Pritchard

[Scout73]

That's not the situation as far as we know it though. It's different if the company is actively trying to manage that person out of the door and you know they'll ditch you as soon as it's convenient to them, contract or not.

Would you say that there's no doubt at all that the club are completely blameless in this? After the last six weeks?

I know i said i wouldnt comment but cant help it!!!

Whats the last 6 weeks got to do with Pritchards contract?

The following all signed contracts easy enough:
Hume
Ballard
Cirkin
Patterson
O9
Roberts
Neil

So the club has proven they treat players well that most will sign a new deal

They then were honest with batth n gooch to say we wont be offering you contracts so if you want to look for new clubs you can. They could have easily kept both till end of their contracts but allowed them to go to clubs where they stand a better chance of playing

This club extended jordan willis' contract after he suffered a really bad injury knowing he wouldnt play again for us

They allowed flanagan to move when he wanted despite it leaving us short at cb

Pritchard asked to leave in the summer and the club allowed him to try n find a team

So you can go on about last 6 weeks, this is a club that cares about their players but they also care about the club

You have your opinion solely based on what has happened in the last 6 weeks, you arent happy with the club for various reasons so you now think its acceptable for a player to refuse to play for us

I have seen so many comments on here since the end of last yr saying the owners dont get the club, beale doesnt get the club and that Speakman doesnt get the club - yet a player refuses to play for us and those same people actually stick up for him

 

[TopCat.]

I don't see that the club has done anything wrong. At the start of this season they informed him there would be no new contract. He was welcome to stay, but if there were opportunities elsewhere then the club wouldn't stand in his way.

Maybe there were other factors at play, maybe Pritchard felt wronged or unloved, but technically the club has acted quite professionally and compassionately.

Pritchard's recent performances have caused a re-think and the club have offered him an extra year on the same terms (or so we are led to believe). Pritch has better offers elsewhere, so is within his rights to turn down the deal.

I have no problems at all with the club OR Pritch at this stage.

What is unforgiveable is for Pritchard to refuse to play for the club. He signed a contract to end of June 2024 and he should honour it.

People saying he has been "treated badly" by the club need to look at this objectively - the club is not obliged to want to keep him, nor to offer him a pay rise/long contract. Make no mistake, if he'd been on sparkling form and Brighton/Brentford came in for him, offering £40k a week he wouldn't look back. There would be scorch marks from his tyres in the car park.

Maybe Pritch is an emotional person and this offer has upset/angered him, but you act professionally and you honour the contract you've signed. I really hope the club are withholding his wages for every week he refuses to play. This isn't the first club he's left under a cloud which says as much about him as it does about the club.

 

[Smug in Boots]

Refusing to play has nothing to do with a healthy club or not, it's a players bad attitude

There are hundreds of players at dozens of clubs much worse than SAFC.

Those players don't just announce they're not playing any more.

There's absolutely no defence for him whatsoever.

The club should stop paying his contract whether he goes elsewhere or not.

 

[Sour Patch]

That's not the situation as far as we know it though. It's different if the company is actively trying to manage that person out of the door and you know they'll ditch you as soon as it's convenient to them, contract or not.

Would you say that there's no doubt at all that the club are completely blameless in this? After the last six weeks?

Explain how the club has messed him around please. Everything I have seen from actual reporting to forum rumours are very normal things that happen at every club across the world. He doesn't deserve a longer contract, he doesn't deserve a pay rise so if he can find it elsewhere then go do it. Give me one factual piece of evidence that suggests we have messed him around.

 

[TopCat.]

There are hundreds of players at dozens of clubs much worse than SAFC.

Those players don't announce they're not playing any more.

There's absolutely no defence for him whatsoever.

The club should stop paying his contract whether he goes elsewhere or not.

I'd stick him in the u21s and pick him in the u21 team every week. He gets fined a week's wages for every u21 game he refuses to play in. I absolutely would NOT be selling him to a Championship rival this week.

 

[Sour Patch]

Let him go to Turkey to play infront of 3000 fans. Do not sell him to anywhere in England. I want members of the squad turning on him. Don't let him in the training ground.

He has history of this kind of behaviour. People backing Pritchard over the club baffle me but nothing surprises me with this fanbase anymore.

 

[Sour Patch]

Feel like I'm overloading this thread now so this is my last post on this situation. Speakman hasn't been proven wrong by ANY outgoing player since he has been here. Food for thought.

 

[samwise_new]

while we most likely will never know the full/true story, simply refusing to do your job is a complete 'no-no' whatever your proffesion.

what we seem to know is three players were told, well in advance, that they would not be offered new contracts when the existing one finished, two of those found clubs and the other one did not find a club or no club came in for him, it appears he wanted to stay here...think that pretty much sums up the little we heard.

currently, it seems a new contract has been offered (and accepted we were told) but there also seem to be things that no one is sure about, mainly that this contract was altered and that is what kicked this off...i am not sure if a club can actually do that on an agreed contract, but if true then it would be a very unprofessional move.

i like pritchard as i feel he is one of those players always trying to create and when he is 'on it' he is a joy to watch, he was/is very unlikely to be on his best every game otherwise he would be still in the premier, surely though, the correct procedure would have been to hand in a transfer request and continue giving his all for the club currently paying the wages...packing his bags and walking out is, again, a very unprofessional move.

i believe there are two sides to this (as always) and the only thing we know for sure is that he walked out which makes him the 'guilty party', unless we hear all truths then that is the only one to go off, either way, dropping his bosses, his mates, the fans in the sh1te means i am happy to see the back of him.

 

[John Wick]

He **** on every one of us refusing to play for our club.

It is utterly indefensible.

He has the stamina of a pigeon and has never been a starter. His corners and dead balls hit the first man 90% of time.

Some great vision and a good dig in him for sure and when he is good he does have a bit of magic, but it’s never been close to consistent.

He can **** clean off. That’s my last word on it.

Genuinely laughed at "Clean" lol

 

[Smug in Boots]

I'd stick him in the u21s and pick him in the u21 team every week. He gets fined a week's wages for every u21 game he refuses to play in. I absolutely would NOT be selling him to a Championship rival this week.

He's refused to play, why would we pay him?

Serious question because I don't know.

BTW I couldn't make sense of most comments, because I have one poster on ignore ...

... so I showed 'ignored content' and reminded myself why he's on ignore.

Obviously worked in some minor management position and believes his 'business knowledge' gives him a greater understanding than the rest of us plebs

 

[The Exile II]

He's refused to play, why would we pay him?

Serious question because I don't know.

BTW I couldn't make sense of most comments, because I have one poster on ignore ...

... so I showed 'ignored content' and reminded myself why he's on ignore.

Obviously worked in some minor management position and believes his 'business knowledge' gives him a greater understanding than the rest of us plebs

You can talk directly to me any time you like.

However that tends to involve you calling me every name under the sun and then flouncing off when you get anything back.

Any time you like, Mister Tickets.

 

[Smug in Boots]

You can talk directly to me any time you like.

However that tends to involve you calling me every name under the sun and then flouncing off when you get anything back.

Any time you like, Mister Tickets.

Thanks but I'd rather ignore you because of how joyless, whingey and boring you are.

Yes I help lots of people with tickets ...

... something you'll never need as you never actually go.

You've really showed yersel up on this thread, best off sticking to licking Boris Johnson's bumhole ... leave the football to people who care.

 

[Nads]

 

[Jarca]

Thanks but I'd rather ignore you because of how joyless, whingey and boring you are.

Yes I help lots of people with tickets ...

... something you'll never need as you never actually go.

You've really showed yersel up on this thread, best off sticking to licking Boris Johnson's bumhole ... leave the football to people who care.

Tories are only every bothered about themselves they don't think they need to help anyone else mate.

 

[The Exile II]

Thanks but I'd rather ignore you because of how joyless, whingey and boring you are.

Yes I help lots of people with tickets ...

... something you'll never need as you never actually go.

You've really showed yersel up on this thread, best off sticking to licking Boris Johnson's bumhole ... leave the football to people who care.

Interesting. Another poster got absolute pelters for suggesting that people who don't go don't care.

Maybe it's a case of leaving the thinking to people who can. Concentrate on falling out with other posters, which you seem to do every week.

 

[David Moyes' Stupid Face]

That's not the situation as far as we know it though. It's different if the company is actively trying to manage that person out of the door and you know they'll ditch you as soon as it's convenient to them, contract or not.

Would you say that there's no doubt at all that the club are completely blameless in this? After the last six weeks?

I'm not really sure how you quantify "blame" in this context... I don't really see how it can be the club's "fault" that Pritch decided to stick two fingers up to the team and the fans, at the end of the day he's the one who made that decision.

Even if the club had offered a higher wage on better terms then changed their mind and withdrawn it... they're perfectly within their rights to do that? If they haven't breached contract law then it's just tough luck, imo. Still doesn't give Pritchard free reign to break the contract which he is currently bound to, which he agreed and signed in full knowledge of the terms.

 

[DH4]

I'm not really sure how you quantify "blame" in this context... I don't really see how it can be the club's "fault" that Pritch decided to stick two fingers up to the team and the fans, at the end of the day he's the one who made that decision.

Even if the club had offered a higher wage on better terms then changed their mind and withdrawn it... they're perfectly within their rights to do that? If they haven't breached contract law then it's just tough luck, imo. Still doesn't give Pritchard free reign to break the contract which he is currently bound to, which he agreed and signed in full knowledge of the terms.

We stopped paying Dodjibodi and N'dung when they refused to play then sacked them. Think that is what Pritchard wants us to do so he can get a "free" transfer and thus higher wages. **** him in that case. Let him rot for 6 months with no wages.

 

[Smug in Boots]

Interesting.

Another poster got absolute pelters for suggesting that people who don't go don't care.

Maybe it's a case of leaving the thinking to people who can. Concentrate on falling out with other posters, which you seem to do every week.

Totally different situation, you're just desperately grasping at straws because you don't have a decent answer.

You could easily go to games but you're just not interested, you rarely post about Sunderland unless it's to criticise as you're doing now.

You only post, on here, because you're sat at home watching the clock tick away ...

... if you stopped posting tonight no one would care whereas, in your tiny mind, you think you matter.

You don't, try it for the six months of your hero's contract and see if people ask where you are

 

[BRMC]

Stats since Pritchard has been with us.

Pritchard has played 104 games, scored 9 goals and assisted 21 and the while being on set plays when he's featured.

Dan Neil playing deeper has played 114, scored 9 and assisted 14 without being on any set plays.

And I'm told Pritchard is our best attacking player behind Clarke lol this is why he didn't get a contract offer in the summer.

 

[The Exile II]

Totally different situation, you're just desperately grasping at straws because you don't have a decent answer.

You could easily go to games but you're just not interested, you rarely post about Sunderland unless it's to criticise as you're doing now.

You only post, on here, because you're sat at home watching the clock tick away ...

... if you stopped posting tonight no one would care whereas, in your tiny mind, you think you matter.

You don't, try it for the six months of your hero's contract and see if people ask where you are

Of course it's different. He was asking a question and you're using it to try to make yourself feel superior. Your MO all over.

How would you know how often I post? Haven't you had me on ignore for years? Since you took the huff after getting a bit of comeback after you'd been angry enough to get yourself a ban for calling me names?

I thought Johnson was my hero? Make your mind up.

If you stopped posting tonight there'd be a lot less conflict on here.

Mister Ticket. First name Workie.