And a month on, having lost 2 players (plus George himself), and with a long list of those out of contract in the summer, he's kinda looking right!
In my view, even if the whole squad walk out tomorrow due to contract problems, he was still wrong to say what he did. It was none of his business and it unsettled the club at a key stage in the season.
Why do people keep mentioning Richards?the club was always going to be unsettled after that game anyway regardless of if he said it or not - savage chucks his shirt into the crowd, thats one key player gone. richards back to ipswich, and nobody knew at that time if he would return. two key players gone. o'callaghan not knowing if he was coming or going. three key players gone. then factor in the fact that, six months after being offered a deal, club captain hammond has not been signed a contract, so it looks like four key players gone, and i think that is pretty unsettling in itself
not to mention the fact that, if he was speaking for the dressing room, then they would have been unsettled already. all o'callaghan did was put it into the public domain what the players were feeling
not sure about the last part to be honest, but i agree with the principle. four key players have not signed. two at the most and you could blame the agents, but when it is four then there is something more to it
You got that right - we seem to offer contracts to those who are injured and would have been released by any other club.
The money we saved on letting BAS, George and Bertin go, has that gone to cover the contracts given in the past to Mayo, Hart, Blackwell, Oatway, Kitson etc etc. The last three players hardly kicking a ball between them, infact anyone know how many minutes these three made in their last season with us?