BlueMark wrote:
Mackays Mistress, If Fev had not signed mid year, there is no way he would have got the same deal at years end. I suspect he would have got a lot less.
In my view Fevs deal is a bad one for the club, given the way he has played since signing, but as I did when when signed the Big Ones a few yers ago, I won't complain about but remember them when the next round of negoiations come up.
I disagree that he would have recieved less if he had waited until year end. We certainly would have looked after him better if he was unsigned. I imagine we would have admitted he was injured and actually rested him rather than play him every week and constantly deny there was anything wrong with him.
We would not have publicly bagged him in the media, because god forbid that would have devalued him!
And if he was uncontracted at seasons end, you could guarantee that clubs would have been after him. Coll would have thrown a heap of money at him to try to get him to walk into the PSD.
So I disagree. If he was uncontracted at the end of this year, I believe it would have been a bigger headache than Whitnall, Campo and Lappin combined.
So we saved ourselves that headache. But I believe we have created future headaches for ourselves by the way we handled Fev later in the year. If I was Fev or any other decent player I certainly wouldn't be signing early.
I agree we have set a nasty precedent the way we handled the situation with Fev in the latter half of the year. Sure Fev may shoulder some blame for his body language, but the club did nothing but soil his reputation by playing him injured and offering him up as 'unwanted goods'. Not only may this influence future mid-season signings, but it may also have an impact on whether Fev continues his association with the club after this contract.
If my workplace devalued me in front of my peers they better not come knocking on my door preaching about 'loyalty' next time they want to negotiate a contract.
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