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Rafferty

Rafferty

Hardworking, honest professional who wasn't quite Championship standard.

Worst ever signing though? Hahaha! Feel like a few people have forgotten some of the players we've brought in over the years:
Aaron Brown? Graham Cummins? Andy Smith? Chris Holroyd?
 
Supersub JH said:
Rafu had that spell at left back where expectations were so low that he was perceived to be overachieving
When he played right back his lack of quality came to the fore.
But never a lack of effort
Will get a decent gigg top half of league 1 I suspect
Good luck to him

Incidentally what on earth has happened to Darnell at boro?
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Fisher got a really bad injury pre season- think his friend fell on him or something and did his knee in.
 
oli_oconnell said:
Say Rafferty is on £4,000 a week and he’s been here for 3.5 years, that’s £700,000+ on wages alone. It’s not peanuts for a small club cutting their cloth accordingly.

Think the difference for me is that he wasn’t a decent squad player in my eyes, I thought he offered very very little when he played.
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What if he was on £10k per week?
 
Thracia said:
But that would mean the "cheap punt" cost us £36,500 per league start...

And some people say Browne and Johnson are expensive.
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That’s a bit harsh. All clubs need a squad of players; and a good number of them will not feature in the first eleven all that often. They all have to be of a required standard, which does not mean that all of them must be up to the performance of those they are substituting for; otherwise the club would need to pay them much higher wages.
Raff, wasn’t signed because he was good a kicking a tennis ball around a school playground; he was a product of Liverpool’s Academy - and if I remember it correctly, captain of their under 18 team. What we saw of him was decent enough. His best performances were when he came into the team and was given a run at left back, and supporters were certainly not getting at him then.
But time moves on, and now speedy wing-backs are what many managers wish for, so Raff is surplus to requirements; we can see that.
He played a reasonable number of first team games when called upon. His reputation, from the training ground, was that of a hard worker who did his best, and he was rewarded for his efforts, occasionally, by being called up to the first team squad. We should let him go with dignity.
 
Doppelganger said:
That’s a bit harsh. All clubs need a squad of players; and a good number of them will not feature in the first eleven all that often. They all have to be of a required standard, which does not mean that all of them must be up to the performance of those they are substituting for; otherwise the club would need to pay them much higher wages.
Raff, wasn’t signed because he was good a kicking a tennis ball around a school playground; he was a product of Liverpool’s Academy - and if I remember it correctly, captain of their under 18 team. What we saw of him was decent enough. His best performances were when he came into the team and was given a run at left back, and supporters were certainly not getting at him then.
But time moves on, and now speedy wing-backs are what many managers wish for, so Raff is surplus to requirements; we can see that.
He played a reasonable number of first team games when called upon. His reputation, from the training ground, was that of a hard worker who did his best, and he was rewarded for his efforts, occasionally, by being called up to the first team squad. We should let him go with dignity.
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If he was on £10k a week, any pretence that he was a "cheap punt" is out the window.

That's my point, that you haven't refuted.
 
Damp Squib said:
So we have Oli who is pretty sure he's on £4k, and then we have thewhites who says he was on 10k a week. It's almost as if nobody on here actually knows...
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It doesn’t really matter because he’s gone…I’d much rather the ITKers fight it out with more exciting stuff.
 
Damp Squib said:
So we have Oli who is pretty sure he's on £4k, and then we have thewhites who suggests (but doesn't actually say) he was on 10k a week. It's almost as if nobody on here actually knows...
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Hence my use of the word "if".
 
So much shit for him on this thread, which I'm sorry but I can't understand! Whether you think he simply didn't have the quality for championship football or not, he reminds me a bit of Hunts in that he never sulked and just got on with it, and gave his all when he played. When he filled in at left back he did an admiral job.

Maybe just thank him for his efforts and allow him the grace to leave without disrespect and hopefully get a move somewhere that works for him. It's not like he's been 'stealing a wage' like some others that have been mentioned.
 
Always cracks me up when people who claim to be ITK say this player is on this-or-that that many grand a week. 😏

Why would anyone ever pass on details of their own salary?

Especially if it’s to some spotty randomer who’s likely to spray it all over twitter/the internet?

I mean . . . would you? Would anyone? 🤔 🤭
 
Staffordwhite said:
Always cracks me up when people who claim to be ITK say this player is on this-or-that that many grand a week. 😏

Why would anyone ever pass on details of their own salary?

Especially if it’s to some spotty randomer who’s likely to spray it all over twitter/the internet?

I mean . . . would you? Would anyone? 🤔 🤭
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Just to note, the poster who claimed it was £10k also reputedly worked on the Kirchner bid, where such details would have been available as part of the due diligence process.

No need for the player himself to tell anyone anything.
 
Thracia said:
Just to note, the poster who claimed it was £10k also reputedly worked on the Kirchner bid, where such details would have been available as part of the due diligence process.

No need for the player himself to tell anyone anything.
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Fair enough, but if someone else is saying £4k they can’t both be right, so someone’s overreaching. 🤔

Personally, if my firm was taken over and my salary then popped up on the interweb, I wouldn’t be best pleased.

Unless it was £10,000 a week, of course. 😅
 
@oli_oconnell

I am very interested regards you views on Earl.

For the record, I think he is poor defensively, gets targeted by the oppo because they know this, lacks positional sense, lacks heart (driving forward) and isn't Championship standard.

Plus he infuriates with his cutting and retreating backwards / passing backwards.
 
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