My Peterborough supporting mate is adamant they are signing O'Nien. It's a move that would make sense for him as only 40 mins up the A1M from where his friends and family live. Personally I'd like him to stay but I just want the club to have an answer now. It seems clear his heart is set elsewhere and if that's the case, we need to move on.
I get that but we need to get off to a fast start, having your squad sorted for pre season games, not playing catch up.
Someone on RTG claiming it will be announced later that Wyke, O’Nien and Hume are going to be released / have turned down contracts. Not arsed personally as none of them are irreplaceable. Would be nice to see a trickle of signings soon though. We always seem to leave it late.
this could tally with my mate saying O'Nien is going to sign for Peterbough. Reckons he's getting announced in the next day or so. I have no idea is he's full of ****e mind. He isn't about most things but we've never really spoken about football.
Things moving quickly this morning. So according to the Peterbough news story, the below means O'Nien WON'T sign for Peterborough. I still think he'll go to Luton
They must have been offered better deals elsewhere, not looking good if only 1 of 4 players we wanted to keep out of the 10 who's contracts were up decided to stay
club needs a statement signing pretty soon. We are down to 13 first team players, one of them is Grigg and one of them is an out-for-the-season Willis, and apart from McGeady none of them scream promotion candidates to me. If we want to sign the better players they need to be able to look at the squad and think they have a good chance of promotion. I'm not sure they can do that right now.
I think I would be a bit gutted if O'Nien went. The other 2 i dont care about. I just like his work rate, versatility and enthusiasm. He seemed to 'get' the club. Not sure we can find anyone better than him in league 1 in respect of the attributes I've mentioned.
We have signed a load of u23s, meaning I am sure that Younger, Hawkes, Neil are now first team squad members. I will look forward to watching those lads.
Agree, only the 2nd July but pre-season is nearly upon us, we play Spennymoor tomorrow - probably with a lot of U23 - but the McGeady signing isn't nearly enough...
Well I think the opposite and his agent will be looking for his cut, a move being in the agent's best interests
Maybe I should of said If he wants us that much he would of signed However his agent is most likely wanting more money for him and himself It’s all just speculation
That move wouldn't make sense to me, other than geographically as you've said. Imo, Peterborough spend wisely, they won't throw money around, and as a result, are more likely to come straight back down than we are to go up. So, he could be back to square one this time next year with a smaller club than he's at now. If someone like Watford or Luton (also not too far from his family) came calling, then he'd have a choice to make, but not Posh.
I understand what you're saying, but even if Posh go down he'll see it as a year to prove himself in the Championship. He's what 27 years old? He's running out of chances. In a couple of years he will be too old to be given a chance up there. So for him, if he wants to progress as high up as possible, it would make sense to move to a championship club and get a year of championship football under his belt.
His best bet would be to sign a 4 year deal with us,get into the Championship and be playing at the top end of it,even an eye on the PL by the time his contract is up. If he goes to Posh,he'll be playing in a struggling team for a season,staring at relegation and will be looking at another move at least if he wants to continue to play at a higher level.
