Driving home I hear about Mark Hudson on BBC London. It was about 'I want to play at the highest level possible', 'Want to win these last three games and then look at things', 'there will be a few players wanting to see about where they stand', 'I'm a Charlton player, but we'll have to see' blah blah blah and so on. The usual guff, I thought, from a player who wants out. The message I got (from the clip I heard) is he wants out immediately....so bye bye Mark. leaving aside any debate as to your merits as a footballer....Mr Club Captain!!...as far as I'm concerned it was not the 'I'm gutted and want to fight for my place in the team next season, and move heaven and earth to get success for the club who pay my wages, and with whom I still have (Two?) years left on my contract.'
Another mercenary footballer it seems to me, looking after number one (because a footballer has a short career....and has to milk it for everything while he can).
Bye Bye Mark...you have blown it for me...bring on Yodo Mambo or whoever....I suppose our agent turned CEO will be able to get a fee for you, I suppose, let him go to Pardews QPR for 2million.
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'Mark, Mark, you're a c**t'
Guildford-born Hudson, who has two years left on his contract, said: "From the start of next season it's important we start well. We need to sort out our managerial situation, and I hope Parky stays as he has experience of League One with Colchester United.
"He certainly did a good job with Colchester in that league and if you look at our recent performances, we've done very well and that's obviously testament to him and to the players. Hopefully we can keep him in charge, keep a lot of the players and try and get promoted at the first go.
"I'm a Charlton player and we will have to see what happens over the summer now.
"I'm a Charlton player and we will have to see what happens over the summer now. We'll see the club's position and I'm sure we'll all have individual chats with the manager. '
I will be the first to admit I have not hears the whole interview, but the message I'm getting is that he is, to say the least, fickle about staying.
That's why he's not coming out with the 'Charlton have been so good to me, there's nothing I'd like more than to get them back up' guff. He knows it woud be hypocritical.
Unless anyone else comes up with more money, he's going to be starting next season in a Cardiff shirt. There, another CL scoop!
Watch him tomorrow night. I'll wager he has his best game of the season as he knows they're ready to make an offer and will want to impress...
Not denying what you're saying, Seth ....... but in your own words, you only heard a clip.
Invariably, that doesn't give the full picture, or even the context - it's just usually a couple of minutes to fill a bit of spare airtime on the radio.
On the other hand, he's a commodity - he's bought and sold, traded if you like, same as metals or bags of rice, or at least his registration is.
But ... he knows he's going nowhere because he's under contract for 2 remaining years - unless another club put in a bid.
Then that bid has to meet Charlton's valuation of the player. And meet the player's approval for terms of contract.
So, it's not just that he wants out, regardless. But all the same, you still can't blame a player who wants to achieve the best he can for himself.
Put yourself in his shoes. If you were offered a promotion at work in a different department or headhunted by another company, and offered a better salary and a more prestigious position, would you turn it down .... ?
We are going to lose players over the summer and Hudson is likely to be one of them on his wages.
For what its worth I work with one of Nicky Baileys best mates and he genuinely wants to stay but appreciates it may be out of his control
You can take it as read there will be offers on the table for him - at least one to my very limited knowledge, so probably others,too.
That's fair enough, Nigel.
Personally, I don't expect him to be here at the beginning of next season, especially with wages, etc - so no doubt the club will be anxious to move him on, anyway.
And naturally he's going to want to do the best for himself - individually, don't we all want to do the best for ourselves?
Footballers won't be any different, they're not slaves or cattle.
Just a couple of minutes filler airtime on the radio though, doesn't give the full picture - and I feel we shouldn't judge his character on just that.
If you look at the first of my two postings, I actually said : ''I'm not going to condemn him for an interview I didn't hear but it's irrelevant, anyway, because he's going and he knows it.
Cheers, Nigel.
And you did say that, agreed.
Hudson was a seriously out of form footballer when Warnock got hold of him and gave him a role and some confidence, and at the first opportunity our captain jumped ship.
In truth I think Hudson and McCarthy are players of similiar ability and thats good at championship level.
And the only factor that makes one better than the other is who is managing them.
Hudson is nothing special and given that you need a united group for next season, I'd say he is one you can afford to lose.
With Hudson's wonderful decision making ability which has been shown time and again this season I think the board will have to sit up and take notice of this.
can't disagree with that.
think Hudson is a better player than McCarthorse but Paddy is a better charecter
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Soon though, this will be somebody elses problem.
Additionally, he can't run, he's too slow, he turns like the titanic, falls over too often ad infinitum. (Although he was our best player in the first 10 games this season IMO.) Dreadful after that.
NB He's no good as a captain as well. He's not a leader of men.
They say that about a lot of standard Championship centre backs, heard the same about McCarthy. It's not that much of a problem. Ward's not quick either. Murty at full back wasn't quick.
I thought Hudson was on around 12k pw. When he left Palace ol Colin Wanker said that they couldn't get near our offer and that he was more than doubling his Palace wages. As said even if he didn't want to go the Club would want him to go so can't be too critical when he knows that anyway.
where did this snippet of 'news' come from Nigel ?
Would like to see us sign Ward, would be on cheaper wages than Hudson.
I just hope Fortune decides he wants to stay on, although I fear he may be out of contract
but isn't Ward automatically getting a rise due to Wolves promotion? Ok he may have taken a cut to come to us but that cut has just got bigger. Plus he's a PL player now.