I can't see a Prem team coming in for him.

That doesn't leave many options for teams that would be considered better placed than us in the Championship that could pay him a significant amount more than us.

If we do have that extra year (I thought that extra year was for next season but maybe not) then it may well be better for us to take the risk and keep him, hoping he can steer clear of injuries and get back to his best.
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I think the highest we would get is 5 and I imagine that's only with add ons. I'd take 3 outright based on age, contract and potential to make us better. This is on the basis we don't get promoted
 
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nunchuckas

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
If we do get that £5-£8m (will is just about possible) the next issue is whether Sheaf would want to accept going to the team offering that. Last year he supposedly wasn't interested in talking to Luton (smart move in the end) and I can't see a Prem team coming in for him.

That doesn't leave many options for teams that would be considered better placed than us in the Championship that could pay him a significant amount more than us.

If we do have that extra year (I thought that extra year was for next season but maybe not) then it may well be better for us to take the risk and keep him, hoping he can steer clear of injuries and get back to his best.
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Yeah, I think that could be the worst case scenario - we try and sell him but he doesn't want to go, so he runs his contract down. Although I think he might still be on his original contract with us, so maybe not on the sort of wage he should now be on.

But I guess if he really wants to stay and is prepared to sign a new contract on easonable terms, then it wouldn't be the end of the world to keep him, just depends on how many games per season we can get out of him. We'd probably have to sell someone else though to give Frank some money to spend.
 

Flying Fokker

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Sky Blue Goblin said:
Is that cause he had to go to Bedworth
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I guess you think that’s rib tickling funny?
 

Para1140

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Flying Fokker said:
TrHI guess you think that’s rib tickling funny?
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As apposed to the luxurious upper class area of Coventry. As much as I love ccfc Coventry is a shit hole
 

Danceswithhorses

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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nunchuckas said:
Although I think he might still be on his original contract with us, so maybe not on the sort of wage he should now be on.
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He signed a new contract in 2023, when his previous contract had 1 year left, if i remember correctly.
It stands to reason he would have been offered improved terms, as at the time he was considered one of our better players.
 

Captain Dart

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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If we do not get promoted this season I think he will be offered a deal to extend his contract with the understanding he will leave next summer if we are still in the Championship.

Maybe I am soft but you can't just treat players as commodities to be discarded, if nothing else it sends a bad message to players you want to recruit.

If we are promoted this season who knows WTF may happen.
 
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nunchuckas

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  • Apr 25, 2025
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Danceswithhorses said:
He signed a new contract in 2023, when his previous contract had 1 year left, if i remember correctly.
It stands to reason he would have been offered improved terms, as at the time he was considered one of our better players.
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Ah yeah, I think you're right. Think it was after the playoff final. He'll be on decent money then. Unless relegated side or newly promoted sign him as back up, he'll unlikely get a better offer elsewhere after the season he's had.
 
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