04-05-2022, 10:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-05-2022, 10:11 AM by Rick Pumpkin.)
(04-05-2022, 09:43 AM)Pedalo_menders Wrote:(04-05-2022, 09:21 AM)DeepBlue Wrote:(04-05-2022, 08:12 AM)ForeverPompey Wrote: No doubt Aiden O'Brien plus agent are trying to get negotiations moving but the Snooze story about him is the kind of thing that unsettles. He claims he wants to be here next season and clubs are negotiating with his agent... but no contact from Pompey yet. If we want him you would think this would be quite a straight forward one to get over the line.. or am i being naive and we can't afford his wages long-term?
Wages could well be the problem with O'Brien.
We like him and he likes us but is he good enough to become our top earner (which he would be if Sunderland matched his championship wages at Millwall, though I've no idea if they did) ?
Every time DC has spoken about him I got the impression he was not over-optimistic of securing his services, despite all the mutual admiration.
Call me thick but don't you have to pick up the phone or send an email asking how much, before you can tell if there is a problem? Or do the Eisners intend to use some sort of telepathy or crystal ball that we fans with our tiny brains could not comprehend?
We have been told straight from the horses mouth that they want to do business as early as possible. They must be so sophisticated that they don't need to use traditional communication channels us luddites have to make do with.
Every year Tornante has been in control the contract negotiations have been a disaster at best. It doesn't take much of a search to find a list of players who wanted to stay and who apparently the club wanted to keep, but either talks never started or they were just badly managed and the player moved elsewhere. Then there was the instance last year where one of the youngsters was told he'd be let go, then told he'd get a contract and, finally, was told sorry that was a mistake you can feck off now. How is any of that in the least bit professional?
Also, there's the often rolled out 'we want to get business done early' in just about every window and then...tumbleweed.
This club always gets the squad it deserves.