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Paul Caddis: Birmingham unable to sign Swindon defender
     

Birmingham City fail to secure a permanent deal for Swindon loan defender Paul Caddis because of budget restrictions.
     

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22544303
     

HoDM....why has this news been released by the Beeb, when there's nothing STFC related in the Adver today?

You must know if it's a Board gagging order?

fucking hell, i forgot about him

Or an editorial sulk :)

to be honest I think the Adver do a great job in getting stories online quickly and for free. Financially I've never quite understood why they don't publish the headlines and wait until say 1pm for the full story, unless web advertising pays more than paper sales.

This budget restriction thing not only hampering STFC then... :sherlock:

Agreed. The first check I do every day when I am in the office is check the Adver site for the days news (followed by this site).

How disappointing to see nothing today :(

Birmingham played this card before he joined them on loan.

I'm sure a deal with be made.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/8732612/Championship-Lee-Clark-says-the-transfer-of-Paul-Caddis-is-dead

Yeah we should let him go for free.  We are so mean.

Freddy Mercury moustache not a good look for him.

 Brum trying to call our bluff here..they'll know we need him off the wage bill, and are gambling there'll be no other takers, willing to pay a fee. In which case we might have to let him go for a free..

Why the fuck would we allow him to leave on a free when he is under contract and other teams are interested in him, what a cock.

Cheeky gits

 "The only way it can be resurrected - which I don't think Swindon will do - is if they make him available as a free transfer.

Well obviously, if another club wants to stump up a fee, then fine. We would let him leave for free, for the same reason we let Simon Ferry leave on a free.

'plays tiniest violin'

Cads has become a cock hasn't he?

This isn't the Football Rumours website, Venkman.

On a related note - good trolling by Clark. A free transfer after rejecting six figure bids? Fucking hell.

You of all people should know that! Being about as far wide of the mark with all your predictions as it is possible to be.

But Simon Ferry was out of contract. Caddis has a year left so we'd be dumb to let him go for a free if we can get a fee.

Obviously its a big if, which I guess is what you are making the point about.

We could have activated Ferry's option, and looked for a fee, but chose not to...presumaby because of a shortage of takers. Maybe someone will come in with a bid for Caddis, in which case fine....more likely though, they'll gamble on us not wanting a high wage disaffected player around the place.

If that were the case wouldn't we have accepted this bid?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22041064

I cannot envisage a lack of interest for Caddis.

Clark is calling our bluff but if we did let him go on a free? Christ.

Sell him or play him. It's not rocket science... He's worth the wages for an extra years service anyway.

That was quite some time ago....we'll see how it ends up.

Earlier on you were happy to cite actions that occurred in March to back up you up, yet now the rejected bids for Caddis which happened AFTER the sale of Ritchie are disregarded because 'that was some time ago'?

As I say we'll see....I don't think Caddis will be a player here next season, it would be preferable if someone comes in with a bid, but if they don't we'll look to get someone else to pay his wages.

Very slick Reg.

Avoid the point and switch to another topic. Fantastic debating skills!

If we don't manage to sell him we will (as you say) try and loan him out to another team who are willing to pay his wages with maybe a clause that they can buy him for a nominal sum in January.

However, the one thing I would make sure of based on this story (if I were in charge) is that we loan him to any club except Birmingham City

I actually had no fucking idea what you're talking about...but didn't want to appear ill mannered.

I would love to see Caddis and Nate Dog being played together - Caddis on the wing with the dog at right back.

Personally, I think we should now sell him to Aston Villa and then burn the proceeds in an elaborate ceremony

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Another nail in the coffin for Birmingham, it's like losing some defender all over again.