Colback

Vincemac said:
Sunderland Official Statement – June 2014:

“Jack is a player we have nurtured and developed through our academy system since he was eight years old.

“We gave him the opportunity to become a professional footballer and are therefore extremely disappointed in the events that have led to his departure from the club.

“This wasn’t about money – the club agreed to all of the terms demanded of us during discussions and we were always led to believe that Jack wanted to stay with us.

“At his and his representatives’ request, final talks were put on hold until the club secured its top flight status.

“To our dismay however, we were subsequently never given the chance to negotiate with him to stay.

“For him to then leave the club that has supported him throughout his formative years in such a manner, with no chance for Sunderland to recover any of the significant investment that it has made in him as a player, has left a bitter taste."

Yeh just posted this from 2014
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For this reason it is a No from me.

Like any business if you have invested time , energy and money into something you expect to see a return.

I'm sure Coleman can find better options than this
 
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Not a chance.
Ellis's statement, in an earlier post, gives a flavour of the irritation and betrayal that he felt at the time, and Ellis doesn't come across as the forgiving sort.

However, I do feel that Jack got a rough deal in terms of cash. He could and should have been offered an increase earlier.

All in all, though, everything has turned out well.
His form has gradually gone backwards and he has fallen out with his 'boyhood club' who have not even registered him as a squad player.
So he's training with their youth sides and getting £2mil a year for the pleasure.

What's not to like?
We who laugh last laugh longest.
 
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Canny Lad said:
For this reason it is a No from me.

Like any business if you have invested time , energy and money into something you expect to see a return.

I'm sure Coleman can find better options than this
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Me? I’m 42 mind but I can run lots (do marathons and the like) and pass a ball 3 yards and I don’t have ginger hair and I’m a SAFC fan. Surely I win on all counts!!!
 
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He did let us down badly, but I think after he sees out his time up the road he will, probably at a greatly reduced income, do a good job at some championship club, by that time we should be back in the premiership with the New Coleman's Army. <ok>
 
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clockstander said:
I was a fan of his, and disappointed when he left, to be fair he always put a shift in, for what its worth I thought he was better than Catts, but no way should we take him back, we would be fools to even contemplate it. Not even a swap for Rodders would tempt me tbh
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When I compared him as a poor man's Catts he was at the time. IMHO the current Catts is a poor man's Cattermole - still a massive liabilitey EDIT:eek:n the pitch though :emoticon-0148-yes:
Colback would never be accepted back in a meaningful way.
Never.
 
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clockstander said:
but I think after he sees out his time up the road he will, probably at a greatly reduced income, do a good job at some championship club, by that time we should be back in the premiership with the New Coleman's Army. <ok>
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That's what we thought after he was ****e in the Prem, that he'd be a solid championship player and find his level, but he was even worse in the championship...
 
Love the look on the Ginger Pirlo's face as the kiddy fiddler scored a late winner in the first derby after he went to the mags...
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