To be fair the "greedy" tag is probably a tad unfair. He's not the youngest anymore so you can't really blame him for trying to earn what he's entitled to. Hull chose to give him the massive contract after all didn't they? You're a long time retired as a footballer, you may as well milk it while you can.
Reckon you can call him greedy though following the failed move to Celtic. His own Chairman at Hull has publicly concurred. Seems likeable enough but if he loves the game so much (and has presumably made a huge amount already), then why not just be glad to get another chance to prove his fitness? He was apparently prepared to go too, but wanted silly money. We had a few of those when we left the Prem didn't we?
saw him at the kings arms/head in Bexley Village in June. I know he has a head mad eof lego but i thought his bird was an absolute minger... and i know mingers
Looks like Hull are taking the opportunity to relieve themselves of 50K per week off of their wage bill.
Bullard has been a very silly boy here, he should never have given them the chance to sack him like this, there is no way he'll get another contract on anything like the money Hull were paying him.
He has just thrown away two years (the time left on his contract) of 50K per week wages for a night on the piss.
I bet the board at Hull can barely believe their luck, they just saved themselves 5 million quid!
Personally, i think the whole (hull) situation stinks. They were stupid enough to pay him ridiculous wages and when it all goes wrong for them, they're trying anything to get out of it. The bloke could be a hermit when away from the club and they'd still try to find a reason for this. Hope he sues them, gets all his wages paid and a bit of compensation to boot. He's behaved no worse than at least one player does at every club and if he was a wanted and valued player, he'd be looking at a club fine, no more. It's bloody double standards. That's the one thing I hated Charlton/Curbs for back in the 90's. Bowyer gets caught smoking dope and the club stand by him because of his financial value, however, when the same thing happened to Jamie Stuart, because he had little return value, he was sacked.
Anyway, it's 3:45am and i'm tired and tipsy....................................................
Personally, i think the whole (hull) situation stinks. They were stupid enough to pay him ridiculous wages and when it all goes wrong for them, they're trying anything to get out of it. The bloke could be a hermit when away from the club and they'd still try to find a reason for this. Hope he sues them, gets all his wages paid and a bit of compensation to boot. He's behaved no worse than at least one player does at every club and if he was a wanted and valued player, he'd be looking at a club fine, no more. It's bloody double standards. That's the one thing I hated Charlton/Curbs for back in the 90's. Bowyer gets caught smoking dope and the club stand by him because of his financial value, however, when the same thing happened to Jamie Stuart, because he had little return value, he was sacked.
Anyway, it's 3:45am and i'm tired and tipsy....................................................
I read an article earlier which basically said that every club in the EPL and FL will be watching the Bullard case extremely closely.
If Hull get away with sacking Bullard for misconduct then there will be a whole load of clubs, especially those just relegated from the EPL, who will be looking to pull of similar dismissals of their top earners that they cannot afford to continue to pay.
Bullard has no choice but to sue Hull, he is 32 now and will be lucky to pick up a deal from a CCC club for even around 8-10K per week, which is a massive drop in income, and that's presuming he can even pick up a club.
Personally, i think the whole (hull) situation stinks. They were stupid enough to pay him ridiculous wages and when it all goes wrong for them, they're trying anything to get out of it. The bloke could be a hermit when away from the club and they'd still try to find a reason for this. Hope he sues them, gets all his wages paid and a bit of compensation to boot. He's behaved no worse than at least one player does at every club and if he was a wanted and valued player, he'd be looking at a club fine, no more. It's bloody double standards. That's the one thing I hated Charlton/Curbs for back in the 90's. Bowyer gets caught smoking dope and the club stand by him because of his financial value, however, when the same thing happened to Jamie Stuart, because he had little return value, he was sacked.
Stuart was actually re-establishing himself in the first team at centre back and he did not just do the same thing.
If what I heard was true - it wasn't good but wasn't that bad. Do agree - with McLovin's points - if one club sacks a player, there is a queue of other clubs ready to take him on whatever he has done. There wasn't a shortage of clubs willing to take Lee Hughes on, but if it was Charlton who did it - I think I would have had a real problem going to games.
I think there was an element of this in the Flanagan/Hales punch up. The club initially came down harder on Hales because Flanagan was the bigger financial asset at the time.
I think there was an element of this in the Flanagan/Hales punch up. The club initially came down harder on Hales because Flanagan was the bigger financial asset at the time.
Was this really the case? I thought that they came down harder on Killer because he threw the first punch so to speak and was seen as the instigator of the fight. Killer's response through the PFA was along the lines of it takes 2 to have a fight and that it was harsh to only punish him. Also I seem to remember that Charlton stupidly thought that they could sack him but still get a transfer fee.
Clubs will always look after there own interests as they are in the business of winning football matches rather than being moral institutions. I reckon Bullard and Fulham knew he had a dodgy knee before he joined Hull - maybe it wasn't picked up in the fitness test but if he's been stupid enough to give them a legal reason to terminate his contract, then more fool him. A close friend of Bullards who was learning his trade in the reserves of a premiership side used to play in my 5 a side team quite regularly - he wasn't supposed to and they could have terminated his contract at any time if they found out - he must have been mad but he was my mates brother and he wanted to play so i let him. After joining various teams in league 1 and 2 for first team action he got booted out of football after plenty of off pitch incidents that lead to his sacking. He can't get back into football now and lives in a caravan. Point is i don't think they realise how lucky they are and if your on £45,000 a week you should be able to tow the line - no sympathy at all.
Personally, i think the whole (hull) situation stinks. They were stupid enough to pay him ridiculous wages and when it all goes wrong for them, they're trying anything to get out of it. The bloke could be a hermit when away from the club and they'd still try to find a reason for this. Hope he sues them, gets all his wages paid and a bit of compensation to boot. He's behaved no worse than at least one player does at every club and if he was a wanted and valued player, he'd be looking at a club fine, no more. It's bloody double standards. That's the one thing I hated Charlton/Curbs for back in the 90's. Bowyer gets caught smoking dope and the club stand by him because of his financial value, however, when the same thing happened to Jamie Stuart, because he had little return value, he was sacked.
Stuart was actually re-establishing himself in the first team at centre back and he did not just do the same thing.
There was a lot more behind the reason to sack him that wasn't made public
i think it was the fact that the Bowyer scenario didn't act as the deterrant it should have (and the fact that Stuart's party habits were common knowledge at the time)
Not being a mind reader it's impossible to know Bullard's thoughts. If he is doing all he can to get fit then Hull are out of order, if on the other hand he is simply taking the club's money and making no attempt at rehabilitation and knows that his knee will never be any good ever again, then, Hull are within their rights to cancel his contract and effectively sack him. When fit and in the right mindset, Bullard is a very good player.
A few months ago Nick Barmby and Bullard had a punch up on the Humber Bridge. The Hull fans moan if only Barmby had hit Bullard harder and knocked him into the foaming brine.
i think it was the fact that the Bowyer scenario didn't act as the deterrant it should have (and the fact that Stuart's party habits were common knowledge at the time)
I think that's true, but also that he tested positive for a Class A. Bowyer would have probably been sacked too, if he'd done the same thing.
If I remember rightly as well Stuart tried to sue the club for unfair dismissal as he claimed something along the lines of he smoked what he thought was a roll up at a party and it turned out to be a joint which was also laced with cocaine. He was then advised that the amount found in his system it would have had to be a very big roll up.
This was a long time ago so may not be totally correct but that's how I remembered it
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Anyone know what he's been up to?
surprised he didn't get fined for this! haha
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/14577100.stm
Looks like Hull are taking the opportunity to relieve themselves of 50K per week off of their wage bill.
Bullard has been a very silly boy here, he should never have given them the chance to sack him like this, there is no way he'll get another contract on anything like the money Hull were paying him.
He has just thrown away two years (the time left on his contract) of 50K per week wages for a night on the piss.
I bet the board at Hull can barely believe their luck, they just saved themselves 5 million quid!
That's the one thing I hated Charlton/Curbs for back in the 90's. Bowyer gets caught smoking dope and the club stand by him because of his financial value, however, when the same thing happened to Jamie Stuart, because he had little return value, he was sacked.
Anyway, it's 3:45am and i'm tired and tipsy....................................................
I read an article earlier which basically said that every club in the EPL and FL will be watching the Bullard case extremely closely.
If Hull get away with sacking Bullard for misconduct then there will be a whole load of clubs, especially those just relegated from the EPL, who will be looking to pull of similar dismissals of their top earners that they cannot afford to continue to pay.
Bullard has no choice but to sue Hull, he is 32 now and will be lucky to pick up a deal from a CCC club for even around 8-10K per week, which is a massive drop in income, and that's presuming he can even pick up a club.
Very silly chap.
If what I heard was true - it wasn't good but wasn't that bad. Do agree - with McLovin's points - if one club sacks a player, there is a queue of other clubs ready to take him on whatever he has done. There wasn't a shortage of clubs willing to take Lee Hughes on, but if it was Charlton who did it - I think I would have had a real problem going to games.
I think there was an element of this in the Flanagan/Hales punch up. The club initially came down harder on Hales because Flanagan was the bigger financial asset at the time.
Not being a mind reader it's impossible to know Bullard's thoughts. If he is doing all he can to get fit then Hull are out of order, if on the other hand he is simply taking the club's money and making no attempt at rehabilitation and knows that his knee will never be any good ever again, then, Hull are within their rights to cancel his contract and effectively sack him. When fit and in the right mindset, Bullard is a very good player.
A few months ago Nick Barmby and Bullard had a punch up on the Humber Bridge. The Hull fans moan if only Barmby had hit Bullard harder and knocked him into the foaming brine.