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Interest in Bradley
- Thread starter jimsing
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I was speaking to a Rovers season ticket holder yesterday; fell away during second half of last season and lost some key players so he's expecting a tough season.
PlymOdi":3bftgrpe said:
We gave him a 2 year contract back in July 2016, without hindsight how long a contract would you have given him?
I'm sure if his form is a good as last year then the Club will seek to open negotiations on a new contract quite early, but as we saw from Carey the player can say he wants to wait before talking about contracts.
HC Green":11tl5kv7 said:
I think he means we should be offering extensions now... not that we should have originally offered more. He's right, in my opinion.
The club should be looking to extend Bradley & Threlkeld now, with Sarcevic and Taylor amongst others to follow if they start strongly.
Nobby":2be7f4zs said:
I do mean extensions now, yes. I worded it poorly I admit.
Players like Bradley with 12 months left, offer an additional 12 months.
I personally don't mind the 12m+12m contracts we offer if when a player has proven himself we offer more.
I think this is a bit knee jerk. He had a great season last year but let's cast our minds back to that oil tanker moment at Notts County. It was league two... playing devils advocat but what if we give him a 2 year deal now he falls out of favour, struggles in league one and we end up going up again? Let's see how he copes with league one first.
shortbred":1zla2cxv said:
If we gave him a 2 year deal, and he had a bad season, plenty of L2 and some L1 clubs would be open to attempting to lure him away for free or a small fee to turn his fortunes around again. That's pretty much the nature of lower leagues.
Don't give him a new deal, and he has another blinding season, we potentially lose him to someone else for nothing, and have a 70 page thread about where he's going to end up.
Will he make it in League One, or not?
Will he take the step up, or not?
Offer new contract or not offer new contract?
You pays your money and you takes your chance.
I think I would wait until he starts playing in the higher league before I make any decisions about offers of new contract (and therefore higher pay)!!!
Will he take the step up, or not?
Offer new contract or not offer new contract?
You pays your money and you takes your chance.
I think I would wait until he starts playing in the higher league before I make any decisions about offers of new contract (and therefore higher pay)!!!
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davie nine":3mg2o1tg said:
Didn't impress Emre Can too much with his wet willy though....... :funny: :lol:
