Unabomber Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 Why were they paying him £1.3million a year? That is absolutely mental!
st albans fox Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 Surely he’s been terribly advised unless he thinks he can do them for constructive dismissal or something similar ...... I suspect they could have terminated his contract anyway so will argue that they didn’t need to make the offer of him staying on a reduced wage .... never liked him for some reason .....
Tanya Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 To me this feels like they sacked the most expendiable player but let the other two, who were even more culpable, off. Fair play to sack Keogh but surely the other two should have been sacked too? Derby come out of this looking terrible.
The Horse's Mouth Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 Keogh werent even the one driving was he?
Ric Flair Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 He will take them to court and I'd be astonished if he doesn't win.
UniFox21 Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 Only thing that I can think of is there being a clause of some sort about injury from things such as drinking incidents that allows them to terminate the contract
foxile5 Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 It's the 'not tolerating' line that sticks on the craw. They're tolerating Bennett and Lawrence
Leeds Fox Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 The club statement mentioned ‘Gross Misconduct’. Him being captain and allowing the others to drive would have been gross negligence. Citing the reason as misconduct suggests it’s something he has actually done, rather than allowed to happen. There were a lot of rumours flying around and if they were found to be true, it’s a sackable offence in many professions. Even if all 3 (or more) were found to have been guilty of this offence, sacking Keogh seems sensible. His contract would’ve been about up by the time he’d played again. They’ll say he should know better and his position in the club was untenable. With the other two, there are 3 scenarios: 1 - Slap on the wrist, being young and misguided. Sell them on when they can, makes sense from a business point of view. 2 - Wait until the legal hearings are done and then either sack or sell. 3 - Face the backlash and keep them at the club. They’re not bad players.
Koke Posted 31 October 2019 Author Posted 31 October 2019 Keogh wasnt even driving. Bit of a PR disaster for Derhy. They let off 2 of their players because of resale value but sacked an aging defender.
Tinman Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 its simple! ONE player is unable to perform their work duties. ONE player has been let go. Can someone please name another player that injured themselves outside of work through their own stupidity and has an expected return date after their current contract ends and is still employed please.
filbertway Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 3 hours ago, Tinman said: its simple! ONE player is unable to perform their work duties. ONE player has been let go. Can someone please name another player that injured themselves outside of work through their own stupidity and has an expected return date after their current contract ends and is still employed please. Matty James
Danno Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 6 hours ago, filbertway said: Matty James You what? What a stupid comment. Not even comparable.
Unabomber Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 10 hours ago, Tinman said: its simple! ONE player is unable to perform their work duties. ONE player has been let go. Can someone please name another player that injured themselves outside of work through their own stupidity and has an expected return date after their current contract ends and is still employed please. No chance here. Derby have completely fell off in this instance
Guest foxestalkisfullofidiots Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 11 hours ago, Tinman said: its simple! ONE player is unable to perform their work duties. ONE player has been let go. Can someone please name another player that injured themselves outside of work through their own stupidity and has an expected return date after their current contract ends and is still employed please. I think the sticking point might be that he wasn’t driving, and loads of footballers have had non football related injuries, It will be interesting to see how this goes.
Tinman Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 13 hours ago, Unabomber said: No chance here. Derby have completely fell off in this instance What should we have done then?
KrefelderFox666 Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 28 minutes ago, Tinman said: What should we have done then? Sack Bennett and Lawrence too?
Samilktray Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 Derby have really made themselves look like a rancid little club in this haven’t they
Guest Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 "The club will not tolerate any of its players or staff behaving in a manner which puts themselves, their colleagues, and members of the general public at risk of injury or worse, or which brings the club into disrepute" - Lawrence starts five of the six games since the crash, Bennett plays in two of them. Seem to be doing a good enough job of tolerating it when it's coming from players who can potentially still make them some money
DerbyshireFox Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 8 minutes ago, Guest said: "The club will not tolerate any of its players or staff behaving in a manner which puts themselves, their colleagues, and members of the general public at risk of injury or worse, or which brings the club into disrepute" - Lawrence starts five of the six games since the crash, Bennett plays in two of them. Seem to be doing a good enough job of tolerating it when it's coming from players who can potentially still make them some money Not to mention signing Rooney in January, who picked up a DUI in the US last year. No doubt he’ll get the armband at some point. I can’t see how Keogh wouldn’t win a legal challenge. He may be captain, but he can’t be held accountable for letting Lawrence and Bennett drive. They are responsible for that, not their former captain. It smacks of hypocrisy and from the outside, Derby look a complete mess. The statement is laughable. Unless there are other incidents that night that we don’t know about, they’ve made a complete balls-up of it
The Bear Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 They've sacked Keogh because he's old, knackered, and is worth pretty much nothing. Money comes before principles as always in this case. They aren't going to throw Bennett and Lawrence away just for some other team to pick them up on a free.
TheSomersetFox Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 Stoke will probably look for a quick fix in the position they're in but surely Pearson would be perfect for them. Aren't Shakey and Walsh out of work at the minute as well?
Tinman Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 1 hour ago, isaidno said: Nathan Jones finally sacked. He was there too long.
The Horse's Mouth Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 2 hours ago, Goober said: Stoke will probably look for a quick fix in the position they're in but surely Pearson would be perfect for them. Aren't Shakey and Walsh out of work at the minute as well? I dont think they'll touch nige his stock has plummeted a bit now
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 1 November 2019 Posted 1 November 2019 Wouldn't surprise me if Stoke went back in for Pulis, the club shop king
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