Lawrie Madden Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Owls Loyal said: Whelan did a Bosman on us. As result we got a fraction of what he was worth from Stoke. Whelan cost us nowt was an excellent player whilst he was with us at times carrying the team himself imo and we sold him for 1/2 a mill the guy owed us nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 hours ago, Owls Loyal said: Whelan did a Bosman on us. As result we got a fraction of what he was worth from Stoke. No he didn't if a remember rightly we were in money troubles and tried to offer him a reduced term contract when he and Brunt were our best players we still got £750k for him which is more than we got for Hooper, Abdi, Matias, Jones, Pudil,. A profit no less as he cost us nothing and gave us 4 years service playing 142 games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNChance Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Lord Nilsson said: Get Hooper back Hooper can’t even get a game for Wellington Phoenix (scored twice and played just over 200 minutes in 11 games). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrie Madden Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, room0035 said: No he didn't if a remember rightly we were in money troubles and tried to offer him a reduced term contract when he and Brunt were our best players we still got £750k for him which is more than we got for Hooper, Abdi, Matias, Jones, Pudil,. A profit no less as he cost us nothing and gave us 4 years service playing 142 games. 500k i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwellOwl Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 He was a great player for us. End of thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrie Madden Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Just now, SwellOwl said: He was a great player for us. End of thread. Spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 5 hours ago, edinburghowl said: 5 MOTM performances (and that’s club MOTM’s not official MOTM’s BTW) in a team that is crap and bottom of the league is not exactly setting the bar very high. The best performer of a team of terrible players. Whelan like many has been rubbish and looked completely uninterested for a while. To be fair at 36 years old he probably knows he’s done with football. One final payday. More fool Hearts for giving him a contract. Why would you sign him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von shabba Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 45 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: To be fair at 36 years old he probably knows he’s done with football. One final payday. More fool Hearts for giving him a contract. Why would you sign him? I guess if they have a player/coach role in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburghowl Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, SallyCinnamon said: To be fair at 36 years old he probably knows he’s done with football. One final payday. More fool Hearts for giving him a contract. Why would you sign him? He’s 35 not 36, admittedly at the tail end of his career, but he is still a regular starter for the Irish national team and he played 35 games in the Championship last season for Villa who were promoted from the Championship. I thought he would have been more than good enough, and fit enough to have made an impact in the SPFL, he wasn’t and it was a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 1 hour ago, SallyCinnamon said: To be fair at 36 years old he probably knows he’s done with football. One final payday. More fool Hearts for giving him a contract. Why would you sign him? Steve MacLean is still scoring goals and he's 37. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburghowl Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 14 hours ago, Rogers said: Steve MacLean is still scoring goals and he's 37. MacLean has been poor this season, he’s long past his best and is pretty much an impact player, apart from when we’ve been down to the bare bones. MacLean however has more professionalism in his little finger than that gobshite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wednesday_Jack Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Whelan will probably end up at a top end L1 club before retiring...class act for us. Him and brunt in the same side was a joy to watch at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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