Leicester close in on Ben Hamer (ed. GONE)

nth_london_addick

What min are we doing this applause

CrayAddick

Can't blame the lad. Not many fancying sticking with us. Says it all really.

AddicksAddict

LargeAddick said:

nth london addick said:

Not bothered by him going one little bit

I'm in this camp. Ok keeper, not great. Yeovil and Brighton have both released keepers better. Also Alnwick is available. I'd rather Morro or Dervite or both stayed.

Good luck though Ben, hope it works out for you.

I know it's not the done thing on CL, but I agree with this.

killerandflash

Once players get into the last 6 months of their contract, you have 3 choices

1) hope they'll re-sign on similar terms (e.g. Jacko)
2) offer them such a good deal that they can't refuse (financial suicide potentially)
3) Sell them in January (Yann, Dale)

The key is to sort things out before you get to this stage, and if necessary sell them while they still have some value

tommyr

If it were me and i was offered a 4 year contract at a prem club, i would give it 2 mins thought.

LargeAddick

tommyr said:

If it were me and i was offered a 4 year contract at a prem club, i would give it 2 mins thought.

Don't you mean 1 min 55 secs to make a cup of tea and then 5 secs to think about it.

North Lower Neil

AddicksAddict said:

LargeAddick said:

nth london addick said:

Not bothered by him going one little bit

I'm in this camp. Ok keeper, not great. Yeovil and Brighton have both released keepers better. Also Alnwick is available. I'd rather Morro or Dervite or both stayed.

Good luck though Ben, hope it works out for you.

I know it's not the done thing on CL, but I agree with this.

Anyone know why Brighton released Kuzsczak? Wages? On the face of it he'd be a great signing on a free for someone but I've not seen him week in, week out for Brighton, maybe he's been poor recently.

kings hill addick

The sad thing is that Ben will be a Premier League player for eleven and a half months, he will play a couple of cup games with kids and reserves, and then he will be back in the Championship where he will continue to be a reserve, or they will sell Schmeichel and buy a replacement as, by that time, Ben will be recognised as an understudy, just like he was at Reading.

What makes this whole thing worse is that in years to come, when he has retired and is, presumably, rich enough to never have to work again, it is the next eleven and a half months, and two or three League Cup games, that he will spend the rest of his life talking about.

There is something wrong with football in this country. Kids grow up dreaming of playing football for a living and then many, so many, of them end up earning a very good living training and watching others play when they could be playing for a smaller club - all be it earning a lot less.

According to Wikipedia Rob Elliott has made a staggering 12 league appearances in three years at Newcastle and last season he played twice in the Premier League and once in the FA Cup and once in the League Cup. In his first season he only made one League Cup appearance! Still he earns a lot of money!

kings hill addick

Incidentally I don't have any problem with Ben (or any other player) chasing the money - after all it is a short career and the sums of money between being first choice at a Championship club and a Premier League reserve are massive, and the agents don't earn as much if they convince them to stay and play every week!

I just think it's sad that so much talent trades playing in front of fans every week to buy a flashier car and a bigger house!

mrbligh

these days £££ is all the majority of people care about sadly

oohaahmortimer

Too much personality for us , he had to go

Valley11

Thanks to Ben. Not a disaster and actually quite excited about Pope starting pre season and being our keeper, a la Kiely, for the next 5 years.

TEL

Thanks Ben and good luck...cant blame you for making your future secure...just the same as everyone here would if given the opportunity....Hope you get lots of games mate, just remember to have a howler if you play us again :-)

Viewfinder

Hamer is a very good keeper, has served us well, and will play a blinder at Leicester. Nick Pope has done heroics at York, and I'd like him back at the Valley to understudy another excellent keeper for a while. Thuram, anyone? Incidentally, I was hugely impressed by Dillon Phillips in our pre-season friendly at Dartford last summer: a succession of dangerous corners, headed powerfully at point-blank, and Phillips tipped them over the bar. Superb keeper.

Heisenberg

Greenie Junior said:

Why are people acting like it's the clubs fault, we offered him a contract which he turned down to go to a premiership team.

I believe the club acted too late. Ben would of snapped up a new contract had it been offered 6 months ago. cafc knew back then that he was attracting interest from bigger clubs so why let a rare asset leave for nothing?

Rothko

Heisenberg said:

Greenie Junior said:

Why are people acting like it's the clubs fault, we offered him a contract which he turned down to go to a premiership team.

I believe the club acted too late. Ben would of snapped up a new contract had it been offered 6 months ago. cafc knew back then that he was attracting interest from bigger clubs so why let a rare asset leave for nothing?

6 months ago we were looking league 1 and administration in the face

RedChaser

Heisenberg said:

Greenie Junior said:

Why are people acting like it's the clubs fault, we offered him a contract which he turned down to go to a premiership team.

I believe the club acted too late. Ben would of snapped up a new contract had it been offered 6 months ago. cafc knew back then that he was attracting interest from bigger clubs so why let a rare asset leave for nothing?

That's so disappointing but of course six months ago the dynamic duo were still in charge and a lot of water has gone under the bridge since then as the new owner has taken his time to get his head round things for one reason or another. C'est la vie we all move on.

Callumcafc

Why do people believe Hamer would've signed a contract in January?

SELR_addicks

Callumcafc said:

Why do people believe Hamer would've signed a contract in January?

Makes it easier to blame RD.

Rizzo

Viewfinder said:

Hamer is a very good keeper, has served us well, and will play a blinder once in a blue moon at Leicester.

Fixed that for you.

Nug

kings hill addick said:

Incidentally I don't have any problem with Ben (or any other player) chasing the money - after all it is a short career and the sums of money between being first choice at a Championship club and a Premier League reserve are massive, and the agents don't earn as much if they convince them to stay and play every week!

I just think it's sad that so much talent trades playing in front of fans every week to buy a flashier car and a bigger house!

But a lot of these players don't think they're going to be sitting on the bench. They're young, ambitious, confident in their ability and talented. Maybe not Prem standard yet but how will they know unless they test themselves. I agree some players have sat on the bench to pick up money, but think it's unfair to immediately assume that is what Hamer has set out to do and tar all players with the same brush.

thenewbie

Callumcafc said:

Why do people believe Hamer would've signed a contract in January?

Because Duchatelet.

Kap10

Leicester could very easily be relegated next season Schmeichel would probably be off and Ben will have the opportunity to be first choice for in the championship at higher wages than we can currently pay.

Chippycafc

Am i missing something....hes hardly bloddy Peter schmeical ...average championship keeper at best.

CAFCKentFan

Good luck Ben, thanks for all you did for CAFC. Shame you will not be here next season but understand you taking extra wages from a promoted club.

Absurdistan

Gutted, gonna miss the beard, now where is my zz-top album.

Saga Lout

Absurdistan said:

Gutted, gonna miss the beard, now where is my zz-top album.

Well, Ben won't need no Cheap Sunglasses on the money he'll be on.

Hartleypete

Good luck to him but never ever a premiership keeper.

kings hill addick

Nug said:

kings hill addick said:

Incidentally I don't have any problem with Ben (or any other player) chasing the money - after all it is a short career and the sums of money between being first choice at a Championship club and a Premier League reserve are massive, and the agents don't earn as much if they convince them to stay and play every week!

I just think it's sad that so much talent trades playing in front of fans every week to buy a flashier car and a bigger house!

But a lot of these players don't think they're going to be sitting on the bench. They're young, ambitious, confident in their ability and talented. Maybe not Prem standard yet but how will they know unless they test themselves. I agree some players have sat on the bench to pick up money, but think it's unfair to immediately assume that is what Hamer has set out to do and tar all players with the same brush.

I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't suggesting that the players 'know for sure' they won't be playing but that it ends up like that.

However, I suspect that many of them know there is a good chance they are going to be on the bench and they choose the money irrespective as.

Mundell Fleming

Nick Pope is three weeks older than Thibaut Courtois. Worth a gamble next season.