Seems a really odd deal. He was still contracted so we must have really wanted to get him off the books to palm him off for free. Not only that, are Scunthorpe realistically gonna match his 6k wages, or has he taken a hit to go back north? He never settled here for whatever reason but I reckon he'll do well for Scunthorpe.
Seems a really odd deal. He was still contracted so we must have really wanted to get him off the books to palm him off for free. Not only that, are Scunthorpe realistically gonna match his 6k wages, or has he taken a hit to go back north? He never settled here for whatever reason but I reckon he'll do well for Scunthorpe.
Houses are a lot cheaper oop north. Wages won't be a problem.
Seems a really odd deal. He was still contracted so we must have really wanted to get him off the books to palm him off for free. Not only that, are Scunthorpe realistically gonna match his 6k wages, or has he taken a hit to go back north? He never settled here for whatever reason but I reckon he'll do well for Scunthorpe.
Seems a really odd deal. He was still contracted so we must have really wanted to get him off the books to palm him off for free. Not only that, are Scunthorpe realistically gonna match his 6k wages, or has he taken a hit to go back north? He never settled here for whatever reason but I reckon he'll do well for Scunthorpe.
Or has Meire paid him to go, like so many others?
Not Meier's choice......Novak effectively terminated his contract.
Seems a really odd deal. He was still contracted so we must have really wanted to get him off the books to palm him off for free. Not only that, are Scunthorpe realistically gonna match his 6k wages, or has he taken a hit to go back north? He never settled here for whatever reason but I reckon he'll do well for Scunthorpe.
Or has Meire paid him to go, like so many others?
Not Meier's choice......Novak effectively terminated his contract.
so far today Arsenal kept Sanchez, Saints kept Van Djyk & Liverpool kept Coutinho - all players who were desperate to leave & at least 2 of them had put in transfer requests. Just because a player wants to leave doesn't mean you let them go for nothing.
Seems a really odd deal. He was still contracted so we must have really wanted to get him off the books to palm him off for free. Not only that, are Scunthorpe realistically gonna match his 6k wages, or has he taken a hit to go back north? He never settled here for whatever reason but I reckon he'll do well for Scunthorpe.
Or has Meire paid him to go, like so many others?
Not Meier's choice......Novak effectively terminated his contract.
so far today Arsenal kept Sanchez, Saints kept Van Djyk & Liverpool kept Coutinho - all players who were desperate to leave & at least 2 of them had put in transfer requests. Just because a player wants to leave doesn't mean you let them go for nothing.
They have known for a while now that Novak wanted out and his agent was actively putting feelers out. KR said he only wanted to keep and sign players who wanted to play for us, Novak didn't. Today Novak and his agent forced this move. The club didn't have the balls or belief in keeping him against his wishes and agreed to terminate his contract (hence free transfer cobblers). They were then left shopping in the rejects market. The fact that they knew his desire was to leave and decided they couldn't stump up enough cash or attract the right type of replacement has once again highlighted the amateurish people we have negotiating our transfer business.
Taken from the SUFC club news in Forever Addicted's link......"The 28-year-old has penned a two-year deal to sign for the Iron on Transfer Deadline Day, following his exit from Charlton Athletic." Freudian slip? or did they only agree to sign him FOLLOWING his "exit"
Taken from the SUFC club news in Forever Addicted's link......"The 28-year-old has penned a two-year deal to sign for the Iron on Transfer Deadline Day, following his exit from Charlton Athletic." Freudian slip? or did they agree to sign him FOLLOWING his "exit"
Well technically yes I suppose, it's a free transfer.
Sounds like another one we have paid off to me. would rather have kept him and signed Dodoo seeing the number of forwards we have let go.
Or Robinson has real faith in RCH and Lapsie.
Or we are just short of forwards for the sake of the budget. I believe we are on a much better situation than we have been since SCP was sacked but would have loved another forward.Lets hope we avoid injuries
That's just madness. Utter fucking madness by the club.
I actually think it's entirely in keeping with a regime that sold Kermorgant for a pittance and gifted Morrison to a rival for nothing. Just wait until we win another couple of games and the apologists tell you "they've learnt".
I'm really starting to warm to Robinson, particularly the way he's set out his plan this summer. But I really hope @LouisMend or richard cawley ask him why he's strengthened a rival league one team by allowing novak to join Scunthorpe - and for nothing! - after he bemoaned our attempts to sign a striker from a rival. It doesn't make sense. And yes I realise Novak was home sick but tough. He joins who we want him to or stays and starts at Oldham.
Seems a really odd deal. He was still contracted so we must have really wanted to get him off the books to palm him off for free. Not only that, are Scunthorpe realistically gonna match his 6k wages, or has he taken a hit to go back north? He never settled here for whatever reason but I reckon he'll do well for Scunthorpe.
Or has Meire paid him to go, like so many others?
Not Meier's choice......Novak effectively terminated his contract.
so far today Arsenal kept Sanchez, Saints kept Van Djyk & Liverpool kept Coutinho - all players who were desperate to leave & at least 2 of them had put in transfer requests. Just because a player wants to leave doesn't mean you let them go for nothing.
They have known for a while now that Novak wanted out and his agent was actively putting feelers out. KR said he only wanted to keep and sign players who wanted to play for us, Novak didn't. Today Novak and his agent forced this move. The club didn't have the balls or belief in keeping him against his wishes and agreed to terminate his contract (hence free transfer cobblers). They were then left shopping in the rejects market. The fact that they knew his desire was to leave and decided they couldn't stump up enough cash or attract the right type of replacement has once again highlighted the amateurish people we have negotiating our transfer business.
If Arsenal can keep Sanchez when 60 million is on the table I'm sure we could have kept Novak.
Sanchez wants to play for Arsenal as much as I want to have dinner with squirrel face.
I'm really starting to warm to Robinson, particularly the way he's set out his plan this summer. But I really hope @LouisMend or richard cawley ask him why he's strengthened a rival league one team by allowing novak to join Scunthorpe - and for nothing! - after he bemoaned our attempts to sign a striker from a rival. It doesn't make sense. And yes I realise Novak was home sick but tough. He joins who we want him to or stays and starts at Oldham.
He has bullshitted the whole transfer window. His next PC he will say something like we defended off bids for our young stars etc.
I would rather listen to his positivity than read your negativity that's for sure.
What bullshit? He has signed some excellent players, unloaded the high earners and massively improved the team. His team is playing attractive football and is connecting with the crowd.
Yes he will come out and say he defended bids for our youngsters, and probably our better players - because he has. To prove it, they are still here.
He will also say he tried to sign his striker target Will Grigg. And that will be true as well. He will also say thar Novak was released because he no longer wanted to be here and he does not want negative players about the place. That will also be true. He will no doubt say he wish he had more. So do we.
I think Novak is in a completely different position to Sanchez, Coutinio and the Southampton centre half. Those three players are going to be playing in the Works Cup next summer so they need to get their heads down and play.
Novak, on the other hand, may or may not have been sending out a message to KR, KM and RD by getting himself sent off in six minutes against Bristol Rovers.
He may or may not have done what the likes of Bailey, Francis and others have done by making it clear that he was better moved on. Tony Watt put out a statement of intent and earned himself a move against Bristol Rovers too.
I'm not happy with the lack of signinngs up front - especially as KR stated that if Watt left we would be bringing in a replacement and we 'sold' two strikers after that and only brought in one loan player. However, I'm not sure that keeping Novak or Watt would have improved our chances this season based on their contributions.
Just because we didn't sign the players we wanted doesn't, in my view, justify carrying on paying players that weren't having around.
he never seemed to fit in at CAFC and the fans just did not like him .. seems a strange signing for the Iron, they tend to play it along the floor .. I'll have to check and see if they have sold one of their strikers and have consequently decided on a tactical change
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But to replace him with an inexperienced loanee is madness.
Was under £8 about it 5 years ago.
Novak will be at home.
Today Novak and his agent forced this move. The club didn't have the balls or belief in keeping him against his wishes and agreed to terminate his contract (hence free transfer cobblers). They were then left shopping in the rejects market.
The fact that they knew his desire was to leave and decided they couldn't stump up enough cash or attract the right type of replacement has once again highlighted the amateurish people we have negotiating our transfer business.
Freudian slip? or did they only agree to sign him FOLLOWING his "exit"
Or Robinson has real faith in RCH and Lapsie.
Or we are just short of forwards for the sake of the budget. I believe we are on a much better situation than we have been since SCP was sacked but would have loved another forward.Lets hope we avoid injuries
But I really hope @LouisMend or richard cawley ask him why he's strengthened a rival league one team by allowing novak to join Scunthorpe - and for nothing! - after he bemoaned our attempts to sign a striker from a rival.
It doesn't make sense. And yes I realise Novak was home sick but tough. He joins who we want him to or stays and starts at Oldham.
That said, we need more than Magennis and Dodoo as striker options. Someone like Grigg would've been perfect but we all know how that played out.
Sanchez wants to play for Arsenal as much as I want to have dinner with squirrel face.
He has bullshitted the whole transfer window. His next PC he will say something like we defended off bids for our young stars etc.
Keep defending a regime who has mugged you off once again.
I would rather listen to his positivity than read your negativity that's for sure.
What bullshit? He has signed some excellent players, unloaded the high earners and massively improved the team. His team is playing attractive football and is connecting with the crowd.
Yes he will come out and say he defended bids for our youngsters, and probably our better players - because he has. To prove it, they are still here.
He will also say he tried to sign his striker target Will Grigg. And that will be true as well. He will also say thar Novak was released because he no longer wanted to be here and he does not want negative players about the place. That will also be true. He will no doubt say he wish he had more. So do we.
Novak, on the other hand, may or may not have been sending out a message to KR, KM and RD by getting himself sent off in six minutes against Bristol Rovers.
He may or may not have done what the likes of Bailey, Francis and others have done by making it clear that he was better moved on. Tony Watt put out a statement of intent and earned himself a move against Bristol Rovers too.
I'm not happy with the lack of signinngs up front - especially as KR stated that if Watt left we would be bringing in a replacement and we 'sold' two strikers after that and only brought in one loan player. However, I'm not sure that keeping Novak or Watt would have improved our chances this season based on their contributions.
Just because we didn't sign the players we wanted doesn't, in my view, justify carrying on paying players that weren't having around.