Hecky Statement

Agreed. Chump of the year.

 

Mr aylott. Great post! Sums up my feelings perfectly.

 

Abso bloody lootly!

 

I don't know about the other clubs you mention , but the Bree deal looks at least as good as the Lansbury one at Forest . Lansbury is a decent quality player with a big reputation ( not necessarily deserved IMO ) , that gives him an already perceived higher value ....we have allegedly got £1.25 -£1.5m (plus a decent sell on clause if he makes it big ) more for a relatively unproven and slightly injury prone full back ...good business for me . As for Winnall...I like Sam more than many on here seem to do , but if it's the £750 k figure it is a little disappointing , if it's the £1.6 m it's not too bad at all , my guess is that Sam will not be changing hands again for a great deal more than that , if indeed that much , in the future .

 

Thank you sir, you're welcome.

 

Hecky, he's good inni?

Great words.

 

Enjoyed that - very good statement. This line made me laugh though: 'We’ve lost a midfielder in Sam Morsy and a defender in James Bree this week'. I did wonder if Hecky would release something yesterday to cover up for the 'We've lost a midefielder already this week' gaff that mysteriously disappeared from the website. It seems a bit of a coincidence to specifically name the positions and players after the hoo har earlier.

 

That's why a statement was pushed out late in the day. To try and dampen things and cover up the article fiasco.

I'd rather he'd channelled his efforts elsewhere than having to calm people having hissy fits to be honest, but appreciate the intent.

Funny though isn't it.... could you imagine the reaction if that had been penned for Keith Hill?

Over achieving.... get new heroes.... telling us we have to sell our players and can't compete.... how very dare he ;-)

Barnsley fans can be a parochial bunch

 

£1.5m is ****. We'd have got more for Bree at a tribunal than Forest would get for Lansbury.

 

Absolutely spot on. I expected that Winnall would have been moved out after Bradshaw arrived. I never expected him to have the season he had.

Okay, Houriane we all knew would make the step up but Houriane ruled out further contract talks - the club couldn't force him to.

Bree - well, he played less than half our games in League One last year and in some of those he was pretty inconsistent. He's been fantastic this year, superb. It's no coincidence that we turned round the poor streak when Bree replaced Kpekawa - but how many can honestly say that at the start of the season they expected James Bree to be an integral part of our season? I certainly didn't!

I'm sure lessons will be learned from this saga but lets face it - if we'd had these lads on longer contracts the only thing different would be the size of the fee. It wouldn't have stopped them going - years on a contract is just a number - not a shackle.

 

Read it again... £1.25 m-£1.5m..... more .....than Lansbury , according to the figures being bandied about yesterday .

 

You clearly don't get me. The option is written into the contract when they initially sign.
That way, if we can't / don't want to extend we are no worse off. Player gets more money for extended period & we can sell at a much better price.
It's a totally legal way to do business, as there is consideration in the increased fee for the extension.
If we'd done this I reckon we may have been at least £10 million better off by the end of the transfer window...
Ah hum. #teamslikebarnsleygetshaftedagain