Daniel Sturridge plz stay

[The Fat el Hombre]

Bollocks Hughes swerved meetings, he said himself he's been trying to get Sturridge signed up and that he should have been signed up before Hughes joined the club

 

[Hollywood Blue]

Its been done to death on here about Danny, but one more time for the record.

He was offered silly money as a 15 year old by Chelsea, who were willing to pay us £3 million, and turned it down flat to stay with us.

He went through the period with both SP and Sven where he listened to the advice to keep working and promised a contract equal to the other accademy graduates as he got into the first team sqaud.

Sven had arranged the start of talks, but left..............And then came Hughes.

Hughes swerved meetings, then put it about he wasnt sure Danny was all that, and offered a slightly improved contract nowhere near what other players had moved up were getting.

Danny said no thanks, someone then started feeding the media the sh*te, Funny that its always about players that Hughes has fell out with.....I wonder who it is?..........please notice that nowhere did Hughes ever try to clarify what he knew to be rubbish,

Then the sh*t started to fly, to say the accademy staff were unhappy is an understatement, within the club various people tried to sort out the mess caused by Hughes wanting to be seen as the manager fighting greedy players on behalve of the fans.

There was a final offer, but only because Hughes was trying to save face by this time, even putting him in the team and trying to be all matey................To little far to late, it was never about money.

At least we still have Ched.

 

[Chippy]

It suits your argument to believe that about Sturridge but nothing has been mentioned apart from money.

According to the Daily Mirror, Ireland stated, "We're nowhere with the contract, to be honest, we're still a long way off. Talks have barely started.

"I don't know what's going to happen and if I'm going to sign or not sign. It's out of my hands right now, it's up to the club, not me.

"It's getting to the stage now where I don't know if I'm going to be signing or not. I think I've done enough this year, let my football do the talking.

"The club haven't really made an offer yet. If they make one great - if not, I've got two years left."

You've just posted comments that completely back me up. Where has Stevie mentioned anything about money? How is he holding the club to ransom? He's said he wants a contract to sign, that's all.

Am I missing something? In all the stories planted by Ireland's agent on Monday the terms of his new contract offer were included, i.e. "Ireland...has been offered a new five-year deal with a sliding pay scale, starting off with a weekly salary of £60,000, rising to £70,000 after the first year and then £80,000 in a further 12 months."
Ireland's comments in the same stories implied that it was up to the club to offer him a better deal, not that that he hadn't been offered a contract at all.

 

[Uwe Rosler's Grandad]

Admittedly I haven't read any of the posts on this thread (haven't got time right now) but it's time to call it a day with Sturridge. Depending on what you read Ireland is looking to sign a contract around the 80k a week mark and Sturridge, a player with bags of potential but not much more right now wants around 65k a week. Goodbye Danny boy, hope you get that elsewhere. Giving Sturridg the sort of money he is after would set a bad example/ precedent. Meanwhile, giving Ireland a nice hefty pay rise is setting a good example and will prove that quality players that improve and play consistently over a season will be rewarded handsomely.

 

[basher]

He can't stay healthy and he's only 19 and wants 65K a week?

Good luck at Villa.

 

[blueonblue]

Bollocks Hughes swerved meetings, he said himself he's been trying to get Sturridge signed up and that he should have been signed up before Hughes joined the club


Hughes also said we would improve in the latter half of the season as his training methods started to work.

That he was delighted at the sqaud he was taking over

That things we watched on the pitch were not happening

That nothing is ever his fault after every defeat

That the sqaud is not good enough

I think you may just find that our manager tells it like it aint

 

[mancboy123]

we managed to make it 12 whole pages before it turned to a hughes out thread thats gotta be a record!

 

[Hyena]

what really annoys me is the shit elano gets for being a troublemaker and not pulling his finger out and yet people would have you believe sturridge is a saint if he doesnt want to stay then piss off same goes to all our players give the club 100 percent or take a hike

 

[blueonblue]

And where did you get this that Elano is a trouble maker?, or not pulling his finger out?.............could it be the media by any chance, just after Hughes was looking for somebody else to blame?.

Elano`s display V Hamburg shows he wants to be at the club, his displays when played correctly can not be faulted, he did make it known he was not being played where he could be effective........and proved right by the way, as did his veiw that Jo was not a poor player, rather that the way the team was being played did him no favors...........seen Jo play for everton have you?, everything numpty said he could not do, he`s doing.

 

[FEEDHIMGARY]

And where did you get this that Elano is a trouble maker?, or not pulling his finger out?.............could it be the media by any chance, just after Hughes was looking for somebody else to blame?.

Elano`s display V Hamburg shows he wants to be at the club, his displays when played correctly can not be faulted, he did make it known he was not being played where he could be effective........and proved right by the way, as did his veiw that Jo was not a poor player, rather that the way the team was being played did him no favors...........seen Jo play for everton have you?, everything numpty said he could not do, he`s doing.

elano picks and chooses when he wants to turn it on.

...and jo just isnt very good. ask evertonians.