camberwell fox
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Not quite as bad as the stein men though.
New Contract Matty James
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fitz
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Take out the games he wasn't picked to play in and he hasn't missed a game for 5 years
Brown Nose
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11/08/17 - James starts first game for City in over 800 days
26/08/17 - James gets new FOUR YEAR contract
09/09/17 - James gets injured for "4-6 weeks"
It's now approaching 9 weeks and no sign of him. Was this new contract the single most stupid decision City have ever made?
26/08/17 - James gets new FOUR YEAR contract
09/09/17 - James gets injured for "4-6 weeks"
It's now approaching 9 weeks and no sign of him. Was this new contract the single most stupid decision City have ever made?
It was 22/9 when they said 4-6 weeks, 6 weeks from 22/9 was last Thursday. So maybe he's back training again.
Micky
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This is perhaps a good example of Shakespeare's shortcomings. I am sure the Matty is a good lad but he should have been moved on and an upgrade brought in.
Mike - True Blue Tinter
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I am not sure Shakespeare has ever been in a position to recommend a new contract, never mind offer one.
Micky
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If Shakespeare had told Rudkin that James was surplus to requirements, I doubt he would have got a new contract.
City Fan
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The one for Ulloa was even more ridiculous in my opinion.
Blue Maniac
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You surely haven't forgotten every player we signed between 2001 and 2006?
Miles Away
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Matt ****ing Mills
pork pie fox
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We spunked some money away at that time.
City Fan
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Seems like a drop in the ocean compared to the money we’ve spunked away in recent times.
Brown Nose
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Of course not. But a rough and conservative guess of £50k a week over 4 years is over £10m. That's more than we probably spent net on everyone through those years.
jb5000
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As a proportion of the club's income at the time though, we're probably not close to then
jb5000
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Same thing that was happening when Vardy was being played on the wing
Ike O'Noclassed
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I thought it was routine for PL clubs to offset the risk of a player having long term injuries through insurance, though the premiums for Matty could be eye-watering. Financially the hit that his injury-proneness would have on his transfer value would be big too.
Nothing compares to the club record fee we paid for Darren Eadie back in the day, makes the £1m we splashed out on James seem a positive bargain.
Nothing compares to the club record fee we paid for Darren Eadie back in the day, makes the £1m we splashed out on James seem a positive bargain.
I thought they'd stopped doing that years ago because it was too expensive.
big_mac4824
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Talent for under 9's maybe
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