Thendo 1,088 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 So if they didn't have a break-clause and his Man city contract just ended 31 dec, surely he would've been illegible to play on new years day, since the transfer window opened the 3rd of january (and they can't register player til then) or am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 So it's clear now. He signed the contract with City and not New York. Lampard saying he signed with New York but City extended it makes no sense unless the contract was with City in the first place. Lampard and City straight up lied. zolayes, MichaelDance, ChelseaFSee and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea Legend 11 4,062 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 So if they didn't have a break-clause and his Man city contract just ended 31 dec, surely he would've been illegible to play on new years day, since the transfer window opened the 3rd of january (and they can't register player til then) or am I missing something?They've changed their stance yet again... Had a 1-yr contract with a break clause that they had amended on the 31st. Safe to say City and Frank are talking bullshit to save face and are doing a piss poor job. zolayes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thendo 1,088 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 They've changed their stance yet again... Had a 1-yr contract with a break clause that they had amended on the 31st. Safe to say City and Frank are talking bullshit to save face and are doing a piss poor job.What a mess!I don't see the point in doing this? Why act so shady about the whole thing. Surely all of Man City,NYC, Pellegrini and Lampard knew of this and blatanly lied to/mislead people when asked about it. If it's just a way to try to save Lamps face, then that is truly dissapointing and shamefull of him. Surely lying and misleading the public about a transfer could be punishable in some way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelDance 552 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 What a mess!I don't see the point in doing this? Why act so shady about the whole thing. Surely all of Man City,NYC, Pellegrini and Lampard knew of this and blatanly lied to/mislead people when asked about it. If it just a way to save Lamps face, then that is truly dissapointing and shamefull of him. Surely lying and misleading the public about a transfer could be punishable in some way?If it was us = yes, because it's city they'll get away with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 i see you like making assumptions....i see you like trying to cause trouble MichaelDance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 So City built a new football club to massage Frank's ego so it didn't make it look as if he was betraying his past loyalties? I thought Lampard was supposed to be an intelligent person, did he think no-one would find out?This conspiracy theory.I think Lamps wanted to move to the States, NYC approached him and told him that he can join the club and keep playing in England for ManCity before the next season starts. He liked the idea of playing football and joined. MCFC gave him until January, he impressed and they offered an extension. He loves playing football and he will never, ever get to play in the EPL again, he is 36, you gotta take these oppurtunities. It's wasn't nice to us, but he is his own man before anything else.Hey, hey, hey. No conniving, no scheming, it is just how thing turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I'm sure he didn't want to ever leave Chelsea when he said it. But things change, life goes on, it bowls you spinball and you have to adapt. Azpinator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 NewYork papers not very happy: zolayes and MichaelDance 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Term-X 7,891 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 This conspiracy theory.I think Lamps wanted to move to the States, NYC approached him and told him that he can join the club and keep playing in England for ManCity before the next season starts. He liked the idea of playing football and joined. MCFC gave him until January, he impressed and they offered an extension.Hey, hey, hey. No conniving, no scheming, it is just how thing turned out.NYC didn't approach him, they were only a concept then.. Man-City did, and I refuse to believe Lampard is that naive. He will have known exactly what was going on, and how things would be 'perceived'. The Mak, MichaelDance and zolayes 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 NYC didn't approach him, they were only a concept then.. Man-City did, and I refuse to believe Lampard is that naive. He will have known exactly what was going on, and how things would be 'perceived'.NYC weren't a concept they were a real club that was being prepared for the next season. Where is the naivety in what I posted? He left, he was given a good offer that let him keep playing in England. Azpinator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Jesus Christ, Term-X you paint Lamps as a guy that had been planning and scheming this for half of his life. It is quite simply just how things turned out, he left and was given a chance to keep playing in England while then being able to comfortably move to the States afterwards. bababoom and Azpinator 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I blame that fucking Christine Bleakley.....now she is a bitch her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Term-X 7,891 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 NYC weren't a concept they were a real club that was being prepared for the next season. Where is the naivety in what I posted? He left, he was given a good offer that let him keep playing in England.It's the City group he was dealing with though, as these reports show. Based on that post I quoted you painted Lampard to be naive, as if he wasn't fully aware of how it would benefit him to disguise the fact he was signing 'directly' to our only title rivals. MichaelDance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Term-X 7,891 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 The lies, the quotes.. they all contradict each other, it's all been unravelled. Roquila, zolayes and The Mak 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 It's the City group he was dealing with though, as these reports show. Based on that post I quoted you painted Lampard to be naive, as if he wasn't fully aware of how it would benefit him to disguise the fact he was signing 'directly' to our only title rivals.I never painted Lampard out as being naive. I'm saying that he didn't care in the slightest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 9, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted January 9, 2015 This conspiracy theory.I think Lamps wanted to move to the States, NYC approached him and told him that he can join the club and keep playing in England for ManCity before the next season starts. He liked the idea of playing football and joined. MCFC gave him until January, he impressed and they offered an extension. He loves playing football and he will never, ever get to play in the EPL again, he is 36, you gotta take these oppurtunities. It's wasn't nice to us, but he is his own man before anything else.Hey, hey, hey. No conniving, no scheming, it is just how thing turned out.Plenty of loopholes in that:1. If he was not scheming, he would have actually signed for NYFC and then when the opportunity came up went on loan to Man City (or god forbid to some other club outside of England if all he wanted was to stay fit).2. If he wasn't intentionally misleading and conning NewYorkers, he and Man City would not have explicitly said on several occasions that he was on loan at City and instead would have told the truth that he had a season long contract and that he might sign a contract with NYFC once he was done playing at City.3. He held a hugely publicized press conference to say that he not only has become a NYFC player and signed a 2 year contract, but that he was there to lead the team by example and help the entire league grow when in fact he knew that he:a. Was aiming at not being there for half of the first season.b. He could and still can join any other team he wants including other MLS teams or teams outside the country or even retire if he wishes because he has nothing legally biding him to NYFC. The Mak, Viper22, manpe and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Fulham Broadway 17,319 Posted January 9, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted January 9, 2015 Question;Hypothetically everyone on this thread goes to the Citeh game. Whatchagonna do ? BOOOO him ? Cheer SUPERFRANK ! ?, Polite applause ? Or ignore the fact hes playing ??I will applaud, and not let City fans claim one of our legends, negate 13 years of wonderful football and silverware. I also hope he either gets a niggling (nothing serious) injury before, or plays one of those anonymous stinkers he occasionally played for us. Mission, bababoom, Beepu and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 9, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted January 9, 2015 Question;Hypothetically everyone on this thread goes to the Citeh game.Whatchagonna do ? BOOOO him ? Cheer SUPERFRANK ! ?, Polite applause ? Or ignore the fact hes playing ??I will applaud, and not let City fans claim one of our legends, negate 13 years of wonderful football and silverware. I also hope he either gets a niggling (nothing serious) injury before, or plays one of those anonymous stinkers he occasionally played for us.Polite applause if he comes on or is subbed off, but I certainly would NOT be cheering and signing the name of a City player playing against our boys. Our away fans at the Ettihad actually played a role in my opinion in taking some of the momentum out of the team that was on the front foot before Frank came out and the cheering his name begun and gave him the confidence and motivation to score. RoyalBlues, MichaelDance, Viper22 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Special Juan 28,141 Posted January 9, 2015 Popular Post! Share Posted January 9, 2015 As it stands, and if I was in our stands I wouldn't be singing his name. No boos, no jeering him just nothing........Let him come and clap us, let him applaud us as fans and let him love us. Show your hand Frank, we loved you.......now it's over to you!! MichaelDance, Spike, Viper22 and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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