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Oh dear. I think he feares the townend

Says in todays adver that he never wanted to leave. Says the reason he left was because Dennis Wise spoke to Sean O’Hanlon first even though he was named player of the year. He also says the club would not pay him a reasonable amount of money so he was FORCED OUT.

Now if I re-call he said he wanted to play in League 1 and didn’t want to drop to league 2. NOT ONCE He said he wanted to stay I don’t think.

I think someone is a bit scared of the town end!

That's a load of bollocks, the things he's said about Swindon since he left are fucking shocking. What a coward, he's completely backtracked on what he said before. Good job the game doesn't mean anything really, but we all know he flaps under pressure so I hope the town end make his life hell.

££££££££££

Im sure hes looking forward to the creepy chanting in the town end tomorrow :)

Worked a treat against Taylor and Martin !!

 :goodpost:

"THE TRUTH!" (IT WAS EVERYONE ELSE'S FAULT)

"I wanted to stay and help Swindon back up and I also felt I owed something to the people who voted for me as player of the season. But when Dennis Wise came in as manager he contacted Sean O'Hanlon on his first day but never phoned me.

"Blackpool was a bad decision and looking back of course I have regrets moving there.

"I even had serious doubts on the morning of signing and phoned my dad - because I did have bad feelings about it.

"I wanted to stay at Swindon, it is important to say that. I was honest enough to Mark Devlin at the time that I'd had talks with Blackpool but I also made it clear I did not want to go.

""I said if they could get near an offer I thought was reasonable I would stay. I was not asking for the same as Blackpool were offering, because obviously they were in a higher division.

"I knew what the other players were on at the club roughly and what I was asking for was not extortionate.

"I did not expect to be the highest paid player. Mark Devlin seemed quite happy with the figures at first."

"Considering I had been voted player of the year I thought it was strange he did not even get into contact with me.

"Mark Devlin reassured me they were still talking through the budget but I was not convinced by what he was saying.

"They then said they were going back to their original offer and one-year deal with money that was poor in anyone's books.

"I don't regret leaving because I had no choice.

"I do feel let down by the club but I still remember some great times there."



http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/display.var.2241925.0.rhys_i_didnt_want_to_leave.php

I like Rhys Evans, on the few occasions I bumped into him on a night out he was a model pro, always with a bottle in his hand, of water, nice polite, not up himself, nice bloke.

Fellas when are some of our fans gonna realise that these lads need to earn enough money to support their families.  What Rhys says is true the fact he wasn't offered what he needed meant he was forced to look elsewhere.

If my company offered me rubbish money I would be forced to leave whether I wanted to stay or not, as I have a mortgage to pay etc...

I wonder if our infrequent poster Mark D will back Rhys up on this one?  By means of a rather informal post.

Dont care what people say, hes a good lad.

He has a nice bum

Not saying he is not a good lad but why give stupid reasons why you left and contradict what he said in the past. He could have said "i had a good time at swindon, still look for results, but want 3 points for millwall" I know it sells paper so no doubt the adver stirred the pot etc to get fans on his back etc but still... Just wait til Curo returns! :)

Agreed Bushey, any abuse (over and above good natured banter) would be uncalled for in my opinion, the bloke played well for us and left when an opportunity came up.

Agree with that, also Gazza I think you need to understand what the truth was and what in fact was the usualy adver reporting.

I dont understand why some of our fans hate him so much.  He moved to a club in a higher league for a more money on a longer contract after a few years of decent service.

I sort of think it was unecessary to bring up why he left really...  don't think he should get any OTT abuse. He is bound to get some stick being a former player though. On a side note, Evans was brilliant in our playoff season! I think he has just opened himself up for abuse though by bringing up the past.

Gary, I can imagine the shock waves that that kind of story would have created throughout the media world.  "Ex player enjoyed time at old club, but wants to beat them tomorrow", that really would have got us talking about it.  FFS mate that would quite possibly be one of the most boring articles ever.  

The Adver have interviewed Rhys and made a meal out of the "juicey" bits, I bet Rhys can't even remember saying "I never wanted to leave Swindon".     How come when Peacock told a TEF'er he doesn't really like speaking to the adver because they misquote him we think fair enough, then as soon as an ex-player is quoted, we take the article as Gospel.

Give the bloke a break, he left for more money, as 99% of us would have done, especially if we had a family to support.

Ah right the Advers fault again... Getting a bit boring now

Cryer is a cunt

Out of contract in the summer incidentally ... would come back to us in a heartbeat!

No I'm not saying it's the Adver's fault as such I'm just stating that when Sir Lee Peacock tells fans the Adver misquotes and elaborates certain parts of interviews, we think oh right fair enough, then as soon as a story like this comes out a certain number of fans get all upset about it as the headline screams "I never wanted to leave!!".

Read the article and there's little to nothing to get annoyed about, the bloke was doing the best for his famille.

I don't like Rhys Evans because he always blames someone else and has an excuse for everything. Like his shit kicking being because one of his legs is slightly longer than the other........I mean come on of all the crap excuses. Then whenever he made a mistake it was always someone elses fault, and now he's blaming others for him leaving. His biggest problem though is that he thought he was better than he was and got found out at Blackpool who rate him as one of their worst keepers of all time.

Do they??  I never knew that!!!

I actually agree with that.Jan im sure Lee Peacock is old enough to realise that he does not have to talk to Andy Cryer that’s what makes me laugh because if he just adds bit as he supposedly has said why the hell does he keep speaking to him? As I have said he has no obligation to speak to him

He's hated by the Blackpool fans epecially after his sob story article last year where he said he was thinking of retiring because of the criticism he was getting from their supporters

Rhys Evans is ancient history as far as I'm concerned - and that interview is just a generic "I hope those who hated me have forgotten - here's a peace-pipe PLEASE SMOKE IT" (maybe not the latter bit).

Meh.

I saw Rhys Evans in Walkabout not long ago - FACT

Not a very interesting one though.

:cry: it was the only input I had to offer

Evans had one half decent season and otherwise was fucking gash, he also had an annoying tendancy to thinkhe was whiter than white and never take responsibilty for when he was cack

After Griemik, I thought it was impossible to find a keeper who had worse kciking than him, and that really really bugged me about Evans. The opposition fans would actually laugh at him.

spot on sir.
he may have won player of the year but he was shit that season(the others were generally worse)i didn't vote as it was a total waste that year imo.

he moved on because he thought it was a step up from where we found ourselves, the money was better and his best mate played for blackpool.and we have heard tales about contracts before haven't we? seems stuff was promised time and again which wasn't actually on offer when it came to signing.

he's not a player that deserves any abuse imo.friendly banter and a round of applause for his efforts while here.

No disrespect to the people who have met him/know him and I'm sure hes a nice chap however he has come out with several different statements on different occasions so I can see why people are not his biggest fan.

I won't be giving im any abuse tomorrow at all but I won't be going mad showing my appreciation for him either. In my eyes hes just another thats come and gone.

Evvvvvvvaaaaaaannnnnsssss

The reason he had a poor spell at Blackpool was because he played on with a groin injury as all their other keepers were injured and as a result wasnt really 100 percent and as a result made a few bad errors - the fans turned against him and he eventually stood down to have the operation (double hernia!) and Rachubka took his place after he recovered from his injury ...

I still rate him ... will be interesting to see how he plays tomorrow thats for sure. If we do sell Brez or Smith next season he would be a good replacement for a free transfer

fatbury.as you know the bloke maybe you can point us to the truth in his departure from here?

You fucking mentalist

So another excuse then...........consistant if nothing else I guess

Of course he deserves abuse tomorrow. He's the oppositions keeper for fucks sake. You've got to abuse them as much as you can. Don't give a fuck about the article, a load of bollocks from both sides.

Also he's a bit shit. And if fatbury says otherwise he's wrong.

Janaage- hope this informal enough! IIRC, it came down, as it always does, to length of contact and financial terms. We wanted Rhys to stay on, but on terms we could afford- Dennis was convinced he could get another keeper in (I think we had Phil Smith on board by then), if we couldn't agree terms, and Dennis' priorities were on other areas of the team. Rhys was made a good offer by Blackpool, and we couldn't match it, and there were no hard feelings when he decided to move to Blackpool.

Blackpool fans are among the most bitter and twisted I have ever come across. I'll bet they're still banging on about when Wellens got sent off for fouling Igoe.

As for Rhys Evans... never rated him. People would say "for all his faults he's a good shot stopper...". Of course he is, that's why he's a goalkeeper.

He can't kick and flaps at crosses, so looking forward to tomorrow.

No thanks I would not want him back he was shite

Spot on.

One at each end then  *ducks for cover*

Hes a good keeper .. but the offer he had was a bit derisory considering he had been player of the season and Blackpool offered double .. he regrets it now.

And fatburys love of Rhys Evans still burns as bad as it did the day he left Swindon.

He's not a good keeper though.......Reading the article Evans says Wise didn't even bother to contact him when he took charge so obviously Wise realised that was not very good too thankfully. Both Smith and Brez are substantially better keepers. If Evans ever came back here it would be a step back. The only reason people ever thought he was any good was because he played for the England Under 21's but by the end most people were losing patience with him.

Fatbury thinks he's good because he was in his under-10s team or something.

Aaaah so he feels guilty for being partly responsible that Evans isn't very good.....has he tried getting Pook for his under 10 side yet?

I think I've almost come to the conclusion that Fatbury is part of BEST Holdings. I mean he loves Pook too another shocking player so wanting to sign Evans who is likely past his best is another example of his BESTness

 When Evans played for QPR at teh CG around 02...think Jerome Thomas scored a fairly memorable goal for them....he was getting called sheepshagger by the less cultured denizens of the TE, due to the obvious Welshness of his name... it proved futile to explain to the masses he was from Swindon.  I was giving him stick for being from Swindon and never having played for us.

  Back to sheepshagger tomorrow then.

Rhys is a good keeper at League 1 level, not good enough for championship, and is a all round top bloke

Eeeeevvvvvvvvvvaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnssssssssssss..........

Dont forget Rory Fallon would have walked Player of the Year if we hadn't sold him-Evans won it by default as did whoever won it(Shaun Taylor I think) the season we sold Fjortoft

It is a disgrace Evans ever won player of the year. I only realised how rubbish he was when we signed Brez on a free transfer.

To me he is persona non grata at the CG. Yet another player who was directly responsible for our relegation and refused to take any blame for it whatsoever.

He is a model professional. So is Jack Smith. Both were players were starting in 05-06 and neither are/were good enough for this level.

Didn't Taylor win it the year we sold Shearer, too?

Nevermind. Evans has been released by Millwall now!

http://www.millwallfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10367~1306926,00.html

He'd be a good keeper at Conference level.

I'm mildly suprised they let him go.

his save from Paynters volley was mint

 I believe the scum are looking foir a back up keeper.....

Let's be fair to Evan's he is probably a good L1 keeper but not been about enough - played enough games - to prove he is worth a punt at a championship club, I'd be surprised if he didn't get a L1 / L2 club for next season.

 Dropping the superfluous apostrophe would be a good start.

 I've heard of Eto'o, but come on.

Agree with JPC82 (?), was a great save from Paynter's volley. Poor Billy couldn't believe his eyes!

One of the other players they're releasing is called Zoom Bakayogo. That is class.

that's the best name in the world ever part 2.

Once on Champ man, I tried to get an entire team of players whose names are a day of the week. Sunday Oliseh etc etc :mrgreen:

I hope you were playing as Sheffield Wednesday at the time.

Been released by Millwall which Im quite suprised about - thought he had a more than ok game Saturday.

Now available on a free transfer .... worth a punt??

no

(punt being the operative word)

Who needs the Va Va Voom when we've got the Za Za Zooooom!

I'd love someone of that name!

In a word no

Ooooh do I sense cracks appearing between Bart and Fatters

Depends who is doing the receiving I would guess

:D

He'd cost too much lolly.

That's class Nev.

I get most but I really don't get that one.

Zoom is a type of lolly.

Lolly is slang for money.

I see Evans has been released by Millwall................

 Really......

I think we should get him, made a great save from Paynter's Volley on Saturday, Paynter couldn't believe his eyes.

I think we shouldn't.

I shouldn't think we should.

ugghghhhhhghhhghhhghhhh.

I wouldn't think we should.

Looks like he could be staying in League One (barely) Crewe are looking at him.

He seems to like his crap towns doesnt our Rhys. I mean Blackpool,Bermondsey and Crewe?!?!
Lets hope when he comes to finishing his career he ends up at Merthy Tydfil, the martyr of crap towns  8)

As long as he doesn't end up back here I will be happy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/yeovil/7511650.stm

Turned down by Yeovil.

Amazing what happens when you take a risk and it fails... I would imagine Evans is quite worried at the moment.

Exatly he had it all here and decided to cut his nose to spite his face and it has back fired on him big time

His nose backfired on him? That must have been messy, especially once he'd cut it

Oh dear, I hear the non-league calling..

 I think the scum are looking for a second string keeper....

Nein mein fuhrer, they've just brought someone in.

 Don't spout foul guttural linguistics at me my man.....the on loan kid Cole is numero uno, while Turdley is injured.  They still need a bench warmer.

My humble apologies - my knowledge of the Oxford is pitiful at absolute best.

 Sun Tzu say " in order to know why scum floats on top of water...it is best to know what water is made of.  Then pull the plug "

Training with Yeovil I found out last week, if anyones interested.

Keep up Tails

Whoosh!

 :cunt:

If they are looking for a second rate keeper he is in with a shout ;)

Yay my cunt smiley made it in. I'm also glad that somebody used it. :D. Cheers Sam. That took me far to long to make that did.

It's doing the rounds at my work now, trying to work out whether we can customise Spark IM client to use it. Top work ben

what's the black dot about though?

  Its something you give to Bristol Rovers fans....

If you zoom in super it says fb.

awesome

The Rhys Evans "Please Employ Me" Tour has returned to Bradford.

http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1350597,00.html (http://www.bradfordcityfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10266~1350597,00.html)

Evans has now signed for Bradford on a 1 year deal - so he'll be available next season when that premiership club comes in for him !!!

Nico is on trial at Cheltenham