http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/article/keith-curle-on-alex-marrow-and-danny-kearns-2189618.aspx#LghhS16MQFlJI4wg.99Manager Keith Curle spoke today about the return of midfielders Alex Marrow and Danny Kearns to training at the club this week.
“Alex Marrow is back with us after his sick note period expired,” he said. “The situation with him is that Alex wants to leave the football club. I also want Alex to leave the football club.
“We’re going through a process of finding the best way for him to leave the club which is financially beneficial to both parties. Fortunately for Alex, while he is here, and doesn’t want to be here, he still gets paid. Unfortunately for me while Alex is here, and doesn’t want to be here, I’ve still got to pay him.
“I’ve asked Alex to leave and not take the money he’s owed. That has been my negotiating strategy. We’ve obviously hit a stumbling block on that.
“In the short term the beauty of what we’ve got with working for a very honourable football club is that we will continue to pay Alex for his services, even though he doesn’t want to be here.”
“With Danny Kearns, he is also back in the building with us after his short break,” he confirmed. “He’s been handed straight to our strength and conditioning coach because the first thing we need to see is that he’s in the right frame of mind mentally.
“Once that’s been assessed, and we feel he’s in the right frame of mind, we then need to work on the physical attributes required to make sure the player can perform. That’s where Lee Fearn will work on getting him to a physical condition where he is able to join in the training sessions we do.”
“The situation with him wasn’t one where I asked him to go away for his break,” he explained. “To be completely honest, Danny wasn’t happy, but I wasn’t either. When you have two unhappy people you usually find there needs to be a separation.
“We were basically unhappy about the same things. He wasn’t happy that he wasn’t playing football. I wasn’t happy that he wasn’t playing football. I know the reasons why he wasn’t playing.
“He’s not in my thoughts for the weekend because he isn’t fit.”
And on the ongoing work to find players to add to the squad, he said: “What I’d like is to have four in by Saturday. In all honesty, I think two is a realistic target.
“One has already been done, but we’re not saying anything about his name, position or parent club until 2pm on Saturday.
“We’re waiting to hear back on two more today, and we have another one in the building which still needs to be negotiated. I expect that one to be a bit more drawn out.”
Read more at http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/article/keith-curle-on-alex-marrow-and-danny-kearns-2189618.aspx#yrXYRIBJol2gvolA.99Thought that was quite amusing. Wonder how Marrow is feeling now.
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Got a soft spot for Carlisle especially since winning the league there a couple of times. Hope they stay up. along with Hartlepool and the daggers.
but you could argue that the reason why your being paid is to play football. If your refusing to play then you are failing your job description and therefore should be sacked. football contracts are not like those of the real world. we all hate our boss but your being paid to do a job so suck it up and get on with it.
I expect Sky will point out Curle is black
Sol Campell might pipe up
All in all thought I found it quite refreshing
Well done Keith
A footballer who doesn't want to play needs to find something else to do.
When the commentators say 'he went don't rather easily' or 'he's been booked for simulation' why not say he cheated or dived.
If a player is not pulling his weight then why shouldn't the manager say why?
One minute these players are big tough guys , the next minute a bunch of pansies because someone has said something.