Poyet ready to strike deal for Sparrow (From The Argus)

Good move all round. Whatever contribution Scunthorpe make to his salary, I can't see how anyone loses out from this move.

Thanks for your efforts, Matt, and good luck with getting this deal done.

Yes, good luck to Matt. Sorry that Scunny isn't exactly the riviera, but at least you know N.E.Linconlshire has some very pleasant areas within a few miles.
Gus needs to reduce the wage bill to help towards any January activity.

Let him go and play some football, it must be tough just training every day with no chance of being involved. Get the deal done ready for January, I always liked him as a player, would rather have him on the bench than Harley. At least he would get stuck in and give it his best shot.

I note today that it was annouced that their assistant manager has been let go to cut costs, man they must be short on cash. I hope a deal is done for Sparrow, he deserves to be playing and at that level he must surely have something to offer.

As stated above would do a job for us on the bench. Much better player than Harley; who should be shown the door in January as he has nothing to offer this club.

seagulltess wrote:
As stated above would do a job for us on the bench. Much better player than Harley; who should be shown the door in January as he has nothing to offer this club.

Agree entirely with this post.

CanfieldRob wrote:

seagulltess wrote:
As stated above would do a job for us on the bench. Much better player than Harley; who should be shown the door in January as he has nothing to offer this club.

Agree entirely with this post.

It all depends on how you define "much better player" I guess.

To quote part of Poyet's comments":

“I think we all need to be a bit more flexible in terms of an agreement and find a solution. Let’s hope we can do it in January.”

OK, so now take that same attititude and go find a solution to the 'freeloader' problem we have. Tear up his contract and let him have what he wanted last Summer...a trip back to Spain. You do that and you'll have more wage money to play with.

(Oh by the way....if he's not 'freeloading' and has a genuine 'long term' injury, then come out and tell us about it. I'll be happy to retract my 'freeloader' comment if you do.)

albionbloke wrote:
To quote part of Poyet's comments": “I think we all need to be a bit more flexible in terms of an agreement and find a solution. Let’s hope we can do it in January.” OK, so now take that same attititude and go find a solution to the 'freeloader' problem we have. Tear up his contract and let him have what he wanted last Summer...a trip back to Spain. You do that and you'll have more wage money to play with. (Oh by the way....if he's not 'freeloading' and has a genuine 'long term' injury, then come out and tell us about it. I'll be happy to retract my 'freeloader' comment if you do.)

Well Gus has told us that he has a long term injury, problem is no one believes it, well almost no one that is.

VegasSeagull wrote:

albionbloke wrote:
To quote part of Poyet's comments": “I think we all need to be a bit more flexible in terms of an agreement and find a solution. Let’s hope we can do it in January.” OK, so now take that same attititude and go find a solution to the 'freeloader' problem we have. Tear up his contract and let him have what he wanted last Summer...a trip back to Spain. You do that and you'll have more wage money to play with. (Oh by the way....if he's not 'freeloading' and has a genuine 'long term' injury, then come out and tell us about it. I'll be happy to retract my 'freeloader' comment if you do.)

Well Gus has told us that he has a long term injury, problem is no one believes it, well almost no one that is.

Right....count me as one of the skeptics then 'Vegas'!

As to 'long term injury', in most cases I think there is a definition: (Achilles, ligament, broken rib, ACL etc.) but in this case....all we have is 'long term injury'.

Coupled with the contract saga last summer, plus his non-appearance this season, any wonder I'm on the side of the skeptics?

Loved the guy when he played but now I'm at a point that I'd like to see the club get it sorted and move on. I genuinely wonder if his contract/wages have hindered recruitment. I have no insight into the wage structure of the club but it wouldn't surprise me if that was an issue, reckon he's on good money.

albionbloke wrote:

VegasSeagull wrote:

albionbloke wrote:
To quote part of Poyet's comments": “I think we all need to be a bit more flexible in terms of an agreement and find a solution. Let’s hope we can do it in January.” OK, so now take that same attititude and go find a solution to the 'freeloader' problem we have. Tear up his contract and let him have what he wanted last Summer...a trip back to Spain. You do that and you'll have more wage money to play with. (Oh by the way....if he's not 'freeloading' and has a genuine 'long term' injury, then come out and tell us about it. I'll be happy to retract my 'freeloader' comment if you do.)

Well Gus has told us that he has a long term injury, problem is no one believes it, well almost no one that is.

Right....count me as one of the skeptics then 'Vegas'!

As to 'long term injury', in most cases I think there is a definition: (Achilles, ligament, broken rib, ACL etc.) but in this case....all we have is 'long term injury'.

Coupled with the contract saga last summer, plus his non-appearance this season, any wonder I'm on the side of the skeptics?

Loved the guy when he played but now I'm at a point that I'd like to see the club get it sorted and move on. I genuinely wonder if his contract/wages have hindered recruitment. I have no insight into the wage structure of the club but it wouldn't surprise me if that was an issue, reckon he's on good money.

He is on peanuts for a player of his calibre.
Or a fortune for a player with his injury record.
It was a gamble to take him, but any player can get a long term injury at any time.

CanfieldRob wrote:

seagulltess wrote:
As stated above would do a job for us on the bench. Much better player than Harley; who should be shown the door in January as he has nothing to offer this club.

Agree entirely with this post.

The only question remaining on that one is why was Harley brought in at all - maybe you can answer that one Gus.

This discussion on Harley is getting boring. He was Exeter's star player and Swansea got in ahead of us to sign him (admittedly on a lease back scheme if I remember rightly). We then got him and thought we had done very well. Hes hardley played since signed. One brilliant goal and some very nice touches is all we have seen and an appearance of being very "laid back" on the pitch BUT has he really been given a chance to shine. Will he be a star again when he goes elsewhere. Often players leave Gus's BHA and really take off. Hopefully this is not the case. He might appear to be a luxury but with Orlandi out our freekicks and corners are LIKELY to be awful and remember goals win games - just a thought.

I agree with Vegas and co. If the Club is genuine in its aims to get into the Premiership then, as in all business, at times you have to be hard and a bit ruthless. IMO Harley should go and so should Vicente. We all knew the gamble in bringing Vicente here, given his track record on injuries. Christmas, was the statement made some time ago for his return. That now looks most unlikely. If and when he returns it will not be long before another injury crops up and the Club cannot afford to employ 25% fit players. All players will get an injury at sometime but the older you get the longer it takes to recover and Vicente is at that stage. The Club appears not willing to 'come clean' on what is going on so fans will naturally 'have their say' and get more and more negative about the situation. V is a Spanish Michael Owen!! However, easier said than done to get rid of players!!

You can see what Swansea were looking for with Harley, he is a very poor version of Michu....!

gus,why are you worried about the wages your paying sparrow when hes available to use?,but you just dont want to utilise him.i would be more concernred about vicente.hes not even warming the bench and hes being paid a.hell of a lot more.get rid of him,hes a non runner. cms is a good player alone upfront, on good wages apparantly. yet you let murray go to cp for less than his weekly wage and paid a stonking great fee for him.im not convinced you know what your doing man.infact im sure.

the taffster wrote:
gus,why are you worried about the wages your paying sparrow when hes available to use?,but you just dont want to utilise him.i would be more concernred about vicente.hes not even warming the bench and hes being paid a.hell of a lot more.get rid of him,hes a non runner. cms is a good player alone upfront, on good wages apparantly. yet you let murray go to cp for less than his weekly wage and paid a stonking great fee for him.im not convinced you know what your doing man.infact im sure.

WELL SAID

I think Sparrow is a better midfield player than Hammond or Crofts.

kentseagull wrote:
You can see what Swansea were looking for with Harley, he is a very poor version of Michu....!

And there's me thinking Michu is a striker.

the taffster wrote:
gus,why are you worried about the wages your paying sparrow when hes available to use?,but you just dont want to utilise him.i would be more concernred about vicente.hes not even warming the bench and hes being paid a.hell of a lot more.get rid of him,hes a non runner. cms is a good player alone upfront, on good wages apparantly. yet you let murray go to cp for less than his weekly wage and paid a stonking great fee for him.im not convinced you know what your doing man.infact im sure.

You must be the clubs accountant with so much financial info about the teams wages.