Bamba

[J R Hartley]

Re: Bamba

He's been approached by WOL to do an interview and agreed. From what he said he had mixed messages from the club - with Mehmet Dalman saying something different from Mick McCarthy. Communication could have been better.

Good luck to him, and thanks for the memories!

Yes maybe it could have been better but reading between the lines he was told by Mehmet a long time before his conversation with Mick ie when Harris was in charge.

Bamba has been around football long enough to know how quickly things can change, especially when a new manager comes in.

Also, hes not a kid, if he wasnt entirely happy with what he was told by Mick, believing there was an unwritten deal in place for him to look after the under 23's when he hung up his boots then he or his agent could have spoken to the club. Communication is a two way street.

Lets not forget he also said at the end of the season he wasnt willing to hang up his boots and wanted to carry on playing one more season. He says himself that Mick had told him that wasnt going to happen at Cardiff and rightly so, hes offered nothing on the pitch for 2.5 years and been well looked after by the club in that time.

How many other clubs would have extended a 34 years old contract when he suffered a career threatening injury that was going to keep him out for six months to a year?

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Bamba

I can't see him getting much game time at 36 and recovering from cancer

He will have lost so much muscle

However if he goes onto great things in management then some people on here are going to fall very quiet

[RonnieBird]

Re: Bamba

Once again the club demonstrates that it doesn’t repay the loyalty it receives from anyone.
Pity. I know it’s a business but nice helpful gestures often don’t cost much.

[The Bloop]

Re: Bamba

Only one side of the story has been reported, and it's pretty poor journalism in my opinion, not to seek the clubs view. I cant believe for a second that Sol didn't know he wasnt getting a new contract. Was he in the middle of contract negotiations or not? Maybe being on holiday at the time the retained list was released prevented him from attending a meeting.
Yes the story as its presented doesn't put the club in a particularly good light, but it's not the full story.

[RonnieBird]

Re: Bamba

Fair enough Bloop but it does seem to follow a pattern on the face of it at least.

[lisvaneblue]

Re: Bamba

Only one side of the story has been reported, and it's pretty poor journalism in my opinion, not to seek the clubs view. I cant believe for a second that Sol didn't know he wasnt getting a new contract. Was he in the middle of contract negotiations or not? Maybe being on holiday at the time the retained list was released prevented him from attending a meeting.
Yes the story as its presented doesn't put the club in a particularly good light, but it's not the full story.

I quite agree..it's not the full story. Where does Bamba's agent feature in all this? I thought he would be the one involved with negotiating the contract and giving Bamba feedback. It doesn't add up.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Bamba

After a few words about his illness, Mick McCarthy was quite dismissive of the idea of Sol becoming a coach here when asked about it a week or two ago and the thought occurred to me that there was a little bit of the same sort of thing we saw between Jimmy Andrews and John Toshack all of those years ago going on. If there was, I could understand it in a way because I reckon there'd be a clamour from many supporters to sack Mick and replace him with Sol, had he stayed if, every time we had a few poor results in the coming months and years.

[stan butler]

Re: Bamba

I quite agree..it's not the full story. Where does Bamba's agent feature in all this? I thought he would be the one involved with negotiating the contract and giving Bamba feedback. It doesn't add up.

The story is a load of bollocks there was no need to say anything.
It will appeal to the usual suspects the club basher and co but most people can see through this story and know theres two sides not just Bamba's

[J R Hartley]

Re: Bamba

After a few words about his illness, Mick McCarthy was quite dismissive of the idea of Sol becoming a coach here when asked about it a week or two ago and the thought occurred to me that there was a little bit of the same sort of thing we saw between Jimmy Andrews and John Toshack all of those years ago going on. If there was, I could understand it in a way because I reckon there'd be a clamour from many supporters to sack Mick and replace him with Sol, had he stayed if, every time we had a few poor results in the coming months and years.

No manager wants a player or coach undermining him and having a cosy relationship with the chairman. Warnock didnt like have Bellamy around and the cynic in me wouldnt put it past him having his grubby hands in that bullying affair.

[stan butler]

Re: Bamba

No manager wants a player or coach undermining him and having a cosy relationship with the chairman. Warnock didnt like have Bellamy around and the cynic in me wouldnt put it past him having his grubby hands in that bullying affair.

Behind all his faces i think Warnock is a nasty horrible piece of work..

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Bamba

Behind all his faces i think Warnock is a nasty horrible piece of work..

Clough was a complete tosser but a great manager

[J R Hartley]

Re: Bamba

Clough was a complete tosser but a great manager

Brian Clough was one of the greats. Warnock is a second rate manager ffs.

[J R Hartley]

Re: Bamba

Behind all his faces i think Warnock is a nasty horrible piece of work..

I can’t stand the bloke. He’s not daft though, taken a lot of people for a ride with that false exterior.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Bamba

Brian Clough was one of the greats. Warnock is a second rate manager ffs.

He's very good at what he does

The issue is Clough, like Warnock was a bit dodgy

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: Bamba

I can’t stand the bloke. He’s not daft though, taken a lot of people for a ride with that false exterior.

So , when he put the brakes on a sliding team and got us promoted the following season you were on here saying .......I can't stand warnock