New Contract Matty James

[camberwell fox]

You mean like those twats who bring their own tankard with them to their local

I hate them too

Wankers

Not quite as bad as the stein men though.

 

[fitz]

Bit harsh. Take out the two years he couldn't play and he's nearly at 30 games a season

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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]

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?

 

[Jeff]

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]

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?

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]

I am not sure Shakespeare has ever been in a position to recommend a new contract, never mind offer one.

 

[Micky]

I am not sure Shakespeare has ever been in a position to recommend a new contract, never mind offer one.

If Shakespeare had told Rudkin that James was surplus to requirements, I doubt he would have got a new contract.

 

[City Fan]

Was this new contract the single most stupid decision City have ever made?

The one for Ulloa was even more ridiculous in my opinion.

 

[londonfox]

We all have to hope that he never plays for the first-team again. Not wishing him not to play first-team football again but please let it not be at Leicester. Same goes for Ulloa.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Was this new contract the single most stupid decision City have ever made?

You surely haven't forgotten every player we signed between 2001 and 2006?

 

[Miles Away]

You surely haven't forgotten every player we signed between 2001 and 2006?

Matt ****ing Mills

 

[pork pie fox]

Matt ****ing Mills

We spunked some money away at that time.

 

[City Fan]

We spunked some money away at that time.

Seems like a drop in the ocean compared to the money we’ve spunked away in recent times.

 

[LudlowFox]

Yep, I still can't get my head around what went wrong with Musa. There's talent there but...

 

[Brown Nose]

You surely haven't forgotten every player we signed between 2001 and 2006?

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]

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.

As a proportion of the club's income at the time though, we're probably not close to then

 

[jb5000]

Yep, I still can't get my head around what went wrong with Musa. There's talent there but...

Same thing that was happening when Vardy was being played on the wing

 

[Ike O'Noclassed]

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.

 

[Jeff]

I thought it was routine for PL clubs to offset the risk of a player having long term injuries through insurance,

I thought they'd stopped doing that years ago because it was too expensive.

 

[big_mac4824]

Yep, I still can't get my head around what went wrong with Musa. There's talent there but...

Talent for under 9's maybe