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Alfie May - signed for Birmingham (p68 - Now Huddersfield )
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Word of warning to you.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
In his last house, Matty Godden had CCTV and razor wire installed all over the gaff. He's also got two huge f**k off Alsatians!!
;-)7 -
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here9 -
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
How dare you suggest club and player came to an amicable solution.
Conspiracy I tells ya
CONSPIRACY!!!!!!!0 -
You genuinely think the owners have sat around and agreed to sit in league one for an extended period of time and haemorrhage money?msomerton said:Letting Dobson go was reasonable but now letting May go is ripping out any spine the team had.
Convinces me that the owners happy enough for us to be a 3rd div (league1) team.
Give over9 -
That glorious, sturdy 16th placed spinemsomerton said:Letting Dobson go was reasonable but now letting May go is ripping out any spine the team had.
Convinces me that the owners happy enough for us to be a 3rd div (league1) team.
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‘He wasn’t going to be a regular under Nathan Jones’ - bonkers. Jones has got that wrong if true.The school stuff is weird and I wonder if the club helped at all.Also curious to what ‘up north’ is. If it’s Doncaster, Birmingham not exactly close.Good luck to him. Very rare a footballers is that honest and transparent and thankful to a club and its fans. Gutted to see him go. He kept us up last year and would have been key to any promotion challenge this year. As always with this club, two steps forward and one step back.4
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Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
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Shame to see him go, one of the few bright sparks of the last decade.Not quite the £1.5m that was often spoken about.0
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No one's falling for anything.SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
Everyone is quite aware that Jones didn't rate him to play centre forward as well.
It's not black and white - we know.8 -
In his Birmingham video (without the piano music) he says “the way that the manager wants to put his team out to perform, it really suits me”8
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Both were bad, but Dobson was worse IMHO.msomerton said:Letting Dobson go was reasonable but now letting May go is ripping out any spine the team had.
Convinces me that the owners happy enough for us to be a 3rd div (league1) team.
26 v 31
Good for 3 seasons for us v Good for a year
Free v A decent profit
Plus Dobson was captain and they tried to force him out while we were looking like we might go down.0 -
So you think the family thing is a complete lie?SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
May getting less time coincided with us improving under jones so even if the family thing is bollox it’s pretty clear he isn’t happy adjusting for the sake of the team which again isn’t on jones2 -
SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
What, so you think, genuine hellaofaguy Alfie may is lying to the fans out of courtesy to the board and manger that "forced" him out?
If my company sacked me tomorrow and asked me to write a 5 star review on them for trust pilot I'd tell them where to go.9 -
Its closer though isnt it ? two hours drive as opposed to six. I imagine being the wife of a footballer can be quite lonely anyway especially with kids they train daily and then are away overnight regularly (at least once a week given Tuesday and Saturday matches), If he has an away match at weekend she can drive to Doncaster and spend a weekend with her family and only travelled for 4 or 5 hours over the whole weekend as opposed to 12.The Red Robin said:‘He wasn’t going to be a regular under Nathan Jones’ - bonkers. Jones has got that wrong if true.The school stuff is weird and I wonder if the club helped at all.Also curious to what ‘up north’ is. If it’s Doncaster, Birmingham not exactly close.Good luck to him. Very rare a footballers is that honest and transparent and thankful to a club and its fans. Gutted to see him go. He kept us up last year and would have been key to any promotion challenge this year. As always with this club, two steps forward and one step back.
Also he says about doing whats right for his family that could mean financially too ? If he had a lean year next year with us the truth is no one would have gave him the contract he has got with Birmingham, he would be 32 and out of contract. Now he has a contract for 3 years on the best money he has ever received and as long as he isn't silly (and i dont think he is) will set his family up for life.2 -
Charlton fans have been falling for spin for years. We will be in this division for years to come. We do not have the budget to attract the better players required , in fact we are letting the best players we do have leave.SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?6 -
What a bizarre take.SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
Why would the club put out May requested a transfer if he didnt ? it would be so demonstrably false. I mean jesus, there were people here who were able to confirm he moved out of his house a week ago, you think it wouldnt be hard to find out he hadnt requested a transfer ?
The truth probably comes down to him being subbed off in some matches where he just wasn't having an impact and NJ took decisions which kept us in the league, now its entirely plausible NJ may not have had him playing every minute of every game next season, which at 32 and out of contract (next season) would hamper Alfies career prospects as its unlikely he would have the same goal return, therefore less offers. Also Birmingham have made a great offer, closer to his wifes family and he has decided that tips it andput the request to strike whilst the irons hot.8 -
End of move on3
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The school stuff is normal. There are plenty of parents who just can't get their kids into the schools they choose. They end up being sent to schools further away, or schools that are underperforming, and thus are undersubscribed, for obvious reasons. Nothing the club can do, the allocations are done by the local authority. There is a lack of good schooling in every area across the country.The Red Robin said:‘He wasn’t going to be a regular under Nathan Jones’ - bonkers. Jones has got that wrong if true.The school stuff is weird and I wonder if the club helped at all.Also curious to what ‘up north’ is. If it’s Doncaster, Birmingham not exactly close.Good luck to him. Very rare a footballers is that honest and transparent and thankful to a club and its fans. Gutted to see him go. He kept us up last year and would have been key to any promotion challenge this year. As always with this club, two steps forward and one step back.1 -
Never had you down as a 34DDCovered End said:A message from Alfie, confirming that he moved because his wife & family wanted to move back north.
Lovely message all the best to Alfie.
(I deleted it as it showed my personal details).7 -
Even moreso now, I really wish we'd found a way to keep and extend CBT. I know that was probably never realistic, and he'll be playing in the Champ next season, but for the first half of last year it felt like the difficulty in finding a coherent formation and team was finding a way for CBT and May to play well together.
And now we have neither.2 -
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Yet again. May was the only reason NJ won any games last season.Radostanradical said:
What a bizarre take.SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
Why would the club put out May requested a transfer if he didnt ? it would be so demonstrably false. I mean jesus, there were people here who were able to confirm he moved out of his house a week ago, you think it wouldnt be hard to find out he hadnt requested a transfer ?
The truth probably comes down to him being subbed off in some matches where he just wasn't having an impact and NJ took decisions which kept us in the league, now its entirely plausible NJ may not have had him playing every minute of every game next season, which at 32 and out of contract (next season) would hamper Alfies career prospects as its unlikely he would have the same goal return, therefore less offers. Also Birmingham have made a great offer, closer to his wifes family and he has decided that tips it andput the request to strike whilst the irons hot.
Every win May scored. Everytime May was subbed we didn't win.
I believe May handed in a transfer request yes, but after being outright told and shown that he wasn't wanted and the club were actively seeking his replacement. So he wanted to go and move sooner rather than just waiting out the inevitable.
Jones wanted May gone regardless of May's decision-making and trying to frame it as purely May's choice is spin.4 -
Those of you swallowing this "wants to be closer to his family" line, please help me understand the following:
- 12 months ago, Alfie May was a Cheltenham player. Where were his family living then? In Cheltenham, or Doncaster?
- Didn't he want to be " close to his family" when he agreed to join Charlton? Because wherever they were living, he was going to be fairly far away from them when signing for us.
- Didn't he only quite recently buy a house near us? Why would you do that, if your family want to stay in Doncaster and you are on a two year contract?
Well?7 -
This is completely unhinged nonsenseSELR_addicks said:
Yet again. May was the only reason NJ won any games last season.Radostanradical said:
What a bizarre take.SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
Why would the club put out May requested a transfer if he didnt ? it would be so demonstrably false. I mean jesus, there were people here who were able to confirm he moved out of his house a week ago, you think it wouldnt be hard to find out he hadnt requested a transfer ?
The truth probably comes down to him being subbed off in some matches where he just wasn't having an impact and NJ took decisions which kept us in the league, now its entirely plausible NJ may not have had him playing every minute of every game next season, which at 32 and out of contract (next season) would hamper Alfies career prospects as its unlikely he would have the same goal return, therefore less offers. Also Birmingham have made a great offer, closer to his wifes family and he has decided that tips it andput the request to strike whilst the irons hot.
Every win May scored. Everytime May was subbed we didn't win.
I believe May handed in a transfer request yes, but after being outright told and shown that he wasn't wanted and the club were actively seeking his replacement. So he wanted to go and move sooner rather than just waiting out the inevitable.
Jones wanted May gone regardless of May's decision-making and trying to frame it as purely May's choice is spin.9 -
Already seen someone add Matty Godden into it on twitter 🙃Callumcafc said:
Negatives:AFKABartram said:
- losing a good lad from the squad
- goals will have to be replaced somehow
Positives:
- good fee received and a profit made for the club
- won’t have to hear that dodgy chant in the stands anymore0 -
Point to a win NJ has that May hasn't scored in? Pretty simple.Leuth said:
This is completely unhinged nonsenseSELR_addicks said:
Yet again. May was the only reason NJ won any games last season.Radostanradical said:
What a bizarre take.SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
Why would the club put out May requested a transfer if he didnt ? it would be so demonstrably false. I mean jesus, there were people here who were able to confirm he moved out of his house a week ago, you think it wouldnt be hard to find out he hadnt requested a transfer ?
The truth probably comes down to him being subbed off in some matches where he just wasn't having an impact and NJ took decisions which kept us in the league, now its entirely plausible NJ may not have had him playing every minute of every game next season, which at 32 and out of contract (next season) would hamper Alfies career prospects as its unlikely he would have the same goal return, therefore less offers. Also Birmingham have made a great offer, closer to his wifes family and he has decided that tips it andput the request to strike whilst the irons hot.
Every win May scored. Everytime May was subbed we didn't win.
I believe May handed in a transfer request yes, but after being outright told and shown that he wasn't wanted and the club were actively seeking his replacement. So he wanted to go and move sooner rather than just waiting out the inevitable.
Jones wanted May gone regardless of May's decision-making and trying to frame it as purely May's choice is spin.
I think people forget how hard May carried the team last season with his goals. We were genuinely nothing going forward without his goal threat.1 -
May was not the only reason NJ won any games because other players scored too ? Make it make sense. Also my point was the decision NJ made kept us up not that we won games ? we also picked up a lot of draws thats neither here nor there.SELR_addicks said:
Yet again. May was the only reason NJ won any games last season.Radostanradical said:
What a bizarre take.SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
Why would the club put out May requested a transfer if he didnt ? it would be so demonstrably false. I mean jesus, there were people here who were able to confirm he moved out of his house a week ago, you think it wouldnt be hard to find out he hadnt requested a transfer ?
The truth probably comes down to him being subbed off in some matches where he just wasn't having an impact and NJ took decisions which kept us in the league, now its entirely plausible NJ may not have had him playing every minute of every game next season, which at 32 and out of contract (next season) would hamper Alfies career prospects as its unlikely he would have the same goal return, therefore less offers. Also Birmingham have made a great offer, closer to his wifes family and he has decided that tips it andput the request to strike whilst the irons hot.
Every win May scored. Everytime May was subbed we didn't win.
I believe May handed in a transfer request yes, but after being outright told and shown that he wasn't wanted and the club were actively seeking his replacement. So he wanted to go and move sooner rather than just waiting out the inevitable.
Jones wanted May gone regardless of May's decision-making and trying to frame it as purely May's choice is spin.
So answer the other point, if the club did that it would be so easily known ? literally last week NJ was singing his praises.
Also last point you cant see at any point why a 31 year old footballer player would want to move for much more money ? thats doesnt make sense to you ? not everything is a conspiracy.1 -
More likely because he wants to get away for more dough and play the old "missing my family" card, rather than being made to leave by evil forces at the Club, then protect them by blaming the whole move on his own Mrs and kids.PragueAddick said:Those of you swallowing this "wants to be closer to his family" line, please help me understand the following:
- 12 months ago, Alfie May was a Cheltenham player. Where were his family living then? In Cheltenham, or Doncaster?
- Didn't he want to be " close to his family" when he agreed to join Charlton? Because wherever they were living, he was going to be fairly far away from them when signing for us.
- Didn't he only quite recently buy a house near us? Why would you do that, if your family want to stay in Doncaster and you are on a two year contract?
Well?
Not saying it is that, just I think that would be more likely
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Ill go first, Probably living in Cheltenham where he went when he didn't have the options he now has on the table.PragueAddick said:Those of you swallowing this "wants to be closer to his family" line, please help me understand the following:
- 12 months ago, Alfie May was a Cheltenham player. Where were his family living then? In Cheltenham, or Doncaster?
- Didn't he want to be " close to his family" when he agreed to join Charlton? Because wherever they were living, he was going to be fairly far away from them when signing for us.
- Didn't he only quite recently buy a house near us? Why would you do that, if your family want to stay in Doncaster and you are on a two year contract?
Well?
Close to his family but its his wife who would be away from her family the majority of the times when he is away playing football and without getting too personal we don't know what the dynamic is between his wife and his family.
The house was rented, they were in Cheltenham not Doncaster (see first point about options) and he only had a year left on his contract.
There are numerous instances that explain why this has gone the way it has but I cant help but think being closer to her family and earning a shit load more for what is likely his final big contract are probably more likely reasons than some cloak and dagger conspiracy plot.0 -
So why were we linked to 2 other strikers?Radostanradical said:
May was not the only reason NJ won any games because other players scored too ? Make it make sense. Also my point was the decision NJ made kept us up not that we won games ? we also picked up a lot of draws thats neither here nor there.SELR_addicks said:
Yet again. May was the only reason NJ won any games last season.Radostanradical said:
What a bizarre take.SELR_addicks said:
Genuinely can't believe the amount of people falling for this spin.cafcdave123 said:
Surely that’s no longer hanging over him, May wanted a move and even handed in a transfer request to get it through.robroy said:More money and closer to Doncaster.177 miles from the Valley to Doncaster
77 miles from Birmingham to Doncaster
Good luck Alfie, NJ better had got this right.
we can’t hang NJ for not making a player stay when they don’t want to be here
Why was May subbed off most games before the end of the season and fans were already speaking about him being replaced over the summer if it were purely May's choice?
Why would the club put out May requested a transfer if he didnt ? it would be so demonstrably false. I mean jesus, there were people here who were able to confirm he moved out of his house a week ago, you think it wouldnt be hard to find out he hadnt requested a transfer ?
The truth probably comes down to him being subbed off in some matches where he just wasn't having an impact and NJ took decisions which kept us in the league, now its entirely plausible NJ may not have had him playing every minute of every game next season, which at 32 and out of contract (next season) would hamper Alfies career prospects as its unlikely he would have the same goal return, therefore less offers. Also Birmingham have made a great offer, closer to his wifes family and he has decided that tips it andput the request to strike whilst the irons hot.
Every win May scored. Everytime May was subbed we didn't win.
I believe May handed in a transfer request yes, but after being outright told and shown that he wasn't wanted and the club were actively seeking his replacement. So he wanted to go and move sooner rather than just waiting out the inevitable.
Jones wanted May gone regardless of May's decision-making and trying to frame it as purely May's choice is spin.
So answer the other point, if the club did that it would be so easily known ? literally last week NJ was singing his praises.
Also last point you cant see at any point why a 31 year old footballer player would want to move for much more money ? thats doesnt make sense to you ? not everything is a conspiracy.
NJ singing his praises like I'm sure he would for any squad member. Any manager outside of Bowyer would do the same, especially when trying to bump up a transfer fee. Why make it look like you want him gone? That lowers his value.
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Can someone please tell me where all these “Jones doesn’t rate Alfie” “Jones and Alfie don’t get on” “Alfie wasn’t guaranteed to start every match” have come from?Is it all based on Alfie being subbed a few times at the back end of the season? Where is all the evidence, because I think I must of missed it all?1
