RUMOUR - McDermott to Wolves

[Hoop Blah]

How do we know that McD has seen all the "rumours" flying around?..........how do we know that RFC haven't called him in to make sure his head doesn't turn, and they are now just tying up the legal stuff before anything is announced?!

Of course he knew about them!

How do we know they're not just tying up the legal stuff? Because soggy confirmed he signed a new contract hours ago. They're just teasing us now.

[RoyalBlue]

How do we know that McD has seen all the "rumours" flying around?..........how do we know that RFC haven't called him in to make sure his head doesn't turn, and they are now just tying up the legal stuff before anything is announced?!

Clearly they have lawyers who charge by the hour! Contracts do not take that long to sort out.

[Y21]

4/1 on betfair. Ignore everything else.

With Bruce at 11/4...

[soggy biscuit]

because your thread was a rumour.

We will see soon enough eh tough guy

[loyalroyal4life]

wont it be more likley a 3.5 year contract given we are in feb?

[soggy biscuit]

Notice that Soggy's gone very quiet....

I am at work you mong

[TBM]

[mr_number]

Notice that Soggy's gone very quiet....

I am at work you mong

so are the rest of us, we're just not doing very much work

[andrew1957]

because your thread was a rumour.

We will see soon enough eh tough guy

Don't get me wrong - hope you are right but as far as mods are concerened things like you posted are rumours until officially confirmed.

[YateleyRoyal]

Notice that Soggy's gone very quiet....

I am at work you mong

so are the rest of us, we're just not doing very much work

This. You were posting with enough frequency when you first announced the rumour, and as soon as nothing comes out from the club instantly, you keep shtum.

[soggy biscuit]

You were posting with enough frequency when you first announced the rumour, and as soon as nothing comes out from the club instantly, you keep shtum.

I posted with frequency because I was quite exited about sharing the good news. I then had work to do!

[urz13]

[Royal Rother]

Sadly it is beginning to look a bit that way. This must be very unsettling for the players and it would have been nice to have seen McDermott publically rule himself out at an early stage.

The fact that Wolves wanted to talk to him, together with our league position should have left him in a strong position to negotiate for a better contract at RFC, without all of the uncertainty this is causing.

Would have accepted him going and wished him well had the old regime still been in place with regular player sales forced upon him. However, in the new world I think he should have acted quicker to reaffirm his often mentioned affection for RFC.

What sort of world do you people live in FFS?

It sure as hell ain't the real one.

Seen you have lost none of your pomposity.

And for your information a world where I quite frequently deal in employment negotiations with others.

And just why couldn't he have behaved in the manner I suggested?

Other managers have publically ruled themselves out of managerial competitions at an early stage to maintain stability where they are.

No reason at all why he might not have acted in the way you suggest.

It's the fact that you would think badly of him for doing so that I take issue with. Why should he act quicker to confirm his loyalty etc.? That's all just naive stupid nonsense. He's had an opportunity, it seems, and he's explored that opportunity.

I don't think he'll go there, never have done, but it's his right to think it over and take his time. And new negotiations with his existing employers (particularly with the current ownership issues) will not be concluded in 5 minutes over a cuppa.

Hoping he'd say "I'm gonna stick with Reading on £400k (or whatever), and not use the fact that someone is offering me £1m+ bonuses for keeping them up to my advantage" is naive and stupid imo.

[YateleyRoyal]

You were posting with enough frequency when you first announced the rumour, and as soon as nothing comes out from the club instantly, you keep shtum.

I posted with frequency because I was quite exited about sharing the good news. I then had work to do!

Fair enough m9....for the record I do hope you're spot on about this!

[andrew1957]

Looks like it could be a close call.

[Chaney]

You were posting with enough frequency when you first announced the rumour, and as soon as nothing comes out from the club instantly, you keep shtum.

I posted with frequency because I was quite exited about sharing the good news. I then had work to do!

so he signed a new contract 4 hours ago and it still hasn`t been made public, yea sure..dream on

[FiNeRaIn]

Bruce's gunt is just ahead of Brian, good win for the big man.

[ZacNaloen]

You were posting with enough frequency when you first announced the rumour, and as soon as nothing comes out from the club instantly, you keep shtum.

I posted with frequency because I was quite exited about sharing the good news. I then had work to do!

so he signed a new contract 4 hours ago and it still hasn`t been made public, yea sure..dream on

I dunno about that, they always spend forever announcing news we've known about since lunch time during the transfer season.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Well if he has signed a new deal why wait to announce it (or at least announce a press conference) so all this crap can be put to bed once and for all. I therefore have my doubts about anything being signed anywhere as yet.

[Y21]

Well if he has signed a new deal why wait to announce it (or at least announce a press conference) so all this crap can be put to bed once and for all. I therefore have my doubts about anything being signed anywhere as yet.

Their web dev is crap, takes him ages to change the news page.