Thomson to St Mirren

[Da Man Clay]

But did Dean sign Dixon or was it Dick ?

Who knows. Don't particularly care either way to be honest, whichever way you look at it its a cock up by the club. Whether its Wilkins or Knight isn't really that relevant IMO.

 

[m20gull]

Do you think getting a player for an undisclosed fee and selling for free is good business then ?

If the alternative is to keep paying him to warm the bench until someone is prepared to pay a fee for him then a free is good business, with or without a sell-on deal.

 

[Dizzle.]

Midfielder Steve Thomson today completes his move to St Mirren on what is a free transfer but with fees payable if he helps the Paisley club to success or is sold.

From the Argus.

 

[Exiled in Exeter]

Do we get any cash if he repeats this feat?
BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | St Mirren | MacPherson award for historic run

Never really noticed Thomson – he didn’t do a lot right or wrong. Should think we can replace him in the side without that much trouble.

 

[Seagull73]

If he's as shit as most people seem to think he is, why are we crowing about getting a fee for him?

Oh, and for the record, he was free when he came.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I still believe the fee is undisclosed rather than purely a free transfer as there are clauses in his new contract with St Mirren that could trigger payments to the Albion such as them winning silverware and thus qualifying for Europe. No money has changed hands so Falkirk get nothing from their sell on clause from when he joined us. A free transfer is when a player leaves a club and there is no longer any potential financial connection.

This is about th third time on this thread, that this mistake has been made - if you owe a club a 20% sell on, then you pay them 20% of any money [or sometimes any PROFIT] you make from selling the player. Whether you get this cash up front, or through additional clauses, is irrelevant.

Otherwise it would be constantly fiddled to con the earlier club.

eg; Club 1 sells to Club 2 for £100k, plus a 20% sell-on.
When Club 2 sells to Club 3 for £600k, Club 1 should be due a further £100k [20% of Club 2's profit].

SO, Club 2 says, "instead of £600k, how about we make it £100k, with an extra £450k when he's played 2 games"? Clubs 2 and 3 are £50k better off, and the little club is shafted.

 

[Da Man Clay]

Oh, and for the record, he was free when he came.

No he wasn't. He came for a "nominal" fee.

 

[Nemesis]

just don't like certain twats that run the show

That's hardly surprising-considering you are friends with Wilkins.

 

[bhadeb]

That's hardly surprising-considering you are friends with Wilkins.

Do you know me then and my friends - No - so that statement is wrong

 

[Lord Large]

This is terrible business. Paying money for someone and then letting them for for free having paid no small amount in wages during their stay.

I am not saying we should have demanded a fee because chances are we would not have got one anyway.

But, that does not mean this is anything other than a poor result for us financially.

 

[Nemesis]

Do you know me then and my friends - No - so that statement is wrong

I think you and I know the truth on this one "Big Deb".

 

[blockhseagull]

No he wasn't. He came for a "nominal" fee.

The club claim otherwise, say he came on free

 

[Nemesis]

This is terrible business. Paying money for someone and then letting them for for free having paid no small amount in wages during their stay.

We paid him while he was here and PLAYING for us-that's how it works. You work for somebody, you expect to get paid.

 

[O Lads]

But did Dean sign Dixon or was it Dick ?

What is it with people on here. Every good signing is down to the manager if you like him, if you don't like the manager it's 'a Barry Lloyd signing'. Or if you want to defend a certain manager his bad signings are by the chairman.

 

[Lord Large]

We paid him while he was here and PLAYING for us-that's how it works. You work for somebody, you expect to get paid.

You work for someone, you are expected to put in your best performance possible on a regular basis. That is how it works.

 

[Dave the OAP]

You work for someone, you are expected to put in your best performance possible on a regular basis. That is how it works.

maybe he did put in the best performances he could in a system that didn't suit him?

possibly