I hope lightening doesn't strioke twice

[BladeFisher]

With Ched Evans now finding form and maybe a play off place possible (oh no not again) I trust the Board won't offload him in the January window as they did with James Beattie a few years ago.

 

[bartman]

Unfortunately,we cannot afford his wages and will probably go if a decent offer comes in. The only saviour in my opinion would be the sale of Monty or Quinn where the fee could be used to pay his wages until the end of the season

 

[LoughboroBlade]

7 starts in the league, 8 goals scored - 13 in 11 if we count the cups. 13 goals at this stage ain't bad for someone that didn't even start playing till mid September.

He's still only 22 too. If he didn't have the uncertainty re: the imminent court case, you'd expect there to be loads of interest this January. If we're serious about promotion this season, he needs to be kept. That may mean having to sacrifice someone more replaceable (or someone contributing less to the team).

Anyone know his contract length? Is it the case that if we don't sell in January he could go for free in the summer?

 

[bartman]

out of contract at the end of the season

 

[LSF]

With Ched Evans now finding form and maybe a play off place possible (oh no not again) I trust the Board won't offload him in the January window as they did with James Beattie a few years ago.

He will be offloaded in January make no mistake!
A surprise move, back to the Championship, down south, not a full transfer. Our compensation will be the return of Billy Clarke. Pure economics.

 

[Torrix1889]

You are all forgetting that he is up on a rape charge in March. Unless a Championship club has bribed the jury he may well be leaving BDTBL but for a 10-year plus stretch....

 

[stannyblade]

she said yes my lord she said yes.

 

[davidpinder]

been told he is going down in April so i doubt he'll leave

 

[bartman]

as he hasn't been tried by a jury how do you know this ?

 

[Blade58]

You are all forgetting that he is up on a rape charge in March. Unless a Championship club has bribed the jury he may well be leaving BDTBL but for a 10-year plus stretch....

He will go in January and it will be quite a straightforward deal

A loan deal with a fee agreed to make it permanent. If he is found guilty and goes down the loan deal is cancelled and Ched will probably be sacked by the club and his wages (until the end of his contract) saved. If he is proven innocent, the buying club will make the deal permanent and we will get some sort of a fee.

Make no mistake, if KM can get a fee in Jan for a player that is out of contract at the end of the season then he will. We have all seen it time after time already haven't we?

 

[BladeFisher]

Does McCabe want a return to the Championship or not? Surely he is not so stupid to realise that he has a better chance if Evans stays than if he leaves. Or is this season all about avoiding relegation?

If the Porkers grunt their way up (possible) and we don't (likely) then watch gates fall further, his investment will drop too. All he needs to do is to get the CPC to run Ched's case in June, give Danny a bit of help in January and we might make it. If not we definitely won't. Must people when they see a way out of a sticky situation take it and don't wait for a better offer to come along when one is more weary and less likely to recover.

 

[stannyblade]

if he is under 24 then we get a fee

 

[grafikhaus]

Does McCabe want a return to the Championship or not? Surely he is not so stupid to realise that he has a better chance if Evans stays than if he leaves.

Common sense that largely eludes McCabe. If we sell Ched, it will rival the running-up of the white flag to match the sales of Deane, Fjortoft and Beattie. Yet some on here have obviously made their minds up. 'Get the high-earners off the wage bill.' On current form, Ched is fully justifying his wages and we'd only fritter the spare cash his sale would generate on a number of inferior players/loanees.

'Sell him in January, or he'll go on a free in the Summer.' Don't people realise that this problem affects every club in football? If Ched's form continues and results in our promotion/play off spot, I'd argue that the better option is to utilise him right to the end of the season with (hopefully) the financial rewards this will bring, than sell him in January. Anyway, how much do you think a club would have to bid to get Ched? Probably £1m (we'd never find out the real fee anyway). Keep him and possible promotion/highly probable play-off place, or £1m and assured third division next year, with 9-10 thousand crowds. Anyway, if stannyblade (Post #12) is right, it becomes a moot point.

The third fly in the ointment - possible imprisonment - is imponderable as the law in this country is so fucked, anything could happen. (Pity Ched and his mate didn't black-up for a night out in Leicester, rip this bird's hair out and call her a white slag...)

It's called risk and reward, and is something every Chairman faces in football, or they should get out of the game.

This conundrum also highlights the in-built negativity of a lot of Blades fans. Did we hear Wendyites wetting themselves about losing Gary Madine in January (before his injury and - alleged - return to the bottle)? No we didn't. Yes, we've been let down so many times in the past, but all this talk about losing Ched could become a self-fulfilling prophecy, some people would claim their 'judgement' on Evans was right. And they could move on to the next target.