Souttar signs pre-contract with Rangers (Super Thread)

[LarrysRightFoot]

12 minutes ago, H2 said:

He's human, he's done what the majority of you would have done and looked after his interests first and foremost. How many of you would stay with your employer when another will triple your wages?

Good luck to him.

I agree to an extent but the fact we stood by him through 3 major injuries it feels like he owed us something. Also, I don’t want him to do well there. 

[OTT]

6 minutes ago, Debut 4 said:

Won’t get a game.  Will end up one of those pointless Hun signings.  
 

I don’t normally get bothered about players leaving , even to the old firm (it’s the nature of the game),  but something doesn’t sit right with this one.  
 

Too soon after nursing him back from serious injury, I think?

 

Its vile. Morally the right and proper thing to do was to sign an extension and go either now, or in the summer down south for a fee. 

 

He's done the club stinking and by the tone of the statement on our website he didn't even have the decency to let them know ahead of time he'd signed a contract already. 

 

I hope we make him see out his contract for doing that.

 

Clarke won't pick players who aren't playing, so he can have fun in the reserves training with the kids whilst Gordon and our other internationals go off. 

 

Absolute welt of a laddie. 

[Seymour M Hersh]

******* is dead to me. Hope he never pulls the jersey on again and is forced to train with the U18s.

[A Shoreditch Heart]

he's a good footballer and I wish him a long and injury free career, but get him out of our club now and send him packing to that horrible shower of bigoted nonsense toot sweet - goodbye John!

[kingantti1874]

1 minute ago, Scott Leitch said:

Booing him when/if he plays for us again will really help the rest of the players! 

it certainly won’t.. and that’s why he must be sold 

or benched..

 

He cannot play.  

[Naisys Tackle]

3 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

will last for one game.. and then the strength of the fan reaction will alter that stance. 
 

Taylor -Moore or smith should start ahead of soapy 

 

I totally agree.  He should gtf. 

[Bazzas right boot]

19 minutes ago, Robbies Tackle said:

 

I'm not a gambling man.   Told you though. 

How much money are we getting?

 

[Bozi]

19 minutes ago, Holyrood_Hearts said:

Hearts releasing a statement is ****ing pathetic. Why we coming out saying he’s an important member of the 1st team squad.
 

He shouldn’t be anywhere near our team from now on. The fans will be on his back until the summer, any mistake he makes will be down to him not wanting to be here, and when we play Rangers he’ll be accused of not trying (& against Celtic he’ll be trying to hard) 

 

Send him out on loan (like Walker) until his contract runs down, or sit him in the stand & train on his own. 

Robbie always bullshits about transfers,  if he says we are after 5 then it weakens our position, same with transfers out

If TheRangers want him now it will cost them 

[Jean Louis Valois]

Call me a cynic, and I hope this isn't the case. But I hope the few ex sevco players we have in our club haven't been in his ear encouraging this move. 

[Irufushi]

16 minutes ago, H2 said:

He's human, he's done what the majority of you would have done and looked after his interests first and foremost. How many of you would stay with your employer when another will triple your wages?

Good luck to him.

Good luck my arse. **** him .

[Jean Louis Valois]

Call me a cynic, and I hope this isn't the case. But I hope the few ex sevco players we have in our club haven't been in his ear encouraging this move. 

[Sooperstar]

Let him rot.

[Jean Louis Valois]

Call me a cynic, and I hope this isn't the case. But I hope the few ex sevco players we have in our club haven't been in his ear encouraging this move. 

[Bongo 1874]

Would rather he went down England, Rangers taking a risk but if he can stay fit, there's a good chance they will get a fee for him. 

[EIEIO]

15 minutes ago, H2 said:

He's human, he's done what the majority of you would have done and looked after his interests first and foremost. How many of you would stay with your employer when another will triple your wages?

Good luck to him.

Not many people give 6 months notice to their existing employers though. It's a job like others to players but to fans it's beyond that.

[AuldReekiee]

Booooooo.

[andydog]

Any player that signs a pre contract with a team in the same league and thinks they can continue to turn out for their current team whilst everyone watching knows they’ve ran their contract down and committed to rival is ****ing deluded. 

[A Shoreditch Heart]

2 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

it certainly won’t.. and that’s why he must be sold 

or benched..

 

He cannot play.  

there is no way he will play for us again 

 

[Naisys Tackle]

1 minute ago, Smith's right boot said:

How much money are we getting?

 

 

no idea mate.  not enough anyway so fair play to the club for telling them to bolt as it it was obviously peanuts.  

[Nookie Bear]

Daniel McProdan 🤞 

[AuldReekiee]

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Edited January 14, 2022 by AuldReekiee

[A_A wehatethehibs]

🤮 bench him for the rest of the season. in fact don’t even let him on the bench

[Morgaro Gomis]

5 minutes ago, Ibrahim Tall said:

Are they though? Sky likes to convince the world the championship is this ‘amazing’ league that’s the envy of all but when it comes down to it it’s still a second division.
I hate the OF as much as anyone but it’s ****ing sad hearing Scots claim playing for mediocre English 2nd division side that competes to be relegated from the Premiership the following year is somehow ‘above’ regularly winning Scottish trophies and playing in Europe. Money is literally the only reason to go there. 

 

Sorry - I was talking purely money in regards to my post given then person I responded to was talking about quadrupling his wages.

[neilnunb]

He should be investigated for matchfixing given the amount of space he gave Aribo to score against us. Clearly had this move planned all along. 🖕🐍

[Pans Jambo]

26 minutes ago, Bluesy1874 said:

Robbie is going to play his strongest 11 and that will include Souttar. Whether we like it or not

The abuse from the stands will

mean the team will ultimately be upset. He may play 1 or 2 games but I cant see the point. Hes gone, his head is elsewhere, we need to play without him sooner or later. Be as well being sooner or upset the dynamic of this team and see performances suffer. Theres no point in him hanging about like a bad smell infecting the place. Hes a dead man walking. 
He needs to go or train with the laddies for the sake of the rest of the team. 

Edited January 14, 2022 by Pans Jambo

[Nookie Bear]

1 minute ago, Bongo 1874 said:

Would rather he went down England, Rangers taking a risk but if he can stay fit, there's a good chance they will get a fee for him. 

You’re obsessed with churning over players for profit. 

[Debut 4]

6 minutes ago, OTT said:

 

Its vile. Morally the right and proper thing to do was to sign an extension and go either now, or in the summer down south for a fee. 

 

He's done the club stinking and by the tone of the statement on our website he didn't even have the decency to let them know ahead of time he'd signed a contract already. 

 

I hope we make him see out his contract for doing that.

 

Clarke won't pick players who aren't playing, so he can have fun in the reserves training with the kids whilst Gordon and our other internationals go off. 

 

Absolute welt of a laddie. 

Agree. There’s this whole bull##### about some fans and the wider football public accepting this is just the scenario and it’s viewed that players can act without decency and a conscience.  “It’s about their livelihood”
 

I know clubs can stiff players too but there has to be a balance.  As you say, all he had to do was sign an extension to help the club, show a bit class and respect towards the club.  No one would’ve bothered as much.  

Edited January 14, 2022 by Debut 4

[Bozi]

**** TheRangers and **** Souttar but if anyone thinks we would have not dumped him if injuries had finished his career is deluded. This might be his only big pay day, its shite but it's life 

[3fingersreid]

25 minutes ago, Smith's right boot said:

 

 

Yeah,  if he thinks Tuesday will be a fond farewell he's in for a surprise. 

 

 

It's gonna be a side show and effect the team, he can't play. 

He’ certainly won’t be getting a thank you and good luck from me on Tuesday night 😡😡😡

I do think it could be a problem if he plays , need to be focussing on the team rather than that rangers fud 

[Bozi]

Just now, neilnunb said:

He should be investigated for matchfixing given the amount of space he gave Aribo to score against us. Clearly had this move planned all along. 🖕🐍

Wow that's Celtic level right there 

[Clerry Jambo]

27 minutes ago, Bluesy1874 said:

Robbie is going to play his strongest 11 and that will include Souttar. Whether we like it or not

Another reason fur Neilson to bolt

[neilnunb]

Just now, Bozi said:

Wow that's Celtic level right there 

 

 

Oh ffs I am hardly serious 🙄😁

[Saint Jambo]

11 minutes ago, The Grim Reaper said:

We’ll get **** all. Dreaming if you think otherwise. 

 

So on that basis would you have been happier if our statement had said we would now be talking to Souttar with the aim of immediately terminating his contract by mutual consent?

 

I actually think the most likely option is that Rangers will aim to get him for a pittance but won't want to pay a decent amount for him unless Goldson or someone else moves on this window. In that scenario I think the club may want to keep him and play him. This season has to be about coming 3rd given the potential European implications. As the 3rd best team in the country we also have a half decent chance in the cup. It is easy to ask 'why play him over someone committed long-term to the club?' But for Neilson the answer is obvious, because we are more likely to win games with him in the team than a lower standard player on a longer contract (or in the case of Taylor Moore the same length of contract).

[Pans Jambo]

1 minute ago, Bozi said:

**** TheRangers and **** Souttar but if anyone thinks we would have not dumped him if injuries had finished his career is deluded. This might be his only big pay day, its shite but it's life 

Life my arse! 

[Kirky Jambo]

21 minutes ago, GinRummy said:

I don’t care if he’s a good guy. I don’t care if Morelos rescues baby kittens or McGregor spends his weekends working in a soup kitchen. He’s just another hun prick but added to that left in the worst possible way to one of only 3 clubs he knew the fans would be raging at. He knows fine well he’d get grief so **** him. 

Dont disagree with a word of that 👍.

 

In fact you have basically made the same point in more emphatic terms 😁

[Clark Griswold]

28 minutes ago, Bluesy1874 said:

Robbie is going to play his strongest 11 and that will include Souttar. Whether we like it or not

In that case it’s going to be a toxic atmosphere on Tuesday 

[Jeff]

1 minute ago, Bozi said:

**** TheRangers and **** Souttar but if anyone thinks we would have not dumped him if injuries had finished his career is deluded. This might be his only big pay day, its shite but it's life 

 

We paid for his recovery. Is your argument here if he couldn't play again would we still pay him 5kish a week? Mental

[Gordon Ramsay]

He deserves all the abuse he is going to get if Robbie continues to select him. 

[EH11 2NL]

11 minutes ago, gnasher75 said:

Rangers know that with 99% of the Hearts support pledging to boo his every touch, Robbie can't play him and we will be forced to accept a derisory offer that will be publicised as a nominal fee. 

 

Only way we can get a reasonable fee in January is if we all accept his decision and make it clear we will support him playing for us til the summer. But there's no way that will happen.

 

Best scenario is if we can loan him to an English club for the rest of the team and save his wages. But that seems unlikely.

John Souttar also knows this, which makes his decision even worse. No thought for Hearts at all, infact the opposite, how much he can help the huns and inturn **** us over. 

Edited January 14, 2022 by EH11 2NL

[OTT]

1 minute ago, Bozi said:

**** TheRangers and **** Souttar but if anyone thinks we would have not dumped him if injuries had finished his career is deluded. This might be his only big pay day, its shite but it's life 

 

Really? Because I'm fairly certain both Dale Carrick and Angus Beith who have both had their careers utterly ruined by injury have both been well looked after by the club, employed as youth coaches and been put through their badges. 

 

**** Souttar and his horrible selfish snakey ratlike decision. Hope his next shites a hedgehog and the strain snaps his achilles. 

[Pans Jambo]

Just now, OTT said:

 

Really? Because I'm fairly certain both Dale Carrick and Angus Beith who have both had their careers utterly ruined by injury have both been well looked after by the club, employed as youth coaches and been put through their badges. 

 

**** Souttar and his horrible selfish snakey ratlike decision. Hope his next shites a hedgehog and the strain snaps his achilles. 

I can get on board with this post

[Baxfee]

Hope hearts play hardball. If no big fee, keep him till the last minute of his contract. Piss soapy and the huns off 

[Bongo 1874]

Just now, Nookie Bear said:

You’re obsessed with churning over players for profit. 

No im in reality that, the only way we will ever get close to Rangers or Celtic, is to secure investment or make it by selling assets. 

 

Reality is we aren't on Celtic and Rangers level, but hopefully we can work towards that. 

[Boab]

1 minute ago, Clark Griswold said:

In that case it’s going to be a toxic atmosphere on Tuesday 

Full house ?

[OTT]

Just now, Baxfee said:

Hope hearts play hardball. If no big fee, keep him till the last minute of his contract. Piss soapy and the huns off 

 

Yeah, 100% I'll be gutted if we take the blue pound and let that rodent off with an easy shift. 

 

6 months, wall to wall abuse. Hope he enjoys it. 

[Graeme Russell]

Sorry to see him leave but the club are in the best position in years thanks to Savage.

Hope he stays injury free for the rest of his career and good luck.

 

[davemclaren]

13 minutes ago, Boab said:

The most telling part of the club statement is the word squad in “ John remains an important part of the first team squad...”

We'll see if he plays on Tuesday !

Correct. 😎

[Jeff]

Id play him against the cavemen of Auchinleck. See how the old knee fairs

[buzzbomb1958]

Hope his next 💩is a giant 🦔

[Guest]

The only way we should see him in a Hearts strip again, is if there a major covid outbreak and we have no choice.

 

Under Budges Hearts we're too soft to do that though. We seen it with Zlamal going to St Mirren. "Only Hearts" is nothing  more than a marketing slogan.

 

Let him train with the kids. No privileges and.no win bonuses

Edited January 14, 2022 by Jonkel Hoon