Ben Purrington - signed for Ross County (p23)
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Agree on that part, the point made on Twitter was that it's not "Charlton" to leave BP waiting and not answer his calls. Was compared to sacking JJ by phone.wmcf123 said:
One manager likes a player , the next doesn’t . It’s fairly standard , I’d have thought, especially with BP’s limitationsScoham said:
This bit below has caused some anger on Twitter, considered a “red flag” by some.ForeverAddickted said:“I was called in originally [when Jackson was still in charge] and told they had made a joint decision there would be a contract for me,” said Purrington. “I thought it would be pretty straightforward to get it done, but then I didn’t hear anything for a few weeks.
“I tried to chase things up and didn’t hear anything, I couldn’t get hold of anyone – that’s sort of when you get a hint! Then they explained about the new manager coming in and they didn’t know who it was yet, which is totally understandable [for the delay]. I got the call finally from Steve Gallen basically saying there was nothing there for me anymore.
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Yes, I agree with that.Scoham said:
Agree on that part, the point made on Twitter was that it's not "Charlton" to leave BP waiting and not answer his calls. Was compared to sacking JJ by phone.wmcf123 said:
One manager likes a player , the next doesn’t . It’s fairly standard , I’d have thought, especially with BP’s limitationsScoham said:
This bit below has caused some anger on Twitter, considered a “red flag” by some.ForeverAddickted said:“I was called in originally [when Jackson was still in charge] and told they had made a joint decision there would be a contract for me,” said Purrington. “I thought it would be pretty straightforward to get it done, but then I didn’t hear anything for a few weeks.
“I tried to chase things up and didn’t hear anything, I couldn’t get hold of anyone – that’s sort of when you get a hint! Then they explained about the new manager coming in and they didn’t know who it was yet, which is totally understandable [for the delay]. I got the call finally from Steve Gallen basically saying there was nothing there for me anymore.
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Good interview. And yes the treatment of Ben wasn't brilliant, even if it was ultimately the correct decision for Garner's style of football0
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Not to add to the pile on for TS, but the way he’s handled some of these departures really isn’t the right way to do things - especially for staff that deserve a level of respect for their service in dark times.Scoham said:
Agree on that part, the point made on Twitter was that it's not "Charlton" to leave BP waiting and not answer his calls. Was compared to sacking JJ by phone.wmcf123 said:
One manager likes a player , the next doesn’t . It’s fairly standard , I’d have thought, especially with BP’s limitationsScoham said:
This bit below has caused some anger on Twitter, considered a “red flag” by some.ForeverAddickted said:“I was called in originally [when Jackson was still in charge] and told they had made a joint decision there would be a contract for me,” said Purrington. “I thought it would be pretty straightforward to get it done, but then I didn’t hear anything for a few weeks.
“I tried to chase things up and didn’t hear anything, I couldn’t get hold of anyone – that’s sort of when you get a hint! Then they explained about the new manager coming in and they didn’t know who it was yet, which is totally understandable [for the delay]. I got the call finally from Steve Gallen basically saying there was nothing there for me anymore.
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Very poor form. Purrington would have understood that a new manager was incoming and had to be part of the decision. Wouldn’t have hurt to get in touch and have that conversation.0
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I am in agreement with letting Purrington go but if this was dealt with as he says he deserved a whole lot better. I’m not getting a good feeling about how our club does it’s off the field business at the moment. Shoddy at best, downright disrespectful at worst. Let’s hope for a vast improvement.3
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Bee Zaar!0
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Football is a funny old game
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Wanted to move back nearer Plymouth, apparently.....8
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For those of you who haven’t looked it up, Ross looks to be roughly the same distance to Norway as London, it looks a very small place.
It’s not that much further to Iceland! ☃️🥶
I assume that is where Ross County are located?
UPDATE….They are actually located in the small market town of Dingwall (just north of Inverness) and have a capacity of around 6,000.
The towns population is a little over 7,000…..blimey talk about a change of lifestyle.0 -
Ben Purrington should never has bought a Dale Stephen's Satnav.3
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About his level .0
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Really like Ben, wish him all the best.1
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He'll be playing at a higher level than if he'd stayed with uswmcf123 said:About his level .4 -
Which is cases like this that make me mad why Taylor was battered.Scoham said:
This bit below has caused some anger on Twitter, considered a “red flag” by some.ForeverAddickted said:“I was called in originally [when Jackson was still in charge] and told they had made a joint decision there would be a contract for me,” said Purrington. “I thought it would be pretty straightforward to get it done, but then I didn’t hear anything for a few weeks.
“I tried to chase things up and didn’t hear anything, I couldn’t get hold of anyone – that’s sort of when you get a hint! Then they explained about the new manager coming in and they didn’t know who it was yet, which is totally understandable [for the delay]. I got the call finally from Steve Gallen basically saying there was nothing there for me anymore.
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Been done a million times but it's apples and oranges.ElfsborgAddick said:
Which is cases like this that make me mad why Taylor was battered.Scoham said:
This bit below has caused some anger on Twitter, considered a “red flag” by some.ForeverAddickted said:“I was called in originally [when Jackson was still in charge] and told they had made a joint decision there would be a contract for me,” said Purrington. “I thought it would be pretty straightforward to get it done, but then I didn’t hear anything for a few weeks.
“I tried to chase things up and didn’t hear anything, I couldn’t get hold of anyone – that’s sort of when you get a hint! Then they explained about the new manager coming in and they didn’t know who it was yet, which is totally understandable [for the delay]. I got the call finally from Steve Gallen basically saying there was nothing there for me anymore.
The equivalent of Taylor would have been us stopping paying Purrington a few games early.as we knew we were releasing him.0 -
he'll be playing at a decent standard and might show what we have chucked away for nothing .. good fortune and keep warm Ben2
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Not sure BP was calling TS though?ElliotCAFC said:
Not to add to the pile on for TS, but the way he’s handled some of these departures really isn’t the right way to do things - especially for staff that deserve a level of respect for their service in dark times.Scoham said:
Agree on that part, the point made on Twitter was that it's not "Charlton" to leave BP waiting and not answer his calls. Was compared to sacking JJ by phone.wmcf123 said:
One manager likes a player , the next doesn’t . It’s fairly standard , I’d have thought, especially with BP’s limitationsScoham said:
This bit below has caused some anger on Twitter, considered a “red flag” by some.ForeverAddickted said:“I was called in originally [when Jackson was still in charge] and told they had made a joint decision there would be a contract for me,” said Purrington. “I thought it would be pretty straightforward to get it done, but then I didn’t hear anything for a few weeks.
“I tried to chase things up and didn’t hear anything, I couldn’t get hold of anyone – that’s sort of when you get a hint! Then they explained about the new manager coming in and they didn’t know who it was yet, which is totally understandable [for the delay]. I got the call finally from Steve Gallen basically saying there was nothing there for me anymore.
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Big mistake letting him go unless he wanted mega money.
Solid pro, long serving, loyal servant, not old, rarely injured, scored goals, seemed a decent sort and we don't have any left backs - never mind a better one.
Can see him returning from Scotland for £300K in January on a five year contract.0 -
I quite liked Purrington, solid player if unspectacular, but I can see the logic in Garner thinking he's not right for attacking possession based football.grumpyaddick said:Big mistake letting him go unless he wanted mega money.
Solid pro, long serving, loyal servant, not old, rarely injured, scored goals, seemed a decent sort and we don't have any left backs - never mind a better one.
Can see him returning from Scotland for £300K in January on a five year contract.4 -
Just looked on Rightmove - my word you get a lot of property for your money up there 😳5
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Yeah but you need a mortgage to pay the heating bills.Lordflashheart said:Just looked on Rightmove - my word you get a lot of property for your money up there 😳1 -
Wood burning stoves, jobs a goodunSillybilly said:
Yeah but you need a mortgage to pay the heating bills.Lordflashheart said:Just looked on Rightmove - my word you get a lot of property for your money up there 😳0 -
And lighting in the winter with fewer daylight hours!Sillybilly said:
Yeah but you need a mortgage to pay the heating bills.Lordflashheart said:Just looked on Rightmove - my word you get a lot of property for your money up there 😳0 -
Yeah, but probably not a problem on a pro footballers's wage.Sillybilly said:
Yeah but you need a mortgage to pay the heating bills.Lordflashheart said:Just looked on Rightmove - my word you get a lot of property for your money up there 😳
Even at Ross County.
Seriously, it's a better move for Ben Purr than some believe.
He gets to play some big matches. Pub league? - some games in front of 50,000 people.
He only did that the once at CAFC.
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That might make up for playing in front of 4,000 at homeOggy Red said:
Yeah, but probably not a problem on a pro footballers's wage.Sillybilly said:
Yeah but you need a mortgage to pay the heating bills.Lordflashheart said:Just looked on Rightmove - my word you get a lot of property for your money up there 😳
Even at Ross County.
Seriously, it's a better move for Ben Purr than some believe.
He gets to play some big matches. Pub league? - some games in front of 50,000 people.
He only did that the once at CAFC.0 -
You may be right. Dingwall is not exactly the epicentre of the universe.Chunes said:
That might make up for playing in front of 4,000 at homeOggy Red said:
Yeah, but probably not a problem on a pro footballers's wage.Sillybilly said:
Yeah but you need a mortgage to pay the heating bills.Lordflashheart said:Just looked on Rightmove - my word you get a lot of property for your money up there 😳
Even at Ross County.
Seriously, it's a better move for Ben Purr than some believe.
He gets to play some big matches. Pub league? - some games in front of 50,000 people.
He only did that the once at CAFC.
But then, relatively speaking, nor is Charlton.
But Ross County will play some big games, guaranteed.
We can only pray hopefully for a lucrative cup tie at a big Prem side where half their fans won't bother turning up. Or a play off final.
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He should hire you as his life coach Oggy. Might cheer him up while he's having to ply his trade up there1
