Hill says he has no immediate plans to talk contracts with Steele and Davies. "we're concentrating on the here and now" according to Paul walker on. Twitter
I don't think he has any responsibility to discuss contracts anyway. He's already said he's made his recommendations, his conscience is clear. Come on Don/Bazza, for f.ck sake.
This is worrying considering that we're about six weeks away from the transfer window opening. We should be busting a gut to get these two signed on longer contracts.
Weird thing for Keith to say because we are a few weeks away from losing two of our best players on the cheap in January, so i'd say their contract situations was the here and now.
I just think there are things you say and there are things you mean. I'm sure Davies has been contacted. Where as Steele not.
I also think its clear we dont think we can keep Davies. He'll be playing for Wolves/Birmingham in 2013.
The club said they had made contact with the players agents about 4 weeks ago.Maybe in depth discussions are on hold until January to see where the club are heading.It's quite possible this suits all parties. Coming back from Hull a few weeks back Steve Bruce was asked about 8 players who's contracts were coming to an end and he replied nothing will be negotiated until January.There's probably no panic behind the scenes but fans get worried because they aren't in the "loop"
We've not got Hull's money. They're probably confident that nearly all their new players will sign contracts.
keith stop being a morngy git and comments like that just make you look silly. We understand you were planning for the future but it has to be a balancing act. Davies and Steele are important players and need to be signed back up if we are serious about staying in the championship.
I think what I was saying is there's daily things going off behind the scenes that we don't get to hear about and players contracts are possibly are one of them.Don't forget contracts are a two way thing and players carry all the power.Lets wait and see where this goes.
So if you are the agent of a player who's contract ends in seven months, and not unnaturally, you think that the player is worth more than the club were paying him, would you: a. Advise him to sign the first contract that is put in front of him b. Advise him to sign the contract if it has an increase equivalent to the rate of inflation or c. Advise him to wait until June and compare the offer he gets from his current club with what other offers he gets. If you are the contracts negotiator at a football club would you a. Inform supporters of every contract offer you make to a player, and also the players response or b. Inform supporter only when contract negotiations are completed and the player has either signed a new contract of has left the club. If you are a supporter, what level of information do you expect from the club a. Every piece of information known about everything happening both on the field and off. b. All the decisions that have been taken, but not the opinions that resulted in the decisions c. The team sheet, 30 minutes before kick off. Your answers to these questions will determine whether you are likely to be satisfied with the level of information provided by the club, and whether your expectations are reasonable.
I think it is when it comes to the media. Now I just take what he says about transfers/players etc with a pinch of salt.
That's probably 'cos he knows they will be jumping ship, 'cos no matter how much he wants them to stay, it all comes down to wages, we offer 'em a new contract on say two/three grand a week, another club comes along and offers 'em eight/ten grand a week, game over
Through the media is the only way fans ever hear him, so if he is talking ****** all the time he might as well just stop. I would rather that than be patronised and lied to. Not that I do listen to his interviews much, I try not to listen to any football interviews, can't think of much else that bores me more. All the talk in the world doesn't change how we perform. I find there isn't enough honesty in the words used in most interviews.
