hillianseagull
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A few snippets I heard today
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Magic City
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I have no idea about Barry Lloyd but the others are all true. Obviously the Poyet and Upson elements are opinions, but they are the opinions of the men in question.
hillianseagull
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Certainly not those involved opinion, as I have no knowledge of those.
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1) Rubbish
2) Rubbish, with bells on
3) Possible, Pro Footballers go where the money is.
4) Heard the same, with a twist.
2) Rubbish, with bells on
3) Possible, Pro Footballers go where the money is.
4) Heard the same, with a twist.
Not discrediting you (although I may do your source), but BARRY LLOYD?! I would be shocked to the core if the club had approached him bearing in mind he left (also allegedly) for poor performance. That one point alone discredits points 1, 2 & 3.
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I'm not saying you do mate. Poyet has made it public knowledge that he was unhappy with how he was treated and Upson was offered a deal that was in his opinion, as well as your sources, 'derisory'.
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Agree completely. Barry Lloyd! Hahaha!
hillianseagull
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Don't think I said I thought any of it was true? Just passed on what I was told. Might surprise you where it came from originally though.
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Barry Who?
B.W.
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No problem. You deserve all the flak you are getting.
For a start, Gus was JUSTIFIABLY sacked for gross misconduct.
The Barry Lloyd thing is laughable.
It is in the public domain that Upson was offered a contract by us. He was also offered one by Prem-bound Leicester. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he chose Leicester.
TK made it clear in the media he was getting interest from the Prem (we shall see). Quite rightly, we chose not to offer a contract to a player who wanted to leave (more info in the public domain).
To repeat, your post is nonsense.
hillianseagull
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Again, thanks for your input! W*****
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B.W.
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Nice! Why do I deserve that offensive response? Is it because you have made yourself look very foolish?
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Funnily enough, the only one of those I had heard first hand IS the Barry Lloyd one. This was around this time last year and was straight from the horses mouth so unless BL was spouting BS (which I don't believe he was) it is true (but irrelevant as Gus never went to Reading anyway)
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The OP just posted a non offensive set of remarks that may or may not be based in fact,....the rest of you sanctimonious prikks are the ones making yourselves look stupid.....
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Was Barry on something!!??
hillianseagull
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Why would I look foolish? Someone told me something about the club, I passed on what they told me to an Albion message board, I made it clear that I didn't think it was all true by any means. You then write the best post possible by commenting 'Nonsense' Adds to the discussion really well, well done!
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None of that seems credible.
First off anyone at the Club in any position of responsibility spreading that sort of information is being unprofessional and probably in breach of contract themselves, so has lost true perspective on where their loyalties lie. He/she is in the wrong job and would be advised to move on. More likely it is cheap pub talk from a more junior employee who is not acquainted with the facts but happy to peddle tittle tattle to impress his/her mates.
As for Poyet I would suggest it was a) the Club and b) the fans that were treated shabbily by him. IMHO Poyet is extremely fortunate that a settlement was eventually arrived at following his dismissal and subsequent failed appeal that allowed him to move into another job quite as quickly as he did. Although we wanted the managerial situation resolved I would like to have seen his claims of unfair dismissal tested in court.
I imagine that we offered Upson a fair deal based on what we could afford knowing that ultimately he might receive financial offers that we were not prepared to match - plus there is one vital issue that The Albion could not offer him - but Leicester could i.e. another season in the Premier League! I suggest that is just the harsh reality of us being a Championship Club with a modest budget. Like Wayne Bridge we enjoyed a great season seeing a true Pro like Upson grace our team, yes its a pity he moved on but we have to dwell on the positives. That calibre of player in an Albion shirt was a pipedream only 2-3 years earlier.
As for PIG he did a lot of his so called contract negotiations through the media in the latter part of last season (in a rather Poyet-esque fashion) while his playing form tailed off. Unlike Upson I suspect he became an obvious casualty of us needing to prune the big wage earners in order to create scope for the new regime and continue our compliance with FFP.
I was chatting with a very rare thing this morning - a genuine Pompey fan with an honest viewpoint. He is so p****d off with their fans who ignore the harsh realities and somehow still expect them to splash cash they haven't got and buy their way back to the PL. Sounds like our OP's 'source' is out of touch too.
First off anyone at the Club in any position of responsibility spreading that sort of information is being unprofessional and probably in breach of contract themselves, so has lost true perspective on where their loyalties lie. He/she is in the wrong job and would be advised to move on. More likely it is cheap pub talk from a more junior employee who is not acquainted with the facts but happy to peddle tittle tattle to impress his/her mates.
As for Poyet I would suggest it was a) the Club and b) the fans that were treated shabbily by him. IMHO Poyet is extremely fortunate that a settlement was eventually arrived at following his dismissal and subsequent failed appeal that allowed him to move into another job quite as quickly as he did. Although we wanted the managerial situation resolved I would like to have seen his claims of unfair dismissal tested in court.
I imagine that we offered Upson a fair deal based on what we could afford knowing that ultimately he might receive financial offers that we were not prepared to match - plus there is one vital issue that The Albion could not offer him - but Leicester could i.e. another season in the Premier League! I suggest that is just the harsh reality of us being a Championship Club with a modest budget. Like Wayne Bridge we enjoyed a great season seeing a true Pro like Upson grace our team, yes its a pity he moved on but we have to dwell on the positives. That calibre of player in an Albion shirt was a pipedream only 2-3 years earlier.
As for PIG he did a lot of his so called contract negotiations through the media in the latter part of last season (in a rather Poyet-esque fashion) while his playing form tailed off. Unlike Upson I suspect he became an obvious casualty of us needing to prune the big wage earners in order to create scope for the new regime and continue our compliance with FFP.
I was chatting with a very rare thing this morning - a genuine Pompey fan with an honest viewpoint. He is so p****d off with their fans who ignore the harsh realities and somehow still expect them to splash cash they haven't got and buy their way back to the PL. Sounds like our OP's 'source' is out of touch too.
hillianseagull
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Agreed! Thank you