Fallon's contract issues

[DV]

id rather stay up and lose him for nowt, that flog him and go down.

[le god cuervo]

The Town manager said: “It’s something I will look at, depending on who we get in.
“I like to have options but it would be daft to have a bloated squad where people really aren’t in my plans.
“If I felt that was the case then I would speak to people and say to individuals perhaps you could go out on loan or permanently.”

nicolau on the way? lapham maybe? neither have featured too much under iffy.

as for contracts i reckon it would be worth tying up evans, o'hanlon, shakes, smith etc for another year (or two) maybe CCP as well.

[janaage]

id rather stay up and lose him for nowt, that flog him and go down.

How about going down and losing him for nowt, that'd be good eh?

[DV]

id rather stay up and lose him for nowt, that flog him and go down.

How about going down and losing him for nowt, that'd be good eh?

Worth the gamble....if we sell are only goal scorer we are admitting defeat and relegation.

[janaage]

No we're not at all.  We're facing the fact that we were going to lose him anyway.  There's no way we can rely on a player to save us, in the knowledge that he doesn't give a fuck, due to the fact he's already got he's nice transfer to <insert team name>.

Ship him out get someone in who's up for a relegation battle.  These loan players aren't the answer either, why do we expect them to fight for STFC when they're not really connected with the club.

[DV]

again, who will score our goals Jan?

[Batch]

Fallon - has done the business so far. If he plans to go at the end of the season then I guess he might be distracted but I'd take that risk and keep him. I'm sure we'd be further up the creek if we go down by selling Fallon that stay up and losing him for free. There are no guarentees we won't go down and lose him for free mind.

Loan Players - They are on loan for a reason. They have a lot to prove. They aren't going to get a new contract/club by not gving a stuff. The issue is whether they are good enough in the first place.

Normal Players - They largely don't give a stuff about STFC any more than any other employer. Noone wants relagation but if that happens and a better offer comes along they'll be off.

[mattboyslim]

unlike many of our recent players the one thing I won't say of Fallon is he doesn't care.  It strikes me he actually gives a damn and makes the effort.  But you couldn't blame him for wanting to further his career and bank balance IMHO.  If he goes we will need to permanantly sign a worthy replacement and these are neither cheap nor easy to come by.

[janaage]

I believe that Jamie Cueton is more of an asset to this club than Rory Fallon, who it seems now wants to leave.  Who knows what will happen over the next couple of months, but I do not see Fallon's departure key to our fate.

He is not dragging us through games, like Parkin used to, we are not a one man team.

[DV]

I believe that Jamie Cueton is more of an asset to this club than Rory Fallon,

Thats laughable, Jamie Cureton has scored 0 goals earning us 0 points. Rory Fallon has score 13 goals earning us 16 points, including scoring the winners at Colchester, Rotherham and Bristol City

who it seems now wants to leave.

and you think Cureton wants to stay here, knowing there is as good as a contract waiting for him at high flying Colchester.

[janaage]

Good contract at Colchester, they're not exactly rolling in money.

Like I say how many goals did Jan score in his first few months at this great club of ours?  Just because he's had an indifferent start doesn't mean that lean spell will continue.  as he proved at Col U.

[DV]

Good contract at Colchester, they're not exactly rolling in money.

Like I say how many goals did Jan score in his first few months at this great club of ours?  Just because he's had an indifferent start doesn't mean that lean spell will continue.  as he proved at Col U.

I didnt say good contract did I, I meant to say that there is as good as one waiting for him.

I agree that Cureton might come good, I want him to come good but thats still no reason to get rid of Fallon.

Say Cureton can score 13 between now and the end of the season, that doesnt mean we will win enough games to climb out of it.

We need both Cureton and Fallon scoring goals to survive.

[janaage]

I'd say we need Curo and A.N.other striker, not necessarily Rory.

[DV]

I'd say we need Curo and A.N.other striker, not necessarily Rory.

I'd say we need Rory and A.N.other striker, not necessarily Curo


Mainly because Fallon has done the business.

[janaage]

I think it's time to agree to disagree on this one.  Both miles apart in our views, I'm happy with my opinion, you're happy with yours.  

We'll talk if and when something concrete happens.