Saint-Armstrong Posted 10 January, 2013 Posted 10 January, 2013 Being reported this evening. I'd forgotten he existed!!
LGTL Posted 10 January, 2013 Posted 10 January, 2013 Probably walking straight into a Wembley Cup Final!
The Kraken Posted 10 January, 2013 Posted 10 January, 2013 Wemberlee, Wemberlee, he's done f*ck all yet this season but he's going to Wemberlee. Maybe.
Colinjb Posted 10 January, 2013 Posted 10 January, 2013 Wasn't it Dickson who went on loan and played at Wemberleeeeee last season? He only plays at wemberleee Lee Holmes at Swindon. Deprived by Coventry (oh F**KING YES!!! Great game!!) whilst playing for Preston tonight. Good luck to Dickson.
sotonjoe Posted 10 January, 2013 Posted 10 January, 2013 Can't see his fiancée following him up there!
Dig Dig Posted 10 January, 2013 Posted 10 January, 2013 Can't see his fiancée following him up there! Who cares?
Miltonaggro Posted 10 January, 2013 Posted 10 January, 2013 I've heard Bradford is very nice at this time of the year...
melmacian_saint Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Football is indeed very unfair. An absolute mercenary who was lucky to be dragged into a PL pay-check, spends half a season doing absolutely nothing but running around for 2 hours a day, and walks into a team on the verge of history (let's hope they can achieve so). Hope he's going there as a sub player and never makes the list for any of their remaining LC fixtures (probably what they have in mind, given they're going for a lot of things squad rotation becomes key for a L2 team currently just surviving above its weight).
Saint 76er Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Perhaps this is a sweetener with a view to signing Wells from Bradford, with whom we have been linked recently in some media sources?
Wade Garrett Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Football is indeed very unfair. An absolute mercenary who was lucky to be dragged into a PL pay-check, spends half a season doing absolutely nothing but running around for 2 hours a day, and walks into a team on the verge of history (let's hope they can achieve so). Hope he's going there as a sub player and never makes the list for any of their remaining LC fixtures (probably what they have in mind, given they're going for a lot of things squad rotation becomes key for a L2 team currently just surviving above its weight). 'Absolute mercenary', are you sure. Are you in the habit of volunteering to take a pay cut, I'm not. Does that make me a mercenary as well? He would have left ages ago if we were willing to do a deal on his contract. Not his fault.
SaintRichmond Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 I've heard Bradford is very nice at this time of the year... Bit like the West Indies ..... but colder and with rain
Dan Johnson Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Football is indeed very unfair. An absolute mercenary who was lucky to be dragged into a PL pay-check, spends half a season doing absolutely nothing but running around for 2 hours a day, and walks into a team on the verge of history (let's hope they can achieve so). Hope he's going there as a sub player and never makes the list for any of their remaining LC fixtures (probably what they have in mind, given they're going for a lot of things squad rotation becomes key for a L2 team currently just surviving above its weight). Think he wanted to play elsewhere but other clubs couldnt afford his wages, so we were asked to either buy out his remaining contract to let him leave or subsidise his wages at another club but we refused, it was put down as a "Business decission" I suspect the pay rises he got when we got promoted twice over put him in that situation. If he was on £3000 a week when he signed he's probably on nearly £4500 now, thats nearly an extra £80k a year. For someone who potentially will be out of work at 35 & who will never earn that kind of money again you can hardly blame him. We all have financial commitments to meet. Just because he's a footballer & on good money doesnt make his commitments any less pressing than ours. If he was on 10-15k a week it would be different, but I highly doubt that!
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 For someone who potentially will be out of work at 35 & who will never earn that kind of money again you can hardly blame him. We all have financial commitments to meet. Just because he's a footballer & on good money doesnt make his commitments any less pressing than ours ... Well I dunno about your financial situation, but unless he is on a serious tart, cocaine, and camouflage painted Bentley habit, then I think it safe to say his financial problems are probably quite a bit less pressing than the average forum member's are.
david in sweden Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 'Absolute mercenary', are you sure. Are you in the habit of volunteering to take a pay cut, I'm not. Does that make me a mercenary as well? He would have left ages ago if we were willing to do a deal on his contract. Not his fault.[/QUOTE] I agree. He wasn't first choice when we signed him .....in L1 days (when he was one of the best in that league) and after having Harding / Fox at LB last season, he dropped further down the pecking order. I really hope he can kick start his career. For any athlete who has talent and wants to compete it's frustrating when you're not in action regularly......the money is one thing but, not very satisfying to have to sit on the bench... .or even get on the bench and then not play. This (hopefully) will be a fresh start and good luck to him. Certainly not as glamorous as SMS, but he'll enjoy playing regular games I'm sure.....
Window Cleaner Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Bit like the West Indies ..... but colder and with rain More like Kashmir I think.
david in sweden Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 More like Kashmir I think. ..or Portsmouth on a non-match day ...
The9 Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 (edited) Football is indeed very unfair. An absolute mercenary who was lucky to be dragged into a PL pay-check, spends half a season doing absolutely nothing but running around for 2 hours a day, and walks into a team on the verge of history (let's hope they can achieve so). Hope he's going there as a sub player and never makes the list for any of their remaining LC fixtures (probably what they have in mind, given they're going for a lot of things squad rotation becomes key for a L2 team currently just surviving above its weight). How is he a mercenary, when his twitter pre-season suggested he wanted to go on loan but the club wouldn't let him ? Also, football wages are absolutely the fairest thing about the sport, which is a meritocracy - generally overall people find a level which reflects their usefulness to the club and the team's results also usually reflect the cost and abilities of the players they are paying. You get anomalies but they even out over time (eg Anthony Pulis) and due to the massive number of alternative options for every position on the pitch / in the squad, worldwide player wages can be almost a pure market. Edited 11 January, 2013 by The9
The9 Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Well I dunno about your financial situation, but unless he is on a serious tart, cocaine, and camouflage painted Bentley habit, then I think it safe to say his financial problems are probably quite a bit less pressing than the average forum member's are. Michael Chopra, who has spent all of his career until last season employed by a club above Dickson's, seems to have managed to spend all his money purely on gambling, so...
Window Cleaner Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Michael Chopra, who has spent all of his career until last season employed by a club above Dickson's, seems to have managed to spend all his money purely on gambling, so... And Michael Owen ?
The9 Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 And Michael Owen ? Had a similar problem for a while there, with less local gangster involvement, allegedly. Hang on, I can withdraw the allegedly, Chopra can't afford to sue anyway.
Window Cleaner Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Had a similar problem for a while there, with less local gangster involvement, allegedly. Hang on, I can withdraw the allegedly, Chopra can't afford to sue anyway. hasn't he just had an appeal against the betting levy board or something turned down? Something about race fixing ?
Miltonroader07 Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Last time I went to Bradford was in 1976, what a season that was !!!!!
Thedelldays Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Last time I went to Bradford was in 1976, what a season that was !!!!! what was the score?
Window Cleaner Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 what was the score? 1-0 to Saints, the McCalliog chip over the wall with the Ossie have some of that header behind it. Nope other way round
trousers Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 @officialsaints: Defender @Ryandickson23 has joined Bradford City on loan until the end of the season http://t.co/aNf4guMP #saintsfc
sotonjoe Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Who cares? Both of them presumably, Dickhead!
trousers Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 @Ryandickson23: Also thanks to Southampton a great club with great people that im extremely proud to have been apart of #saintsfc
sotonjoe Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Won't be back. Out of contract anyway in summer.
Jonnyboy Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Can't see his fiancée following him up there! Tell her I can look after her for a few months if she likes.
sotonjoe Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Tell her I can look after her for a few months if she likes. She asked whether you have any special skills ... You know, like martial arts and ****.
leithsaint Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Whenever I think of Ryan Dickson, I remember the great run and cross to set up Lambert for the first goal against Orient, April 2011.
EastleighSoulBoy Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 what was the score? 1-0 to Saints, the McCalliog chip over the wall with the Ossie have some of that header behind it. Nope other way round Error : Ossie flips it up almost vertically. McCalliog half volleys it over the wall and into the net. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saAQEz4MQv8&playnext=1&list=PL008E0B3906513655&feature=results_video HTH
Deano6 Posted 11 January, 2013 Posted 11 January, 2013 Error : Ossie flips it up almost vertically. McCalliog half volleys it over the wall and into the net. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saAQEz4MQv8&playnext=1&list=PL008E0B3906513655&feature=results_video HTH Is it just me or did football look a bit...well...sh1t, back then?
Tamesaint Posted 12 January, 2013 Posted 12 January, 2013 Whenever I think of Ryan Dickson, I remember the great run and cross to set up Lambert for the first goal against Orient, April 2011. Likewise.
Barry Sanchez Posted 12 January, 2013 Posted 12 January, 2013 Is it just me or did football look a bit...well...sh1t, back then? I just watched some more of thos videos and I think its looks authentic, watch the palace chelsea game, pure class that.
Give it to Ron Posted 12 January, 2013 Posted 12 January, 2013 Is it just me or did football look a bit...well...sh1t, back then? The conditions of the pitches yes....the standard no way.
Chez Posted 12 January, 2013 Posted 12 January, 2013 Never understood why many fans didn't take to him. Another case of a `Mistake on TV make fans mind up' I guess. Bradford have got one hell of a signing there IMO. He's no premiership player but once he gets match fit he'll be far too good for that league. Watch Bradford's league form improve in a couple of weeks time.
Give it to Ron Posted 12 January, 2013 Posted 12 January, 2013 Never understood why many fans didn't take to him. Another case of a `Mistake on TV make fans mind up' I guess. Bradford have got one hell of a signing there IMO. He's no premiership player but once he gets match fit he'll be far too good for that league. Watch Bradford's league form improve in a couple of weeks time. I am with you Chez...Dickson is the one full back we had that would actually try and get to the byeline and deliver a cross unlike some of the others that belt it from just in their half. Bradford have a very good player.
Fan The Flames Posted 12 January, 2013 Posted 12 January, 2013 I don't know why people are hard on him; we bought him and gave him the contract he is on, he did a job for us in L1, he wasn't regarded in the champ so we don't know how he would have turned out.
austsaint Posted 12 January, 2013 Posted 12 January, 2013 Never understood why many fans didn't take to him. Another case of a `Mistake on TV make fans mind up' I guess. Bradford have got one hell of a signing there IMO. He's no premiership player but once he gets match fit he'll be far too good for that league. Watch Bradford's league form improve in a couple of weeks time. An excellent pick up for a League 2 Club - I'm convinced it was his defensive blunder in the FA Cup match v Man U which cost him his career at Saints in Nigel's eyes and many fans as a result. He is not a Prem standard LB but would be well at home in most Championship sides and at the risk of opening old wounds, Dickson appeals to me as a superior LB to Dan Harding and may still get the chance to prove his worth at Championship level.
Jonnyboy Posted 12 January, 2013 Posted 12 January, 2013 She asked whether you have any special skills ... You know, like martial arts and ****. I know the ancient art of cuningulus.
richardc Posted 12 January, 2013 Posted 12 January, 2013 Always remember him running his heart out on away victory at Brighton in L1 - I thought he was MOM Was he ever really given a chance in Championship Not really his fault certainly wasnt through lack of trying
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