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Has Sammy Clingan been linked with anybody yet? (1 Viewer)

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  • Start date Aug 13, 2012
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Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #1
Has anybody heard anything of him being linked with anybody? Last week he was dropped from NI and now he still isn't linked which is cutting it a bit fine.

Might end up like Stephen Wright training on his own for half a season.
 

Astute

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #2
jon92 said:
think his wage demands are too high he is asking for.
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Is he asking for more than £5 a week?
 

oldskyblue58

CCFC Finance Director
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #3
is he actually fit now after injury ........ perhaps that is holding him up getting a new team too
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #4
It seems like a bit of a risk to not sign a contract and not have anything else lined up. Unless he is planning some time out before getting back into it??
 

ashbyjan

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #5
Wasn't he seriously injured 2 or 3 months out at the end of season? No team is going to sign an injured player in these austere times, especially at Champ level. I know its fashionable to slag of any player who leaves as crap etc but I for one hope he gets fit and gets a club, he was a decent player who spent half a season babysitting kids in our midfield.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #6
ashbyjan said:
Wasn't he seriously injured 2 or 3 months out at the end of season? No team is going to sign an injured player in these austere times, especially at Champ level. I know its fashionable to slag of any player who leaves as crap etc but I for one hope he gets fit and gets a club, he was a decent player who spent half a season babysitting kids in our midfield.
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If babysitting means playing kids into trouble and then berating them for it, then yes, he did an excellent job.
 

Il Pirata

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #7
Soon the realisation that he is mediocre will hit him.
 
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castlevaleskyblue

New Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #8
fernandopartridge said:
If babysitting means playing kids into trouble and then berating them for it, then yes, he did an excellent job.
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The goal away at Brighton sticks in my mind shocking pass
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #9
castlevaleskyblue said:
The goal away at Brighton sticks in my mind shocking pass
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Is that the one where Puyet specifically told their strikers to pressure him / our midfield as we like to pass it back and would slip up?
 
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castlevaleskyblue

New Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #10
Nick said:
Is that the one where Puyet specifically told their strikers to pressure him / our midfield as we like to pass it back and would slip up?
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Didn't know that it obviously worked then, was straight from kick off he tried to pass back to one of our centre backs got know where near and think Makail-Smith scored
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #11
Nick said:
Is that the one where Puyet specifically told their strikers to pressure him / our midfield as we like to pass it back and would slip up?
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Yep Poyet said they had noticed he often passed it back to a defender without looking beforehand or something like that
 

CovLis86

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #12
Clingan was an embarrassment last season. The kids showed him up to be as average as he is.
 

torchomatic

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #13
To be fair on his day he is a great player to have in your team, but last season i was tired of seeing him put his hand up in apology to his teammates after yet another wayward pass.

Hop he finds another club.

castlevaleskyblue said:
The goal away at Brighton sticks in my mind shocking pass
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Astute

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #14
To me he seems to be a kind of player that looks good in a good team, but looks poor in a struggling team. Don't offer a lot up front.
 

Nonleagueherewecome

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #15
Nick said:
It seems like a bit of a risk to not sign a contract and not have anything else lined up. Unless he is planning some time out before getting back into it??
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That was last season
 

@richh87

Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #16
torchomatic said:
To be fair on his day he is a great player to have in your team, but last season i was tired of seeing him put his hand up in apology to his teammates after yet another wayward pass.

Hop he finds another club.
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Uh oh...

Otis!
 

Astute

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #17
Nick said:
It seems like a bit of a risk to not sign a contract and not have anything else lined up. Unless he is planning some time out before getting back into it??
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Time off after a 3 month break?

A bit like an ice cream man wanting summer off.
 
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SkyBlueBlood

Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #18
I think even Northern Ireland have denied any interest!!!!!!!
 

mattylad

Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #19
Millwall wanted him but not at his wage demands
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 13, 2012
  • #20
Guess he thought he was sorted while Simon Grayson was @ Leeds.
 

We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #21
He really must've thought that he is better than he actually is. The guy was shocking last season and I am truly not surprised that anyone wants to take him on at 5-10k per week.Even when he is available for free.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #22
Rich said:
He really must've thought that he is better than he actually is. The guy was shocking last season and I am truly not surprised that anyone wants to take him on at 5-10k per week.Even when he is available for free.
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He will find a club when he realises he isn't as good as he thinks.

Average championship player and wasn't worth the money he was asking for
 

We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #23
I'm not sure what team he would fit into though? He is just too careless for my liking and that wasn't just a bad season that's every time I've seen him play (including at national level).
 

oakey

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #24
Both Cranie and Keogh had to settle for a lesser move than they had hoped for and, I'm guessing, their agents promised. Sammy will be the same, but let's not let that stop us having a dig at Scapegoat Sammy and leaving Keogh and Cranie alone.
Prejudice confirmed.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #25
oakey said:
Both Cranie and Keogh had to settle for a lesser move than they had hoped for and, I'm guessing, their agents promised. Sammy will be the same, but let's not let that stop us having a dig at Scapegoat Sammy and leaving Keogh and Cranie alone.
Prejudice confirmed.
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Pretty odd statement - in terms of financial reward Keogh received far more than he could have hoped for - he turned Cardiff and Bristol down and is reputedly getting £10K a week as well as a sizeable signing on fee.
 

oakey

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #26
Keogh went to an average Champ club on more money ... Not the move he would have hoped for.
Cardiff and Bristol City were not prepared to pay more as they thought he wasn't worth it. He would have only been a squad player at Cardiff, not first choice.
 

We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #27
oakey said:
Keogh went to an average Champ club on more money ... Not the move he would have hoped for.
Cardiff and Bristol City were not prepared to pay more as they thought he wasn't worth it. He would have only been a squad player at Cardiff, not first choice.
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Keogh went to an average Champ club on more money and as captain, but what the hell has that got to do with Sammy not finding a club?

If you think Keogh and Crainie deserve a thread slating them then go start one. And yes I have a prejudice against Sammy. I watched him for two seasons and built an opinion of him first though. So you will find my prejudice is with good grounds.
 
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SonofErnie

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #28
Keogh and Cranie enhanced or maintained their reputations whilst at City. Clingan merely confirmed that he is a serial relegation candidate. He needs to accept that he is worth no more than 2 to 3k a week, then he will find a club willing to take him on. Personally I'm happy that the balance is shifting and that journeyman professionals can no longer fleece a string of clubs and their fans.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #29
oakey said:
Both Cranie and Keogh had to settle for a lesser move than they had hoped for and, I'm guessing, their agents promised. Sammy will be the same, but let's not let that stop us having a dig at Scapegoat Sammy and leaving Keogh and Cranie alone.
Prejudice confirmed.
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But Keogh and Cranie both played much better than Clingan last year

Keogh was player of the season and deserved to be playing at a higher level and we got a fee which softens the blow.

Also a lot of similar comments have been made about Cranie from myself and others about how he was another who had an overinflated opinion of what wage he should be payed
 

oakey

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #30
Don't see any difference myself. Players listen to their agents and try to get the best deal they can. Some are turning that into an opportunity to sneer at Sammy. No need for it, in my view.
No evidence that Sammy thinks himself any higher than any other player does, except in the minds of those that don't like him.
 

Grendel

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #31
oakey said:
Don't see any difference myself. Players listen to their agents and try to get the best deal they can. Some are turning that into an opportunity to sneer at Sammy. No need for it, in my view.
No evidence that Sammy thinks himself any higher than any other player does, except in the minds of those that don't like him.
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And every club in the championship as he is currently unemployed.
 

We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #32
Please explain to me then, why Sammy has left CCFC if, we offered him another contract (No evidence the we did) and is now struggling to get a club?

n.b. this has nothing to do with any other player in the footballing world.
 

oakey

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #33
No evidence that any of the players that left were even offered new contracts.
No evidence what wages they were offered or asked for or refused.
All is speculation, sprinkled with prejudice.
Note, dozens of players have no club yet and many will not until the transfer window closes.
FWIW I don't believe Sammy or Cranie were offered a contract for this season by SISU.
 

We'll_live_and_die

Super Moderator
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #34
oakey said:
No evidence that any of the players that left were even offered new contracts.
No evidence what wages they were offered or asked for or refused.
All is speculation, sprinkled with prejudice.
Note, dozens of players have no club yet and many will not until the transfer window closes.
FWIW I don't believe Sammy or Cranie were offered a contract for this season by SISU.
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And why is he struggling to find a club? Can't you answer a straight question without bringing others into it?
 

chiefdave

Well-Known Member
  • Aug 20, 2012
  • #35
I seem to recall their being an article in the telegraph late last season and it was noticable that they mentioned players who had been offered new contracts and Sammy wasn't on there. Seems a bit odd that he's not been linked with anyone which can only lead you to assume his agent is asking too much.
 
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