Pep's contract situation

[kaz7]

He won't.

He is joining the team then so cheeky can hand over properly. I have deduced that you know fuck all about our team

 

[Coatigan]

He is joining the team then so cheeky can hand over properly. I have deduced that you know fuck all about our team

In the summer though, not in January.

At least by our own official announcements.

 

[thismeansfour]

We can't force Pep to sign an extension. He is free to decide. Given his record, we owe him patience. If you can't live with uncertainty, the problem is yours.

Well it looks like the problem could be all of ours considering our form and poor performances throughout the season. There is no room for sentiment. They have a good relationship and sort things out informally but it is also bad business to just sit on our hands and let Pep decide when he wants to tell us if he is leaving. He cannot be forced and when it is time to go he will have all of our love and wishes, but he also needs to respect the club.

 

[kaz7]

In the summer though, not in January.

At least by our own official announcements.

cheeky is going , the new guy is coming in before so cheeky can show him the ropes , think it was tolmie that said that . Nothing else makes sense , unless cheeky is staying past the end of the season ?

 

[Damocles]

Well it looks like the problem could be all of ours considering our form and poor performances throughout the season. There is no room for sentiment. They have a good relationship and sort things out informally but it is also bad business to just sit on our hands and let Pep decide when he wants to tell us if he is leaving. He cannot be forced and when it is time to go he will have all of our love and wishes, but he also needs to respect the club.

Agreed, we should sack the greatest manager in the history of the club because Brighton beat us

 

[thismeansfour]

Agreed, we should sack the greatest manager in the history of the club because Brighton beat us

That's a wild take. I don't want him sacked. I want him here as long as possible. It doesn't mean that it is good business letting him decide when he wants to tell us he is off. That respect has gone both ways since he started. I'd like to think when its time to go he's given us good notice.

 

[kaz7]

Well it looks like the problem could be all of ours considering our form and poor performances throughout the season. There is no room for sentiment. They have a good relationship and sort things out informally but it is also bad business to just sit on our hands and let Pep decide when he wants to tell us if he is leaving. He cannot be forced and when it is time to go he will have all of our love and wishes, but he also needs to respect the club.

You dont think pep, cheeky and khaldoon talk to each other ? They are a tight group and they will know exactly what pep is doing . Pep having a rolling contract all these years and it hasnt harmed us , as soon as we lose some games people lose their shit

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

Agreed, we should sack the greatest manager in the history of the club because Brighton beat us

Wouldn't be the sack as such as he is out of contract in seven and a half months.

 

[alexmcity]

Well it looks like the problem could be all of ours considering our form and poor performances throughout the season. There is no room for sentiment. They have a good relationship and sort things out informally but it is also bad business to just sit on our hands and let Pep decide when he wants to tell us if he is leaving. He cannot be forced and when it is time to go he will have all of our love and wishes, but he also needs to respect the club.

"There is no room for sentiment." Such clichés don't achieve much.

Again, the people at the club who are responsible for big decisions are likely to know much better than you. Let that sink in.

 

[Axel Freed]

Like with any business they have tried to sweat the assets as much as possible plus the recruitment has been mediocre this last few years. We were not great last year and scraped the league. We didn't win away at rivals. The warning signs should of been there. I also think they maybe nervous getting lots of players in and then Pep pissing off and the new manager wanting something slightly different. We are at a cross roads here and Pep needs to tell us what he is doing. 1 years extension will not make a difference when you think of how many players need to be replaced.

A friend of mine told me there is strict budget around wages. We have seen some significant wage increases over the years hence we have a smaller squad as we are not able to go over the limit on wages.

This kind of comment - and many others of its kind since this thread turned mental about a fortnight ago - would have been taken a bit more seriously had they been made last season or in summer or in the early stages of this season when the window had closed.

But they weren’t, they were made because shock horror we lost a couple of games. It happens.

Show a bit of backbone and a bit of faith in the elite coaches and champion players we have at our club.