Bleeding Gums Murphy Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Manager in the paper this morning (BBC Gossip column) saying O'Donnell definitely won't be at Firhill next season. PCA already in place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Scimmia Rossa Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Or maybe it's just kind of obvious that we can't keep him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Gums Murphy Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Or maybe it's just kind of obvious that we can't keep him... Not sure I understand. So we can sign players that have played in English Championship/League 1 but can't keep a guy whose club career highlight to date was finishing 10th in SPL? Edited January 29, 2015 by Bleeding Gums Murphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 If he has said "Gaffer, I fancy a change of scene" then there is absolutely nothing that Thistle can do about it.It might not be about money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Passenger Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Not sure I understand. So we can sign players that have played in English Championship/League 1 but can't keep a guy whose club career highlight to date was finishing 10th in SPL? Downward career trajectory vs upward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Gums Murphy Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Downward career trajectory vs upward? So by that reckoning League 1 > SPL.? But he's knocked back that move already (Championship at the moment). I know what you're saying DD but a change of scenery meaning Tayside instead of Glasgow. Aside from a few places higher in the league, scenery more or less the same. I wonder if club made public the Blackpool bid & acceptance to make the support aware that he's got else something lined up? With Elliot, Finnie, Welsh, Banzo, Booth, Keenan & at a push BRE & Seabourne all being able to play full back I wonder if he'll still be here after Monday night? & if he is, personally I'd have him kicking his heels on touchline. Cue howls of derision from some... Edited January 29, 2015 by Bleeding Gums Murphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 He is the best RB we have and while we are still paying his wages and he is playing well enough, I expect him to be in the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cup Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 He is the best RB we have and while we are still paying his wages and he is playing well enough, I expect him to be in the team. This. His intention was always to leave but he still turned in good performances against Hamilton and Killie. There's no need to drop him. If he turns to shite then drop him but our only options for RB are Finnie and at a push Elliott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_mac Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I think Finnie has been signed as cover, what with McMillan being out the picture. I fully expect O'Donnell to be 1st choice right back for as long as he is playing well. It's all very well saying that we should be tying down these guys on long contracts, but who's to say the players themselves would want a longer deal? ATS played the whole of last season on a 1st division wage while everyone else had signed MUCH more lucrative deals. He could have more than doubled his wage but chose not to so he could have more options the following summer. Players have better advice these days with agents in their ears, and any young player showing a bit of promise will be advised not to sign a longer deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnyjag Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I agree Ian, it tends to be players coming towards the end of their careers that want longer deals. I am old enough to remember Jim McLean insisting that his young players signed 5-8 year contracts and they were paid buttons, despite competing for the league and in Europe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Says in today's ET that he's happy at Firhill and that he feels he's not currently playing as well as he could or should. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/partick-thistle/odonnell-loving-life-at-firhill-197336n.118462306 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleeding Gums Murphy Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) Says in today's ET that he's happy at Firhill and that he feels he's not currently playing as well as he could or should. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/partick-thistle/odonnell-loving-life-at-firhill-197336n.118462306 Honesty in the sense of admitting he's not played well last couple weeks (not alone though). His comments on "potential suitors" I find a bit patronising towards the support. We know you're going in the Simmer & it's pretty obvious that if a contract not been signed he's certainly been tipped the wink by his agent as to where, who & how much. He stats to the Sumner & potential transfer fee to the club = potential signing on fee for player. Just hope his drop in form is just a blip & not a sign of things to come with his mind wandering to next season. Edited February 14, 2015 by Bleeding Gums Murphy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Looks like a typical SOD interview highlighting his self criticism, a trait for which he's well known. I reckon he'd be having his customary confidence issues regardless of any prospective move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMac Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 I agree Ian, it tends to be players coming towards the end of their careers that want longer deals. I am old enough to remember Jim McLean insisting that his young players signed 5-8 year contracts and they were paid buttons, despite competing for the league and in Europe. That's right, but they also used to work out a bit of a deal with some of their players, if I remember correctly, where if they had two good players they woud agree to sell one of them and keep the other, but give them a big lump sum to put in their pension pot. However, I do remember a story about one of their players (can't remember who) that played in their famous UEFA cup run of the late 1980's, when they beat the likes of Barcelona home & away and other top teams. Anyway, one of the players that was in that team, was going to leave Dundee Utd to join Cowdenbeath or something because they had offered him a car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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