I'm not slagging the lad off unlike some on here.
I thought he was a great signing at the time, ideal cover for Duffy and he showed a lot of promise in his first few appearances when we was in League One, and he did the job that was required of him.
What happened after we got promoted was that there was quite a few players who performed with distinction in the League One when called upon. Wilson, Hanson, Lavery, and Lafferty for whom the step up was too much a bridge to gap. Wilder gave him a few starts early on but it quickly became clear that it was also a step too far for Carruthers and that was why he barely featured and got loaned out after.
When we signed him his contract will have undoubtedly contained promotion bonuses that covered every eventuality. It is clear from the current situation we are in, that in all probability he signed a three and a half year deal, and we also paid a decent fee for the time for him. It will be contract that he signed that has seen his wage go up to the £18k a week that speculation says he is on.
With him leaving the club, he will have had a pay off to leave in search of first team football. It will probably be a compromise figure where he doesn't get the full amount due, but for him to be losing money whilst trying to resurrect his career lower down the leagues, probably says a fair bit about the lad as well.
A few months later we brought in another player from MK Dons, for a similar fee and probably on a similar contract and that didn't turn out too badly did it. Some you win and some you lose.
When it comes to players to slag off, I don't think Carruthers is one, he did his bit when required but wasn't good enough, but I've seen plenty of others come in on big contracts and toss it off and they are the players who deserve criticism and loathing. Players like Jose Baxter, Michael Higdon and Dean Hammond to name three and plenty more fall in to that bracket.
