The Randy way or Citeh's Trillions ?

[Toronto Villa]

If Ivanhoe's our top earner forget selling him. He's here till he retires as there's not a club on earth who will take him on those wages, unless Capello takes over at Citeh. :o}

Here's the good news - Heskey's only got two years left on his contract.
I said at the time we signed him, the contract length was pure madness. I wonder what length of contact is on the table for 30 year old Robbie Keane. 4 years?

I don't think he'll make the end of that contract. Randy will want him gone before that with some cash coming back in. If he doesn't move this season, this will be his last - thank goodness.

Not his last season, he's got two left

Not that simple with shifting him, either.

Manager: I want to sell you, West Brom are interested
Emile: I'll talk to them.

*later*

Emile: They're offering me 2 years at 20k a week. I've got 2 years left here at 60k a week. I'll stay here.

I understand he has two left. I think this will be his last season because the club will want to sell him before his contract expires.

There's also way worse players in football than Heskey. Let's not get carried away with his averageness. He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

True. I read the other a day a club, I forget which, were willing to pay £60k a week to 30 year old Robbie Keane.

[gervilla]

If Ivanhoe's our top earner forget selling him. He's here till he retires as there's not a club on earth who will take him on those wages, unless Capello takes over at Citeh. :o}

Here's the good news - Heskey's only got two years left on his contract.
I said at the time we signed him, the contract length was pure madness. I wonder what length of contact is on the table for 30 year old Robbie Keane. 4 years?

I don't think he'll make the end of that contract. Randy will want him gone before that with some cash coming back in. If he doesn't move this season, this will be his last - thank goodness.

Not his last season, he's got two left

Not that simple with shifting him, either.

Manager: I want to sell you, West Brom are interested
Emile: I'll talk to them.

*later*

Emile: They're offering me 2 years at 20k a week. I've got 2 years left here at 60k a week. I'll stay here.

I understand he has two left. I think this will be his last season because the club will want to sell him before his contract expires.

There's also way worse players in football than Heskey. Let's not get carried away with his averageness. He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

Really....Who ?

[curiousorange]

There's also way worse players in football than Heskey. Let's not get carried away with his averageness. He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

I'm in no way defending Heskey, MON or the breathtaking short-sightedness of the deal but if you put the signing in perspective, at the time we were buying Heskey his stock in British football had hardly been higher. To sign the player from under the noses of Liverpool and whoever else was believed to be interested would have taken a very attractive deal, which this certainly was.

It's really only in hindsight that he's turned out to be as useful as a Venus de Milo on a pair of roller skates.

[gervilla]

There's also way worse players in football than Heskey. Let's not get carried away with his averageness. He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

I'm in no way defending Heskey, MON or the breathtaking short-sightedness of the deal but if you put the signing in perspective, at the time we were buying Heskey his stock in British football had hardly been higher. To sign the player from under the noses of Liverpool and whoever else was believed to be interested would have taken a very attractive deal, which this certainly was.

It's really only in hindsight that he's turned out to be as useful as a Venus de Milo on a pair of roller skates.

A Liverpool supporting buddy of mine was travelling over to see Pool V Wigan a few seasons ago. I wound the shit outta him that he would be able to see their next signing at close hand. As it happened,Heskey missed the game...and signed for us....He was a waste of space then, as he is now. Surely the most useless fucker to ever sign for us

[curiousorange]

There's also way worse players in football than Heskey. Let's not get carried away with his averageness. He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

I'm in no way defending Heskey, MON or the breathtaking short-sightedness of the deal but if you put the signing in perspective, at the time we were buying Heskey his stock in British football had hardly been higher. To sign the player from under the noses of Liverpool and whoever else was believed to be interested would have taken a very attractive deal, which this certainly was.

It's really only in hindsight that he's turned out to be as useful as a Venus de Milo on a pair of roller skates.

A Liverpool supporting buddy of mine was travelling over to see Pool V Wigan a few seasons ago. I wound the shit outta him that he would be able to see their next signing at close hand. As it happened,Heskey missed the game...and signed for us....He was a waste of space then, as he is now. Surely the most useless fucker to ever sign for us

Don't get me wrong, I expected him to revert to type as soon as he signed for us.

[gervilla]

There's also way worse players in football than Heskey. Let's not get carried away with his averageness. He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

I'm in no way defending Heskey, MON or the breathtaking short-sightedness of the deal but if you put the signing in perspective, at the time we were buying Heskey his stock in British football had hardly been higher. To sign the player from under the noses of Liverpool and whoever else was believed to be interested would have taken a very attractive deal, which this certainly was.

It's really only in hindsight that he's turned out to be as useful as a Venus de Milo on a pair of roller skates.

A Liverpool supporting buddy of mine was travelling over to see Pool V Wigan a few seasons ago. I wound the shit outta him that he would be able to see their next signing at close hand. As it happened,Heskey missed the game...and signed for us....He was a waste of space then, as he is now. Surely the most useless fucker to ever sign for us

Don't get me wrong, I expected him to revert to type as soon as he signed for us.

But thats just it, he was always crap so why did MON sign him. At least Fash the Bash has the decency to retire through injury shortly after signing for us.

[Toronto Villa]

He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

True. I read the other a day a club, I forget which, were willing to pay  a week to 30 year old Robbie Keane.

Hey, if you believe the papers, then Man City want to pay £20 mil and give a 32 year old Drogba £150,000 a week or something stupid. Fucking madness.

[pauliewalnuts]

He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

True. I read the other a day a club, I forget which, were willing to pay  a week to 30 year old Robbie Keane.

Hey, if you believe the papers, then Man City want to pay £20 mil and give a 32 year old Drogba £150,000 a week or something stupid. Fucking madness.

If we're using Man City as a yardstick by which to measure the appropriateness of transfer deals, then we're on to a loser, mind.

[eastie]

Wouldn't surprise me if drogba and torres both go there to be honest- at least their reserves should piss their league.

[curiousorange]

He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

True. I read the other a day a club, I forget which, were willing to pay  a week to 30 year old Robbie Keane.

Hey, if you believe the papers, then Man City want to pay £20 mil and give a 32 year old Drogba £150,000 a week or something stupid. Fucking madness.

If we're using Man City as a yardstick by which to measure the appropriateness of transfer deals, then we're on to a loser, mind.

Kind of like using North Korea as a model of international diplomacy.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'm in no way defending Heskey, MON or the breathtaking short-sightedness of the deal but if you put the signing in perspective, at the time we were buying Heskey his stock in British football had hardly been higher. To sign the player from under the noses of Liverpool and whoever else was believed to be interested would have taken a very attractive deal, which this certainly was.

Not sure I buy that, to be honest. Benitez was rumoured to want him, that's about as far as it went, isnt it?

Benitez was also rumoured to want the (much better, much younger) Milner at the time we signed him, but we ended up offering Heskey much more.

It's not so much an attractive deal as a mental one (in my opinion). That kind of money and that length of contract for any footballer at age 31 is a bit of an eyebrow-raiser, but for Emile Heskey?

[Toronto Villa]

He might not get the full amount, but I'm sure he can do a job for someone while getting paid pretty good money for player in his 30's.

True. I read the other a day a club, I forget which, were willing to pay  a week to 30 year old Robbie Keane.

Hey, if you believe the papers, then Man City want to pay £20 mil and give a 32 year old Drogba £150,000 a week or something stupid. Fucking madness.

If we're using Man City as a yardstick by which to measure the appropriateness of transfer deals, then we're on to a loser, mind.

Yeh, fair enough. They've lost the plot to a new level, but I think football has generally anyway. I'm quite sure that there are examples around all clubs where people just scratch their heads at what some of these less than average players are getting paid.

[curiousorange]

I'm in no way defending Heskey, MON or the breathtaking short-sightedness of the deal but if you put the signing in perspective, at the time we were buying Heskey his stock in British football had hardly been higher. To sign the player from under the noses of Liverpool and whoever else was believed to be interested would have taken a very attractive deal, which this certainly was.

Not sure I buy that, to be honest. Benitez was rumoured to want him, that's about as far as it went, isnt it?

Benitez was also rumoured to want the (much better, much younger) Milner at the time we signed him, but we ended up offering Heskey much more.

It's not so much an attractive deal as a mental one (in my opinion). That kind of money and that length of contract for any footballer is a bit of an eyebrow-raiser, but for Emile Heskey?

It was probably like Peter Ridsdale entering negotiations with Seth Johnson.

[dave.woodhall]

It was probably like Peter Ridsdale entering negotiations with Seth Johnson.

Mythical?