Been informed McShane hasn't been offered a new deal and 4 clubs have already made contact with him. Gutted,
Yeah but Alex can play as a competent midfielder as well...That would be absolutely ****ing ridiculous. If genuinely good players like Rosey and McShane get sent packing whilst junior gets a new deal, it's undeniable nepotism and Bruce senior has to leave.
All those banging on about Lenihan, I don't know how anyone can judge his value to the team, we've never seen him play and all we can judge him on is his struggle to get into the worst team the second tier has seen in a long time before getting injured. What are these opinions of him based on?
I know you are saying that with your embittered anti- Allam, anti- Bruce, hat on, but, if true, then it will be a good deal. With Dawson, Maguire, Bruce and Davies we have an excellent Championship nucleus there.I suspect Bruce jnr is now the only one we can be confident will be offered a new deal.
We have so many defensive players that it's a shame that some decent larkers like Mcshane and Rosy are on their way out but with the likes of Maguire, Lenihan and Townsend ready for next season you can see why unfortunately one or 2 fan favourites will be going. I reckon Bruce Jr might be off too after thinking about it, he's the wrong age for a player not guaranteed to start. If both the Bruces go I wish them well too, I appreciate what they both have done for us. It's the midfield dicks Livermore/Huddlestone/McGregor who have seen us relegated this year, they are the ones with supposed quality on big wages/signed for big money, Meyler/Quinn can't be blamed, utility players.
I know you are saying that with your embittered anti- Allam, anti- Bruce, hat on, but, if true, then it will be a good deal. With Dawson, Maguire, Bruce and Davies we have an excellent Championship nucleus there.
McShane is better than Bruce junior - but more expensive.
Not a chance of that happening.Don't be surprised if McShane ends up at Burnley on less money than we're paying junior.
Not a chance of that happening.
Macca won't be going anywhere, it just wouldn't make sense.
Mcgregor is another one arguably though I stood up for him mostly. Loads of our players let us down this year, that's why I have sympathy for Bruce sr, even if he himself admitted he had made critical mistakes. The bottom line is if the players had played to their potential we would still be up, they didn't so we are down, we were down after the Burnley match.Apologies, I don't like to edit people's work but...
Edit: McGregor's isn't midfield I know. I just hate the ****.
They're both out of contract, how can one be cheaper than the other?
I don't see why not. McShane seems the sort of person that would take a pay cut to play football regularly. I think he's just the type of person Burnley want. Somebody that puts in 100% every match.
It's not rocket science - McShane is on a bigger salary than Bruce and from past experience with us will not accept any reduction. Last time we got relegated and faced financial ruin he made sure he got his full salary. Now don't get me wrong, I like McShane as a footballer, but I won't lose any sleep if he were to leave- we have got plenty of excellent and cheaper cover defensively.Yeah, he's talking bollocks there.