I heard on Sat from a source within the team that the Boyd issue is def contractual, he has even been advised by some of the senior players to just sign it and play but hasn't to date.
Maybe a bit off topic for this thread, but if that is true then this is costing us a potentially effective sub for the game. I think he'd have made more impact than Brockie v CCM also.
From both business model and club culture perspectives you'd think getting this right is a big deal.
To turn down a 'Nix contract he has to think he can get a better offer somewhere else. Does he seriously thinks he's good enough to earn an import spot in Aus or to get an offer in Europe.
Does that mean that Ryan Thomas and Declan Edge might be pulling some strings for him to get a trial in the Netherlands? And maybe he thinks that being a free agent might make a difference to his chances of getting offered a contract over there?
How have CCM managed it? They have had transfer fees from players fairly regularly, I think? Why haven't those players given them the fingers like Boyd seems to be doing to the 'Nix? Maybe the Mariners have been good at arranging things for players to get trials and offers overseas? Maybe they offer deferred transfer fees, paid only if they are kept on past a certain time - like the Weemac situation in Japan - with the player otherwise returning to the club (not as in the case with Weemac :)? But if I'm not jumping to conclusions, maybe Boyd sees Edge as a better facilitator of a shot elsewhere than the 'Nix are? You'd want to fix that if you were the Nix, surely. Offer Edge a fee for arranging things for players, to come out of transfer fees?
1) No. He's quite good
2) No
3) Good touch
4) OK vision
5) Nowhere near
6) Unfortunately not
7) No
Krishna's A League career: 17 games, 5 goals, 3 assists (a goal every 3 or 4 games, an assist every 5 or 6 games)
Because those games came with McG, Bonevacia, Burns and A Rod providing chances, as opposed to the last two seasons with Ricki and our average effort last year. not apples and apples. That said Krishna has had his chance this season and taken it