Thats becos none of the CL teams are in for him & he realised he's running out of time to get into a competitive team.

Frm the highlight the only bright spot seems to be young Sterling. Hope BR can manage him properly...seen to much prospects end up in lower league or outta footie completely

yeah, & we all know how we felt back then. Key player wanting to go & went on strike????? WTF They're pro, shouldn't do this kinda thing, its not like to club don't pay him salary

Well imagine u working in Microsoft with 5 years contract. Suddenly Apple Inc wish to offer u better "prospects". Do you go on strike just to force Microsoft to accept your resignation?
Why would you signed a 5 years contract when you can opt for yearly rolling contract? Job security rite? & why would Microsoft bowed to Apple Inc when its perfectly their right to safeguard their own interest unless apple Inc pays compensation to Microsoft.
Club & player both safe guard their own interest, to go on strike to force thru a move is just unethical bordering unprofessional. What if RM come calling the year after he joins us, goes on strike again???

& that is what we called as unprofessional. If you are angling/hoping for a better company to come calling, then don't sign multi years contract, simple isn't it? Because you are greedy to sign a 5 years contract, when apple comes calling mid term, you goes ard crying for release from contract? Once signed you are bound by the contract. I don't see why the club/company have to cave in to your demand. So unless Apple or whatever big company buy you out from the contract, I don't see the the need for Microsoft to entertain your wants & whims. Afterall you shud have think properly of all pros & cons before signing a long term contract.
If you go on strike, I'm sure Microsoft would take legal action against you & it won't paint a good picture of you in professional line. Same can be said for footballer, they want want to be governed by labour law, I don't see why they should be exception to the rules as they wish.

Then from Microsoft perspective, Apple is seriously undervalues their asset. Thats their prerogative as you are under contract to them. As I said, the probs started when you signed multi year contract with a company thats not your first choice. There'll be no prob if you opt for yearly rolling contract.
Well its a matter a perspective, you chose to see from players view, I chose to view from both sides.


Yeah, its a delicate balance but it can be done as shown by Spurs chairman Levy in their yearly Modric saga
But it also shown can't be done by Wenger in their yearly key players sale
Its a matter of whether the club can afford to risk the value of the said player/s. Spurs have upper hand since Modric can't do nuts as he has multi years left in the contract. Either he rot in few years in reserves or play his best hoping the next year Levy relented.
In Dempsey case, if its up to me, I'll let the player rot in the reserves or youngsters group since he cant command much fees anyway seeing his age & contract duration.
& this is where the Anfield hierachy failed miserably, at least previous ones.

Probs always are different parties have different valuations, all wanting to get the best deals for themselves. Also most of them wont pay compensation but expect club to bowed to their demands like the players mentioned below.
Players like Essien/Masch/Tevez/Dempsey are just simply unethical & unprofessional but still they're hot commodities once in the market even with their attitude. so clubs have to shoulder blames as well.

These kinda tactics are widely used in order to get their targets. Its good when we're turning the heads of other clubs players but once we're in their shoes, it left a bitter taste in the mouth.

Easier said than done unless you are Rm or Barca. Even top Italians club lost their appeal nowadays.
On side note no matter how top you are, some players will want to ply their trade in Spain esp players from latin countries, maybe culture???

I agree with that. & Carroll also has the right to reject those offers , & rejected he did right? Thats where contract comes into play.
I can't imagine or even believe that a player can be sold against his will. Who's signature is it at the end of the day??? Or did the club point a gun asking him to sign contract with new club? even then he can annul the contact citing duress.

Most likely club don't do this & prefer to sell. Afterall there're no benefit for them to write off an "investment". Unless player accept significantly lower payoff or there's team salary cap like in NBA where its the norm to waived players to escape luxury tax, I see no point in club sack players.

Actually I'd like to know how he'd come to that conclusion, basing on the facts BR taking notes everytime cameras panned to him??
2 yrs in mgt & he's tactically & technically astute compared to veterans....to quote him, Oh Pleaseeeee.....

Football evolves but only in diet/training. Otherwise its still same old kicking game with crosses, headers, shootings. Whatever said about formation/tactical/technical are for argument sake only since how much tactics/formation can evolves? afterall no matter how modern it gets, its still 10 outfield players + goalie.
Do you even know the Magical Magyars already played a high pressing game with a lone striker in Puskas with outside forwards flanking him ala 4-3-3 morph into 4-1-2-2-1/4-5-1? Thats like 50 yrs ago so its not like the current "in" formation is anything new. The formation is constantly recycled with times gone by. 20 yrs from now, most likely 4-4-2 will be the "in" formation again.
Point is every mgr have their own preferences. to say BR is tactically/technically superior to Kd or even Woy is far fetched. KD & Woy have their own ideas & they stick to them but it doesn't mean they're tactically inept. Nor just becos BR footballing ideas are pleasing to eyes meant he's superior. He's still have much to prove.
Red nose is one of the old school mgr but he still thrives even now. Key is he changed his formation when his team reached end of cycle & depending on the players & coaches he brought in. KD proves he equally adept in changing formation when he used 3-3-3-1/3-2-3-2 at times. Its just that he believes in his favored formation, but it didn't work out. So that proves he's tactically inept just becos its not working out in 1.5 season?

actually his decisions making in final ball are terrible.

Somehow not sure the brightest of his class seemed to stagnant & unable to progress well. Pacheco, me think is gone case like Mellor/Sinama/Nemeth since he cant even make any noteworthy contribution be it Reserves or back on loan to a Spanish team.

AC now is a cheapo teams trying to get players that they sold high for peanuts, well they've been for a few season now. & yet we even fell for them & even entertaining their thoughts to get players for peanuts once more.

31st...our time will be ard 7/8am on the 1st

Think its either backgrd negotiations is going on with a team thats in Europe to prevent cup tied or BR really want to force him out

u missed out on they will buy young & re-sell for higher value. That means irregardless of whether we're challenging, if there's offer big enough, they will sell. No exception. From day one they already stated this.
Unless we have a great academy or scouting, in the future we'll keep on losing key players like the gooners.

Kewell cost 5mil, Duff went for 15mil to a Russian team...so its no brainer we go for Kewell considering he's also at his peak that time. Who knew we'll end up with lame duck
at the very least we trumped em mancs for the Kewell deal

More like we're not big enough to afford them

That article referred to RM signing Becks instead of him(Eto'o) from Mallorca mah as RM have 50% right for him. Nothing to do with us.
Not sure abt Ronaldinho case but maybe it had to do the English Non-EU work permit since that time I'm sure Ronaldinho not yet satisfied the 75% national team appearance.
Sinama & Le Tallec, well they were bought with future in mind so no guarantee they'll becomes world beater but they were world beating potential that time.
Read Anelka agent aka his brother was hawking him to clubs even when we were trying to work out a deal with him, hence Parry pulled the plug on the deal.
Diouf, Diao & Cheyrou read Carroll, Downing, Henderson. Nuff said.

Then RB was given a choice to sign ONLY 1 player, so he opted for a more pressing need.

the serial spitster cost 10 mil la, not 20mil. but yeah, our scouts & nego teams sucks

yeah, this very much sums it all