Accies Match thread blah blah blah

[Aldo1983]

I still canna believe we knocked back a couple million for him , possibly one of the daftest moves ever and we won’t get that offer again in this climate . It was admirable that we let him decide but realistically, if things are financially as drastic as they keep saying they are , the decision should’ve been made for him and he should’ve been told the club just can’t afford to turn down that offer .
Dave Cormack has a reputation as a top businessman man well you don’t get much better offers than that , a couple million for a player you bought for 50 grand .

We didn't knock it back, he did.

[ByeByeScum2012]

We didn't knock it back, he did.

And it was only £20k we paid for him

[pieandbovrilman]

We didn't knock it back, he did.

Aye ok well it’s the same thing , we let him dictate rather than saying it’s too good an offer to turn down for a donkey like you noo eeeeaaaaawwww your way to France and dinna forget yer straw hat for the beach .

[57vintage]

Aye ok well it’s the same thing , we let him dictate rather than saying it’s too good an offer to turn down for a donkey like you noo eeeeaaaaawwww your way to France and dinna forget yer straw hat for the beach .

He didn’t dictate, he just enacted his right as an individual and an employee not to be coerced into a transfer he didn’t want, or traded as a commodity by an employer.

[sonofrgmsdad]

He didn’t dictate, he just enacted his right as an individual and an employee not to be coerced into a transfer he didn’t want, or traded as a commodity by an employer.

Quite right. Clubs don't own players. They own contracts. These work 2 ways. Why should a club be able to tell a player to flock off to another country? We expect the players to respect their contracts, clubs must do so too. Ridiculous notion that you can tell any player where they must live and work.

[pieandbovrilman]

Quite right. Clubs don't own players. They own contracts. These work 2 ways. Why should a club be able to tell a player to flock off to another country? We expect the players to respect their contracts, clubs must do so too. Ridiculous notion that you can tell any player where they must live and work.

I’d have driven him to France masel for that money

[afc1903mad]

Aye ok well it’s the same thing , we let him dictate rather than saying it’s too good an offer to turn down for a donkey like you noo eeeeaaaaawwww your way to France and dinna forget yer straw hat for the beach .

As pointed out by others we couldn’t do that and even if we could, that is a horrible way to treat a person and would impact on our ability to attract other players if we were to treat them that way.

I’m pretty sure that the club and player thought an alternative offer would come from elsewhere. Then he picked up the injury.
I’m sure everyone hopes he gets back scoring and gets another offer in excess of the reported £2.4M