The Official Silly Season Summer Transfer Thread 2021/22

[Wolf]

Hartlepool United are going to take legal action over the signing of Luca Murphy where Fulham paid no compensation fee.

If it's true good for them.

Absolutely...... we shouldn't be crapping on smaller clubs.... We hated it when Spurs and Liverpool tried to screw us over!
Sides like Hartlepool can only survive by bringing through talent and selling on their best assets.
Grass roots need the support of bigger clubs, not being taken advantage of.
Fairs fair Fulham.... play the game  🤬⚽️⚽️

Sorry but does anyone know the facts here or are we just assuming the bigger club did something wrong?

We paid more than we needed to for Robinson which implies we don't mind paying extra to conduct our business in an ethical way.

And we're not one of those clubs that goes around mugging other clubs off. If anything we're generally the mugs, with more money than sense.

Just because Hartlepool are whining it doesn't mean it has any merit.

Good post. Some silly assumptions being made. If it goes to a tribunal both sides will have their say.

[The Rock]

Hartlepool United are going to take legal action over the signing of Luca Murphy where Fulham paid no compensation fee.

How would we as a Club feel if this happened to us. If this is true it's surprising and despicable in my opinion.

He went to us for a trial and then forced his way out of the club after coming back and signed for Fulham as a free agent. They are saying that we should pay compensation as they offered him a contract.

For more reading: https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/football/hartlepool-united-to-take-legal-action-against-fulham-over-controversial-youth-player-transfer-that-left-them-without-any-compensation-3335162

"Hartlepool deemed it no longer appropriate to have Murphy as part of the club's youth set-up and agreed a mutual termination of the player's contract. Murphy then joined Fulham on a free transfer just 11 days later."

Am I missing something? If his contract was terminated, then I take that to mean he has no contract with the club.

Baffling.

[Ronnief]

Luca Murphy is no longer with Fulham having not been offered a new contract. Have Hartlepool taken him back?

[Bassey the warrior]

Hartlepool United are going to take legal action over the signing of Luca Murphy where Fulham paid no compensation fee.

How would we as a Club feel if this happened to us. If this is true it's surprising and despicable in my opinion.

He went to us for a trial and then forced his way out of the club after coming back and signed for Fulham as a free agent. They are saying that we should pay compensation as they offered him a contract.

For more reading: https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/football/hartlepool-united-to-take-legal-action-against-fulham-over-controversial-youth-player-transfer-that-left-them-without-any-compensation-3335162

"Hartlepool deemed it no longer appropriate to have Murphy as part of the club's youth set-up and agreed a mutual termination of the player's contract. Murphy then joined Fulham on a free transfer just 11 days later."

Am I missing something? If his contract was terminated, then I take that to mean he has no contract with the club.

Baffling.

They're still supposed to get a fee for the development costs though, also it sounds like he was acting up because he wanted to move to Fulham.

[simplyfulham]

Hartlepool United are going to take legal action over the signing of Luca Murphy where Fulham paid no compensation fee.

How would we as a Club feel if this happened to us. If this is true it's surprising and despicable in my opinion.

He went to us for a trial and then forced his way out of the club after coming back and signed for Fulham as a free agent. They are saying that we should pay compensation as they offered him a contract.

For more reading: https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/sport/football/hartlepool-united-to-take-legal-action-against-fulham-over-controversial-youth-player-transfer-that-left-them-without-any-compensation-3335162

"Hartlepool deemed it no longer appropriate to have Murphy as part of the club's youth set-up and agreed a mutual termination of the player's contract. Murphy then joined Fulham on a free transfer just 11 days later."

Am I missing something? If his contract was terminated, then I take that to mean he has no contract with the club.

Baffling.

They're still supposed to get a fee for the development costs though, also it sounds like he was acting up because he wanted to move to Fulham.

There was speculation that he'd been encouraged to act up to get kicked out of Hartlepool.

Very much speculation but the timings of everything suited Fulham very very well.

[Statto]

So we can't talk about existing players or tactics on the transfers thread but we can have a page of this Hilda crap

[FFCFOREVER]

So we can't talk about existing players or tactics on the transfers thread but we can have a page of this Hilda crap

Was thinking the same lol.

[Milo]

Sorry everyone, try to keep it on topic which will help people get to the most recent transfer gossip quickly.

[Somerset Fulham]

So we can't talk about existing players or tactics on the transfers thread but we can have a page of this Hilda crap

Yep.

It's about as funny as Last of the Summer Wine.

[Somerset Fulham]

Adam Armstrong in advanced talks with Palace, apparently.

They are signing some good players, I think. Now it's down to the manager to make it work for them.

[FFCFOREVER]

Adam Armstrong in advanced talks with Palace, apparently.

They are signing some good players, I think. Now it's down to the manager to make it work for them.

Agreed

[Lighthouse]

But all these pages on transfer speculation and it turns into the same thing every year. I don't like him, I do, hope we get him , I don't oh he isn't coming anyway. I would like XYZ to come. But they don't.

Frankly this thread off topic is far more interesting than when it talks nonsense on topic. How many pages are we and how many players have we signed? No let's take any joy out of FOF and leave it to the cool kids who like to tell us who they like to bring in which frankly is so riveting. Or other transfer news from other divisions that we can all read elsewhere anyway.

Yes let's stick to the point. Dull but it is what they demand.

[70sPimlico]

But all these pages on transfer speculation and it turns into the same thing every year. I don't like him, I do, hope we get him , I don't oh he isn't coming anyway. I would like XYZ to come. But they don't.

Frankly this thread off topic is far more interesting than when it talks nonsense on topic. How many pages are we and how many players have we signed? No let's take any joy out of FOF and leave it to the cool kids who like to tell us who they like to bring in which frankly is so riveting. Or other transfer news from other divisions that we can all read elsewhere anyway.

Yes let's stick to the point. Dull but it is what they demand.

Comes up twice a year with this thread. I suppose what I would say is that for some of us, that maybe just pop in from time to time and are keen to know if there is any breaking transfer news and then have to scroll through "humour" and "arguments" posts, it does become a bit of a slog.

Everyone is different and I try not to criticise other peoples humour but personally do feel that many of the "jokes" on here are for a completely different genre that I know nothing about. Maybe there could be other threads for the comedians amongst us.

The thing that is quite sad is that for, what I guess is the most popular ffc forum, its actually not a good place to come to for latest news and discussions on the club.

But. It is what it is and I'll keep coming back. Apart from when I get banned but must have been a good boy recently as I've been free for about two months

[HV71]

Every now and then a thread gets a bit over heated - responses like the ones surrounding ' Hilda " used to annoy me - but then I chilled  a tad and realised it was just another layer , another character trait of this forum . Mince and Tatties was a primary exponent of this , he made me cross - but now I miss him . I even missed Statto when he was banned . Don't lighten up in terms of the debate or arguments but do ,please allow everyone to vent, or jest , in the way they feel is most appropriate to them .
This is an intelligent forum that is home to us all.

[Twig]

Every now and then a thread gets a bit over heated - responses like the ones surrounding ' Hilda " used to annoy me - but then I chilled  a tad and realised it was just another layer , another character trait of this forum . Mince and Tatties was a primary exponent of this , he made me cross - but now I miss him . I even missed Statto when he was banned . Don't lighten up in terms of the debate or arguments but do ,please allow everyone to vent, or jest , in the way they feel is most appropriate to them .
This is an intelligent forum that is home to us all.

Hear, hear.

[Somerset Fulham]

Where did M&T go?

[HV71]

Where did M&T go?

I posted a couple of times - asking if anyone had ant information. He last posted sometime in February I think. Sadly I fear the worse - he could be rather acerbic- but I for one miss him

[filham]

So we can't talk about existing players or tactics on the transfers thread but we can have a page of this Hilda crap

The rumour was tat Hilda had been transfered never to return, sorry it fitted this thread.

[Statto]

Where did M&T go?

Eloped with fulhamben

[Somerset Fulham]

Seems fair enough. :D