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Post by sharky on May 4, 2016 14:54:35 GMT
From Sky Sports www.skysports.com/football/news/11711/10268915/rob-green-opens-up-on-queens-park-rangers-exile?Rob Green opens up on Queens Park Rangers exileBy Michael Kelleher Last Updated: 04/05/16 12:33pm Former England international goalkeeper Rob Green has spoken of his anguish at being frozen out at Queens Park Rangers over a clause in his contract. The 36-year-old has not featured in a QPR's match-day squad since New Year's Day because he would trigger an extension of his current two-year deal if he plays 30 Championship matches. Green, who has been at Loftus Road since 2012, was initially viewed as a central figure in the club's push for immediate promotion back to the Premier League this season. However, the club's disappointing form over the first half of the campaign led to the dismissal of manager Chris Ramsey in November with QPR 13th in the Championship table. Ramsey's replacement, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, informed Green that his 25th appearance of the campaign - on January 1 - would be his last for the club. "With the clause in my contract that if I played up to 30 games, I would trigger another year in my contract and the club decided that wouldn't happen," Green said, speaking exclusively on Sky Sports Now. "They wanted to give promotion a run at the start of the season and wanted to keep me with a view to that. Come Christmas it was fairly evident that was going to be beyond our reach. "It was a disappointing moment for the club because we had really given it a go. "Then Charlie (Austin) left in January. That was another decision they had made that they wanted to keep him and try and do as much as they could. "From that point on, I have not played a game. It has been a frustrating time - one that took me a little while to get my head around." Both QPR and Green were keen for him to leave the club in January but despite interest from several clubs in signing him, including Crystal Palace and West Ham, he was unable to secure a move away. "The decision was made in January with a view to me hopefully getting a move in January," Green added. "There were a couple of things that came about but they never came to fruition, which again was disappointing. "But that is football and that is the way of the world. It is difficult in January because everyone has got their goalkeepers. Unless someone has had a bad injury or something like that, no one needs a goalkeeper in January." He added: "Having a small break from playing games has perhaps reinvigorated me for a new season," Green said. "I know I am going into a summer break but I am feeling ready to go and wanting to play games. "It has been a frustrating time but one where I have managed to spend time away from football and found life outside of it for the first time in 36 years. It has been positive in other ways."
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Post by maude on May 4, 2016 19:14:43 GMT
Disgusting from the club to treat a player like that because of THEIR ineptitude to create a proper contract. Disgraceful.
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Post by Roller on May 4, 2016 19:23:40 GMT
Disgusting from the club to treat a player like that because of THEIR ineptitude to create a proper contract. Disgraceful. Would you rather that we'd kept playing him and been lumbered with his wages for another season because of a clause which Green's agent would have insisted on?
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Post by maude on May 4, 2016 21:04:07 GMT
Disgusting from the club to treat a player like that because of THEIR ineptitude to create a proper contract. Disgraceful. Would you rather that we'd kept playing him and been lumbered with his wages for another season because of a clause which Green's agent would have insisted on? And the CLUB agreed to. Be serious roller. Its disgraceful.
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Post by maude on May 4, 2016 21:11:47 GMT
He is a pro footballer, given the admiration by the club and FANS, for nearly 4 seasons now. And you think its right we cut off his career because of qpr's disgusting contract policy? Where are you coming from roller?
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Post by maude on May 4, 2016 21:19:23 GMT
Rob green is great.....whoopee.
Rob green is shit..... Let's drop him out of footballing existence , he has,a clause in his contract. Could save the club money but F*** his career
You lot make me F***in laugh.
Morals people
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Post by maude on May 4, 2016 21:23:59 GMT
Disgusting from the club to treat a player like that because of THEIR ineptitude to create a proper contract. Disgraceful. Would you rather that we'd kept playing him and been lumbered with his wages for another season because of a clause which Green's agent would have insisted on? I'd rather we acted like proper humans and acknowledged he is a footballer and the club is a messed up pile of shit that does not warrant us giving them advice on how to save money they have F***ing lost.
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Post by sharky on May 4, 2016 22:16:38 GMT
Rob Green is not as good as Smithies and Ingram IMO maude.
Now with regards to contracts policy I take your point but it takes two to tango. Having agreed this contract and us not going to get promoted this was the only way to go. He's still getting tens of thousands of pounds a week to do nothing and will get a heap of money next year at his new club so I for one don't feel sorry for him.
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Post by gladstoneparkranger on May 4, 2016 23:28:31 GMT
45k a week ... How long would it take to make his months wages?
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Post by Roller on May 5, 2016 5:10:42 GMT
He is a pro footballer, given the admiration by the club and FANS, for nearly 4 seasons now. And you think its right we cut off his career because of qpr's disgusting contract policy? Where are you coming from roller? Maude, just as I had no issue with Ryan Nelsen bailing out of his contract to become manager at Toronto, I have no problem with QPR choosing not to play Green. Surely his agent must have explained to him that this was a possibility when they insisted on the clause in his contract. If Green was really worried about dropping “out of footballing existence” then he would have torn his contract up and become a free agent; he did not. I wonder what his agent’s advice was? Good luck to him in the future.
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Post by harr on May 5, 2016 6:36:59 GMT
Its a good luck from me. Always been a model pro and always someone I have been very happy to have had at QPR FC If only a few more that were bought at the same sort of time showed the same amount of commitment and professionalism. As for the others Traore etc, good riddance. Wont be remembered like I would Rob. I still get angry at the Forest Pen though.
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Post by Bushman on May 5, 2016 8:09:56 GMT
Morals, proper humans, disgraceful, ineptitude, disgusting and a pile of shite.......
Maude you can't possibly be talking about QPR!
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Post by nadera78 on May 5, 2016 8:14:50 GMT
Rob green is great.....whoopee. Rob green is shite..... Let's drop him out of footballing existence , he has,a clause in his contract. Could save the club money but F*** his career You lot make me F***in laugh. Morals people What morals did Rob Green show when he turned down a move to West Ham in January because QPR wouldn't top up his wages? Pure greed.
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Post by sharky on May 7, 2016 16:33:21 GMT
Not even on the bench for the last game.
Gone with a whimper not a bang.
I'd like to thank him for his service over the last few years. I remember his record clean sheets a couple seasons ago.
All the best to you for the future Rob.
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Post by Lonegunmen on May 11, 2016 0:04:12 GMT
Good bye and to all the others let go too.
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Post by maude on May 15, 2016 23:17:28 GMT
Frankenstein comes to mind when I think of players we have signed under fernandes.
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Post by maude on May 15, 2016 23:22:03 GMT
Rob green is great.....whoopee. Rob green is shitee..... Let's drop him out of footballing existence , he has,a clause in his contract. Could save the club money but F*** his career You lot make me F***in laugh. Morals people What morals did Rob Green show when he turned down a move to West Ham in January because QPR wouldn't top up his wages? Pure greed. Bet you thought he was the best thing since sliced bread in our play off season
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Post by maude on May 15, 2016 23:27:04 GMT
Some fans need to stop thinking about players contracts and get to the problem of fernandes. We are going nowhere, and still I see excitement cos of a badge and a new kit.
QPR will not change cos fans are constantly hoodwinked.
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Post by maude on May 15, 2016 23:52:07 GMT
He is a pro footballer, given the admiration by the club and FANS, for nearly 4 seasons now. And you think its right we cut off his career because of qpr's disgusting contract policy? Where are you coming from roller? Maude, just as I had no issue with Ryan Nelsen bailing out of his contract to become manager at Toronto, I have no problem with QPR choosing not to play Green. Surely his agent must have explained to him that this was a possibility when they insisted on the clause in his contract. If Green was really worried about dropping “out of footballing existence” then he would have torn his contract up and become a free agent; he did not. I wonder what his agent’s advice was? Good luck to him in the future. His agent, and rob green of course would of known about the clause. But any footballer of sound mind would of taken that clause as protection against said footballer having a injury, considering greens age,so would the club. But the club chose to use it in desperation to get rid of a wage that is harmful not only to the owners pockets but to the impending fine. Which is, of the clubs own doing. Fans shouldn't preach about players contracts or clauses, without first looking at the intentions of why they were given them in the first place by the club.
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Post by nadera78 on May 16, 2016 11:23:38 GMT
What morals did Rob Green show when he turned down a move to West Ham in January because QPR wouldn't top up his wages? Pure greed. Bet you thought he was the best thing since sliced bread in our play off season Not really, my view of Rob Green is the same now as it's always been. A good keeper, with some obvious flaws that he's never ironed out, but who was paid way over the odds (not alone on that front!). But that's not really the point, you talked about us lacking morals for benching Green, but my point was he showed no morals himself.
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Post by harr on May 16, 2016 12:49:12 GMT
As far as i'm concerned I think Rob G has been one of the better signings over the last few years. Did what he was asked to do and got on with the job in hand. If QPR were silly enough to pay the wages in the first place you cant blame Rob. If any of us were on 30k year and our boss said have 60k would you refuse it.
Very sad Ale , Clint and Rob G going all been good servants but QPR must have there reasons and Clint is getting on a bit now.
I will always thank any players that are leaving if they have served the club well whilst there and these three have brilliantly.
Players like Traore and others I wont mention, wont lose no sleep at all. Others like Gobern and Diakite are poor players, no fault of there own, dont wish them any malice but should never really have been purchased full stop. Poor purchases from the Club like JET and his swazzy baggage.
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Post by nomar on May 16, 2016 13:47:46 GMT
It's all moot now anyway.
Green was one of the better ones for sure. His performance in the playoff final will go down in QPR fan folklore. He was epic that day, as was Dunne.
And so, another link to one of the darkest periods of our club's existence has gone.
Nearly all those lights are out.
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Post by harr on May 16, 2016 18:15:36 GMT
It's all moot now anyway. Green was one of the better ones for sure. His performance in the playoff final will go down in QPR fan folklore. He was epic that day, as was Dunne. And so, another link to one of the darkest periods of our club's existence has gone. Nearly all those lights are out. Of course we still need to offload JET and quite possibly Tozser ? I wonder if a deal could be done with Swansea for Fer and WBA for Sandro now they have both stayed up? Of course we will only get half what we paid but I guess halfs better than nothing. I think Caulker might be hard to offload?
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Post by maude on May 16, 2016 22:09:46 GMT
Bet you thought he was the best thing since sliced bread in our play off season Not really, my view of Rob Green is the same now as it's always been. A good keeper, with some obvious flaws that he's never ironed out, but who was paid way over the odds (not alone on that front!). But that's not really the point, you talked about us lacking morals for benching Green, but my point was he showed no morals himself. The fans didn't put green on the bench. Morals I'm on about is the QPR fans are quick enough to put him on a pedestal , and then fight to be the first to kick it away. Its laughable.
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Post by maude on May 16, 2016 22:17:34 GMT
I hope that all players we sign now has the same clause. Genius of the club to have the foresight to know that players the club have given extortionate wages to ,they can exterminate there contract after 4 years of paying those wages just so they don't have to pay another 4 years of extortionate wages.
Let's applaude the club for that.
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