sign on for another year for the Nix, play with the guys who are gonna be with him in a big year with the AW's, have a good WC campaign/Confed Cup, and then get picket up by a big club ie Europe?
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Cos his wife wouldn't let him?
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Cos his wife wouldn't let him?
Yup
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He's too old. I think he's 26 now, 27 next year, 28 minimum he could go into this "big european club" by then the club wouldn't want a 28 year old.
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He's too old. I think he's 26 now, 27 next year, 28 minimum he could go into this "big european club" by then the club wouldn't want a 28 year old.
oh thats right I forgot they dont sign players over 27 in Europe
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Nelson wasn't a spring chicken when signd by Rovers
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He's too old. I think he's 26 now, 27 next year, 28 minimum he could go into this "big european club" by then the club wouldn't want a 28 year old.
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oh thats right I forgot they dont sign players over 27 in Europe
Yip WAY too old for Europe - Chelsea sure did screw up buying Anelka at 29!! no way he's gonna score any goals.
And just announcement that Real Madrid have bought Huntelaar - 25 year old who they think is still young. Football players must age a heck load in those two short years.
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Wasn't Killen 27 when Celtic signed him?
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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He has been to England once, and didnt seem to get far, maybe he realised the A-League is as good as its going to get for his career and better to be a big fish in a small pond, than bounce around the lower leagues in Europe.
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Because he's an idiot.
Though I'll try not to express that too much until he's scoring against us next year.
Though I'll try not to express that too much until he's scoring against us next year.
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He's too old. I think he's 26 now, 27 next year, 28 minimum he could go into this "big european club" by then the club wouldn't want a 28 year old.
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oh thats right I forgot they dont sign players over 27 in Europe
Yip WAY too old for Europe - Chelsea sure did screw up buying Anelka at 29!! no way he's gonna score any goals.
And just announcement that Real Madrid have bought Huntelaar - 25 year old who they think is still young. Football players must age a heck load in those two short years.
Huntelaar is an established player, as is Anelka. They're not going to purchase a player like Smeltz unless he was alot better. He'd be bad investment. Especially for a "major" club.
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^ We aren't talking Man United, Real Madrid etc. I reckon he could get a gig at a Championship side pretty easy. Nick Carle went straight from the A-League to Turkey then the Championship. (He is 27)
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Indeed valeo. Michael don't forget that there are over 92 professional clubs in England and Wales alone and almost all of them would have it in their power to offer a comparable salary to what Smeltz is probably earning.
Quality of life is another question.
Mostly I suspect it's to do with the ball and chain.
Incredible stamina. No shame. Yellow Fever.
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I think Smeltz got F*^cked around contract wise from the Nix - Wants security - not just a 1 year deal! Marquee Money doesn't mean big money - just outside the cap! Our offer wasn't apparently very good - GCU somehow came up for more under the cap! We must blame ourselves! Terry in a financial crisis and not willing to pay when he needed too! Guess Smeltzy is just looking after himself and not us!
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I think Smeltz got F*^cked around contract wise from the Nix - Wants security - not just a 1 year deal! Marquee Money doesn't mean big money - just outside the cap! Our offer wasn't apparently very good - GCU somehow came up for more under the cap! We must blame ourselves! Terry in a financial crisis and not willing to pay when he needed too! Guess Smeltzy is just looking after himself and not us!
Good point Danny.
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Terry's business is in a financial crisis, but look at those finance company owners where the finance company went bust, they're still living it up on an island somewhere. /Hopefullness
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I think Smeltz got F*^cked around contract wise from the Nix - Wants security - not just a 1 year deal! Marquee Money doesn't mean big money - just outside the cap! Our offer wasn't apparently very good - GCU somehow came up for more under the cap! We must blame ourselves! Terry in a financial crisis and not willing to pay when he needed too! Guess Smeltzy is just looking after himself and not us!
you sound like you know lots. not
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I think Smeltz got F*^cked around contract wise from the Nix - Wants security - not just a 1 year deal! Marquee Money doesn't mean big money - just outside the cap! Our offer wasn't apparently very good - GCU somehow came up for more under the cap! We must blame ourselves! Terry in a financial crisis and not willing to pay when he needed too! Guess Smeltzy is just looking after himself and not us!
He was offered marquee status and pretty much a blank check. Of course Smeltz is looking after himself and his family - what is wrong with that?
I agree that we should have signed him up earlier.
valeo2008-12-04 14:49:26
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Terry's business is in a financial crisis, but look at those finance company owners where the finance company went bust, they're still living it up on an island somewhere. /Hopefullness
How do you know this? Or is that just baseless speculation?
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I think Smeltz got F*^cked around contract wise from the Nix - Wants security - not just a 1 year deal! Marquee Money doesn't mean big money - just outside the cap! Our offer wasn't apparently very good - GCU somehow came up for more under the cap! We must blame ourselves! Terry in a financial crisis and not willing to pay when he needed too! Guess Smeltzy is just looking after himself and not us!
Good morning Mr Hay, how are you today? Done any research in the last month?
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Take what you want from it!~ Money talks fellas and thats the bottom line!
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Take what you want from it!~� Money talks fellas and thats the bottom line!
If you knew about anything your talking about you would know that money wasn't an issue as the Phoenix offered Smeltz a "blank cheque".
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Take what you want from it!~ Money talks fellas and thats the bottom line!
Except that Wellington offered the exact same financial deal as Gold Coast. Same salary, same time length. Money had nothing to do with it because there was no difference in income whatsoever.
As has already been expressed in every media source except Sunday "News"
As has been expressed by the club itself.
As has been expressed by Smeltz himself.
Again, do some research.
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Just keep reading the paper mate- Media are always right are they! No-one Fu37ing really knows what we offered him and what GC offered him! For Fu%* sakes - of course Tony P is gonna cover himself for letting him go! They just didnt come up with enough- simple !!
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and we believe you why? by all accounts you are an idiot
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Just keep reading the paper mate- Media are always right are they! No-one Fu37ing really knows what we offered him and what GC offered him! For Fu%* sakes - of course Tony P is gonna cover himself for letting him go! They just didnt come up with enough- simple !!
Sure, I'll keep reading to newspapers. I'll keep watching TV, keep following stuff on the net - and you can keep coming up with (conspiracy?) theories while using no evidence whatsoever, and accuse respected media sources (who know a heck of a lot more about the situation than either of us) with lying just because it doesn't fit your worldview.
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Just keep reading the paper mate- Media are always right are they!� No-one Fu37ing really knows what we offered him and what GC offered him!� For Fu%* sakes - of course Tony P is gonna cover himself for letting him go!� They just didnt come up with enough- simple !!
Your an idoit both Smeltz and the club have said they offered him a "blank cheque", do you understand what a blank cheque even means? 
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When did Smeltz ever confirm that!!! Your full of Shi^!! Honestly Blank Cheque of course he would have stayed!!!
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why do some people not get that its not always about the money?
Christo2008-12-04 15:37:27
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When did Smeltz ever confirm that!!!� Your full of Shi^!!� Honestly Blank Cheque of course he would have stayed!!!
If you read any other newspapar except Sunday News you would know this. I think even Tony P confirmed on this website this happened.
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When did Smeltz ever confirm that!!! Your full of Shi^!! Honestly Blank Cheque of course he would have stayed!!!
ok to try and get back on track.
You obviously know Shane well - do you think it ever came into his consideration that it is a big year for the AWs next year (and the fact that leaving the Nix will not help our chances)??
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What is he 27 - family?? Of course its about money!
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What is he 27 - family??� Of course its about money!
So your telling me that you would rather live in a city where none of your family is and is cold all the time or a place with awesome weather, you were brought up there and some of your family lives there?
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I would think lifestyle for him and his family would come in to it, if he wants to raise his child on the gold coast then he's going to do that regardless of what he gets paid, sure it comes into it but saying it is the single motivating factor is naive
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i reckon he left because he was sick of all you muppets arguing about him on the forum 
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Just keep reading the paper mate- Media are always right are they! No-one Fu37ing really knows what we offered him and what GC offered him! For Fu%* sakes - of course Tony P is gonna cover himself for letting him go! They just didnt come up with enough- simple !!
Then how come you seem to know so much for certain 
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. Id think the multiple sources thay have come out and said we offered more,would know more than you and danny hay would.
Allegedly
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I think if he was going to sign of another year, then he would've signed for 2-3 as a marquee player and stayed with us. The choice of re-signing for a single year doesn't really hold from a professional point of view. Instead he chose the money and the prospect of a more successful team (that's all to be seen yet, my friend!)
That said, his missus obviously put a big leash on him and whipped him hard on the arse.
Wish he had stayed, of course, but that's what I think.
That said, his missus obviously put a big leash on him and whipped him hard on the arse.
Wish he had stayed, of course, but that's what I think.
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