[Benno Spire]

Has he signed with immediate effect? My understanding is that players contracts go up to end of June. Would be an extra bonus for the club if his wages stopped asap.
He is moving to a very nice part of the world, good luck to him.

[whittman]

marlons curtains, on 02 May 2016 - 09:06 AM, said:

The whole thing was disappointing. A pre injury Chris Herd was a decent player. Can recall him playing at Saltergate for Lincoln as a youngster, and looking the complete midfielder.
Although it didn't quite work out, will wish him well...and remember that cruncher of a tackle that echoed around the Proact, against Coventry!

The Coventry player on the receiving end certainly will

[DIFH]

CrossStreet62, on 02 May 2016 - 10:40 AM, said:

Must admit he's been one of a number of disappointments for me this season...when he signed thought we maybe had a decent league 1 player but his injuries must have been way worse than ever he could have imagined in the way it's hampered his ability to get anywhere near to a decent level to even contribute ....became a bit of an enforcer for us when he did play but you have to have a bit more about you than that even at our level...can remember him having one decent game at Fleetwood but that's it. Obviously been told to find another club and by the sounds of it would probably have gone anyway...Good luck Chris to you and your family out in Perth... Hope it works out for you.

The big dissapointment was allowing him to pass his set number of games which triggered a pay rise and the remainder of his deal. Mark Smith when in charge was told not to trigger the deadline, when he explained things to Herd he said 'Don't worry Mark that passed 3 games ago'

To me that about sums everything about our set up.

[ash_cfc]

You know it's time to give it up when you've gotta travel to the other end of the world, just to collect your second touch!

[plannerj]

ash_cfc, on 02 May 2016 - 12:50 PM, said:

You know it's time to give it up when you've gotta travel to the other end of the world, just to collect your second touch!

Since he's from Perth originally, he's presumably gone back there to collect his first touch!

[boot]

CrossStreet62, on 02 May 2016 - 10:40 AM, said:

Must admit he's been one of a number of disappointments for me this season...when he signed thought we maybe had a decent league 1 player but his injuries must have been way worse than ever he could have imagined in the way it's hampered his ability to get anywhere near to a decent level to even contribute ....became a bit of an enforcer for us when he did play but you have to have a bit more about you than that even at our level...can remember him having one decent game at Fleetwood but that's it. Obviously been told to find another club and by the sounds of it would probably have gone anyway...Good luck Chris to you and your family out in Perth... Hope it works out for you.

I didn't see him at Fleetwood but the one half-decent game I saw him in was at Walsall - crunching tackle to win the ball and perfect cross for SEB to head in in for our first, and I seem to think he was involved in winning the corner from which we scored for the second - not sure about the second though. At that point I thought he might be OK with more games and fitness under his belt but if anything his fitness went the other way.

[Snowflake McBedwetter]

Without wishing to stick the boot in, which is the only thing Herd was any good at, the one thing you don't lose (for any length of time) after a bad injury is your first touch or ball control/distribution.

This post has been edited by KevinArnottsGoldenBoot: 02 May 2016 - 02:26 PM

[martatcross]

Hope it works for him but I would have thought he would have been released anyway 1 wage freed up already and if other rumours are true 2 freed up if the pay off wasn't to high

[Spire-Power]

Seb will be getting a fair whack. Hopefully he has another club lined up and he might take a lower pay off than otherwise.

[Jbspire]

Spire-Power said:

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Seb will be getting a fair whack. Hopefully he has another club lined up and he might take a lower pay off than otherwise.

Has it been confirmed that SEB is getting paid off?

[lindo-spireite]

Jbspire, on 02 May 2016 - 04:28 PM, said:

Has it been confirmed that SEB is getting paid off?

Only from a bloke on Twitter

[StaffsSpireite]

Bet he is gutted moving to Perth from Chesterfield!!! lol :-)

[Johnnyspireite7]

Stokespireite, on 02 May 2016 - 05:38 PM, said:

Bet he is gutted moving to Perth from Chesterfield!!! lol :-)

Convict going back to convict land......they're welcome to him!!!

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

The problem wasn't the player, it was the manager that signed him.

Or perhaps the CEO who was recruited to oversee footballing matters better than his predecessor.

A story I was told went something like this: Saunders was so desperate/convinced of Herd's potential he allegedly ignored advice from our chief physio, who'd supposedly been told by the surgeon that reconstructed the player's knee it could turn to jelly at any time, even to the point of not insisting on a full medical, to hand him a deal which contained a clause extending his contract after a certain number of appearances - and with a significant rise.

Then following Saunders' sacking Smith was reportedly informed of this and instructed not to play the former Villa man in case he triggered that clause.

Unfortunately Turner had got it wrong as Herd had already pulled on a shirt enough times to confirm his lucrative position, meaning Danny Wilson had that much less room for manoeuvre post January.

A real mess and maybe a metaphor for the whole sorry state of our club over the last year or more.

Baseless nonsense or a reasonably credible account?

As always I'll allow 'Bob's Board' members to decide for themselves.

[Wooden Spoon]

MDCCCLXVI said:

1462224020[/url]' post='1207765']
The problem wasn't the player, it was the manager that signed him.

Or perhaps the CEO who was recruited to oversee footballing matters better than his predecessor.

A story I was told went something like this: Saunders was so desperate/convinced of Herd's potential he allegedly ignored advice from our chief physio, who'd supposedly been told by the surgeon that reconstructed the player's knee it could turn to jelly at any time, even to the point of not insisting on a full medical, to hand him a deal which contained a clause extending his contract after a certain number of appearances - and with a significant rise.

Then following Saunders' sacking Smith was reportedly informed of this and instructed not to play the former Villa man in case he triggered that clause.

Unfortunately Turner had got it wrong as Herd had already pulled on a shirt enough times to confirm his lucrative position, meaning Danny Wilson had that much less room for manoeuvre post January.

A real mess and maybe a metaphor for the whole sorry state of our club over the last year

If that is true, it's shameful.

[AllTownArentWe]

I enjoyed watching him kick the sh*t out of everyone he played against, a proper dirty sod he was

[moondog]

a kick in the balls, on 02 May 2016 - 09:23 PM, said:

If that is true, it's shameful.

No reason to doubt it, Herd was clearly frozen out of the first team picture for a while, I can't remember the exact words but when questioned Mark Smith did make a comment to the interviewer he'd be better directing the question to Turner before moving quickly on.

Saunders also made no secret of the fact he was trying to tie him down to a long term deal

[azul]

novakisaspireite, on 02 May 2016 - 09:27 PM, said:

I enjoyed watching him kick the sh*t out of everyone he played against, a proper dirty sod he was

I'd preferred it when he actually managed to control the ball

[jack bauer]

novakisaspireite, on 02 May 2016 - 09:27 PM, said:

I enjoyed watching him kick the sh*t out of everyone he played against, a proper dirty sod he was

mick kennedy (remember him) replayed

[firedodger]

Can't wait to see him lining up for Perth on BT sport.