Chocolate Teapot Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 1 hour ago, Leicesterpool said: Claims that we have offered him a five year deal... why so long. Means we have to pay extra to sack him if doesn't work out. Interesting. I'd heard a rumour that Potter wanted a guarantee of spend from the club, which KP thought they couldn't do but Rudkin felt he could be persuaded. Also heard he's still with Morris surprisingly. I feel like we're desperate for him and will tell him whatever he wants to hear....which inevitably means we'll run into problems in Jan when we've promised a pack of lies. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFox Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 1 minute ago, Lambert09 said: well it obviously will. Potter has all the cards here tbh, if it’s a long contract it’s because he is making sure it’s worth his while. Understandable, because you want to be sure the club don’t get trigger fingers if we don’t pull away from the bottom 3 that fast, which is going to be a likely outcome. what is good about it however, is that it would mean that he sees this as a project. Scrappy first year trying to survive. stabilization year. Then looking to push towards europe. or that’s at least the optimists view We may have some interest in a longer contract so that if he does well and a big club comes in (a la Meresca), we can get decent compensation. ...we're all just guessing I suppose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DezFox Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 27 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said: Oh potter, you do something to me 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaphamFox Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 3 minutes ago, KansasFox said: We may have some interest in a longer contract so that if he does well and a big club comes in (a la Meresca), we can get decent compensation. ...we're all just guessing I suppose! The words "sword" and "double-edged" come to mind... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Basildon Fox Posted 11 June Popular Post Share Posted 11 June 4 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said: Interesting. I'd heard a rumour that Potter wanted a guarantee of spend from the club, which KP thought they couldn't do but Rudkin felt he could be persuaded. Also heard he's still with Morris surprisingly. I feel like we're desperate for him and will tell him whatever he wants to hear....which inevitably means we'll run into problems in Jan when we've promised a pack of lies. This rumour sounds like complete bollocks to me. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chocolate Teapot Posted 11 June Popular Post Share Posted 11 June Also - Potter is a huge Showaddywadday fan. That's not even a joke by the way. 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocolate Teapot Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June Just now, Basildon Fox said: This rumour sounds like complete bollocks to me. Ok Basildon Fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmayne7 Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 2 minutes ago, KansasFox said: We may have some interest in a longer contract so that if he does well and a big club comes in (a la Meresca), we can get decent compensation. ...we're all just guessing I suppose! Some people saying it could be a long contract with a shorter notice/payout period which is true. But if that's the case, that would also work the other way round and therefore even if he had 4 years on his deal, the compensation would cover the same period (12 months for example). Would be very unusual to have that weighted all in the employers favour and even moreso when you're trying to convince a manager to take the job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June Just on a footballing level, potter would be fairly happy to come here because maresca has done all the spade work in getting the squad thinking and playing in the way potter wants just as de zerbi walked into a Brighton side that was conditioned for him to work with from Day 1 however, the issues in coming here are not footballing ones 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 6 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said: Also - Potter is a huge Showaddywadday fan. That's not even a joke by the way. Nobody tell him that we had to cancel a Showaddywadday gig as one of the last ever events at Filbert Street due to lack of interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LestaLad Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 12 minutes ago, Chocolate Teapot said: Interesting. I'd heard a rumour that Potter wanted a guarantee of spend from the club, which KP thought they couldn't do but Rudkin felt he could be persuaded. Also heard he's still with Morris surprisingly. I feel like we're desperate for him and will tell him whatever he wants to hear....which inevitably means we'll run into problems in Jan when we've promised a pack of lies. I believe that. Sounds just like something Rudkin & Co would do. Promise him the world for him to sign on then act surprised when it comes up later down the line. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPH Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June any 5 year deal to potter would mean any club in a year or two would have to pay substantially to lure him from us... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolucklcfc Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 2 minutes ago, MPH said: any 5 year deal to potter would mean any club in a year or two would have to pay substantially to lure him from us... IF he’s good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramboacdc Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June Ok so I have caught up with BSLB and done a bit more catching up. Shout out to @Ric Flair for sending me down a Steve Bruce literature collection rabbit hole. Think there is a possibility that he is on the shortlist and has paused talks until England get dumped out the Euro's? Southgate is now allegedly saying if he doesn't win it, he's more than likely leaving and Howe & Potter are joint-favourites if you believe the bookies so imagine if he accepts our offer and we offer a stupid contract, because apparently we haven't realised how much of a financial f******g we are currently in, and then the England job comes up in July and he takes that. I would rather go with Cooper if we are looking to get someone in, but I also agree with what was said on the podcast, why bother bringing someone big in? Run the youth out and have an interim head coach or whatever and save the money. If we offered whoever a ridiculous contract, a budget of £8.50 and Wham! bar and then look to sack them once it starts inevitably going wrong that is more severance or gardening leave pay we simply can't afford. The best we could hope for, in some kind of Football Manager 2024 glitch is sign Potter with a large compensation deal if he leaves us for another team or country and the FA then end up paying us to take him. A man can dream alright?! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ozleicester Posted 11 June Popular Post Share Posted 11 June ok folks... you know what to do... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy_Jeff Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June IF we don’t win these Euros, with the players available to us, I imagine GS will “mutually terminate” his contract and the FA will have their eyes on someone bigger than Howe and Potter. A top coach would win the lot with this group and I can see the FA going for a proven winner to finally bring it home. Howe and Potter would just be media darlings that are smily and pleasant but don’t strike fear into other nations. We need a Klopp like character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post foxfanazer Posted 11 June Popular Post Share Posted 11 June 1 minute ago, Jazzy_Jeff said: IF we don’t win these Euros, with the players available to us, I imagine GS will “mutually terminate” his contract and the FA will have their eyes on someone bigger than Howe and Potter. A top coach would win the lot with this group and I can see the FA going for a proven winner to finally bring it home. Howe and Potter would just be media darlings that are smily and pleasant but don’t strike fear into other nations. We need a Klopp like character. I don't ever get the impression that the FA want a character or a proven winner 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 17 minutes ago, ozleicester said: ok folks... you know what to do... grr put my tenner on and no shift in odds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjcW Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June If the FA did go big, I think Klopp with his saviour complex will bite the FA’s arm off if they offered it to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 36 minutes ago, MPH said: any 5 year deal to potter would mean any club in a year or two would have to pay substantially to lure him from us... Very much depends what the terms are. We signed Rodgers to a 5 year deal where it was reported he had a buy out clause of around £13m. However in conflicting reports it seems if we were to sack him rather than have a clause owing him only a year or so salary (which is common when there's buyout clauses) it's rumoured he was owed his whole remaining contract in the year of sacking. Astonishing if true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June Sitting waiting to see if Potter potentially gets the England job or not? Are we mental? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaphamFox Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 1 minute ago, Pliskin said: Sitting waiting to see if Potter potentially gets the England job or not? Are we mental? Is that a rhetorical question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudio Fannieri Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 1 hour ago, Chocolate Teapot said: Interesting. I'd heard a rumour that Potter wanted a guarantee of spend from the club, which KP thought they couldn't do but Rudkin felt he could be persuaded. Also heard he's still with Morris surprisingly. I feel like we're desperate for him and will tell him whatever he wants to hear....which inevitably means we'll run into problems in Jan when we've promised a pack of lies. FFS we are truly going to repeat the same mistakes with potentially the 3rd manager in a row and hide what spend is actually available until it blows up in our faces and in 12 months time Potter will no doubt have John Morris working on his exit plan. If this is true and I have no reason to doubt it, what an absolute laughing stock we have become. I wouldn’t trust this current mob to run me a bath. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collymore Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 1 hour ago, Chocolate Teapot said: Interesting. I'd heard a rumour that Potter wanted a guarantee of spend from the club, which KP thought they couldn't do but Rudkin felt he could be persuaded. Also heard he's still with Morris surprisingly. I feel like we're desperate for him and will tell him whatever he wants to hear....which inevitably means we'll run into problems in Jan when we've promised a pack of lies. 1 hour ago, Basildon Fox said: This rumour sounds like complete bollocks to me. 100% legit. It's autocorrected from 'Morrisons' to 'Morris' which is causing the confusion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelmofox Posted 11 June Share Posted 11 June 2 minutes ago, Collymore said: 100% legit. It's autocorrected from 'Morrisons' to 'Morris' which is causing the confusion. 100% that its bollocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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