The Real, Actual Joe Cole [Coventry City]

[Kenneth]

I'm lost.. is Kenny scum and does he represent all that is wrong with football?

[kingfunk]

Sorry but we paid 35 ****ing million pounds for a brick **** house, with the same footballing ability as a brick **** house. Any deal that gets Joe Cole gone on a preeminent basis and frees up 50 grand pw is fine by me. Cheer up ffs.

[Alex]

I'm lost.. is Kenny scum and does he represent all that is wrong with football?

Kenny was sacked though. Joe Cole is being transferred. I think that's the difference.

[dom9]

Sorry but we paid 35 ****ing million pounds for a brick **** house, with the same footballing ability as a brick **** house. Any deal that gets Joe Cole gone on a preeminent basis and frees up 50 grand pw is fine by me. Cheer up ffs.

Apologies. I thought you were pissed off with the shocking deal.

[red g]

On what basis?

that I think QPR would have paid more than the 30k a week he is getting at West Ham.

2 cluns were after him, thats the basis oh and the fact that from the outside in, it looks like a ****e deal!!

But we don't know he may have been happy sat on his arse smoking barns and hence that was the best deal we could do as we need him off the wage bill

[dom9]

Kenny was sacked though. Joe Cole is being transferred. I think that's the difference.

No... His contract is being terminated. It's exactly the same.

[Alex]

No... His contract is being terminated. It's exactly the same.

Oh, ok. I assumed that as he was still on the books he was technically being sold even if for a nominal fee. If its being terminated, why haven't we already done it?

[Shaggy]

[lickedlollipop]

[baitman]

piss poor modding...

get his smokey arse moved

[Alex]

We will wait until the Official says it. Or West Ham. I do not want to be accused of Premature Modding.

[baitman]

We will wait until the Official says it. Or West Ham. I do not want to be accused of Premature Modding.

premature... shirley not

[dom9]

Oh, ok. I assumed that as he was still on the books he was technically being sold even if for a nominal fee. If its being terminated, why haven't we already done it?

If he's not got another club to go to, then you'd have pay up his contract to its full value unless there's gross misconduct. You might as well keep him on the books in that case.

In this case a settlement has been negotiated and reached.

[Alex]

Ahh ok. I was wrong then. I thought we could release players with a settlement fee if they wanted to leave and break their contracts.

[Neil Young]

Has he left yet?