redandblack wrote:I haven't bagged Charles at all. I've only stated that I'm disappointed he left a struggling club that had brought him up through the juniors to go to the top team for a lot more money, after asking for a pay rise at West. As nickname says, asking for the pay rise at West destroys the argument about moving to better his football and that's the issue I was addressing.
As for never letting the truth get in the way of a good story, thank you, as in this case the truth is that Charles asked for a pay rise at West and after that, decided to move to Central for a payment well above what West could offer. Hardly moving to 'better his football'.
Good luck to him for moving, but I'm entitled to my opinion; an opinion backed up by the facts.
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Charles Slattery asking for pay rise mmmm, he deserved it, he was one of our more consistent players at the time and deserved to go up the scale, the fact is we recruited some real duds from Victoria that would have got paid heaps more than Slatts was getting, the truth is also that his father was having his two bobs worth as well.
But to accuse Centrals on this one is totally unfair as he could have been treated better by us and he proved in a better side how valuable a player he really was until injuries have dented his career a little