FRESH NEWS ON O'GRADY: He has lowered his demands for weekly wage to more reasonable amount, CAFC not the only club to refuse to fund such silly wages,
Ball is now in our court - Deal is not dead as of yet .. but definitely still no where near completion
FRESH NEWS ON O'GRADY: He has lowered his demands for weekly wage to more reasonable amount, CAFC not the only club to refuse to fund such silly wages,
Ball is now in our court - Deal is not dead as of yet .. but definitely still no where near completion
If that is true, it is interesting in that it near enough confirms he was asking for daft money initially - RD being prudent/miserly is one thing but we have already seen teams that are willing to spend big on wages and still COG (or perhaps more fairly/accurately his agent?) needs to reel it in a little.
FRESH NEWS ON O'GRADY: He has lowered his demands for weekly wage to more reasonable amount, CAFC not the only club to refuse to fund such silly wages,
Ball is now in our court - Deal is not dead as of yet .. but definitely still no where near completion
So he's turned us down because we won't pay him what he wants, he's gone round other Clubs whoring his services only to find they won't match his demands either, so he comes grovelling back to us with lower demands.
Lets not be to hard on him . If he has a family a move to Rotherham would mean he does not need to move house , change his kids schools etc. Leon Best choose the Massives over us last season for those reasons.
Whoever has played out the contract negotiations in such a public way has done COG no favours at all. If uprooting down South is so difficult, it creates a question mark as to whether this is a good move for the club or O'Grady.
The Ex-England cap talks candidly to Off The Ball's Joe Molloy about calling time on his career and why the fun has gone out of modern football
At the start of the noughties, midfielder David Bentley was seen as one of the next big things to come out of the Arsenal academy.
However, 12 years on, the ex-England international has called time on his career at the tender age of 29.
The player who also represented Blackburn and Tottenham, as well as loan spells at other English clubs and one Russian side, has decided to concentrate on his restaurant business, having drifted out of the game.
Tonight, he chatted to Joe about the decision to call time on his career.
"My contract ended with Tottenham last July. Then me and the missus had little baby twins. She fell pregnant around September or October and then I just fell into looking after her and when the twins were coming I didn't want to be away from them. And then I decided that I quite enjoyed not playing anymore. So I've fallen into not playing, really," he admitted, who added that other aspects of the modern football career had taken the "excitement and fun" out of things.
Bentley revealed that a sort of falling out of love with aspects of football had progressed over time with the "pure, artistic" side disappearing out of the game and being replaced by cold analytics, making it more like a job.
"I didn't like that side of things. I always battled with it. I always wanted to enjoy every minute of it. It's a shame it's gone that way," said the man who joined Arsenal at 13.
Bentley also spoke to Joe about the way expressive players are being stifled within the English game because of the pressures on managers.
He also touched on what the future holds for him after drifting away from football and why "chasing the pound note" will not lead to happiness and he confirmed that he had turned down offers to return.
Bentley also discussed the moment he threw a bucket of water over Harry Redknapp in 2010 and how that affected on their relationship.
The Ex-England cap talks candidly to Off The Ball's Joe Molloy about calling time on his career and why the fun has gone out of modern football
At the start of the noughties, midfielder David Bentley was seen as one of the next big things to come out of the Arsenal academy.
However, 12 years on, the ex-England international has called time on his career at the tender age of 29.
The player who also represented Blackburn and Tottenham, as well as loan spells at other English clubs and one Russian side, has decided to concentrate on his restaurant business, having drifted out of the game.
Tonight, he chatted to Joe about the decision to call time on his career.
"My contract ended with Tottenham last July. Then me and the missus had little baby twins. She fell pregnant around September or October and then I just fell into looking after her and when the twins were coming I didn't want to be away from them. And then I decided that I quite enjoyed not playing anymore. So I've fallen into not playing, really," he admitted, who added that other aspects of the modern football career had taken the "excitement and fun" out of things.
Bentley revealed that a sort of falling out of love with aspects of football had progressed over time with the "pure, artistic" side disappearing out of the game and being replaced by cold analytics, making it more like a job.
"I didn't like that side of things. I always battled with it. I always wanted to enjoy every minute of it. It's a shame it's gone that way," said the man who joined Arsenal at 13.
Bentley also spoke to Joe about the way expressive players are being stifled within the English game because of the pressures on managers.
He also touched on what the future holds for him after drifting away from football and why "chasing the pound note" will not lead to happiness and he confirmed that he had turned down offers to return.
Bentley also discussed the moment he threw a bucket of water over Harry Redknapp in 2010 and how that affected on their relationship.
Hm, don't seem to remember much pure artistry from Bentley in the past few years, just him spaffing the ball out of play every time he tried to cross it. Reads to me more like a jump before you're pushed story; 'no, I wasn't released because I spent more time on my hair than my training, the game just got too corporate man'. If he thinks tactical football is too much like a job he's going to have a very surprising time of it when he has to get employment. Retiring at 29 isn't going to set you up for life.
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No way is Roland going to get into auctions, that is not his way and I agree.
;-)
Oi.
O'Grady.
Do one.
Now there's a player that I wouldn't mind seeing dribbling on the freshly laid turf of the Valley.
Sounds like SUFC are interested also
We play in South London, not South Africa.
He's hardly having to do a nine to five then commute for three hours both ways is he?
Is it really neccessary to use the term 'freshly laid' regarding Ms Stone before the watershed ?
People sort you lives out and make up more bollocks.
Predictive text!
Sharp as a Blade !
Retiring rather than knuckling down and working hard, possibly dropping a division or so? Plank!
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The Ex-England cap talks candidly to Off The Ball's Joe Molloy about calling time on his career and why the fun has gone out of modern football
At the start of the noughties, midfielder David Bentley was seen as one of the next big things to come out of the Arsenal academy.
However, 12 years on, the ex-England international has called time on his career at the tender age of 29.
The player who also represented Blackburn and Tottenham, as well as loan spells at other English clubs and one Russian side, has decided to concentrate on his restaurant business, having drifted out of the game.
Tonight, he chatted to Joe about the decision to call time on his career.
"My contract ended with Tottenham last July. Then me and the missus had little baby twins. She fell pregnant around September or October and then I just fell into looking after her and when the twins were coming I didn't want to be away from them. And then I decided that I quite enjoyed not playing anymore. So I've fallen into not playing, really," he admitted, who added that other aspects of the modern football career had taken the "excitement and fun" out of things.
Bentley revealed that a sort of falling out of love with aspects of football had progressed over time with the "pure, artistic" side disappearing out of the game and being replaced by cold analytics, making it more like a job.
"I didn't like that side of things. I always battled with it. I always wanted to enjoy every minute of it. It's a shame it's gone that way," said the man who joined Arsenal at 13.
Bentley also spoke to Joe about the way expressive players are being stifled within the English game because of the pressures on managers.
He also touched on what the future holds for him after drifting away from football and why "chasing the pound note" will not lead to happiness and he confirmed that he had turned down offers to return.
Bentley also discussed the moment he threw a bucket of water over Harry Redknapp in 2010 and how that affected on their relationship.