Still one of the best passes ever:
https://www.facebook.com/theEFL/videos/227581861930312/
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Still one of the best passes ever:
https://www.facebook.com/theEFL/videos/227581861930312/
Can't say I'm surprised, or particularly bothered
Strange timing though
I'm glad he's gone but the club must have honoured the rest of his contract or at least most of it. Better that he's not with us and therefore is no longer a distraction. Or maybe they got fed up with his behaviour? MM's comments seems to indicate some discontent from the club. Sadly it may mean that although he has gone his wages won't be freed up for us to sign a new player.
Surely they would have to to pay up his full contract. It's not like he's going to get another one like the one he signed. I can't see where the club would've made a saving, unless something was written into his contract. Here you go Lee, would you take 50% of your contract so that you bugger off? Not a chance. He's finished, this was his last payout.
Sad to see him go in a way as he was incredible at times. However he was never going to return to that standard.
perhaps he can share a cab with vassell... he needs to bounce too
All the best to the guy.
When fit he was usually our most exciting player.
The right decision though, may have saved us a bit as its mutual, whilst obviously paying up a decent amount of the remaining contract.
No need for any sarcastic comments really, the club knew who we were signing and we saw both sides as predicted.
If it’s true that the negotiations between the club and Tomlin were “lengthy”, as the statement says, then that suggests some give and take involved. What would be the point of agreeing a termination of contract from the club’s viewpoint if it did not involve some savings in wage payments?
I’ll remember Tomlin for his marvellous 19/20 season, as for the others, I suppose it’s best to forget about those. The fact is though that he was very popular with fans when he was able to get on the pitch- after all he was providing something that has been sadly missing from Cardiff City in recent years, flair.
Not a bad move, I always felt he was taking the piss, Big Time.
Well, good point, but... if you were Tomlin would you prefer to....
have to come into training every day, be officially employed by city, attend all the necessary training and PR activities ... for 100% of your salary knowing you will never be fit enough or picked again....
Or
Take a 50% or 40% hit on our contract and be released immediately to pursue whatever interests you have - inside or outside of football.
Personally I would take the latter.
He can get another club in January in England, or abroad now (India?) if he is able to .. or pursue his other business ventures.
You could have used the strap line:
He's gone
To have given us a very brief element of hope.
It will be annoying if we change to a manager who may have used him. He has to be one of the most talented players we've had in recent times, I loved watching him. Its a shame how it worked out.