Alfie May - signed for Birmingham (p68 - Now Huddersfield )

CAFCsayer said:

RonnieMoore said:

And a potential deal of over 1 mill if Birmingham get promoted … 

Tbf, not sure why people are giving this lols, rich Crawley tweeted over 1mil including achievable add-ons. I'd guess those are probably promotion and golden boot.

Gribbo said:

Thanks Alfie, and good luck for the future 😭 


So, it turns out it weren't down to the Gaffer not rating him, or the nasty man in the pink trousers cashing in. Live and learn....... 🙄

Garrymanilow said:

Bit much that video wasn't it, he was only here a year!

Lordflashheart said:

Lincsaddick said:

Valiantphil said:

You wait ages and ages for a consistent Goalscorer to come along, and then……
one arrives and we sell him for a £1m profit when we supposedly have plenty of transfer funds. 

Without NJ we would be in L2 and May would have gone anyway, but Nathan, you have used up your extra life and the clock starts ticking in a few weeks time, that sale was a needless own goal by you. 

thing is IF a player (in this case May) is determined to go, i m o, let him go .. we don't want anyone on good money downing tools and taking the mick, all it does is cause dressing room unrest as will as cheesing off the fans .. take the money and look around for another striker who will fit into Jones's plans 

I have it on good authority, Alfie wanted to stay at Charlton and see out his professional career with us - but, very shortly after Jones was appointed, he realised that Jones didn’t fancy him, and in reality Alfie didn’t ‘fit’ into what Jones wanted 

This is something - IMO - Alfie has had to put up with all his career - his height - even today, English football has a dislike of short players, especially as CF’s

It’s idiotic - what he lacks in height, he makes up for in so many other areas - and yes, I’m short as well, not much taller than Alfie - and whilst I was nowhere near his standard, I still did a shift as a CF in amateur footballer (an annoying wasp of a player I was)

So, if he knows he is not wanted in reality, and he is just over 30 years old, but still fit as a butchers dog, rapid, scores goals by the bucket load - yes Alfie, get that move - earn a shedload of money for your family, because they matter more than anything for Alfie, and rightly so

As for Charlton Athletic, our loss in my opinion 

If Jones has called this wrong, and season starts badly, and Alfie’s replacement is dog eggs, it’s gonna be toxic, and we are back to square root of fuck all ……

Swisdom said:

The school situation was a really big factor in this.

he wasn’t going to be a regular under NJ was also a 
factor

He knows he’s only got a couple of years left playing so it’s all a bit of a no-brainer tbf

tbf thanks for the memories. We all move on

ElfsborgAddick said:

cafcdave123 said:

Looks like he has hay fever.

i do respect him for handing in a transfer request though, too many players want moves and throw their toys out but want to keep their cut of the transfer.

For anybody who wants to jump on him wanting to move by asking for a transfer, I imagine that the club insisted on this so not having to pay Alfie any outstanding contract.

killerandflash said:

golfaddick said:

Only niggle is that he signed for Birmingham....a Midlands club. If he had gone to Huddersfield then fair play but just leaves a bad taste on the mouth. I know Huddersfield maybe needed to offer more, but effectively they offered more than we paid for him & after he put in a transfer request there was only going to be 1 outcome. What would happened if Brum hadnt have stepped in ??

Looking at the map, Birmingham is still a fair distance from Doncaster, especially as their training ground is to the south of Birmingham, easily 2 hours each way. Surely he won't be commuting that journey every day, which begs the question of how much time he'll spend with his family anyway...