BILLY SHARP SHARP SHARP!

[MR A-Z]

Let's celebrate for a footballer who just wants to play football, and also someone who we were lucky enough to see score for us on numerous occasions. It was our own board who accepted the bid and then to get us back on side came in with a last minute offer. SO LET'S GIVE OUR SUPPORT TO A FOOTBALLER WHO ACTUALLY LOVES THE BEAUTUFUL GAME.

More than I could say for our lot, coppinger excluded.

[Bristol Red Rover]

Lets give our support to OUR team - jeez, some people.

Anyway, I thought his contract meant the board had to accept an offer at that point. That they then offered more to him to encourage him to stay is a positive.

[steve@dcfd]

The contract was put together by our board which contained the get out clause, they new about it. Also JR said it was 3million yet it was not. We tried to get him to sign another contract to get more money for the club, Billy saw through it and signed for another club. So let's not pick on Billy because with out him we would have been relegated already. It showed last season and the first seven games what we were without him. But miraculously he was fit for Dean. Well done Billy, not today of course but he is not responsible for putting the nail in our coffin.

[Filo]

Lets give our support to OUR team - jeez, some people.

Anyway, I thought his contract meant the board had to accept an offer at that point. That they then offered more to him to encourage him to stay is a positive.

Exactly what I was going to post, but I decided to let some one else post it first, seeing as the Admin/VSC bashers are out in force today!

[steve@dcfd]

Lets give our support to OUR team - jeez, some people.

Anyway, I thought his contract meant the board had to accept an offer at that point. That they then offered more to him to encourage him to stay is a positive.

Exactly what I was going to post, but I decided to let some one else post it first, seeing as the Admin/VSC bashers are out in force today!

Towing the party line JR must be proud.

[timdrfc]

Let's celebrate for a footballer who just wants to play football, and also someone who we were lucky enough to see score for us on numerous occasions. It was our own board who accepted the bid and then to get us back on side came in with a last minute offer. SO LET'S GIVE OUR SUPPORT TO A FOOTBALLER WHO ACTUALLY LOVES THE BEAUTUFUL GAME.
You idiot your supposed to support drfc not a traitor Who's left us then sent us down!

More than I could say for our lot, coppinger excluded.

[Filo]

Lets give our support to OUR team - jeez, some people.

Anyway, I thought his contract meant the board had to accept an offer at that point. That they then offered more to him to encourage him to stay is a positive.

Exactly what I was going to post, but I decided to let some one else post it first, seeing as the Admin/VSC bashers are out in force today!

Towing the party line JR must be proud.

Aye Aye, another basher, just to clarify I am not a VSC board member, I have no party line to tow, I post my own opinions as I`ve stated elsewhere, do you have a problem with that?

[Chris Black come back]

I think the value of the release clause reduced as the contract wound down, so last summer it was in place at £3million but by the time we got round to January it was £1.8 million. I suspect (although don't know) it would have dropped further in the coming summer (£1million?) so there was an obvious financial logic in selling him in January before a bad contractual situation got worse.

[Akinfenwa]

Towing the party line JR must be proud.

Most overused phrase on here this season.

[MR A-Z]

This was not meant to be a celebration for our loss more of a celebration about a footballer who loves the game and loves to play, which is more we can say about our lot. But tbh is there anyone on here who would begrudge him them two goals. I doubt it. And had anyone got proof of these clauses if so it would be nice to see them posted.

[steve@dcfd]

I think the value of the release clause reduced as the contract wound down, so last summer it was in place at £3million but by the time we got round to January it was £1.8 million. I suspect (although don't know) it would have dropped further in the coming summer (£1million?) so there was an obvious financial logic in selling him in January before a bad contractual situation got worse.

That's strange it was said £3 million just before the January transfer window so may be they forgot it reduced?

[Red wizard]

Or maybe it changed on Jan 1st. Either way it long gone now.

[Bristol Red Rover]

Its clauses like this that are the sweeteners that get players - its that or more cash. Maybe getting a new contract sorted for him in the summer would have been the best move though I doubt he'd have signed anything without a release clause in the near future, so would it have been worth it for us? I'm sure his career strategy was to get some games behind him in the championship and try and move onwards and upwards from there.

Its time for suggestions or questions, not toxic moans. And we're far from buried yet ffs.

[dickos1]

Let's celebrate for a footballer who just wants to play football, and also someone who we were lucky enough to see score for us on numerous occasions. It was our own board who accepted the bid and then to get us back on side came in with a last minute offer. SO LET'S GIVE OUR SUPPORT TO A FOOTBALLER WHO ACTUALLY LOVES THE BEAUTUFUL GAME.

More than I could say for our lot, coppinger excluded.

Coppinger excluded?? He has been truly awful in our last 3 games

[hoolahoop]

Let's celebrate for a footballer who just wants to play football, and also someone who we were lucky enough to see score for us on numerous occasions. It was our own board who accepted the bid and then to get us back on side came in with a last minute offer. SO LET'S GIVE OUR SUPPORT TO A FOOTBALLER WHO ACTUALLY LOVES THE BEAUTUFUL GAME.

More than I could say for our lot, coppinger excluded.

Coppinger excluded?? He has been truly awful in our last 3 games

I couldn't agree more, wtf has happened to him ?

[mushRTID]

He's been awful 90% of the season.

[Al4475]

He's been inconsistent at best throughout his career with us! Some days mesmerising, some days invisible! Hence why he's stuck with us so long!
Great player on his day, his days have been unfortunately further apart as his time with us has extended! Love him tho!

[Bentley Bullet]

He's been inconsistent at best throughout his career with us! Some days mesmerising, some days invisible! Hence why he's stuck with us so long!
Great player on his day, his days have been unfortunately further apart as his time with us has extended! Love him tho!

That's just about bang on Al. Copps is the  epitome of the fair weather player. He can be brilliant when it's warm enough for the 'gloves to be off', quite literally!

[MR A-Z]

Yes inconsistent, but somedays miraculous, would we be here without him? And lets be honest, would anyone disagree it's 30,000 well spent? Or would people agree with the 2,000 per week for Diatta and Plessis?

Anyhow I am pleased for the lad and it was written on the wall he would score against us, heard he high fived a Donny fan through his car window the other day also, surely he wouldn't disagree that without us he wouldn't have gotten his move.

P.S. We're not a selling club....

[drfc1951]

Yes inconsistent, but somedays miraculous, would we be here without him? And lets be honest, would anyone disagree it's 30,000 well spent? Or would people agree with the 2,000 per week for Diatta and Plessis?

Anyhow I am pleased for the lad and it was written on the wall he would score against us, heard he high fived a Donny fan through his car window the other day also, surely he wouldn't disagree that without us he wouldn't have gotten his move.

P.S. We're not a selling club....

What do you expect to be given our crowds?

[scuzzer]

What got me when seeing Sharp on the highlights was how slim he looked compared to when he was here. I wonder if they've had him shedding a few pounds getting fitter down on the south coast before they'd put him in the side on a regular basis?

Or maybe it's just the effect that hoops have on the fuller figure?

[keyser_soze]

yeah, stripes are always more flattering than hoops!

[Filo]

What got me when seeing Sharp on the highlights was how slim he looked compared to when he was here. I wonder if they've had him shedding a few pounds getting fitter down on the south coast before they'd put him in the side on a regular basis?

Or maybe it's just the effect that hoops have on the fuller figure?

He seems to confirm what you`re saying

\"I maybe wasn't the fittest when I came

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17512100

[RedJ]

to be fair though he also asked for the tightest shirt in the squad I seem to remember, which will have made him look fatter

[RobTheRover]

And he had the sleeves taken in even more.