Skrtel rejects 'unacceptable' contract. So what now?

A contract "heavily incentivised on appearances".

 Similar for Sturridge would have saved a fortune.

I cant wait for Sakho to prove this but until then Skrtel remains our best, most consistent defender. Opinions based on reality and not what you wanna see.

Martin Skrtel - winner of the skinniest kid in fat camp award.

I like Skrtel and think he's our best defender but I wouldn't be against binning him and building a new centre back pairing like Wenger did a few years ago. Which side does Howedes play?

Don't football clubs have insurance to cover injured players especially as they are worth so much.

You would guess a hedgefund man like Henry might hedge against the option of Sturridge being broke.

Then again maybe the hedge was Balotelli and Lambert...

Over 120m for Suarez and Torres will make that easier

 

92 million for finishing 6th this season. BOOM

So how much more money do you want from them to spend?

According to this you can get compensated if players are injured.

If clubs take out certain policies.

Not only can you cover players wages and be compensated. You can get paid out if an injured player impacts on your results resulting on less income.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/insurance/10471594/Hiscox-to-tackle-lost-revenue-for-football-clubs.html

Martin Skrtel - winner of the skinniest kid in fat camp award.

Probably best to fuck off the even fatter kids first, no?

He's had £200m plus Kenny got money for Carroll and the rest. Hardly tight

It's all about context, Ginny.

If we weren't going to blow the money on Ashley Williams or some other such mid-table Premier League centre half i'd fuck him off and take the money. But like in 2012 when we last gave him a contract rather than sold him we're not going to sign anyone better and he's an experienced player who's been here a good while. He has his moments but he's one of the top centre halves in the league.

He's proved under proper defensive coaching he's a good defender. He was our player of the year the season before Rodgers took over.

100k a week.  Fuck that I'd sell him so we can buy more shit.

It's all about context, Ginny.

I agree but how much more money do you want from them? Isn't £200m enough? 

Fucking Sturridge should be on a pay as you play deal, not Skrtel. The only one who shows any fight for the club on the pitch.

Club is becoming a joke.

You give Henderson 100k a week, then don't be surprised if everyone at the club fancies the same.

Yeah get rid, he's a battler and he probably has ambition too, that's dangerous here. 

One of your best ever posts Tony.

Repped.

 

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Full stops know.

You give Henderson 100k a week, then don't be surprised if everyone at the club fancies the same.

It was the Sturridge contract that fucked everything up. Henderson, Sterling and Skrtel wanted more parity to a player never on the pitch.

Sturro's an elite footballer, Skrtel most certainly ain't. Sign the contract Martin or fuck off.

In Brendan we trust

Sturro's an elite footballer, Skrtel most certainly ain't. Sign the contract Martin or fuck off.

In Brendan we trust

Haha hes an elite injury specialist.

If Sturridge was on a pay as you play deal he'd be sitting outside Starbucks on Old Hall Steet with his dog asking for spare change

Have to say I'd be pissed off if I were a player that hardly ever misses any playing time and who had on more than one occasion had staples put in my head before going back out there, and they offered me some shitty pay as you play deal like I was some sort of Sturridge/Sakho/Agger walking sicknote.

or maybe it's a club strategy going forward whereby we've learned from what's happened to Sturridge and we're not going to pay £150,000 a week for a player to sit in the treatment room for 7 months of the season.

If Skrtel isn't injured then fine, he's got no problems going forward, rake it in lad.

If he does get injured, then the onus is on him to properly rehabilitate as per the instructions of the staff and get himself back into the team and earning again.

Is anyone surprised after this last season that we are now implementing safeguards against players being shit professionals? Especially for players aged over 30 who are now technically more likely to get injured?

I feel for Skrtel in a way, but not in others. The contract offer wasn't designed just for him, it's obviously a template for all contract offers from here on in.

What's disrespectful about negotiating a contract? 

Simple for me, Skrtel says it is. I'd take his opinion any day over Rodgers, Ayre, Gordon, the Committee, and FSG. 

He's not an outstanding player but I think we've got other more pressing issues. Seems the way this is being handled we're creating another opportunity for the Committee buy some shit. 

Simple for me, Skrtel says it is.

Oh. Yeah, means very little to me when he's blerting it out in the press as a clear tactic to earn more money.

Oh. Yeah, means very little to me when he's blerting it out in the press as a clear tactic to earn more money.

He still has more credibility than the owners and management of the club. He's been around a while and speaking out like this is not something he's known for. Whereas the doing it on the cheap approach of our ownership is well established. So yeah I take his side on this one.

He still has more credibility than the owners and management of the club. He's been around a while and speaking out like this is not something he's known for. Whereas the doing it on the cheap approach of our ownership is well established. So yeah I take his side on this one.

You're very welcome to do that, but I don't see how assessing his ability and offering what they think is fair is disrespectful to him. He hasn't been offered what he wants, that's a shame for him who has earned tens of millions from the club already, but he's not being disrespected.

It may well be a future template for contracts at Liverpool.

Especially under the accountants from Fenway Park.

I just think foisting it on someone who's about as "through and through" as we sadly have at Liverpool at the moment, is emblematic of the cheap piece of shit we are becoming.