taffyram

We hope he stays with the club.
I was going to say we need leaders but realised that I would get slaughtered for it.
Anyway we hope he stays,I’m sure his contract offer pales into insignificance compared to some of the cash we’ve spunked on dross over the last few years.

Exactly what I said should happen and quite frankly he'd be a ducking idiot not to agree to it.

Lower wages in return for a longer deal. His current deal runs out in 2021, so they may have offered him an extra year at £15k pw, or 2 years at £11.5k pw. Keogh still earns the same amount over the length of his contract, but eases the financial concerns for the club.

I'm not sure I can feel all that much outrage when - even at half wages - Keogh will be on £12.5k per week - That's not a bad wage to earn for 18 months while the club also pays for your care, gives you access to facilities and the best in sporting rehab - And he'll be contributing nothing towards what we pay him for (playing games)
Yeh, I think the sacking rumour will be nonsense - I can't imagine anyone at the club leaking this information but I can imagine his agent doing it to generate sympathy for the player - In which case you throw in "yeh, the club threatened to sack him" it makes a story sympathetic - Whether the club have done that or not

trouble is that he is not competent to do the job he is paid for and he was contributory to the reasons why

Yes, but the other two are able to play and earn their wages now. 
if they ended up in prison for their crimes, then I’m sure they’d be facing a similar offer. We’re not going to pay them for sitting in jail. 
But while they’re able to play, they’ve served their time, they’ve been punished in the eyes of the club and the law, so they carry on playing and getting paid for it. 
This all seems completely sensible to me. 
Keogh has sidelined himself through an unnecessary, avoidable, and non work related incident. So we shouldn’t have to pay him silly wages. Imagine if you could get yourself a massive contract, then just accidentally break your leg and sit the rest of the contract out on full wages. 
Sean Barker, for example, is a different case, as he got his injury in the line of duty. 

Well obviously, because the other 2 involved can still play football and earn a living where as the other cannot.  Hence why are they involved and the other isn't.

So the 2 main culprits have been given a fine and are already back in the team and playing like nothing happened, but the passenger who's already suffered the most is now being threatened with being sacked? Sure he's the captain and should know better, but if you're exploring the possibility of sacking him then you should have probably done that with the other 2 as well.

Would love to know how we could sack him and not the other two considering he wasn't even driving. I'm sure his lawyer would eat that one up. Or, y'know, shoddy journalism.

Suite and Sour?

So in other words, the Chinese Mafia? I suppose that’s one way to make the players perform on the pitch if they’re scared shitless. Lovely jubbly. Gotta hand it to Mel, he does think outside of the box

Don’t know why but this thread made me giggle. How did you know they were Chinese people ?. Could have been North Koreans for all you know. Takeover bid incoming from Kim Jong Un