Alan Knight used to turn down a contract just about every summer
(20-06-2023, 03:51 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: [ -> ] (20-06-2023, 03:30 PM)slayer Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/footb...re-4189479
Says he wants to stay as his first option subject to contract, Mous to meet him this week
He actually said that a while ago but still hasnt signed the contract.
The rumour is he is only being offered £1k per week till he is fit. Not surprised if he is hesitating if so.
IMO if we want to keep him and he wants to stay we should just extend his old contract for another year. It seems harsh to penalise him for what is essentially an industrial injury. Duty of care and all that.
(20-06-2023, 10:09 PM)DeepBlue Wrote: [ -> ] (20-06-2023, 03:51 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: [ -> ] (20-06-2023, 03:30 PM)slayer Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/footb...re-4189479
Says he wants to stay as his first option subject to contract, Mous to meet him this week
He actually said that a while ago but still hasnt signed the contract.
The rumour is he is only being offered £1k per week till he is fit. Not surprised if he is hesitating if so.
IMO if we want to keep him and he wants to stay we should just extend his old contract for another year. It seems harsh to penalise him for what is essentially an industrial injury. Duty of care and all that.
I suspect it is £1k a week more than anyone is going to pay him. I shouldn’t imagine neither him or the club are sharing details of the contract though.
Surely the level of wages during periods of injury and non-availability are written into the original contract ?
Basically ( as in the real world) sick pay ?
........ Perhaps not, but it would seem a non contentious solution to instances of long term injury ?
And, I do want Rona CURTIS to stay.
I think that,( hopefully) on his return , he will want to prove himself, and fight for his shirt.
This sobering period on the touchline will have afforded lots of thinking time for a professional sportsman.
(21-06-2023, 08:19 AM)firqdays Wrote: [ -> ]Surely the level of wages during periods of injury and non-availability are written into the original contract ?
Basically ( as in the real world) sick pay ?
........ Perhaps not, but it would seem a non contentious solution to instances of long term injury ?
During a contract a player will get his full basic wages whilst injured, but miss out on any playing bonuses etc.
The issue here is that Curtis is out of contract so the club could just discard him to the job queue with no income whilst he was injured. In that respect 1k a week is generous, but that is the sort of offer I would have expected if the club did not really want to keep him but accepted some duty of care for someone getting injured whilst working for them.
If you want to keep him when he is fit then I would have thought a more attractive offer was called for, and for someone with his level of service to the club just extending his contract by 12 months would seem the obvious thing to do.
All this assuming of course that the reported 1k a week offer is genuine, but it was discussed in the News.
He’s released a statement along the lines of not accepting the contract on reduced terms because he can’t afford to support his family but he is staying with the club until fit without a contract or salary.
(21-06-2023, 11:23 AM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: [ -> ]He’s released a statement along the lines of not accepting the contract on reduced terms because he can’t afford to support his family but he is staying with the club until fit without a contract or salary.
Basically using all the clubs facilities for free then leave when he’s fit.
I hope we are charging him a membership fee
The statement is on his insta, it’s over very pages and not easy to read. He says there is a 40% of the injury reoccurring in his career.
However if he waits 9 weeks and is patient the risk of reoccurring is 2%
There was no contract offered before he got injured.
Sounds like the contract wasn’t lower whilst he recovers as he says he can’t survive for 12 months on reduced terms.
He’s either going to get fit and move on or hope we offer a better contract once fit.
Hes not been good enough for 2 years now. And now he has an ACL injury for which I understand he is about to be operated on. I think its best to part ways with this 'fans favourite'
Still no operation? The injury was months ago
He’s either had the op isn’t having one. Says his specialist said he is on schedule and due to be on the grass in September.
He hasn't really rediscovered his early form and maybe could fo with a new challenge.
I wouldn't be against him staying but not really fussed if he moves on.
He has been a good servant to the club.
(21-06-2023, 01:04 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: [ -> ]He’s either had the op isn’t having one. Says his specialist said he is on schedule and due to be on the grass in September.
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/footb...re-4189479
It's the last sentence that lead me to believe he hasn't had the surgery yet. In typical The News style, it is poorly written so that it is ambiguous.
We know what he is capable of and we know he can improve. He is a known quantity. This injury affects his market value in our favour. No one else is offering him anything. Only Pompey could dither in front of such an open goal
(21-06-2023, 02:51 PM)Pedalo_menders Wrote: [ -> ] (21-06-2023, 01:04 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: [ -> ]He’s either had the op isn’t having one. Says his specialist said he is on schedule and due to be on the grass in September.
https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/footb...re-4189479
It's the last sentence that lead me to believe he hasn't had the surgery yet. In typical The News style, it is poorly written so that it is ambiguous.
We saw pictures of him in the hospital bed just post-op back in March, so he has definitely had the op.
Seeing the surgeon for progress reports is part and parcel of any recovery period.
https://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/news/2023...-recovery/
(21-06-2023, 01:04 PM)Pompeyg100 Wrote: [ -> ]He’s either had the op isn’t having one. Says his specialist said he is on schedule and due to be on the grass in September.
I’ll be on the grass at Glasto on Saturday. Both kinds.
(21-06-2023, 03:02 PM)slayer Wrote: [ -> ]We know what he is capable of and we know he can improve. He is a known quantity. This injury affects his market value in our favour. No one else is offering him anything. Only Pompey could dither in front of such an open goal
How have we dithered?! We offered him a contract!
(21-06-2023, 04:13 PM)DeepBlue Wrote: [ -> ]This statement from him is very honest and clears up most of the issues discussed in this thread.
Medical insurance must be one of the reasons he feels he can turn down the club's offer.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=649...7343842159
That’s the statement I was referring to this morning on his insta
I did think his was one of the most professional statements I've read by a player.