Bull Mania wrote:
Bull Northern I meant earlier when the squad were asked to take a 10% cut as a group which they declined. I agree with the above poster.
We're fans of the team. Carvell is not. He is a professional who has a family to raise: that comes first and foremost. After been lead on once by us he probably doesn't want to risk the chance of the club going under again and not been able to provide for his family. We need to rebuild our reputation. At the moment players don't trust us to sign fr us without getting in the financial poop.
I would bare no grudge If he left.
I too would bear no grudge and I agree a professional player has to look after his family.All the rumours ,gossip and character assaninations must unsettle any player.
I did think you were alleging that a 10% pay cut was being proposed or implemented. On another thread someone asserted that a 20% cut was a fact and I wrongly assumed you were posting in the same vein. So I apologise.
However just 2 points to bear in mind:
1. I recall that it was not the club who raised the possibility of a pay cut some months ago but some staff understandably trying to save their jobs.
2. Regarding the inability to attract players, it's certainly probably true "at the moment" but our off season recruitment showed that our coach was able to recruit decent players.
My hope is that Mark Moore and the rest of the Board have been able to allay some of the doubts at the meeting with players which was mentioned earlier this week.
Finally it's a week since TUPE came into effect. Only the club and the individual players know who has refused to transfer across to the new company. I doubt that any refusal made after this weekend would be accepted as valid.
So after this weekend it should be clear whether the current squad(minus Carvell) is intact
