Pearce to Derby - CONFIMRED

[Mr.Swainey]

Good.

Presumably this is 'good' because the endless speculation ends Not good news for our prospects for next season. I defy you to name me a Championship-standard centre-half who will replace Pearce - who himself is an excellent player at this level - within our budget ie. no transfer fee involved, sorry

Agreed.

Another absolute embarrassment from a club that is only heading downwards.

@ anyone who has purchased a season ticket for the upcoming campaign.

[Hendo]

Good.

Presumably this is 'good' because the endless speculation ends Not good news for our prospects for next season. I defy you to name me a Championship-standard centre-half who will replace Pearce - who himself is an excellent player at this level - within our budget ie. no transfer fee involved, sorry

Agreed.

Another absolute embarrassment from a club that is only heading downwards.

@ anyone who has purchased a season ticket for the upcoming campaign.

Quoted for prosperity.

[SCIAG]

Quoted for prosperity.

Posterity.

Unless you think that quote will make you rich

[Royal Rother]

Until the next time eh?

[From Despair To Where?]

Good.

Presumably this is 'good' because the endless speculation ends Not good news for our prospects for next season. I defy you to name me a Championship-standard centre-half who will replace Pearce - who himself is an excellent player at this level - within our budget ie. no transfer fee involved, sorry

Agreed.

Another absolute embarrassment from a club that is only heading downwards.

@ anyone who has purchased a season ticket for the upcoming campaign.

Whilst the point stands about getting in a replacement, i fail to see the logic in re-signing a player on wages we cannot afford. We've been there, done that and that's why we're in this mess in the first place.

[Lacoste]

Maybe Pearce is the bad egg?

That's why we offered him a new contract I suppose.

[genome]

It could've been a shit one.

[Lacoste]

It could've been a shit one.

Then why offer it if he's a bad egg?

Just release surely?

[genome]

Maybe he's such a bad egg they felt the need to insult him before letting him go.

[teignmouth hoops]

As has been stated before both he and Feds were offered approx. 50% of what they were previously on. So no surprise they're going elsewhere if their agents are any good. This doesn't have mean the end of the world as we know it, the championship clubs in general are spending way beyond their means and we're going to have to get used to cutting costs. At the end of the day QPR & Bolton and some other clubs will have to face up to the facts that they are going to go bust eventually. Once we get the other two main leeches off our payroll ie. Pog & HRK then we will be back on a more even keel and can challenge again

[JamesWN]

Maybe he's such a bad egg they felt the need to insult him before letting him go.

[paultheroyal]

Good.

Presumably this is 'good' because the endless speculation ends Not good news for our prospects for next season. I defy you to name me a Championship-standard centre-half who will replace Pearce - who himself is an excellent player at this level - within our budget ie. no transfer fee involved, sorry

Agreed.

Another absolute embarrassment from a club that is only heading downwards.

@ anyone who has purchased a season ticket for the upcoming campaign.

[RoyalBlue]

No matter how the apologists try to gloss over it, this is another poor piece of business by the club.

People say we couldn't re-sign him on wages that we can't afford. True, but then it does come down to the definition of affordable and whether wages are considered merely as a loss or as a necessary investment. Besides, will he being going for that much more than we can afford elsewhere?

Like Feds and Jem, Pearce had tremendous value to us as a player and will be very difficult to afford to replace with a similar standard player within the club's budget. Also like Feds and Jem, Pearce would have had financial value to us, had we got him under contract. Seems to me that we have thrown both types of asset away.

It's likely that as we seek to find suitable replacements for these players we will see a similar situation as with Fods - i.e. we will be outbid (wages) by other clubs and our interest will mysteriously wane.

[Coppelled_Streets]

You make a good point. We extended McCleary's contract, and that will have take a pay rise - but that'll also mean seeing him go within 6-12 months for a big fee, just as Hector will if he continues to impress. Perhaps we didn't see that greater resale value in Pearce or Feds.

[John Smith]

No matter how the apologists try to gloss over it, this is another poor piece of business by the club.

People say we couldn't re-sign him on wages that we can't afford. True, but then it does come down to the definition of affordable and whether wages are considered merely as a loss or as a necessary investment. Besides, will he being going for that much more than we can afford elsewhere?

Like Feds and Jem, Pearce had tremendous value to us as a player and will be very difficult to afford to replace with a similar standard player within the club's budget. Also like Feds and Jem, Pearce would have had financial value to us, had we got him under contract. Seems to me that we have thrown both types of asset away.

It's likely that as we seek to find suitable replacements for these players we will see a similar situation as with Fods - i.e. we will be outbid (wages) by other clubs and our interest will mysteriously wane.

Were you watching a different team last season? Pearce had nothing near "tremendous value" last year - the bloke was dropped around Christmas lest we forget, for Jake Cooper who has proven to be an ample replacement, and one that, judging by opinion on here, supporters are happy with.

Pearce seems to be a bit Marmite in terms of fan opinion and we can't have players like that on the highest wages, we simply can't. I can see where you're coming from in that we missed out on a transfer fee for him, yes but given the situation we were in at the end of the season he had to go

[SCIAG]

Pearce had nothing near "tremendous value" last year - the bloke was dropped around Christmas lest we forget, for Jake Cooper who has proven to be an ample replacement, and one that, judging by opinion on here, supporters are happy with.

Pearce seems to be a bit Marmite in terms of fan opinion and we can't have players like that on the highest wages, we simply can't.

Pearce wasn't dropped, he was suspended and then Cooper scored two goals. As a direct result of that, Cooper played against Birmingham, we lost 6-1, and Adkins was sacked.

With that second paragraph, you're saying you don't like him, and as a result he shouldn't be kept even though other people do like him?

[72 bus]

Has he gone yet ?

[Ian Royal]

Pearce had nothing near "tremendous value" last year - the bloke was dropped around Christmas lest we forget, for Jake Cooper who has proven to be an ample replacement, and one that, judging by opinion on here, supporters are happy with.

Pearce seems to be a bit Marmite in terms of fan opinion and we can't have players like that on the highest wages, we simply can't.

Pearce wasn't dropped, he was suspended and then Cooper scored two goals. As a direct result of that, Cooper played against Birmingham, we lost 6-1, and Adkins was sacked.

With that second paragraph, you're saying you don't like him, and as a result he shouldn't be kept even though other people do like him?

And of course was then recalled and made captain.

[From Despair To Where?]

I'd love to see Pearce stay but no player is bigger than the club. The name of the game unfortuantaly is cutting costs. Offering Pearce or Feds or Jem over and above what we can realistically afford and having them accept sets a precedent for every player who's contract we try to renew in the next two years.

[John Smith]

Pearce had nothing near "tremendous value" last year - the bloke was dropped around Christmas lest we forget, for Jake Cooper who has proven to be an ample replacement, and one that, judging by opinion on here, supporters are happy with.

Pearce seems to be a bit Marmite in terms of fan opinion and we can't have players like that on the highest wages, we simply can't.

Pearce wasn't dropped, he was suspended and then Cooper scored two goals. As a direct result of that, Cooper played against Birmingham, we lost 6-1, and Adkins was sacked.
With that second paragraph, you're saying you don't like him, and as a result he shouldn't be kept even though other people do like him?

If that's not being dropped then I don't know what it is. His regular first team position was replaced by another player, regardless of the incoming player's previous form, that player has been dropped.

I was saying the highest earners should be the first name on the team sheet. Pearce isn't/wasn't and nor will he be at Derby County.

Is your head in the sand?