Alan Dicks Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/qprs-luke-freeman-lifts-lid-14214407 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Bit late him coming out with this now? Don't really see what it achieves? Perhaps he's jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkz 76 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 He wouldn’t even make the bench in our side at the present time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiderEyed Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Bollocks. Wanted more money so we sold him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Notgetinya Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 He was one of the standout performers in our promotion year but He never quite had it in the championship (Ipswich goal aside, what a strike). All in all the club got this one right as all our current wide players would be ahead of him in the pecking order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Too lightweight for the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlands Robin Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Not a great way to endear yourself to the fans of your current team. "If I had my way I wouldn't have come here but in the absence of anything else you had to do....................... but I'm happy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterRedthanBlue Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 He has six months left in his contract, we offer him a contract (probably around the same if not a little more money) which he says no because he believes others are on more money and we sell to make money otherwise he leaves on a free. He's a good mid to lower championship player, as previously stated I think our current wide players would all keep him out of the match day squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 “The club didn’t offer me anything” ”I was waiting for an offer, but didn’t get one” ”it was out of my hands. I’d like to have stayed” ”oh actually they did offer me one, but I wanted more money, despite not being good enough at this level”!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Isn't he the leading assist provider in Championship this season? Right up there anyway. Not knocking the sale of him, shame it didn't work for us with him at this level really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROSEBUD RED Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 It's worked out well for both City and Freeman - weve kicked on, and he's getting a regular kick and doing well. And as said above Freeman would struggle to get a game with us given the demands and the way we play now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Sounds as if we didn't offer much of an increase on his league 1 contract where he'd have been hoping to get a championship level increase from us. Can't say I blame him for turning it down, got to move back home and on a bigger salary, how often do people on here say they wouldn't blame someone for signing for more money because its a short career for him. As others have said he probably wouldn't be starting here so fair play for finding himself a place where he's playing regularly at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Rumour Fulham offering £4m, Cairney must be off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Isn't he the leading assist provider in Championship this season? Right up there anyway. Not knocking the sale of him, shame it didn't work for us with him at this level really. Agreed. I’m disappointed by the badmouthing of players who do well for us then leave. I liked him and his version of the story may well be correct. We have no evidence and if it is, it just means LJ decided to let him go. In which case he would be blameless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, cheshire_red said: Rumour Fulham offering £4m, Crainey must be off. Which all suggests the “not up to Championship level” comments are well wide of the mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, Leveller said: Agreed. I’m disappointed by the badmouthing of players who do well for us then leave. I liked him and his version of the story may well be correct. We have no evidence and if it is, it just means LJ decided to let him go. In which case he would be blameless. Hmmm doesn’t really tally with Luke’s version of things..! https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/freeman-offered-new-deal/ https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/johnson-admits-he-needs-quick-decision-from-freeman/ https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/freeman-wants-to-move-on-johnson/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 6 minutes ago, Leveller said: Which all suggests the “not up to Championship level” comments are well wide of the mark. He wasn’t, for us, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumRed Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 Show pony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkz 76 Posted January 28, 2018 Report Share Posted January 28, 2018 If he wanted to stay why did he refuse to play for us that time. Not good enough now to be a first team regular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 LJ just gone up in my estimation. Freeman is not good enough for top end of Championship. He's just a one step over showboater who contributed very little when we got in the Championship. What did he contribute to Saturday's match? Correct, sweet nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 17 minutes ago, RumRed said: pony. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Would have said this a year ago, hen it looked like we were heading for relegation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bs4Red Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Actually really dislike him. As a player and person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin1988 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Bar BS3 said: Hmmm doesn’t really tally with Luke’s version of things..! https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/freeman-offered-new-deal/ https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/johnson-admits-he-needs-quick-decision-from-freeman/ https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/freeman-wants-to-move-on-johnson/ For all of Lee’s good points this is the same man who pretty much claimed Aden Flint wanted to leave while offering him around for £4 million in the summer. Given Freeman has nothing to gain from his quotes, and the Flint saga, I’d trust him over LJ/club spin. Also :laugh: at Freeman, who has more assists than anyone else in the division this season, being not good enough for a decent Championship club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveF Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Northern Red said: Too lightweight for the Championship. He’s still managed 9 assists though which is the joint highest in the league... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin101 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 On purely a personal level, feel for Freeman a little. He was integral to the league 1 season and every bit as good as pack, flint, Bryan, smith. Wasn’t quite up to speed in the championship but then neither were some of the others. He was also very much part of that group who seem very close. So must be tough to see them all enjoying such current success. No room for sentiment in football though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Robin1988 said: For all of Lee’s good points this is the same man who pretty much claimed Aden Flint wanted to leave while offering him around for £4 million in the summer. Given Freeman has nothing to gain from his quotes, and the Flint saga, I’d trust him over LJ/club spin. Also at Freeman, who has more assists than anyone else in the division this season, being not good enough for a decent Championship club. Except the club weren't offering Flint around for £4million. Freeman also contradicts himself "they didn't offer me a contract" shortly followed by "they offered me a contract". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob k Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 hours ago, Robin1988 said: For all of Lee’s good points this is the same man who pretty much claimed Aden Flint wanted to leave while offering him around for £4 million in the summer. Given Freeman has nothing to gain from his quotes, and the Flint saga, I’d trust him over LJ/club spin. Also at Freeman, who has more assists than anyone else in the division this season, being not good enough for a decent Championship club. So Flint didn’t have his head turned in the summer then? I’m fairly sure he’s almost admitted as much hasn’t he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 If we wanted him to stay then I’m sure what he was offered was in the right ballpark relative to the rest of the squad. Reads as if he wanted to be the - or one of the - top earning players and wasn’t happy when he did get a contract offer that that wasn’t the case. Article summarised in a nutshell “I left for more money” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: If we wanted him to stay then I’m sure what he was offered was in the right ballpark relative to the rest of the squad. Reads as if he wanted to be the - or one of the - top earning players and wasn’t happy when he did get a contract offer that that wasn’t the case. Article summarised in a nutshell “I left for more money” Probably feels a bit left out, what with all our media coverage of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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