Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:33 pm  

HOMER2355 wrote:

as hes a paid employees of the club, if his boss tells him to go and run around with them big boys over there then that is what he will do.

having said that as hes injured for 5-6weeks at least so i dont think hell be doin much training anyway!

But he isn't a paid employee of the club. His contract has been cancelled and he is now a free agent. There is a 21 page (and growing) thread on the VT if you want to know more!

Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:38 pm  

Shawy wrote:

He was actually dropped for the Leeds match anyway..

Bath fans must be thinking 'what on earth have we signed?'

Hope the club manage to sack the little jerk..
Good luck at tackling players like Karl Pryce every week in Union

If that's the case and he was told he was being dropped then perhaps he could have said something which the club didn't like. All speculation I know - it could be any one of a number of things - who knows - and until the club reveal anything which I doubt they will just like in the Millward case, it will be a long wait.

Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:42 pm  

St pete wrote:

My uncle works in the Aussie outback where Jamie Lyon shoots wild pigs. He's just rang me to tell me he's cancelled his shooting license And gave his gun up. He said

the next wild animals he sees will be in Knowsley!

Wonder what that could mean.......

..

The women folk of St Helens are going on a day trip

Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:05 pm  

St pete wrote:

I agree mugwump, the whole eastmond, Pryce and jammer saga should have been done and dusted before pre season started.

The club must take some of the blame in derailing the start to the season.

I think the club tried their best with eastmond, graham is a similar situation, if he won`t sign the contract on offer what can Saints do

Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:14 pm  

SEB wrote:

But he isn't a paid employee of the club. His contract has been cancelled and he is now a free agent. There is a 21 page (and growing) thread on the VT if you want to know more!

Well if that's the case the it's a bit more than just de-registering him. But if the RFL say he is a free agent then the Eastmond saga could spread well beyond Saints.

Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:16 pm  

Southport Saint wrote:

I think the club tried their best with eastmond, graham is a similar situation, if he won`t sign the contract on offer what can Saints do

Match his ambition? We've not replaced quality with quality these last few years - it sends out a bad message to the good players in the team. The stadium has understandably taken priority over the playing side and now we have a pretty average squad

I don't mind being average for a season though, we'll be back next year

Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:21 pm  

Which ever bright spark came up with the Dobson deregister idea will be papping himself now.

Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:22 pm  

TheOtherOne wrote:

Match his ambition?

Perhaps if he wasn't so injury prone he'd have appeared in two finals last year?

Maybe he should up his availability to match our ambition?

Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:24 pm  

Southport Saint wrote:

I think the club tried their best with eastmond, graham is a similar situation, if he won`t sign the contract on offer what can Saints do

I think with Eastmond they have been played around a bit.

Peronally there should not have been any discussion with Long and smith until Eastmonds future was settled. We told Long where to go, same with smith, then opened negotiations with eastmond once he knew he was the last man standing. It's like playing poker when it comes to contracts, but we showed ~Eastmonds agent our entire hand. So it opted for a 2 year pay rise.

If we had kept long andsmith if he still wanted 2 years we could have let him go and get on with Long or smith for the next 2 whilst a long term replacement was trained or found.

I've no issue with Pryce he has not messed about he has played his contract and not come out with daft comments, gestures and is not trawling the club through the press like a cheap wench, unlike eastmonds agent.

Similar with Graham. If they wanna go, fine but do it without upheaval in the club and fans.

Re: Eastmond suspened by Saints : Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:29 pm  

FearTheVee wrote:

Great news.

Get him sacked and off the pay-roll in disgrace, good result.

His whole attiitude sticks now. what he wants is for Saints to pay up the rest of his contract, well Kyle they ain't going to do it son, so you better leave now with no pay off or buckle down and work hard.