U's:4 Toffees:2 - More murk
Just when you think things are settling down on the good ship Cambridge United, the club somehow manage to steer a path back into choppy waters.
This time, it is big Dave’s £5.5million transfer to Stoke which is causing a storm. Of course, United should have been rubbing their hands with glee in anticipation of receiving a big fat cheque from the Royals, equivalent to 20 per cent of the transfer fee.
However, it would seem we’ve settled for less. Messageboard wisdom (possibly an oxymoron I know) would suggest we’ve received a £350k payment in return for waiving our right to any future Kitson cash. One would assume that much of the reported £5.5million Reading are getting is tied up in future payments, meaning United have decided to take a decent sum of money in hand rather than accept a lower initial payment and wait for further cash that may or may not materialise. I can only assume this is the case because NOBODY FROM THE CLUB IS SAYING ANYTHING.
Our directors seem to have learned nothing from this summers PR shambles. It surely can’t be that difficult to make a clear statement explaining the reasons behind a decision? I don’t think for one minute that fans are entitled to know every detail of everything that goes on at the club but to just make a few vague comments such as "Whatever we end up with will be great and give us an opportunity to stabilise" and “as is the norm with transfer fees, we believe the fee paid up front is much less than the headline figure” just leaves people feeling frustrated and allows speculation to mount.
Anyway, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that 350k (if accurate) is a decent figure to have sitting in the bank, and on the pitch things seem to be looking up after Saturday’s demolition of Everton.
It worries me vaguely that we couldn’t beat Kings Lynn or Cambridge City, yet got the result against the Toffees, who presumably afforded us a bit more space and time on the ball. You may remember that prior to the 94/95 season we beat Ipswich and drew with Man United but still ended up going down. It’s all very well playing good football, but you also have to be able to match the cloggers who are happy to kick and bully you out of a game. Hopefully we have enough streetwise characters around to deal with that situation when it arises.
However, it would seem we’ve settled for less. Messageboard wisdom (possibly an oxymoron I know) would suggest we’ve received a £350k payment in return for waiving our right to any future Kitson cash. One would assume that much of the reported £5.5million Reading are getting is tied up in future payments, meaning United have decided to take a decent sum of money in hand rather than accept a lower initial payment and wait for further cash that may or may not materialise. I can only assume this is the case because NOBODY FROM THE CLUB IS SAYING ANYTHING.
Our directors seem to have learned nothing from this summers PR shambles. It surely can’t be that difficult to make a clear statement explaining the reasons behind a decision? I don’t think for one minute that fans are entitled to know every detail of everything that goes on at the club but to just make a few vague comments such as "Whatever we end up with will be great and give us an opportunity to stabilise" and “as is the norm with transfer fees, we believe the fee paid up front is much less than the headline figure” just leaves people feeling frustrated and allows speculation to mount.
Anyway, we shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that 350k (if accurate) is a decent figure to have sitting in the bank, and on the pitch things seem to be looking up after Saturday’s demolition of Everton.
It worries me vaguely that we couldn’t beat Kings Lynn or Cambridge City, yet got the result against the Toffees, who presumably afforded us a bit more space and time on the ball. You may remember that prior to the 94/95 season we beat Ipswich and drew with Man United but still ended up going down. It’s all very well playing good football, but you also have to be able to match the cloggers who are happy to kick and bully you out of a game. Hopefully we have enough streetwise characters around to deal with that situation when it arises.
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