Pritchard

My only agenda is Sunderland being the best they can be.

 

I think we have the right plan in place to get there, therell be bumps in the run for sure but i truly believe slow n steady will get us there

Thats why im not overly fussed with Pritchard going, he wouldnt get us over the line this season so giving minutes to younger lads who might be able to do that nxt yr is a good thing

 

How this has happened to our inform player
Beggars belief if a player refuses to play there is more too it than we will ever know
He’s made his bed now and I’m hoping we cash in on him in the next few day
However if he stays I can’t see him playing another game
Since he has refused to play can we hold back his wages

 

I don't think he'll be a huge loss.

However, if you're thinking of coming to play here, the fact that one of the players already here has refused to play, that might make you think a bit harder about what you may be walking into.

 

Yeah

 

IMO the club have no option but to withhold his wages.

Otherwise it sets a precedent that any player can just refuse to play or train and sit on the beach being paid.

Pritchard has made a massive mistake.

 

It wont mate, itll honestly look worse on him. When building scouting reports you look for red flags like this- whether hes in the right or wrong.

We have a pretty good reputation now in scouting circles as a place where players want to come.

As mentioned preciously if it happened with multiple players then it might but not with one player refusing to play

 

He sure has made a massive mistake
If we dont sell him he’s knackered isn’t he
We loose a player and save his wages
While he rots

 

A 'bit player' under three subsequent Sunderland managers won't make the slightest dent in our reputation.

If it was Dan Neil or Clarke refusing to play my eyebrow might raise ...

... as it is I'm more interested in whether Rigg gets on the pitch at Boro.

 

Players on the outside will look at how we have looked after Jordan Willis and Corry Evans by giving them new deals despite having bad injuries. They will look at how we have rejuvenated the careers of players like Clarke and Roberts. They will look at how we have been open and honest with players such as Batth, Gooch and Flanagan about their contracts and how they might not feature as much if they stay. They will look at how we pluck players from relative obscurity and give them a chance to shine, like Stewart. They will look at how we seem happy to allow players to move forward in their careers, as long as we are fairly compensated, like Stewart and Clarke. Players will look at all the players we have rewarded with new contracts over the last 18 months, some of them had 2+ years left yet we still offered them more.

They will not look at what a player with a history of downing tools and having a bad attitude says about his situation at the club.

 

Good post marra

 

No offence mate, but I can only agree with the bits that are in bold.

 

Yeah I agree good post

 

However, if you're thinking of coming to play here, the fact that one of the players already here has refused to play, that might make you think a bit harder about what you may be walking into.[/QUOTE]

If the club bend over backwards for one player who’s took the huff, that sends a message that the club are a soft touch that will be dictated to and held over a barrel. It might make players, especially the younger lads and their agents realise that we won’t have the piss taken out of us like we have for years previous to this regime. I’d rather we have players who accept the club comes first than players who reckon they’re too big to be here like we have had to put up with in the past.

 

Hats off, that's the best post I've read on this thread.

 

No.
But it seems a bit rich to complain if a Player wants to end his contract early, yet think that it is OK if A Club does the same thing.

As for Mr Mowbray, he seems to me to be the sort who would rather hae seen the job through to the end of his contract than to be paid the remainder of his contract and be shoved out.

 

A club can't do that.

 

Exactly. A contract is binding on both part.

 

Good question, you'd think a footballer refusing to play would be a clear breach of contract but it doesn't seem to be the case like it would in (every?) other industry. It's like every footballer has a clause in their contract which states that they can do whatever they **** they want and still get paid.

 

M8 what’s your problem with the club you’ve gone from manager to the Pritchard situation with your big ****ty stick to beat the club do you even attend any more or just moan from afar