Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Indeed, move on time.
Never was our player, never will be our player.
As a bonus, let's hope having too many midfielders causes plenty of disharmony at Norwich.
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Alex Pritchard
- Thread starter Whoislloydy
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Never was our player, never will be our player.
As a bonus, let's hope having too many midfielders causes plenty of disharmony at Norwich.
Tyrone Biggums
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Taybha
Whalewhine
139 pages on somebody we haven't signed and 18 on somebody we have , NSC at it's brilliant best 
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
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Not really comparable. Both our players and still seemingly committed to the club despite outside interest. No issue with players getting the best for their abilities.
Agreeing terms is agreeing terms. Like I've said all is fine when you haven't agreed terms but shows the sort of person you're dealing with if he's happy to agree to sign and then change his mind as he might got more money. I appreciate there is no honour in football but this doesn't seem to fit with the way the club is run or the people we want around it nowadays.
Knotty
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How do you know he had agreed to sign for us? Where was this said by club or player/agent?
Stumpy Tim
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But he hadn't signed. He had indicated he would accept our terms, but then Norwich said they could beat that. Nothing wrong with it
I'm sure Brighton have signed players by offering money before. Nick Forster signed as we offered him a long-term deal for example. Every player in the world will sign for a club based on selfish reasons. Those reasons may or may not be financial, but each decision is done on what's best for them and their family. It would be irresponsible for them to do otherwise
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
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We seem to be going round in circles here. I think it makes you a total shyster if you agree to terms and then overnight change your mind as club not previously involved make an illegal approach. You think it's fine (but oddly don't for someone like Calderon who was free to talk to whomever he wanted).
We both agree that players will do what is best when offered numerous offers at the same time. Be that wages, length of contract, guarantees of playing time ect ect.
How is it an illegal approach, has this been confirmed?
would Spurs not kick up a fuss if that was the case? they have in the past.
Here's an intellectual thought (which is strange for me)
People say "oh I would take 10k extra a week if I was offered it" (and we are talking football pay here of course).
But in the football world, the shortness of the career means that players need even more to think about the longer-term
implications of what choices they make.
Yes short-term gain is a good thing - but it is only that. Going to a place for money where the situation is quite uncertain
(and over-crowded in midfield) is a very bad move in my opinion. I stand to be corrected - but in two years Pritchard could
be nowhere playing in the depths of the lower leagues. We've seen it happen many times.
People say "oh I would take 10k extra a week if I was offered it" (and we are talking football pay here of course).
But in the football world, the shortness of the career means that players need even more to think about the longer-term
implications of what choices they make.
Yes short-term gain is a good thing - but it is only that. Going to a place for money where the situation is quite uncertain
(and over-crowded in midfield) is a very bad move in my opinion. I stand to be corrected - but in two years Pritchard could
be nowhere playing in the depths of the lower leagues. We've seen it happen many times.
Da Man Clay
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- Dec 16, 2004
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http://m.theargus.co.uk/sport/14658717.Albion_deal_for_Spurs_youngster_hijacked_by_Norwich/
Confirmed in here. I assumed that the club or his agent would have had something to say if that wasn't the case.
The Argus also said he had worked with CH in the past, which is wrong.
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
- 16,254
In the argus article below. No fee agreed or permission to talk to the player according to Naylor.
Up to Spurs to kick up a fuss really. Given they are going to get the same amount of money either way I'm not sure they would be that bothered. Most other clubs aren't annoyingly.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Norwich are paying a higher fee to Spurs.
Maybe that smooths over any 'irregularities'.
As I said in the previous post, the Argus already had basic facts about the player wrong - it is not being reported anywhere else I can see.
Does Naylor know what Spurs said to the players agent, dont have to agree a fee to start talks.
Happens a lot
Da Man Clay
T'Blades
- Dec 16, 2004
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I would imagine they have been fed the illegal approach line/agreed terms from the club. Give the potentially slanderous nature of such a comment you'd like to think they'd would be pretty happy with wherever that came from. Whether or not CH worked with Pritchard isn't quite in the same ballpark.
Stumpy Tim
Well-known member
My view is Calderon and Pritchard did similar things and I don't blame either. Different to what you're saying I said
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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Let's be clear about this, it was definitely an illegal approach by the six fingered ones and we don't want him anyway because he is clearly quite shit and a vastly overpriced bench warmer. Can we lock this thread now and stop embarrassing ourselves any further
But if you can not get basic facts right, why would you trust a paper over anything else?
To be fair, if my company offered me a new job, I accepted but didn't sign and then someone offered me the same job but for double the money, I'm not sure I'd turn it down.
SULLY COULDNT SHOOT
Loyal2Family+Albion!
I think the irony that NAN was going for went totally right over your head didnt it?!? NAN is the last person to belittle teams who've hit the big time.
As for Norwich... historically yes but stadium size, fan base? It's all relative.