great negotiating manoevre by Occy - stating on Twitter that he was n't prepared to take a 60% pay cut clearly pricked Smurfwaite's gigantic ego and he bit...with a one year contract offer
How many have they signed on one year deals? They must really rate Byron to give him two.
It's pretty clear how this will end, Smurf will pull the plug on the investment and put the club up for sale once things go pear shaped on the field and the fans stop pandering to his gigantic ego (did I mention that?).
This will happen within two years.
Peter Ridsdale lite.
Give me John Bowler over him every day of the week and twice on Sundays.