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Ross Stewart

tony_not_in_london said:
And we now live in an age when even if you are loyal to a club and play a key role in getting them promoted to the highest level the next thing you might hear is:

“you’ll never make the grade, collect your boots, you are off to Woolwich Town as we have bought the hottest talent in Uruguay to replace you”

Expecting loyalty from professional footballers is to be deluded about what you are watching on a football pitch these days 🤣
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Great point mate
 

FatDrummer said:
How could it get messy? Surely he is now basically a free agent seeing as Southampton didn’t take up the option in time.
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Southampton could argue along the lines of force majeure as the final game changed. However, they would have to satisfy the criteria that it was external, unforseable, and unavoidable.

I expect they would lose, as they could have avoided it by not cheating, but it won't be that clean cut.
 
palm 1 said:
If he was doing this to us , he’d be getting dogs abuse . Southampton have paid the lad a lot of money for very little return . He should sign his contract in my opinion .
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I might be reading this wrong but from the owner's quote it comes across as if they were waiting to see what division they would be playing in before triggering the extension, and probably wouldn't have if they had gone up-

"We had to initiate the [one year] option up to five days after the last game of the season, and we were out of the five days when our final got cancelled."

If that's the case then Stewart owes them nothing, not that I think he does anyway tbh. If he signed for Celtic or Rangers assuming either were interested then he'd still be on decent money with a good chance of some domestic silverware and the opportunity to play in Europe. I wouldn't blame him for moving on because regardless of what we think as supporters it is just business, and clubs are quick to let go of players deemed not up to scratch for whatever reason.
 
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Barry Quizshow said:
I might be reading this wrong but from the owner's quote it comes across as if they were waiting to see what division they would be playing in before triggering the extension, and probably wouldn't have if they had gone up-

"We had to initiate the [one year] option up to five days after the last game of the season, and we were out of the five days when our final got cancelled."

If that's the case then Stewart owes them nothing, not that I think he does anyway tbh. If he signed for Celtic or Rangers assuming either were interested then he'd be on decent money with a good chance of some domestic silverware and the opportunity to play in Europe. I wouldn't blame him for moving on as regardless of what we think because supporters it is just business, and clubs are quick to let go of players deemed not up to scratch for whatever reason.
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Exactly mate, we've been brutal this season with players who brought us up from L1 to the Premier, because it's gone so well for us nothing has really been said about it.

That's football though, sadly there isn't much room for sentiment at the sharp end, even though for fans it's a very sentimental game, it's all about history and memories and family/friends.
 
palm 1 said:
He’s nowhere near our current level man .
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Of course he is with 4 competitions to compete in next season. Anybody with his height and touch you can bring on with 20 mins left to play if your chasing the game. We could literally sign a similar player for a transfer fee and his wages could be double his. It's a no brainer to bring him back imo as his style of play is a rarity anyway but you would only use him as a super sub in the big games.
 
King Durin said:
Of course he is with 4 competitions to compete in next season. Anybody with his height and touch you can bring on with 20 mins left to play if you’re chasing the game. We could literally sign a similar player for a transfer fee and his wages could be double his. It's a no brainer to bring him back imo as his style of play is a rarity anyway but you would only use him as a super sub in the big games.
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His touch is adequate in the pub league maybe
Even when fit he was by no means s regular starter for Soton
Too many hung up on his glory days with us in pub league extraordinaire div 1
Bringing ex players back rarely works out
Leave him where he is best suited
 
In all honesty, with his injury record he has to think about himself. Might not have many contracts left in him. Yeah he could sign an extra year with Southampton, breakdown again at some point and then find himself out of contract next summer with a long term injury and no club willing to rehab him.

It’s shit on Southampton after how long he’s been out for them, but they’re not exactly people you should feel sorry for at the moment. He’s going to the World Cup so his stock will not be as high as it is right now in 12 months time. It’s absolutely the right business decision to try and be a free agent. Let’s not forget the reason this is happening is because Southampton cheated. No need to feel sorry for them.
 
Oatmeal said:
Couldn't wait to get away from us when he was pictured at the airport before any announcement of him leaving he will do the same to Southampton. He will be putting himself in the shop window at the world cup
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It's called ambition. A cracking lad and player who is hopefully over his bad luck with injuries. I wish him well. The LND was a favourite of mine and people have short memories.
 
Morny said:
I don't get why he owes them. They haven't kept him around out the goodness of their heart, they kept him around because he was contracted.

If he was mediocre this season, or his injuries still persisted, they'd have fucked him off in a flash.
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Exactly. People always talk about player loyalty. The player should be loyal to the club. Do they every see the list of released players at the end of every season? Shouldn't the club be loyal to the player? Loyalty in football is a cul de sac. Everyone expects the player to sacrifice their short career to a club but no one cares when a player is fucked off by the club. We showed that by jettisoning Patto,Neil and Roberts like they were a bad smell.

Keane was right. You want loyalty, get a dog
 
DieselBert said:
Exactly. People always talk about player loyalty. The player should be loyal to the club. Do they every see the list of released players at the end of every season? Shouldn't the club be loyal to the player? Loyalty in football is a cul de sac. Everyone expects the player to sacrifice their short career to a club but no one cares when a player is fucked off by the club. We showed that by jettisoning Patto,Neil and Roberts like they were a bad smell.

Keane was right. You want loyalty, get a dog
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We didn’t jettison Neil it was his choice not to sign a new contract, Patterson as of now is still a Sunderland player as far as I’m aware, Roberts move to Birmingham suited everyone.
 
nelford_safc said:
Normally I would say he owes them. They stuck by him and waited for his injuries to subside. The problem is that thanks to Southampton cheating he’s been denied a chance to play at the highest level so probably doesn’t feel any loyalty and wants to go after the best offer he can get. If he takes the option of 1 more year it’ll be at championship level and I reckon Southampton are going to have an awful time of the next year.
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He's also not getting any younger and has already had a few very serious injuries. Another season in the Championship with no guarantee of promotion or potentially one more big (gish) move to a higher level or better pay day, all on the back of the loss of the play off and a potential FA investigation? I think Dragan might be clutching at straws as loyalty isn't a thing in fitba these days.
 
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