There is a middle ground though. You can negotiate hard and keep a lid on the

Finances without f**king off the clubs most influential and important goal scorer to the extent that they put in a transfer request and so set in motion the beginning of the end of their stint at the club.

Holt may have overreacted but it's clear he felt slighted and I suspect this was not the first such incident with senior players.

Posted By: Jim on May 14th 2016 at 13:49:17

Message Thread

Cancelled a meeting with our most important player (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 14, 12:46:05
- Where are all these stories coming from ? (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, May 14, 13:24:13
  - Grant holt interview on the scrimmage I think (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 13:25:42
- Stories starting to come out suggests that DM was (NCFC) - Chopper, May 14, 13:13:37
  - really? The man that was responsible (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 14, 13:19:27
    - There is a middle ground though. You can negotiate hard and keep a lid on the (NCFC) - Jim, May 14, 13:49:17
      - Haha! That's not why he left (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 13:51:40
        
        There were a large number of factors in why he eventually left but (NCFC) - Jim, May 14, 13:57:22
        
        I don't blame McNally for the transfer request (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 15:22:42
    - You think Doncaster is popular? (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 14, 13:33:26
      - That doesn't mean people didn't like him on a personal level. (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 13:53:12
        
        I suppose so (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 14, 14:13:53
    - Its shockingbthat someone with the nickname McNasty was unpopular (NCFC) - usacanary, May 14, 13:32:27
- 'football club has egos' shocker (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 14, 13:11:06
- England v West Indies at Lord's, May 17-21, 2012 (NCFC) - harry boulders, May 14, 13:00:50
  - I was at Lord's for the 1st day of that Test. (n/m) (NCFC) - CROYDONCANARY, May 14, 13:20:57
- Who did ? (n/m) (NCFC) - colincanary, May 14, 12:49:09
  - That's piss poor if true. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 14, 13:00:53
    - That's how he rolled and why his style not necessarily great for all scenarios (n/m) (NCFC) - Jim, May 14, 13:02:17
      - it's not cricket (NCFC) - Tombs, May 14, 13:07:23
  - Bowkett & McNally (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, May 14, 12:57:00
    - That sounds a little petulant of grolt to me (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 13:02:07
      - Grolty?!😂😂 (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 14, 13:15:25
        
        :-) yep! (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 13:26:31
      - Not really (NCFC) - harry boulders, May 14, 13:07:21
        
        Perhaps, not sure it warrants a transfer request (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 13:27:38
        
        maybe our bankers were the hosts? (NCFC) - Henclrikus, May 14, 13:13:39
  - Matthew Gibson (n/m) (NCFC) - Graham Nine, May 14, 12:56:13
- Only one side of the story (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, May 14, 12:48:22
  - The whole Holt episode basically blew up due to the attitude of (NCFC) - Jim, May 14, 12:52:44
    - Oh dear, "respect" (NCFC) - mr carra, May 14, 13:09:04
    - Or petulance (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, May 14, 13:02:24
  - Yea exactly (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, May 14, 12:49:27
    - Wasn't that around the time he put in a transfer request?! (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, May 14, 12:50:08
      - Seem to recall West Ham were bidding at the time (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, May 14, 12:50:31
        
        It was defintely more than a bit of bidding (n/m) (NCFC) - KentonCanary, May 14, 13:55:22

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