Rudolf Hucker Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 According to the BBC Click for articleFoster to leave Iron for Quakers S****horpe defender and player of the season Stephen Foster is set to leave the club, reports BBC Radio Humberside. The Iron claimed the League One title to earn promotion to the Championship but will reportedly lose 26-year-old Foster to League Two Darlington. Foster has rejected a two-year deal at S****horpe for a similar contract from Darlington, who will offer improved terms and make him captain. Darlington are managed by Dave Penney, who managed Foster at Doncaster.Blimey, he's got some ambition. Do I play in the Championship or the Basement next year? Hmm ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seend Red Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 According to the BBC Click for articleFoster to leave Iron for Quakers S****horpe defender and player of the season Stephen Foster is set to leave the club, reports BBC Radio Humberside. The Iron claimed the League One title to earn promotion to the Championship but will reportedly lose 26-year-old Foster to League Two Darlington. Foster has rejected a two-year deal at S****horpe for a similar contract from Darlington, who will offer improved terms and make him captain. Darlington are managed by Dave Penney, who managed Foster at Doncaster.Blimey, he's got some ambition. Do I play in the Championship or the Basement next year? Hmm ...He's obviously putting money first. Sad really, where's the ambition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 According to the BBC Click for articleFoster to leave Iron for Quakers S****horpe defender and player of the season Stephen Foster is set to leave the club, reports BBC Radio Humberside. The Iron claimed the League One title to earn promotion to the Championship but will reportedly lose 26-year-old Foster to League Two Darlington. Foster has rejected a two-year deal at S****horpe for a similar contract from Darlington, who will offer improved terms and make him captain. Darlington are managed by Dave Penney, who managed Foster at Doncaster.Blimey, he's got some ambition. Do I play in the Championship or the Basement next year? Hmm ...Is that the ex Saghead Steve Foster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giles_23_bcfc Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 He's obviously putting money first. Sad really, where's the ambition?Or maybe he's been told that he isnt good enough for the Championship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted May 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Is that the ex Saghead Steve Foster? Certainly is the very same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted May 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Or maybe he's been told that he isnt good enough for the Championship?I wouldn't have thought so - Scunny have offered him a new two-year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesco Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 seems odd to go down a league rather than stay in league one or go into the championship. Got to be something else behind it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Saw this too..."Sharp has to decide" - AdkinsCould be a very different Scunny side next year! No Keogh, Sharp or this Foster chap! Not happy reading for the Iron after you've just got promoted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giles_23_bcfc Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 I wouldn't have thought so - Scunny have offered him a new two-year deal.maybe HE think's hes not good enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 And suddenly we may start to realise the huge benefit to going up without real any 'star' players! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Boy Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 He's obviously putting money first. Sad really, where's the ambition?Ambition's fantastic but it doesn't pay the mortgage.Ths highlights S****horpes problem and being in The Championship makes it worse for them, not better because players expect more both those you have and those coming in.Watch the keeper and Sharp go as well.Peterboro signed Walsalls best two out of contract players on three year deals yesterday-That's about one thing-Money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Boy Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Saw this too..."Sharp has to decide" - AdkinsCould be a very different Scunny side next year! No Keogh, Sharp or this Foster chap! Not happy reading for the Iron after you've just got promoted!Their ground holds 9,500.They had 7,500 when they acheived promotion.That will always be the nub of this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Their ground holds 9,500.They had 7,500 when they acheived promotion.That will always be the nub of this problem.Sharpe is a lot of things, but he's not a fool. He'll look at Southend and see a team containing a couple of much hyped 'star' players and a young manager who flew straight up to the championship as rank outsiders, only to stumble and fall because the club couldn't strengthen, and see the direct parallels with his own lot.The other choice he has is to move to a club who only just missed out on the championship playoffs, who have possibility of big investment in the very near future, who'll be able to pay him significantly more than he'll ever be able to earn at Scunny and under a manager he owes his career to and respects highly by all accounts.Not that hard a choice in my eyes.Only surprising thing is the fee. £1.5million? If we got £2mill for Cotts Sharp must be worth at least that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfastcityfan Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 The fee will only rise to 1.5 Million should Sheff Wed get promoted to the premiership.......I can't see them acheiving that next season. If they get Sharp, it could be good business on their part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezgimed Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Peterboro signed Walsalls best two out of contract players on three year deals yesterday-That's about one thing-Money.They don't like Dicky Dosh?Or is this a fiscal situation?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seend Red Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Ambition's fantastic but it doesn't pay the mortgage.Ths highlights S****horpes problem and being in The Championship makes it worse for them, not better because players expect more both those you have and those coming in.Watch the keeper and Sharp go as well.Peterboro signed Walsalls best two out of contract players on three year deals yesterday-That's about one thing-Money.Are you seriously suggesting he's moving to Darlington and dropping 2 leagues because he can't afford to pay his morgage on his s****horpe wages? The truth of the matter is the day when playing the highest possible level was the whole point have gone, Darlington promise to make him captain and offer him a couple of thousand extra and few perks on the side and he jumps at the chance. Sad . Pure and simple greed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ron Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Wonder why Sharp wasn't player of the year, being a one-season-wonder and all Being 32, it gives an idea why Steve Foster may have chosen the step down rather than the step up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted May 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Being 32, it gives an idea why Steve Foster may have chosen the step down rather than the step up.But wouldn't you think, Ron, that at aged 32, he'd see next season as a Heaven-sent opportunity to play at the highest standard of his career? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 But wouldn't you think, Ron, that at aged 32, he'd see next season as a Heaven-sent opportunity to play at the highest standard of his career?He's 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted May 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 He's 26.You're right, he is only 26. I hadn't checked.At the peak of his career he should be testing himself at the highest level possible, rather than diving down amongst the dead-men of the basement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ron Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 He's 32. S****horpe mate says so, as does http://www.football.co.uk/s****horpe/playe...ster_3532.shtml. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 He's 32. S****horpe mate says so, as does http://www.football.co.uk/s****horpe/playe...ster_3532.shtml.sorry, you are quite right. was going on the BBC alone, which seems to suggest he is 32. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Boy Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 The fee will only rise to 1.5 Million should Sheff Wed get promoted to the premiership.......I can't see them acheiving that next season. If they get Sharp, it could be good business on their partAnd good business on our part if we gazump them!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Boy Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Are you seriously suggesting he's moving to Darlington and dropping 2 leagues because he can't afford to pay his morgage on his s****horpe wages? No I'm suggesting that, in what is a short career for the majority, another £20/30kpa makes a lot of difference to the size of house one can have and none of us know his family commitments.There also seems to be some discrepancy over his age and, if he is 32, then this'll probably be his last move and signing on fee.Far better Stadium and, so I'm told, they pay decent money.What's the bet Scunny & Darlo in the same division this time next year?The truth of the matter is the day when playing the highest possible level was the whole point have gone, Darlington promise to make him captain and offer him a couple of thousand extra and few perks on the side and he jumps at the chance. Sad . We don't know the amount, but I'd wager it's more than a couple of grand.It's his old manager and he obviously thinks it's worth itPure and simple greed.Or is he doing what we all do and looking after his family and future-Perhaps, in his heart of hearts he knows he's not good enough for The Championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 well, no matter his age, it is most likely the fact his old manager at Donny now manages Darlo that swung it. And who knows what Scunny are offering him. At 32, and signed by a previous manager, Foster might not be high up Adkins list and it might even be useful for Scunny to move him on. The free up some wage bill and can bring in someone else. Doesn't always have to be a bad guy, could actually be the best deal for all sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted May 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 He's 32. S****horpe mate says so, as does http://www.football.co.uk/s****horpe/playe...ster_3532.shtml.Not that it matters a jot but I've just looked up his profile on the Scunny website Player Profile - Steve Foster which gives his birthdate as 1/10/79 - which would make him 27. Whatever his age and accepting the views that we don't know his personal circumstances, I still think it's strange for him to choose to drop down two divisions. Even though he's going to play for a bloke who has formerly managed him, he'll know that managers come and go. If Darlo invest a lot of money in the summer then have a poor start to the season, Penney could find himself out of a job and Foster could find himself sidelined by the next guy in the hot-seat.Ambition should have made him want to prove himself in the Championship, in my view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ron Posted May 15, 2007 Report Share Posted May 15, 2007 Not that it matters a jot but I've just looked up his profile on the Scunny website Player Profile - Steve Foster which gives his birthdate as 1/10/79 - which would make him 27.I did that too, but I'm taking what a real life person says as red! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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