Gary Roberts
 

The word on the streets today is that Gary Roberts is on his way to Yeovil:eek: despite this being denied by stanley in the observer last friday due to the 20,000 offer not being enough, anybody know any different

Re: Gary Roberts
 

Name the street or source. otherwise stop **** stirring

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Radio Lancashire 13.30. Acc Stanley are considering a new offer for Gary from Yovil Town. According to Eric Whalley he has refused to sign a new deal with Stanley, and Eric feels Gary doe'snt want to play for us. Read into that what you may.

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..Or read it here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/cont...ts_offer.shtml

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That’s a ******. These subjects are always contentious and all too often people split into camps and express the normal opposing views. All I want to say is that it’s disappointing news.

Gray, when you look over the fence and see that the grass is greener over the other side beware that once you’ve clamed over the fence perspective changes and quite often it looks greener where you’ve alighted from.
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One thing of note is the quote at the end of the report alleged to be by Eric
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"He's a good player Gary but we won't miss him all that much. I'm sure we can find a suitable replacement”. <O:p
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If I was in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com[IMG] /><st1:City w:st=[/IMG]Gary's</ST1:p</st1:City> boots and had the club at heart I would be gutted by this statement. If he doesn’t have the club at heart, then the sooner the better….<O:p

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We let a better winger than him go when he came to the club, so he shouldn't be too difficult to replace.

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Right so gary roberts is easy to replace is he? anyone else easy to replace or just him?

You do realise this is real life and not football manager don't you?

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I think ossy is right no one is bigger than the club. Every year thousands of players get released by their respective clubs so finding a winger would be no problem, in fact we already have. Sean Doherty.

However I spoke to gary while on holiday in cyprus last week and he seemed really buzzing about the new season. He was a little worried that he wouldn't make his returning weight for training and was concerned about us signing sean who can play in his position but he was thrilled ian craney had signed a new contract and very upbeat about everything else, he kept saying he was really looking forward to proving himself at league 2 level.

I don't really know what to read into all this its all a bit strange, but i stand by my comment above that nobody is bigger than the club, so if gary wants to go and the deal is right for the club then I wish him well.

Another thing that I don't understand is why Yeovil who reportedly have very little money, and just bearly by the skin of their teeth stayed in league one last year. If I was gary I'd want to go somewhere a bit more progressive than that.

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If Gary wants to go then obviously he goes now whilst he is a saleable asset.

IMHO he will be going nowhere near Yeovil as they can't afford him. Many wanted him last year not least Chester. Put him up for auction and let the highest bidder have him.

I don't where this loyalty crap comes from though. Surely if a rival company offered you 20% extra to do the same job for them you would take it wouldn't you? He is a professional trying to earn as high a wage as possible. You would obviously want to enjoy your football, and like the area where you live, and preferably play for a team that can win things. But dollar is king I am afraid.

If its true then good luck Gary, thank you for the memories and we will wave as we go past you.

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SOMEONE your apology is gracefully and gratefully accepted you see it do,es always pay to keep your ear to the ground and just for the record i was not and did not intend to ****stir

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Jesus this is the worst news possible at this stage of the new season. However, if he does not want to play for Stanley then thanks and goodbye. No its not the worst news, we haven't signed a keeper yet, thats worse, and the news on the Charlton front has gone quiet.

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give coley a chance to work out the details he's only been back off holiday since this morning!!!

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If Gary doesn't want to play for us then he can go...Noone is bigger than the club...If he doesn't take into consideration what the club has done for the lad then that's fine he can go...To me leaving us now is ungrateful and the only factor he is thinking of is money...Let's just get as much as we can and hope this Doherty is a hit...

Thanks for a good season Gary but i have lost respect for you to leave here for money..We'll be better than Yeovil soon and then you'll be kicking yourself..

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What is it with left-wingers at this club eh?!

Nah in all seriousness I hope Gary does stay; we all know he should deserve a chance at a much higher level but to leave Accrington Stanley now would be a foolish move.

If worst comes to worst, don't fret - remember when we lost Rory; a lot of people were flapping around about losing such a talented player....hey presto we got a player 10 times as talented & committed in Gary Roberts...I'm sure Coley can work his magic once more.

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Erics comments on Radio Lancs were far from a point of view of Gary staying. Either Gary or his "agent" have put the squeeze on the club with an offer on the table but I cannot see how a club like Yeovil would bea progressive move. He is still bound to another years contract at Stanley & maybe the approach from Yeovil could be illegal in not obtaining permission from us first. Eric sounded pretty miffed though on the radio so something has gone on.

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It is from Eric. Listen to the 6 minute interview with him just over halfway down the page on Tealeaf's link.

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the local paper dahhn ere in da sarff....suggests that Eric sent a fax back asking where the other nought was on the offer, anything less than £200000 and he wouldnt even talk to yeovil.

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/...folderPk=82167

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ooops there seems to be an echo on here!!!!:) see other thread on this subject!

we are all a bit slow down....blame it on the hosepipe ban and little water...my brain is dehydrated:D

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I douby Yeovil have 200K to spend on Gary....Unless they have given us a player or we have had to comprimise..

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Eric did sound pretty annoyed in the interview, with Gary,his agent and Yeovil. Can't blame him really, Yeovil yet again are out of order in the way they've come in for Gary, sounds to me like Gary is being swayed by whoever his agent is and maybe Anthony Barry's also had some part to play. I really hope he thinks this through properly and decides to stay but if it really is a good move for him and the club get a decent fee for him then I'd wish him the best of luck.

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If he doesn't want to play for us, then we're better off without. Although Yeovil doesn't seem like a very good choice imho

It looks like we may already have a ready made replacement with Sean Doherty though

Re: Gary Roberts
 

Hi guys,

not going to get into an arguement over this as that's not my style. But what do people think Yeovil have done wrong in this?

It seems that we made a bid through the proper channels, which your chairman chose to tell the press about and then rejected the offer. Now Yeovil seem to have gone back with a couple more bids.

Doesn't seem anything wrong in that?

But maybe I've missed something.

Good luck for the forthcoming season. Still remember our first League game at Rochdale in 2003.

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damn double posts!!!

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It sound to me like the two clubs haven't agreed a fee therefore yeovil haven't been given permission to talk to the player, but somehow Gary seems to know what wages he'll be on at yeovil and what the terms of that deal are.

Whether its yeovil tfc that have spoken to him, Anthony Barry talking to his mate Gary or gary's agent getting those figures from wherever he would get them from, It all sounds a bit dodgy to me and kind of like an illegal approach.

I am surmising this however from Erics radio interveiw and reports in the papers so 2+2 may eqaul 56 and I could be totally wrong. But then again.......

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Well one thing that doesn't make sense is the suggestion that he'd be on a very good wages at Yeovil. We are not high wage payers, and would have been in the bottom 5 wage payers last season.

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Nice juicy appearance bonus maybe..I have to agree with Sparkie here, Eric says that Gary is only going for the money which must mean Gary knows what he would get there..If Yeovil have done wrong by tapping him up/making an illegal approach then i'm sure Eric and the Club will be in contact with the FA if they feel they have done wrong..

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put those handbags down ladies,if Gary Roberts was any good ,well HEREFORD UNITED would be taking an interest.

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Why would Hereford take an interest?

...it's not like he looks like a sheep from behind is it?

...baffled

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I wouldn't like to comment on that ,my point was summed up in the 2nd word of our glorious club underlined and in red . Unity is strength

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s'pose it has to be when all your players are sodding off elsewhere...

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to date we have only 9 or 10 players left,i dont understand it they like yours get the clubs promoted then they ****** off somewhere else ,and in quite a few cases back to the league from where we have just took so long to leave.
but you ,us the fans have to stick by our clubs and not start in fighting.

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No...
We released 2 players, no one has been sold as of yet.
They may all be jumping ship down in Wales but our lads seem to be fully on board.

...and who's fighting? :p

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Eric does seem to be upset about the situation. Here's another quote from the BBC website:

"Gary has decided he wants to move because of the offer Yeovil have made him. They are working through an agent. But I would prefer to make him sit on his backside for a year, because he has 12 months left on his contract."

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I know that we will eventually settle on a fee for him, but it would be nice if chairmen and managers actually started carrying out threats like these. It would make more players actually respect the contracts they've signed and reduce the influence of these transfer-seeking, commission-chasing agents. :mad:

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Don't think they will let him sit on his backside for 12 months, coz then we wouldn't get a bean for him, better to have him sold now for a fee however much they settle on.

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That is not strictly true. The players that Turner offered good contracts to have all re-signed. Those that have left have chosen to stay in the Conference apart from Ryan Green who had several "issues" locally and may have found life in Hereford a little difficult! We offered contracts to all players U24 - that does not mean we wanted or expected all players to stay. If you look at what happened to Chester and Barnet when they went up it is clear that the transition to league football does require a cull of players. Also, remember that Graham turner has been doing this a lot longer than John Coleman and has far more experience to call on. We will be fine, no-one has jumped ship although a few have walked the gang-plank.

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Why should he consider a club that was only second best last season????:engsmil:

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Watch this space.

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He doesn't and won't have to because he would not suit this club. Attitude, behaviour and performance leave him woefully short. Time will tell.

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One has to question the guy's commitment to Stanley. Often great on the pitch, but to turn up late for a championship celebration, ever heard of that before?

The club should take what it can get and move on.

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Looks like we may have given up on Roberts. We're apparently in for Paul Parry at Cardiff.