Calum Roberts and boardroom news from Michelle’s BBC chat

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The biggest news from her BBC Humberside interview with Ollie Turner today:

There was an offer for Cal Roberts last week, which was discussed at board level and with the player and manager, and the player doesn’t want to leave and wants to stay next season too. So the offer was rejected.

There is a local business person who has contacted Michelle in the last 24 hours to ask for a meeting as they want to step up and be the fifth investor, the fifth board member.

[ironingboard]

As stated in the interview, every cloud.

[Pele]

Richard Kane ,he loves the camera and attention more than Gareth

[MK Iron]

Great news if true about Cal Roberts. I’m amazed he didn’t have any EFL contract verbally agreed by Christmas.

Time will tell if he did or not as it must have been a National League side that made the offer.

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Pele wrote:

Richard Kane ,he loves the camera and attention more than Gareth

Who?

[cassidystash]

See “Sat with our CEO thread”

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cassidystash wrote:

See “Sat with our CEO thread”

The Gainsborough Trinity guy.

[Awaywego]

She said an Efl club MK.

[MK Iron]

Bullshit then. EFL club cannot sign him until summer window and they don’t need to pay us a cent to do that.

Unless he has a contract for next season with us that the club forgot to mention.

[Cliff Byrne’s Right Peg]

It was national league she meant.

Be amazed if Cal was here in August, heard a couple of clubs are interested- one in the EFL.

A testament to the lad if he wants to stay and takes a hefty wage cut though; he’s clearly enjoying his football.

[Rene Artois]

He’ll end up at Donny.

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Rene Artois wrote:

He’ll end up at Donny.

Or worse …………… the Cods

[Harrytheiron]

Wishful thinking regarding him staying I think. Every right for him to cash in on a brilliant, injury-free season. L2 move at least.

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Harrytheiron wrote:

Wishful thinking regarding him staying I think. Every right for him to cash in on a brilliant, injury-free season. L2 move at least.

Well we wouldn’t want to stand in his way blah blah blah and in this instance we can’t afford too anyway, hope he gets a cracking well paid move he deserves it on this season’s showing.

[ironfromafar]

For anyone who missed it heres the Cal Roberts interview on why he did not move to Gateshead … IMO after reading it where ever we are playing next season he wont be at Scunny… cant blame the fella at least he had enough passion to stick around to try and get us promoted.

Roberts reveals why he turned down Gateshead move

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Iron-awe wrote:

Wishful thinking regarding him staying I think.

Agreed. I think when the Gateshead offer came in he did the decent thing and expressed his loyalty to the immediate cause by staying. Fair play – thanks Callum. Good luck with your move to wherever in the summer.

[cassidystash]

A cynic might say it would have been a pay cut for 5 months.

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[Iron-awe]

He’d be great in league 2 IMO maybe the Cods can afford him after they get beat in the playoffs.

[Awaywego]

If the cods can afford him so can we they lost £1.68 million last season, ours chicken feed to theirs.

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Awaywego wrote:

If the cods can afford him so can we they lost £1.68 million last season, ours chicken feed to theirs.

It’s all about whether he’ll accept lower wages in line with the new wage structure, when he’s out of the old contract and offered a new one. You’d guess not. Who would?

[Deereyme66]

Awaywego wrote:

If the cods can afford him so can we they lost £1.68 million last season, ours chicken feed to theirs.

And about how much he wants to play at a higher level.

[cassidystash]

Or whether our lower wage structure offer is better or close to Gateshead et al.
Similar situation for the other OOCs I’d have thought.

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cassidystash wrote:

Or whether our lower wage structure offer is better or close to Gateshead et al. Similar situation for the other OOCs I’d have thought.

Perhaps, yes. Michelle did, a little while ago, allude to the fact that some players prefer the security of longer contracts even if that means lower wages. So that might come into play.

[cassidystash]

Location could also be a factor, Roberts is NE based so I reckon it would take a substantial offer to tempt him much further south.

[MK Iron]

If there is one player worth bending (or even breaking) our wage structure for it is Roberts.

It would be crazy for him to stay here if we remain in NLN but if we did stagger through the play offs who knows. Personally I think now he has proved his long term fitness a few EFL clubs will be making him offers but currently no League 1 or 2 clubs in his neck of the woods unless York win the National League playoffs.

[BigLeftToe]

He’s played a whopping 3 games above National League level in his career (on loan at League 2 Colchester in 2019).

Can’t really see League 1/2 clubs coming in for a 28 year old plying his trade in the NLN. He’ll end up in the NL next season but probably not with us.

[cassidystash]

Carlisle about half the distance of Scunny but they could be NL next season.

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MK Iron wrote:

If there is one player worth bending (or even breaking) our wage structure for it is Roberts.

It would be crazy for him to stay here if we remain in NLN but if we did stagger through the play offs who knows. Personally I think now he has proved his long term fitness a few EFL clubs will be making him offers but currently no League 1 or 2 clubs in his neck of the woods unless York win the National League playoffs.

You can’t set up a sensible wage structure in the aim of sustainability and then just go and break it for one player. All the others would be rather miffed.

[MK Iron]

If you’re a half decent footballer on a grand a week and James Perch arrives on 4 grand a week you’re miffed.
If you’re a journeyman National League player on a grand a week and someone joins your team that scores 20 goals and double figure assists in a season but is on 2 grand a week then you’re delighted.

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MK Iron wrote:

If you’re a half decent footballer on a grand a week and James Perch arrives on 4 grand a week you’re miffed.
If you’re a journeyman National League player on a grand a week and someone joins your team that scores 20 goals and double figure assists in a season but is on 2 grand a week then you’re delighted.

Completely disagree. It’s not the done thing. If there’s a particular wage structure in place for sustainability reasons it should apply to all.

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