BBC News: Aden Flint one of four to stay at Swindon Town next season

[News Monkey]

Aden Flint one of four to stay at Swindon Town next season
     

League One Swindon Town take up contract options on four first-team players, including central defender Aden Flint.
     

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22566239
     

[woolster]

Bullshit Freddie it is then

[Batch]

Why. It probably is BS but..., remember Mildenhall!

[phelpsieboy]

How's it bullshit freddie. The reason the year option may have been taken is because it will mean we can sell them for monetary value.

[Hoboken]

I don't think it is rocket science for someone to say everyone is for sale. Everyone, every year is for sale at the right price. The interesting thing will be who they are sold to and for how much. Selling Wes, for example, to Sunderland or any Championship club? Ok. Selling him to a L1 club? A different matter.

[Dr Pierre Chang]

I don't think it is rocket science for someone to say everyone is for sale. Everyone, every year is for sale at the right price. The interesting thing will be who they are sold to and for how much. Selling Wes, for example, to Sunderland or any Championship club? Ok. Selling him to a L1 club? A different matter.

So if a L1 club offers more for Wes than a Championship club, you would rather we rejected that offer and accepted a lower one?

If money is needed, then it doesn't matter where he goes as we saw with the Ritchie sale.

[Hoboken]

So if a L1 club offers more for Wes than a Championship club, you would rather we rejected that offer and accepted a lower one?

If money is needed, then it doesn't matter where he goes as we saw with the Ritchie sale.

Erm, no, I didn't say that. Read my post. I said WHO they are sold to and for HOW MUCH. It's a combination of the two, but in reality how likely is it that a L1 club will come in with a bigger offer than a Championship club anyway? My point is that we can't determine anything about the board if we sell a player for a good price to a Championship club...if we sell them to a rival for a perceived cheap price, that will tell us something (ref: Ritchie).

[Batch]

Erm, no, I didn't say that. Read my post. I said WHO they are sold to and for HOW MUCH. It's a combination of the two, but in reality how likely is it that a L1 club will come in with a bigger offer than a Championship club anyway? My point is that we can't determine anything about the board if we sell a player for a good price to a Championship club...if we sell them to a rival for a perceived cheap price, that will tell us something (ref: Ritchie).

Seems a fair enough point does that.

[Arriba]

Low wages,young with the hope to cash in.

[DRS]

Low wages? you mad :-)

[Arriba]

Low wages? you mad :-)

not sure about Flint,but the other 3 yeah. I think Flint's will be significantly lower than others though.

[DV]

Hope comes last week we were told Storey, Thompson, Flint and Bedwell had been offered new deals then a week later we're told the club have taken up automatic renewal options.

Does this mean the players in question were originally offered deals different to the renewal terms.

If this is the case, why - tribunal terms say that we have to offer them the same or a better contract (if we want compo) (or is that just wages?) So can we assume the board were maybe trying to get some clauses and or bonuses out of their current contracts?

Or have I just got the wrong end of the stick of the whole thing?

[Batch]

That's how I remember it reported too DV.

Not sure if the Advers info was slightly off or not though. Maybe we always were simply taking the option.

[kerry red]

Low wages? you mad :-)
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You'd be completely gobsmacked if you knew what was offered, and accepted.

I couldn't believe it

[tans]

Spill then