Re: Brett Ferres : Tue Jan 12, 2016 4:25 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

Yeah definitely. But Saints have a zero risk policy. If it's costly, we don't do it. If it's a punt, we don't do it. If it could make us win a trophy, we don't do it. McManus is in full on Arsene Wenger mode, do enough to fool the fans into turning up and give the impression we're a big club whilst not putting a penny towards actually winning anything. A lot of people on here jutify it becasue of the business side of things and the sustainability it brings, but it's not like we're even any good at the business side of things. We don't even make a profit, which is something Leeds manage to do whilst winning all the trophies as well.

The Sleeve has actually persuaded a lot of them that they really should be paying the club rather than the other way round

Re: Brett Ferres : Tue Jan 12, 2016 6:42 pm  

Leeds Thirteen wrote:

On grass he's an even better player

An excellent no risk signing for Leeds , only doubt maybe is his fitness , to compare him to Hock is laughable .

He is an excellent player IMO which is why I started this thread.

I don't blame him choosing Leeds, but how come at this stage they had so much SC left to spend?

It seems a bit odd that they were saving some SC to one side on the off chance a quality signing comes along.
I hope you are not doing a "Fielden" like wigoon and calling his salary a pension payment?

Re: Brett Ferres : Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:34 pm  

If you look at the outgoings and imcomings of players in the last years it's about what you'd expect for Leeds with their salary structure .

Re: Brett Ferres : Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:36 pm  

Plus, Ferres and Falloon are on one year deals and can't see either being on a big wage due to the situations both got themselves into.
Achurch will be leaving at the end of the season or earlier and some expect Mullally and Mulhern? To be on season long loans that might become permanent.

Re: Brett Ferres : Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:27 pm  

Given the situation he was in at Hudds then Leeds held all the cards when it came to negotiations,could be a heavily back ended contract.

Re: Brett Ferres : Tue Jan 12, 2016 10:27 pm  

Emagdnim13 wrote:

Plus, Ferres and Falloon are on one year deals and can't see either being on a big wage due to the situations both got themselves into.
Achurch will be leaving at the end of the season or earlier and some expect Mullally and Mulhern? To be on season long loans that might become permanent.

Ferres, like Justin Carney, could entirely afford to sit back until the right offer came in, so I doubt he'd of come "on the cheap" - but as said, Leeds transfer movements don't seem particularly out of line