Sorry to see him go...rated him as someone who could help us climb the league. It would have sent a positive message to keep him. I expect Bolton are offering more than us. With FFP kicking in now they (and other clubs) will be shedding players this summer just as Brighton and Boro did last summer. If parliament step in and get rid of the football creditors rule (as threatened a year ago) then players (& agents) might think about the potential employer's credit worthiness ?
Sad to see him go, but its been on the cards for a couple of Months since he met up with Freedman in London. However, I can see this being a busy team building summer and Im looking forward to seeing how it all pans out.
Would have liked to see him sign but not at any cost. Boltons finances are shot yet they persist in offering money they can't afford. The pigeons will come home to roost for them eventually.
He was generally very poor during his time with us. Limited and at times a liability. Certainly not a Championship player. Then suddenly the last 3 months or so he suddenly looked a different player with some great performances. We'll see at Bolton whether he can keep these up.
Our best centre half. In April he was keen to stay. Now he's gone. Bad.
In all fairness when has a player ever told a local paper that he was going to refuse to stay. I thought those kind of press releases were to earn a player a pay rise and/or secure him a move elsewhere. I suspect that he would have stayed if we'd matched the offer from Bolton but it's not for nothing that that club is £160m+ in debt.
For what it's worth I would be reluctant to give a long term deal on decent money to a player that has looked average in a side that spent most of the season fighting relegation after he put in half a dozen good performances.
Good luck to him though. He might move for big money in two years and I might look silly for writing this, but at the moment I'm still not, personally, worried about any of the players that have left.
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If parliament step in and get rid of the football creditors rule (as threatened a year ago) then players (& agents) might think about the potential employer's credit worthiness ?
nope not me
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For what it's worth I would be reluctant to give a long term deal on decent money to a player that has looked average in a side that spent most of the season fighting relegation after he put in half a dozen good performances.
Good luck to him though. He might move for big money in two years and I might look silly for writing this, but at the moment I'm still not, personally, worried about any of the players that have left.