Lindau Posted June 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Where did you see that. There was nothing on the official site Fred posted on Twitter that he was leaving. Rumours of a move home to a club in Belgium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted June 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 https://mobile.twitter.com/FreFrans/status/739808904020889601 Also rumours he wanted a 2 year deal and we were only offering a one year deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Fred posted on Twitter that he was leaving. Rumours of a move home to a club in Belgium not rumours he has signed a contract with a Belgium team the photos are on his Twitter page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 not rumours he has signed a contract with a Belgium team the photos are on his Twitter page Royal Antwerp perchance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Royal Antwerp perchance? looks like his last club Lierse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 looks like his last club Lierse. True: http://www.lierse.com/en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 Royal Antwerp perchance? its back at his old club Lierse.Sorry to see him go a real gent and seems to have held Partick Thistle and us supporters in very high regard. Always be welcome at Firhill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThickAsThieves Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 There's a way to leave a club and a way not to. Erskine, Craigen and now Frans have done it with class. Paton and Fox handled it like pricks. All the best to the big man. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 There's a way to leave a club and a way not to. Erskine, Craigen and now Frans have done it with class. Paton and Fox handled it like pricks. All the best to the big man. What did Fox do wrong? He wanted to get in the Scotland squad (which he's done) and win trophies (which he's done) and probably finish in the top six and not end up in a relegation battle every year (which he's done). They Thistle fans behind the goal abusing him at the game in April were a feckin embarassment. Some Thistle fans just think every decent player should stay and get paid peanuts otherwise they're all *********! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 What did Fox do wrong? He wanted to get in the Scotland squad (which he's done) and win trophies (which he's done) and probably finish in the top six and not end up in a relegation battle every year (which he's done). They Thistle fans behind the goal abusing him at the game in April were a feckin embarassment. Some Thistle fans just think every decent player should stay and get paid peanuts otherwise they're all *********! I might be wrong but was he not a bit of an ********* at the player of the year event last season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThickAsThieves Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 (edited) I heard he was a knob at the Player of the Year awards. I'd never begrudge him leaving for extra money but he got in the Scotland squad with us. Fair enough on the League Cup win. But Thistle and County are clubs with similar ambitions (but different budgets) while his comments pretended otherwise. I think I'll always be a bit pissed off at a key squad member leaving us for Killie/County/Motherwell, to be honest. I wasn't at that game so couldn't comment on the abuse he took but yes I've heard it was a bit much. Edited June 6, 2016 by ThickAsThieves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 There's a way to leave a club and a way not to. Erskine, Craigen and now Frans have done it with class. Paton and Fox handled it like pricks. All the best to the big man. i thought Aaron Taylor Sinclair and Aaron Muirhead behaved with dignity when they left both speak highly of their time with the Jags 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 What did Fox do wrong? He wanted to get in the Scotland squad (which he's done) and win trophies (which he's done) and probably finish in the top six and not end up in a relegation battle every year (which he's done). They Thistle fans behind the goal abusing him at the game in April were a feckin embarassment. Some Thistle fans just think every decent player should stay and get paid peanuts otherwise they're all *********! behaved like a prize tool at the poty awards and pretty much stuck his middle digit up at all and sundry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 By all accounts that I heard/read Fox was a complete arse at the PotY night. Regardless he was always going to get stick when we played County. Moving to Dingwall to further his Scotland career was as lame a reason as I've ever heard. I wouldn't want to be too judgemental on the level of abuse handed out except to say it was a bit repetitive during the first game at Dingwall. In a roundabout way in the last game, County moving the core of our support away from behind the goals probably resulted in the abuse being worse than it would've been. What's indisputable is that any Fox baiting had zero effect in the three games we played. The only goal he lost was at the Bing End. What's also I feel indisputable (amongst us Jags fans anyway) is we're all the better for Fox leaving and being replaced by Tomas who not only is a better keeper but has also pledged his future to us. Similar in a way to when McNamara left. We ended up with a far better manager and one who like Cerny has lengthened his contract. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 6, 2016 Report Share Posted June 6, 2016 All I can really think of about Fox is: "beaten at his near post." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinistar Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Frans pay cut - "too much for me to take" http://m.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/partick_thistle/14540129.Frans_says_Partick_Thistle_pay_cut_forced_his_exit_in_hardest_decision_of_his_life/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow & Redneck Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Even more worrying according to Frans himself in the media, was his reason for leaving being a cut to his wage! I thought our playing budget had increased this season? Seems a bit strange that we couldn't even match the wages for someone who would be a regular starter next season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firhillista Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Even more worrying according to Frans himself in the media, was his reason for leaving being a cut to his wage! I thought our playing budget had increased this season? Seems a bit strange that we couldn't even match the wages for someone who would be a regular starter next season! Don't think you offer a one-year deal on reduced wages to a guy who you see as your first choice centre-half. I suspect Archie would have been happy to have him in the squad, but is casting around for a better option. Frans sems a nice enough guy, and he says all the right things about the club and the fans, but we can do better than him in that position. I'd like to see Gary Millar re-sign, as he gives us a number of options, but, again, I suspect his offer is as a squad player rather than first choice defender, either right back or centre half. It'll be interesting to see who we sign up as replacements. Let the speculation begin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Frans pay cut - "too much for me to take" http://m.eveningtime...on_of_his_life/ Now I'm more disappointed than before. He wanted to stay, loved the club, he was decent and might have improved, but we offered him what?...... a pay cut! This when we'll presumably have some bigger gates and televised matches next season. Yes, disappointed. All the best to him, even though he is also disappointed, not a bad word to say about anybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dan Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 I too would have liked him to stay, but none of us know what his previous contract was. Freddie spent a fair bit of the season on the subs bench either due to injury or by being displaced by a player in better form. How many on the forum would consider him a shoe in if we had other options available? The concern that I have is that if we lose Miller, with both Freddie and Dan now away, we may struggle to recruit suitable replacements for the start of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowenBoys Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Schedule confirmed http://ptfc.co.uk/ne...edule_confirmed Bath City away day clashes with Kelburn Garden Party. Shame. Edited June 7, 2016 by BowenBoys 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Even more worrying according to Frans himself in the media, was his reason for leaving being a cut to his wage! I thought our playing budget had increased this season? Seems a bit strange that we couldn't even match the wages for someone who would be a regular starter next season! Depends entirely on what you consider as "regular". If he was considered to be a regular starter (as in a likely first pick) then he wouldn't be on reduced terms. The norm for us these days is to give our first team picks two year contracts minimum. I'd suggest Frans (like Seaborne) was on a relatively good wage and that wage couldn't be justified in continuance. Put another way he didn't quite live up to expectations. It's not unlikely there's a similar situation re Miller. Whether that will be reviewed now Frans is away is anyone's guess. Miller may tho' be able to get a better deal elsewhere. For instance Gary is surely a better right back than Muirhead and if he signed for Falkirk he'd be more or less guaranteed a start. I've no idea whether the play and win bonuses at Falkirk plus basic would be better than our offer where he may be considered a second choice and not get the same game time. It's most likely a difficult decision for Miller. In a perverse sort of way I'd like to think Gary would spend more of his time on the bench. That would mean that Dumbuya retains his fitness and we we were well covered with quality at centreback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Hmm, what's Kevin James up to these days, I wonder..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Back 4 next year is going to be booth archie shaggy dumbaya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Just seen Miller away as well. Pity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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