Kozzy to Barnsley

[Foxy]

Kozzy to Barnsley!

t'owd lads turned down Leeds to go to Oakwell!

 

[dingledog]

Good luck Kozzy and thanks for everything you did at the lane, top joker and longest serving player, cheers.

 

[Robbie]

Good luck to him at the small club in Sheffield

 

[shorehamview]

Good lad Kozzy, good luck with the dingles.

 

[silverfox]

Good luck to you Kozzy.

 

[Sharpy]

Glad he's gone to the tykes instead of leeds. True Blade, gutted he's left.

Good luck kozzy! See you next season.

 

[silverfox]

http://www.sheff-utd.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=7198

 

[Warnock=God]

Good choice of club from him.

Hope all the best for him. I'm sure he'll get a good reception when he comes back

 

[I Love Chip Butties]

also turned us down at the last minute, can blame him though.

good luck kozzy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2004/07/05/other_football_news_feature.shtml

 

[TonyAgana]

Did Warnock release him?

 

[S64 Blade]

Good luck to Kozzy!

 

[Linz]

Did Warnock release him?

I thought he was released in the week after NW left?

Can anyone confirm that?

All the best to Ginner Koz!

 

[Sharpy]

WTF?????? Why the hell did we release him in the first place then?


What a joke!

 

[RichJay]

I'm sure NW had left so who made the decision to release him?

 

[MAQ]

All the Best Kozzy.............see you back at the lane next season

 

[Sharpy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire...ives/barnsley/2006_7_season/kozluk_030707.ram

He sounds a little pissed off at Pie Man to say the least.

God, Robinson is a clown.

 

[rotherhamblade]

good luck kozzy he should get a good reception at lane from us

 

[TonyAgana]

good luck kozzy he should get a good reception at lane from us

Barring some fuckwit clown pricks.

 

[Linz]

Barring some fuckwit clown pricks.

Hahaha... delicately put

Have some +rep for making me chuckle on this otherwise quite pooey day.

 

[The Duke]

He will be a good player for us, apparently going to be our highest paid player. Just like to add its a disgrace how you been treated at the appeal.

 

[Foxy]

He will be a good player for us, apparently going to be our highest paid player. Just like to add its a disgrace how you been treated at the appeal.

wahey!, good to see ya posting Dukey!

Gonna be around quite a bit now were in the same league?

As you can see, he got a fairly mixed review at the lane. No doubt about it though as a bloke he's a legend and as a player, he's a great signing for you lot IMO!

 

[silverfox]

He will be a good player for us, apparently going to be our highest paid player. Just like to add its a disgrace how you been treated at the appeal.

A dingle supporting us?

Are you for real?

 

[The Duke]

Nothing against United except when we are playing you, but cant bloody stand that other Sheffield club or the one in Leeds for that either

 

[silverfox]

Nothing against United except when we are playing you, but cant bloody stand that other Sheffield club or the one in Leeds for that either

Well you'll do for us!

 

[The Duke]

Cheers, I really do think that you been treated badly in this west ham affair I think its a sad day for football when justice does not happen because organisations don't have the guts to overturn decisions.

 

[Bladesman]

Good to see him goto barnsley over l**ds.

Mind you id rather be at Barnsley when it looks like L**ds may not even be a club soon.

 

[RichJay]

Koz could have stayed. From OS:

The Blades have spoken out against criticism that they missed out on the chance to retain Rob Kozluk who joined Barnsley on a two year deal.

Chairman Terry Robinson and the player's agent, Lee Payne, felt compelled to issue a joint statement after radio comments by the former defender suggested that United had dragged their feet over the issue.

The previous management team released the player but when Bryan Robson was appointed and conferred with Brian Kidd they agreed to make an approach to Kozluk with a view to agreeing a new contract.

"I spoke with Rob's agent around six weeks ago and told him we wanted to keep Rob, with a starting offer the same as that he was on in the Premiership," said Robinson.

He added: "I told the player the new manager wanted to keep him around three weeks ago and that I had made an appointment with his agent for today (Wednesday 4 July).

"I received a message from Lee Payne on Monday, telling me that I needed to speak with Kozzy quickly because Rob had decided to go to Barnsley for talks with them.

"As a result I contacted the player to tell him we were still keen on him and to remind him that I was due to talk to his agent on Wednesday, as arranged.."

Lee Payne takes up the story: "Barnsley then made him an offer on Tuesday morning which I relayed to Rob. Like most clubs, Barnsley wanted a quick answer and Koz rang me to say that he wanted to accept.

"When I reminded him about the proposed meeting with Terry he conceded that it was too good a deal to turn down.

"Sheffield United, and Terry in particular, did everything by the book and made the right moves to Rob, there is no doubt about that.

"But Rob, at 29 years old and with a young family, felt he needed to make his own decision."