The George Hirst Fiasco....

[aussieowl]

The thick pigs have certainly mis-handled this situation Redders,but it could happen to us in't future. English clubs have been cherry pickin foreign talent for decades aint they? I luv watchin our academy sides but summat needs sortin to stop the BIG clubs just comin and tekin kids from academies such as ours for next to nowt cos it does happen alot,if they want these kids meaningful compo needs payin in my opinion.UTCB

Not sure how else the club/Chansiri could have handled it rodders, in the absence of the Hirst side of the story we only have Chansiri's version of it & to me that version makes sense.

George, according to Chansiri, was offered the best contract the club has ever offered a player of his age & standing, he turned it down, now we have the not so clear part where he didn't play, as far as we know a loan deal to another club, possibly Rotherham, was included in the deal....all he had to do was sign the contract...he didn't, so it's on him/them/his dad/agent/advisors.

What were the club supposed to do once the offer was rejected, also, if George wasn't David's son would it have been different, personally I think it would, none of the other young players have had trouble signing their contracts with latest being the lad from Bulgaria, the exception being Sean Clare, who, in spite of Wednesday fans singing "he's one our own" isn't & is from London & may want to move back down there.

When George came to prominence & many were saying how good he is I was excited....the son of a Wednesday legend scoring goals for fun tends to get interest very high, people were saying all sorts of things about him despite having never seen him play, the 'Hirst' factor is very large in all of this....slowly & then very quickly it all went very dark, rumours left right & centre....his dad seems to have had a very negative affect on all this but we don't really know that...my feeling right now is that I can't wait for him to leave, too many bridges have been burnt it seems, I wish him luck but that's it, needs to be over now, we have other very good youngsters at the moment which is a nice change considering how United's academy have performed......would have been good for Hirst junior to smash a few in for us but hey...whatever, it's not happening now.

[redalwaysablade]

But surely the whole point of an Academy is to produce young talent and if not nurture them for yourself, help to fund other first team prospects. My point isn't just Aimed at Wendy, as amusing to Us Blades as it is, but the bigger point is, are top Clubs circumventing rules put in place to stop the hoovering up of young talent, knowing full well, all, but a tiny fraction will just slip through the system never to play in any English League side, there is little wonder the National Side suffer, there is talent out there, it just never gets a chance to shine in The English League set up. Surely the quality of our whole League System would benefit by allowing if not insisting, that these young, good players get to play in a Competitive English League, at least up to the age of 23.

[rodcurrie]

Not sure how else the club/Chansiri could have handled it rodders, in the absence of the Hirst side of the story we only have Chansiri's version of it & to me that version makes sense.

George, according to Chansiri, was offered the best contract the club has ever offered a player of his age & standing, he turned it down, now we have the not so clear part where he didn't play, as far as we know a loan deal to another club, possibly Rotherham, was included in the deal....all he had to do was sign the contract...he didn't, so it's on him/them/his dad/agent/advisors.

What were the club supposed to do once the offer was rejected, also, if George wasn't David's son would it have been different, personally I think it would, none of the other young players have had trouble signing their contracts with latest being the lad from Bulgaria, the exception being Sean Clare, who, in spite of Wednesday fans singing "he's one our own" isn't & is from London & may want to move back down there.

When George came to prominence & many were saying how good he is I was excited....the son of a Wednesday legend scoring goals for fun tends to get interest very high, people were saying all sorts of things about him despite having never seen him play, the 'Hirst' factor is very large in all of this....slowly & then very quickly it all went very dark, rumours left right & centre....his dad seems to have had a very negative affect on all this but we don't really know that...my feeling right now is that I can't wait for him to leave, too many bridges have been burnt it seems, I wish him luck but that's it, needs to be over now, we have other very good youngsters at the moment which is a nice change considering how United's academy have performed......would have been good for Hirst junior to smash a few in for us but hey...whatever, it's not happening now.

The loan deal to Rovrum as i heard it was scuppered by your bobbar club,the reason was he was goin nowhere or playin for your lot until young Hirsty had signed a new contract.Pig fans probably sing Clare's one of your own cos of the fact he's an academy player but who in the r8 mind knows what goes on in a pig fans head? I mean someone thinks Nilsson's better than SIR LEN. UTCB

[aussieowl]

The loan deal to Rovrum as i heard it was scuppered by your bobbar club,the reason was he was goin nowhere or playin for your lot until young Hirsty had signed a new contract.Pig fans probably sing Clare's one of your own cos of the fact he's an academy player but who in the r8 mind knows what goes on in a pig fans head? I mean someone thinks Nilsson's better than SIR LEN

Whoever told thi that about Nilsson rodders knows what he's on about, listen & ye shall learn mi owd...

[BlockD]

Amazing isn’t it that we didn’t have this problem with David Brooks,who was the real star of the Toulon tournament not Hirst,Hirst obviously saw that even if he did sign a contract he wouldn’t be given a chance at the Arrogants and farmed out to another club.

Now the Arrogants are saddled with a duds like Rhodes and Fletcher on sky high wages and have never given a chance to a young prospect,ferking comedy at its finest

[mahatmafoot]

Whoever told thi that about Nilsson rodders knows what he's on about, listen & ye shall learn mi owd...

Seen both players and both were great but Sir Len light years ahead of Nilssen.

[Chips1889]

Seen both players and both were great but Sir Len light years ahead of Nilssen.

Not just our Len but Cec was great at RB.

[aussieowl]

Not just our Len but Cec was great at RB.

Great player was Cec, may he rest in peace.....not as good as our Mel though was he.

[rodcurrie]

Great player was Cec, may he rest in peace.....not as good as our Mel though was he.

Leave the tinnies alone for an hour Aussie,there is absolutely no comparison between the singer and SIR LEN.It's so obvious that even BennyBlock knows SIR LEN was way better.UTCB

[BlockD]

Whoever told thi that about Nilsson rodders knows what he's on about, listen & ye shall learn mi owd...

You should stick to your barmpot Flat Earth theories,you clearly know ferk all about full backs