Trade Descriptions Act 1968

[NEVTHEDEV]

One of the clauses is :
fitness for purpose,strength,performance.behaviour or accuracy.
Now when I bought my season ticket,I was under the immpression that this season all of the above were going to be addressed,not so.
Even the chairman stepped in to address the fans,saying SD will be sacked,sorry backed.
WE are still waiting.
Coco has gone for a UNDISCLOSED sum,will we ever find out,not on your nelly.
Will some of the money go toward`s another STRIKER,I don`t think so,it will be a case of we will make do with what we have got,so if they are so great why did we have loan player`s throughout the season so far.?
If by any chance SD or any of the board read this Forum,I would like a full refund under the above Act.
Anybody else agree,if so post on here,and lets see how many we get.

[VindePays2009]

This is truly pathetic, and I would have thought that even Timmy would be horrified; I invite him to come on and say so.

So what was the point of signing the lad for two years, only to sell him after less than six months? To cash in for more money? Hardly.

The board might as well have not played him on Saturday, and we'd have known what was going on. No doubt they were bricking it for most of the game in case he got injured. It would at least have identified him as our cash cow for the month of January, with Garratt's value dropping by the game.

Some of us may not agree with itwasin and Paul much of the time, but is anybody going to contradict them regarding this shabby fire sale?

Thought not.

[objective]

Not shabby at all...a lot better than not signing him in the summer and taking our chances on a tribunal when he found a club. We have had a great 6 months out of him , will benefit more financially if he moves up to the next level and he has got himself a good move . How come it is pathetic ?

[Timmy58]

Not in the slightest bit horrified. Sad to see a good player leave and the point of signing any player is to increase their value to us both in terms of actually playing and the potential sale value. Hence the likes of Garratt, Cooper, Ray et al all being tied down on longer contracts. The problem with Colclough is that he has had lengthy injury problems over the last few years. Also his off field problems will not have gone unnoticed by any possible suitors. Yes, we could have hung on longer, but there is no point in keeping a player who wants to move on. And he clearly wanted to move on born out by his prevarication during the summer. Credit where it is due, the player has played for us when some may have expected him to sulk because he didn't get the move in the summer that he obviously wanted. But to criticise the club for selling him when this is precisely what the club is about is bizarre in the extreme

[AlexLeicester]

I think Coco's departure was inevitable. We do not stand in a player's way if it is thought that a move is good for their career, and in this case there is some debate as Wigan are in the same division. However, given that he always wanted away, we got him to sign a 2-year contract, and he has been putting himself in the shop window through his energy during games; I think he/his agent may have secured a few get-out clauses to said contract.
I just hope we have got some great sell-on percentages and appearance cash. Our history tends to suggest that these are probable.

[itwasin]

Rejoice its the only time you see the club move quickly when they sell players normally takes 60 seconds,when it comes to a replacement its back to being a tortoise in treacle. Bizarre to the extreem! As someone says

[OgerAlex]

We all know the club has a sales strategy but we've got to sell at a mutually beneficial time, not just because an offers been made. We have basically accepted relegation. There are no youth players that I can see would be an adequate replacement just at the moment. This is where te problem lies, we've become so conditioned to selling that the fate of the first team is now just ignored. I swear we have some followers who would prefer to see one of our 'products' score the winner for Liverpool in the cup final than see our own first team succeed. I think this sale is particularly hard to stomach as the team is currently extremely average and Colcough was pretty much the only one who had that bit of spark. Anyhow, old Stormin' won't care, some pennies for one of his businesses have arrived!