Gillies Downs Leeds Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Was just looking through twitter and a thread where our friend Ian G was making an excuse for only having 7 subs. Said it was Manning sending messages to the board. However somebody on the thread said that Matty James is not injured and inferred that if he made 1 more appearance it would trigger a 1 year extension to his contract. Anybody know if there is any truth in this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ziderarmy Posted March 2 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 2 (edited) We miss James so much when he’s not in the starting 11. He’s a leader and a calm head with a decent pass and takes us forwards. We should be doing all we can to get him to sign for another season or even two . Edited March 2 by Ziderarmy 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Sounds bollocks to me. 11 games left so if he doesn’t feature again then I’ll believe it, but seeing as Manning said on Thursday that James was a doubt for today but he hoped he’d be back possibly by Tuesday, I doubt it very much. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloudyThatchers Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 3 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Sounds bollocks to me. 11 games left so if he doesn’t feature again then I’ll believe it, but seeing as Manning said on Thursday that James was a doubt for today but he hoped he’d be back possibly by Tuesday, I doubt it very much. But he also said Twines injury was minor and will be fit in a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 8 minutes ago, CloudyThatchers said: But he also said Twines injury was minor and will be fit in a couple of weeks. He was then on the bench v QPR.. Look, we’ll find out if Matty James doesn’t feature for us again, I just don’t think that is likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38MC Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Even if another appearance triggered an entitlement to a new contract I’m pretty damned sure Matty James would say ‘don’t worry guys, I’ll go and be a free agent, get a signing on fee and get the hell away from this car crash that you’ve created for yourselves’ 9 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 One more league start would seem an odd trigger. It would be his 33rd league game. 38th overall game. Not impossible, but odd for those numbers to be the trigger for a years option. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 32 minutes ago, Gillies Downs Leeds said: Was just looking through twitter and a thread where our friend Ian G was making an excuse for only having 7 subs. Said it was Manning sending messages to the board. However somebody on the thread said that Matty James is not injured and inferred that if he made 1 more appearance it would trigger a 1 year extension to his contract. Anybody know if there is any truth in this ? Firstly, Manning is in no position to send messages to the board. Just get on with it son! It is possible that James contains such a clause, but it would be his to trigger, not automatic I’d suggest, just like Weimann’s. But we’ll just have to wait and see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Very unlikely to be true. But even if it was, the cost/benefit of having Matty James and having to give him a year vs Liam running things without him isn’t even a question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 33 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Sounds bollocks to me. 11 games left so if he doesn’t feature again then I’ll believe it, but seeing as Manning said on Thursday that James was a doubt for today but he hoped he’d be back possibly by Tuesday, I doubt it very much. Yep, If there is anything like this going on then it's not something they can keep spinning from week to week as "hoping to have him back next game". You'd say he'll be out for a few weeks and then revisit it down the line. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollsRoyce Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 43 minutes ago, Gillies Downs Leeds said: Was just looking through twitter and a thread where our friend Ian G was making an excuse for only having 7 subs. Said it was Manning sending messages to the board. However somebody on the thread said that Matty James is not injured and inferred that if he made 1 more appearance it would trigger a 1 year extension to his contract. Anybody know if there is any truth in this ? I am pretty reliably informed, that is not true. In any case, I would doubt he would want to stay at City with the current set-up. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 15 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said: One more league start would seem an odd trigger. It would be his 33rd league game. 38th overall game. Not impossible, but odd for those numbers to be the trigger for a years option. It might be if he starts 3/4 of all games in a season that triggers the clause. 19 minutes ago, 38MC said: Even if another appearance triggered an entitlement to a new contract I’m pretty damned sure Matty James would say ‘don’t worry guys, I’ll go and be a free agent, get a signing on fee and get the hell away from this car crash that you’ve created for yourselves’ Absolutely. “Thanks but no thanks, I have seen what you did my old gaffer.” And there are other clubs in this division who would pick him up for at least a season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 Well we may need his leadership in this sinking ship. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 1 hour ago, Gillies Downs Leeds said: Was just looking through twitter and a thread where our friend Ian G was making an excuse for only having 7 subs. Said it was Manning sending messages to the board. However somebody on the thread said that Matty James is not injured and inferred that if he made 1 more appearance it would trigger a 1 year extension to his contract. Anybody know if there is any truth in this ? Ian g is talking utter horseshit again, Why send a message when you can do absolutely nothing about it, if only we had some young player who's made appearances in the first team to sit on the bench........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 (edited) Him & King gone is going to leave one ******* hell of a leadership vacuum. Who do the new signings look up to as inspiration? Naismith will arguably become our biggest player, never fit. Knight will become captain, but still very young. Wells? Losing those two & Weimann in one window concerns me more than anything else tbh. Edited March 2 by petehinton 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 He was missed today. The midfield was a shit show. Embarrassing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 FWIW I don’t think it was Ian who tweeted about the 1-yr trigger, it was someone replying to him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillies Downs Leeds Posted March 2 Author Report Share Posted March 2 3 minutes ago, Davefevs said: FWIW I don’t think it was Ian who tweeted about the 1-yr trigger, it was someone replying to him. Yeah did say that on original post Dave. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziderarmy Posted March 2 Report Share Posted March 2 36 minutes ago, petehinton said: Him & King gone is going to leave one ******* hell of a leadership vacuum. Who do the new signings look up to as inspiration? Naismith will arguably become our biggest player, never fit. Knight will become captain, but still very young. Wells? Losing those two & Weimann in one window concerns me more than anything else tbh. I’d argue Dickie is a leader as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 if the next game did trigger another year, who would be avoiding it the most? does matty james even want to stay here? ive got my doubts about a few players now the transfer window has gone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark barton Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 On 02/03/2024 at 17:02, Gillies Downs Leeds said: Was just looking through twitter and a thread where our friend Ian G was making an excuse for only having 7 subs. Said it was Manning sending messages to the board. However somebody on the thread said that Matty James is not injured and inferred that if he made 1 more appearance it would trigger a 1 year extension to his contract. Anybody know if there is any truth in this ? Off the back of wiemann,s comments about triggering a contract clause with us I would say your source is bang on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark barton Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 On 02/03/2024 at 17:07, GrahamC said: Sounds bollocks to me. 11 games left so if he doesn’t feature again then I’ll believe it, but seeing as Manning said on Thursday that James was a doubt for today but he hoped he’d be back possibly by Tuesday, I doubt it very much. See wiemann,s recent comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corkonian Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 It's always hard to tell what's real and what's just speculation on Twitter. But contract clauses like that aren't uncommon in football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 (edited) Proof of the pudding will be the pre-match press interviews later this week. Is he still in a protective boot having been told he should be back for Leicester? (18th March) I understand the need not to give tactical advantage away, but if it is a genuine contract issue, just tell us. Edited March 25 by Davefevs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 53 minutes ago, Mark barton said: Off the back of wiemann,s comments about triggering a contract clause with us I would say your source is bang on. I imagine there's lots of small print in deals, both with players directly and transfers with other clubs. Famous one of course was when we signed Robin Hulbert from Swindon. Good player that never played for them after a while, turns out there was an agreement in place where Swindon would pay Everton every number of games and 1 more would blow their budget so eventually they sold to us on the cheap. Not saying every agreement has it but unless we have the contract in front of us, we won't know for certain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 21 minutes ago, The Batman said: Famous one of course was when we signed Robin Hulbert from Swindon. Good player that never played for them after a while, turns out there was an agreement in place where Swindon would pay Everton every number of games and 1 more would blow their budget so eventually they sold to us on the cheap. There's a name that rarely crops up. He wasn't particularly good was he? IIRC his nickname was "Chicken" (not sure why) Robin Hulbert - Wikipedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 13 minutes ago, CyderInACan said: There's a name that rarely crops up. He wasn't particularly good was he? IIRC his nickname was "Chicken" (not sure why) Robin Hulbert - Wikipedia I thought he was a decent player, for both us and Swindon. Just very injury prone. But maybe that's just my nostalgia showing. He would have played for us in what is now league 1. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 25 minutes ago, CyderInACan said: There's a name that rarely crops up. He wasn't particularly good was he? IIRC his nickname was "Chicken" (not sure why) Robin Hulbert - Wikipedia No, he wasn’t. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon bristol Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 Im sure that the bird signing is to bring him in to take the sitting ball playing midfielder role that james currently has. Perhaps him and tgh will share that role moving into the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 36 minutes ago, GrahamC said: No, he wasn’t. Decent player I thought 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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