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A fan on Facebook is claiming he spoke to Snodgrass this morning at training and Snoddy said he doesn't really want to leave (the fans being one reason because of the support we've given him) but feels like the club leave him with no choice because he needs to protect his family financially (this'll have been before Boro's bid came out - which suggests he doesn't want to go to Burnley regardless). He apparently asked for 1.5 years more than what the club offered.

Obviously this could all be hearsay but thought it was worth passing it on for anybody who hadn't see that on FB.
The club offered 3. No way should we be giving 4 n half year deals to a bloke who's had a bad knee injury.
 
Is there a parallel with 2009/10 and us turning down 5 million for Hunt from relegation rivals Wolves?

We turned it down then and Hunt got injured not long after - we went down and got considerably less in the summer.

This time we're accepting the bid ... Snodgrass gets injured not long after - we stay up after getting considerably more for him in January than we would in the summer.

This is the straw that I might cling to.
 
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I'd suggest right off the bat that it's bollocks because it would mean either we offered him a contract until January one season or he asked for a contract until January.

And two because he just wouldn't make any comments like that to a fan.

Signing a contract in January would take him to a summer.

Normally I'd agree with you on point two but have you met Snoddy? He's really down to earth and seems to ignore all media training. It's not as though he was leaking Thursday's tactics or our transfer targets.
 
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There's a lot of sense not giving long term contracts to some players
What the club don't seem to be doing is consistently trying to improve the team by buying better players to put in the first team ahead of other players who are squad players and then moving them on at the right time
We seem to sell players and then desperately try to fill the void
I'm not saying it is easy but we seem to make it as hard as possible
 
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Signing a contract in January would take him to a summer.

Normally I'd agree with you on point two but have you met Snoddy? He's really down to earth and seems to ignore all media training. It's not as though he was leaking Thursday's tactics or our transfer targets.

If he wanted an extra 1.5 years it means either we offered him a contract until January or he asked for a contract til January. Think about it.
 
If one of our best players has two years left on his contract we should be offering him a small pay rise with an extra year on his contract
instead what we do is keep his wages as low as possible and then panic as his contract runs down
 
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A fan on Facebook is claiming he spoke to Snodgrass this morning at training and Snoddy said he doesn't really want to leave (the fans being one reason because of the support we've given him) but feels like the club leave him with no choice because he needs to protect his family financially (this'll have been before Boro's bid came out - which suggests he doesn't want to go to Burnley regardless). He apparently asked for 1.5 years more than what the club offered.

Obviously this could all be hearsay but thought it was worth passing it on for anybody who hadn't see that on FB.

He's getting plenty of money already to 'protect' his family. They must have expensive lifestyles.
 
Talking about unforgivable please dont tar Boro with the same brush as Hull
Were buying players that can make a difference to survival, You thick cu nts are selling them<doh>

That will make a massive difference as the season approaches the end i have no doubt

Didn't realised the season finished today ******. Mind the gap.
 
It gets boring listening to people ****ing over players they not heard about a month ago whilst at the same time being dismissive over the contributions made by others who have foolishly been moved on.
I see both sides Ben but until that transfer window closes then we have to see how this unfolds. Some of the responses are laughable! There is a chance in all this that it's simply a case of
MS doesn't want Snodgrass or Snodgrass could be forcing this! If he is then get rid as we don't need players who aren't up to the fight
 
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