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[Harry J Allstars]

Yet more confussion. I thought that if a player hadn't been in contract with any club in the last 30 days then he could be signed?

 

Was this not the score with Adam Tann? We were waiting for the 30 day thing to expire and then sign him up?

[David Holden]

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Harry J Allstars said:
I thought

You don't really expect anyone to believe that do you?

[jc]

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David Holden said:
We can't sign anyone until the window reopens whether they are free agents or not.

Presumably 'sign' is a point of pedantry here, i.e. free agents can play for us but can't sign contracts?

[David Holden]

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jc said:

Presumably 'sign' is a point of pedantry here,

Not at all, either they can sign a contract or they can't, If we can't pin them down then there is nothing to stop them playing for us on a Saturday and then (for example) disappearing off to Notts County on the Monday.

Non-contract means exactly that: no contract just a gentlemen's agreement which is difficult when you introduce agents into the equation.

[GarySTFC]

With regard to the Slough match, I did manage to get the first three goals of the match and I'll get them up on our site at some stage. Will put a message on here once they're on as the second goal was a good'un.

[jc]

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David Holden said:Not at all, either they can sign a contract or they can't, If we can't pin them down then there is nothing to stop them playing for us on a Saturday and then (for example) disappearing off to Notts County on the Monday.

Non-contract means exactly that: no contract just a gentlemen's agreement which is difficult when you introduce agents into the equation.

Point taken.

Does this 30-day rule that Harry alludes to actually exist in the case of players who have just had their contract terminated (unlike Adam Tann, who was only still at Cambridge because they retained his registration)? If so, Hodgson wouldn't be available for the first team for a few days, since his contract at Crawley was paid up on October 27th. Or I could just be making it up.

[David Holden]

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jc said:


Does this 30-day rule that Harry alludes to actually exist in the case of players who have just had their contract terminated (unlike Adam Tann, who was only still at Cambridge because they retained his registration)? If so, Hodgson wouldn't be available for the first team for a few days, since his contract at Crawley was paid up on October 27th. Or I could just be making it up.

I have never heard of any 30 day rule.

[jc]

Actually, thinking about it, the '30 days' thing actually comes from when Nigel Clough said he couldn't register/loan any new players until 30 days after the transfer window had opened, or something like that. So, whatever the ins and outs of this rule that Clough referred to, it doesn't apply to Hodgson's situation.

[David Holden]

The is a period of 30 days from the closure of the window during which we can't take any players on loan.

 

(If you can be bothered to look, there is something on this around the closure of the first window.)

[jc]

Yep, that's what I was thinking of - when I said 'opened', I meant 'closed'.

 

Thanks for the information Dave.

[David Holden]

Another embargo begins on 24th November.

 

We are not allowed to take any players after that date until the transfer window reopens on 1st January.

 

Soo if we are to take Roy Keane it will have to be in the next six days.

[David Holden]

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David Holden said:
The is a period of 30 days from the closure of the window during which we can't take any players on loan.

(If you can be bothered to look, there is something on this around the closure of the first window.)

My mistake the embargo period is 7 days not 30.

[jc]

Thanks again for the invaluable information, Dave - I've made a note so I won't forget it this time. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />