Quote from: achilles on December 31, 2018, 04:30:31 PMQuote from: brian green on December 31, 2018, 03:53:06 PMBecause the money is all that matters to them? The game, their pride, their self respect, their reputation are as nothing compared with the heap of money that will inevitably be wasted one way or another.Exactly, I just couldn't envisage myself taking the piss like this!Is it 4 years that he has done absolutely sod all, not even got his coaching badges to help the youngsters, he has done absolutely nothing except be a blood sucking parasite on the club!A player that I hope eventually he gets his just rewards in life!You’re not in his shoes though where he’s getting paid as much in a week as many get paid in a year. If he can’t play again then no other club will want him. If the club offers him a “deal” to leave it’s hardly going to be what they are paying him now. So from Richards’ standpoint he is well within his right to use the facility his employer has contractually allowed him access to. And the PFA will back him fully so the club seemingly can’t do anything about it. Which given how long it has now been appears very much to be the case.We fucked up. We should never have made this deal and certainly not for as long. I hope we never commit ourselves to contracts like this again.
Quote from: brian green on December 31, 2018, 03:53:06 PMBecause the money is all that matters to them? The game, their pride, their self respect, their reputation are as nothing compared with the heap of money that will inevitably be wasted one way or another.Exactly, I just couldn't envisage myself taking the piss like this!Is it 4 years that he has done absolutely sod all, not even got his coaching badges to help the youngsters, he has done absolutely nothing except be a blood sucking parasite on the club!A player that I hope eventually he gets his just rewards in life!
Because the money is all that matters to them? The game, their pride, their self respect, their reputation are as nothing compared with the heap of money that will inevitably be wasted one way or another.
He could forge a career as a Championship referee with little effort aswell.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on December 31, 2018, 04:44:45 PMQuote from: achilles on December 31, 2018, 04:30:31 PMQuote from: brian green on December 31, 2018, 03:53:06 PMBecause the money is all that matters to them? The game, their pride, their self respect, their reputation are as nothing compared with the heap of money that will inevitably be wasted one way or another.Exactly, I just couldn't envisage myself taking the piss like this!Is it 4 years that he has done absolutely sod all, not even got his coaching badges to help the youngsters, he has done absolutely nothing except be a blood sucking parasite on the club!A player that I hope eventually he gets his just rewards in life!You’re not in his shoes though where he’s getting paid as much in a week as many get paid in a year. If he can’t play again then no other club will want him. If the club offers him a “deal” to leave it’s hardly going to be what they are paying him now. So from Richards’ standpoint he is well within his right to use the facility his employer has contractually allowed him access to. And the PFA will back him fully so the club seemingly can’t do anything about it. Which given how long it has now been appears very much to be the case.We fucked up. We should never have made this deal and certainly not for as long. I hope we never commit ourselves to contracts like this again. if it was as simple as a long term injury ruling him out of never playing again they would just say we would all understand that these things happen there is something else going on I’ve no idea what it is but it’s just not that simple imo
It's always been deliciously intriguing why the club has operated such a news blackout on him, The most I've heard Bruce comment was that he wasn't fit enough to play which is a sort of nothing statement. If someone at the club did sign him up after he failed a medical so we couldn't insure him, then surely those responsible are long gone and any embarrassment factor null and voided? Then you've got the media blackout, and considering it all went tits up for us last summer surely some journo would have run the Richards story under the financial mismanagement angle but not a dickie-bird. Very odd.
but we don't know if he is injuredif he was why don't they say he'l not play again, that would surely take some of the heat of him as it would be the reason for his long term no show
Quote from: john e on December 31, 2018, 03:53:34 PMbut we don't know if he is injuredif he was why don't they say he'l not play again, that would surely take some of the heat of him as it would be the reason for his long term no show That we have played three right backs at centre half for the last three games, together with recalling a third choice centre half from a loan would suggest he’s not in the most stellar of football health.
Dean Smith will monitor the fitness of Micah Richards in the coming months but admits he’s still some way off the pace at this stage....and will not be considered by Smith in the near future.Richards has serious problems with his knee which is why former boss Steve Bruce chose not to select him.Smith agrees that he’s also not at the level required to feature in the Championship.
Can only surmise that Sherwood pushed for his signing and as long as he got his "top, British professionals", in Richards and Lescott, he would put-up with the bevvy of Ligue 1 lads we decided to buy that summer. Sherwood came out recently saying he didn't have a clue about any of the French players, he couldn't even remember/didn't know Henrik Almstad's surname. I blame him more than Micah for the transfer and a large part of our relegation can be put down to Tim the Twat.Richards is able to talk to clubs from tomorrow, no doubt he'll be fighting them off with a shitty stick.