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Good Business...; ...in hindsight?
Topic Started: Mar 4 2007, 07:56 PM (578 Views)
SpokesT
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Frank Worthington
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Is anyone prepared to admit that flogging Upson for 3 times what he was worth (even as a fit player) was a great piece of business?

I for one think it was and am happy to go on the record with that.

I am also more than happy to give him a cheery wave as we pass him by on the way up as he comes past us the other way in a few weeks' time.

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SpokesT
Mar 4 2007, 07:56 PM
Is anyone prepared to admit that flogging Upson for 3 times what he was worth (even as a fit player) was a great piece of business?

I for one think it was and am happy to go on the record with that.

I am also more than happy to give him a cheery wave as we pass him by on the way up as he comes past us the other way in a few weeks' time.

:banner: :banner: :banner:

i am not bothered about the fact he left, the greedy **** what i was bothered about is that we were told he definately wasnt going and he was sold on the last day so we couldnt get a replacement in.
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SpokesT
Mar 4 2007, 07:56 PM
Is anyone prepared to admit that flogging Upson for 3 times what he was worth (even as a fit player) was a great piece of business?

I for one think it was and am happy to go on the record with that.

I am also more than happy to give him a cheery wave as we pass him by on the way up as he comes past us the other way in a few weeks' time.

:banner: :banner: :banner:

I think he will wave £60k back at you ,because thats all he went for the money IMO,
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k-bek
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The fact he left is irrelevant.
What angered me at the time was the way our board allowed him to leave at the last possible minute, they didn't allow the manager enough time to get a replacement and he was the last Premiership player we had.

If our board are serious about a Premiership challenge next season then players like Upson are essential.

It is teh way we were let down by the board that angered people, not Upson's intention to leave.

Looks like good business if you want £6m in the bank rather than adequate players to cover defense. If you put money before the club and the team then yes, good business.

If not then the board were stupid to leave us so vulnerable at the back and to gamble on players remaining fit especially after last season.


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petet
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According to the Sullivan interview, it wasnt until the day before the transfer deadline that the club were informed that he would be able to leave for a pittance in the summer..league rule or something. Up until that time the board were committed to keeping him.
Looking at his further injury today, and the fact that W. Ham are going down, his insistence on moving to W . Ham will probably haunt him for the rest of his career. What 'big' club is going to want him now? Anyway we are quids in...possibly another good piece of financial magic by the board.
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They allowed him to leave cause he could have left for just £900,000 at the end of the season.
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k-bek
Mar 4 2007, 08:07 PM
The fact he left is irrelevant.
What angered me at the time was the way our board allowed him to leave at the last possible minute, they didn't allow the manager enough time to get a replacement and he was the last Premiership player we had.

If our board are serious about a Premiership challenge next season then players like Upson are essential.

It is teh way we were let down by the board that angered people, not Upson's intention to leave.

Looks like good business if you want £6m in the bank rather than adequate players to cover defense. If you put money before the club and the team then yes, good business.

If not then the board were stupid to leave us so vulnerable at the back and to gamble on players remaining fit especially after last season.

of course for our Prem challenge we have to also put our money where our mouths are just like you.....oh wait :whistle:
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Lucky
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but he could only move out of england ,not to the prem like he wanted.
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k-bek
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garrybaldy
Mar 4 2007, 08:11 PM
k-bek
Mar 4 2007, 08:07 PM
The fact he left is irrelevant.
What angered me at the time was the way our board allowed him to leave at the last possible minute, they didn't allow the manager enough time to get a replacement and he was the last Premiership player we had.

If our board are serious about a Premiership challenge next season then players like Upson are essential.

It is teh way we were let down by the board that angered people, not Upson's intention to leave.

Looks like good business if you want £6m in the bank rather than adequate players to cover defense. If you put money before the club and the team then yes, good business.

If not then the board were stupid to leave us so vulnerable at the back and to gamble on players remaining fit especially after last season.

of course for our Prem challenge we have to also put our money where our mouths are just like you.....oh wait :whistle:

:LMAO:
Gosh you're funny.

No real answer then, just pathetic attempts to ridicule yet again.

:LMAO:
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k-bek
Mar 4 2007, 08:17 PM
garrybaldy
Mar 4 2007, 08:11 PM
k-bek
Mar 4 2007, 08:07 PM
The fact he left is irrelevant.
What angered me at the time was the way our board allowed him to leave at the last possible minute, they didn't allow the manager enough time to get a replacement and he was the last Premiership player we had.

If our board are serious about a Premiership challenge next season then players like Upson are essential.

It is teh way we were let down by the board that angered people, not Upson's intention to leave.

Looks like good business if you want £6m in the bank rather than adequate players to cover defense. If you put money before the club and the team then yes, good business.

If not then the board were stupid to leave us so vulnerable at the back and to gamble on players remaining fit especially after last season.

of course for our Prem challenge we have to also put our money where our mouths are just like you.....oh wait :whistle:

:LMAO:
Gosh you're funny.

No real answer then, just pathetic attempts to ridicule yet again.

:LMAO:

Where is the love ? :banner:
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nrlawton
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andy wood
Mar 4 2007, 08:19 PM
k-bek
Mar 4 2007, 08:17 PM
garrybaldy
Mar 4 2007, 08:11 PM
k-bek
Mar 4 2007, 08:07 PM
The fact he left is irrelevant.
What angered me at the time was the way our board allowed him to leave at the last possible minute, they didn't allow the manager enough time to get a replacement and he was the last Premiership player we had.

If our board are serious about a Premiership challenge next season then players like Upson are essential.

It is teh way we were let down by the board that angered people, not Upson's intention to leave.

Looks like good business if you want £6m in the bank rather than adequate players to cover defense. If you put money before the club and the team then yes, good business.

If not then the board were stupid to leave us so vulnerable at the back and to gamble on players remaining fit especially after last season.

of course for our Prem challenge we have to also put our money where our mouths are just like you.....oh wait :whistle:

:LMAO:
Gosh you're funny.

No real answer then, just pathetic attempts to ridicule yet again.

:LMAO:

Where is the love ? :banner:

ask the black eyed peas.
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Joe
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BLUES rang West Ham after the Southend game to get the deal on. It wasn't the olther way round. All this 'gun to our heads' was BS. The board didn't tell Bruce until the next day. No wonder he was annoyed. Great deal for us, timing all wrong and handled very badly. That's the bottom line. We have made about £10 million on transfers this season, flogged all our PL players and somehow are still top of the league.
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g78
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what struck me from interview from Davis Sullivan was that they only found out Upsom could buy up last year of his contract when he read an article in the Sun.

Now I didnt know about this regulation but surely you would expect the club to be aware of any rules affecting them without having to find out from reading the Sun.
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SpokesT
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Frank Worthington
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I hope Upson is happy picking up £60k a week - but he will be doing so in the Championship all over again. The fact is, he can't go for a hig ball without popping something or other in his legs. What kind of centre half is that!

Poetic justice - you can't beat it.

It's like when Gobby went to be near his mom except he wasn't - stuffed up his international career in the process.

Never mind, we are Blues, we are winning, we are going up, and we don't need anyone who is not happy to play for us.

Vilers are going to be officially looking over their shoulders nervously again any day now....
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petet
Mar 4 2007, 08:09 PM
According to the Sullivan interview, it wasnt until the day before the transfer deadline that the club were informed that he would be able to leave for a pittance in the summer..league rule or something. Up until that time the board were committed to keeping him.
Looking at his further injury today, and the fact that W. Ham are going down, his insistence on moving to W . Ham will probably haunt him for the rest of his career. What 'big' club is going to want him now? Anyway we are quids in...possibly another good piece of financial magic by the board.

It seems to me that something is wrong when after being in charge of a football club for so many years and only learnt of this ruling the day before the deadline ended.Me thinks they could do with getting to grips with the FA rules.
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yeah....because selling an injury prone average center half for 3 times his true worth was a bad move! get real ffs! great business! fair play goldie and sully. forget what these people say! top business! upson is ****£! money well earned!
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insidevoice
Mar 4 2007, 09:50 PM
yeah....because selling an injury prone average center half for 3 times his true worth was a bad move! get real ffs! great business! fair play goldie and sully. forget what these people say! top business! upson is ****£! money well earned!

I don’t think you will find many who disagree in principal with what you said. The problem is, and always has been, the mistruths told by the board.

If the board had been more honest and open in recent times rather than treating us as gullible saps there would have been far less unrest.

We all knew the board would sell as many of our prem players as possible so why lie to us in the first place.
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Leave Matty alone.

He chased the bucks, dumped us as soon as he could, now his fat wallet is causing him pain and no "big club" will consider him.

Suppose he could always join that other rat over at Blackburn next year.
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fatlad
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there was a rumour that upson got a relegation release clause in hic contract if wet spam go down.

clever ***** if you ask me < <
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SpokesT
Mar 4 2007, 07:56 PM
Is anyone prepared to admit that flogging Upson for 3 times what he was worth (even as a fit player) was a great piece of business?

I for one think it was and am happy to go on the record with that.

I am also more than happy to give him a cheery wave as we pass him by on the way up as he comes past us the other way in a few weeks' time.

:banner: :banner: :banner:

Yep i will admit it.

I wasn't bothered at the time, about Upson. I was more annoyed we allowed Marcus Painter to leave for a pittance. 50k infact. Who could have provided decent cover at leftback, centre half. But we took that 50k and ran!! all the way to the bank!!!!
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bornblues64
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Who really cares about Upson, hes gone end of, no use keep bringing up the same old rubbish about the board etc etc, hes no longer our player why does anybody actually care ?? Its beyond me
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bornblues64
Mar 5 2007, 09:44 AM
Who really cares about Upson, hes gone end of, no use keep bringing up the same old rubbish about the board etc etc, hes no longer our player why does anybody actually care ?? Its beyond me

i couldnt give a flying rats harris about upson, all i care about is our team and how well they are doing.

at the end of the day all most players think about is money and how much they can milk of the club. and its not just our club, its all clubs.

imho what they should have done years ago is introduce a wage cp system where they can only earn a set amount i.e 10k a week and then add more on as incentives like win, goal and clean sheet bonuses. i bet they would work a lot chuffin harder if this was the case < <
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doc nick
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i dont care about him we all new he was going to go as soon as he was fit enough.

timing was wrong but who cares we have mucho dosh in the banko. :D
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brasillia
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Who cares? hes gone now, and isnt having much luck!
no use having players on our team who dont want to play>
we can do pretty well without him! :Blues:
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move on people, why are folk obsessed with the cabbage? why don't you all want liverpool or bolton to be relegated? or blackburn, what did dunny do for us?
leave it out now, eh? :rolleyes:
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