Not seen it stipulated anywhere but it won't be much in the grand scheme of things. Certainly won't be deep into seven figures as suggested
Referring to the negotiations during the presser, McNally made a point of saying that Hamilton were as tough off the field as they were on it, so my guess would be more like a million.
The most money they've ever received was around £1m I think (that's what I'd read somewhere, might not be right) and he was only on a rolling contract. Really won't have been much. A million will have been the absolute most I imagine
It will be the price of the remainder of his contract plus a little to help get it over the line. Essentially we've paid them compensation for the breach of contract, etc. Offering to play them in a pre-season friendly also counts as part of it. I've absolutey no idea how much he was on at Hamilton. £100kpa? Can't be much more than that. So times it by about 3 and add a little. Just seen he was on a rolling contract. So it will be whatever his salary was plus some more depending on how generous/desperate we were. I suspect we were prepared to offer a significant sum, but I can't see it even being quite as high as £500k.
I meant we didn't pay Adams off which I thought was obvious re the July comment but it's too confusing with all these Neils about
Probably best if we refer to them as 'Neyul' and 'Neil' respectively so to avoid any further foncusion
Oh I see , initialling them doesn't help much either i have taken to using "the new guy" which sounds like i don't know Neil's name Alex not Neil's
I suspect that as part of the acceptance of Adams' resignation there was some sort of compensation. He was basically fired after all.
Quote from today's EDP - “I said to them in the changing room it was their work ethic which got them the result,” he said. “The quality is always there but are you prepared to work? Are you prepared to dig in and fight for each other and make sure you do the right things at the right time, clearing balls and putting your head in where it hurts. Really anything it takes to make sure you are not going to be beat. That is the big thing and I thought the lads showed that, which is really important to me, because the quality is not in question. “We have good players, no question about that. They had to dig in and that speaks volumes. It is important. “You have to have that to be a successful side and then we have that wee bit of quality as well, with Cam (Jerome) popping up with a fantastic goal. We know we have that potency up top.” I think if the players 'buy in' to what AN is saying, we'll see much better performances!!
I'd assume there was compensation whether monetary or just a good job who knows, even if it was money I suspect it'd be little more than his current wages until July. We'll never know I'm sure
I don't care if he has - especially if we go an unbeaten run such as you've been on!!! I thought CM was very lucky with his goal against you on Saturday, but I guess that's the rub of the green!!!
Wasn't a criticism or WUM just that snippet does sound very Mick like........ Hopefully it was just a stumble and we keep on running......Saturday could have gone either way...unfortunately it went the wrong way....
Transfermarkt isn't perhaps the most reliable source, but they reckon Hamilton have received a little over £900k in transfer fees this season, which has come from 3 departures including Neil. The others left on free transfers, so that might be a ballpark figure? No idea how transfermarkt got that number though.
Big Micks Colouring Book of Farmyard Animals. Not bloody likely, he strikes me more as someone who wants to learn.
Interesting quote from AN on today's EDP website and promises REAL hope for the future - “If you look at it some of the poorer results have been at home where you are dominating and the opposition pick you off at the other end. We need to get rid of that fear factor because in those second-half spells we didn’t seem to have that resilience which was disappointing.” Neil insists the answer lies on the training fields at Colney rather than Carrow Road. “We can work on that and make it better and make sure we are nice and compact,” he said. “Certainly when you are leading the game there is no need for us to be as open as we were. In terms of starting positions, if we are attacking down one side we have to make sure we are set-up at the back, because I know we have been hurt on the counter-attack this season. “It’s about making sure we are in the right areas if the ball breaks out so we are picking it up in a good part of the pitch to launch a sustained attack.” Full article here - http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwic...ls_his_top_priority_at_norwich_city_1_3923054
I saw that as well, JR. Making that top priority is certainly right. I thought Phelan was helping in that regard but it'll be interesting to see how that goes in the coming matches.
Apparently Phelan's just left. No great surprise, and better he goes now than causes issue behind the scenes.
Good to know that AN has quickly recognised what appears the main 'transition' issue that Norwich have struggled with all season. Very interesting to see how the balance of fluent attacking with solid defending will evolve. First casualties may be our full backs, who have struggled in their defensive channels to pick up their men fast enough when we concede possession. Martin and Garrido to replace Whit's and Olsson for a while? Read today that Villa have only scored 97 goals in 98 games under Lambert. I doubt that would please many at Carrow Rd.
