Tierney - I will not hold U's to ransom (From Gazette)

We may never discover how much extra cash Marc Tierney is demanding to stay with the U's,but it is probably more than a tenner a week,because if he was seeking a modest pay rise,Robbie Cowling would have sorted this out by now.Mr Tierney told the Colchester Gazette :
"The chairman has the club's best interests at heart and I have my family's interests at heart,but I think we can meet in the middle." As a
matter of interest,does Mr Tierney or anyone at the club have the fans' interests at heart as the cost of supporting the U's steadily rises and is likely to rise further if players win excessive pay rises?.Marc Tierney is now doing what he did at Shrewsbury two years ago and in the end Shrewsbury were forced to sell him - or risk losing him on a free -because they couldn't or wouldn't meet his pay demands.Paul Simpson,then manager of Shrewsbury ,said at the time (see Shropshire Star,November 27,2008):
"Marc is out of contract in the summer and we've been speaking to the player and his agent about a new one.Although the talks weren't dead,we were a long way apart....Marc has made it clear that he isn't desperate to leave,but he owed it to himself to speak to Colchester."
Does this have a slightly familiar ring?.
It will be interesting to see whether Marc Tierney does this at his next club,which he is likely to be joining in January or next summer.There is nothing any of us can do about Marc Tierney's greed and selfishness.But I do wish he would not insult fans' intelligence with that tired old nonsense about wanting to do "what is best for my family." A well-worn phrase trotted out by footballers to justify their greed.I have never met Marc Tierney,but I suspect that the most important person in his life is.....Marc Peter Tierney.

Agree with RB above. Players are all too greedy and I hate hearing the old cliche about it is best for my family and having split loyalties,etc,etc. What a crock of poo.Admit it Mr Tierney, you are only in it for yourself and your own selfish greed! Get real and if you have no interest in playing for Colchester United, then go now and head off to your beloved Mr Lambert or Mr Boothroyd- whoever will want to pay your over-inflated pay aspirations! I have never really rated you in any event, you cost us with expensive mistakes last season and your lacklustre performances were unprofessional at times. I was enraged at your unecessary behaviour towards other amateur semi-professionals I saw you contest against in local pre-season friendlies. Let's blood our back-up squad left-backs, Morten Knudsen and Ben Coker, when they are fit and show Mr Tierney the door. Why would you ask about your contract well before it is due for renewal unless you had not had discussions with other interested parties or were trying to get a pay rise? Pathetic.Your loyalty towards the U's knows no bounds! Up the U's!

I dont blame Mark Tierney in the least. He could do far better than staying at a club that is never going to achieve and do nothing in the future. He is far to good for this club or division we play in. After spending myself a few weeks expereincing living in a town with such passionate football supporters no wonder players and managers want to leave Colchester and join clubs that get real vibrant supporters. Colchester is a dead town and I hope Lambert or Boothroyd do come and try to get you Mark or may be come down to Southampton which is a great place to live. . Thats the trouble with most Essex people they are so fickle and hate anyone that does well. Your still very young Mark and if your a good player you deserve to play for a better team and earn more money.

crazy??

just a little!!

Crazy,on these pages on Saturday August 28,2010,you told us:
"Without price reductions in tickets at Colchester I think support will dwindle even further."
Now five days later you tell us :
"That's the trouble with most Essex people they are so fickle."
Then you add : "You're still very young Marc......you deserve to......earn more money."
Crazy,can you please tell Ozzie and me how Colchester United will be able to reduce ticket prices if they cave into players'excessive wage demands?.
PS: Southampton are fourteenth in League One and we're ninth !.Up the U's.

I like tierney as a player and hope he stays but we have a budget and if he goes he goes, better he gets sold for a fee before contract end though. John White can play at left back as he used to under parkys tenure. I see Marlon King has joined up with hoofroyd, he's welcome to him.

Crazy usually writes good sense about the U's, and here he does so again.
Everybody here, whether you are working or retired, didn't you always try to earn in line with your skills? Didn't you always relish a challenge? Why should Tierney stay with our little old club if there is a bigger one ready to pay him better?
And I agree with e8joe, John White is a good player, and belongs in the regular starting line-up, so if Tierney leaves it will be a problem but not a tragedy.

If you want to build a club for the future you build around your best players. I had my own business and if you had good staff you kept and looked after them. The club as usual will finish up getting peanuts for the players and If you read the East Anglian web page today it seems a load of players contracts run out end of season but the club is in no rush to renew them. What does that tell you about a club being progresive and forward thinking. A bit like Southend going backwoods. So would most of you prefer Matt Lockwood being brought back I dont think so. Tierney was the best outfield player we had last year. at least he gets stuck in and gives 100% . Dont worry about leauge tables RB I know who will be higher come end of season and im hoping it will be the U's. And yes regards reducing ticket prices they are still to expesive if you are going to watch second rate footballers. The club are not even trying to sort a deal for Tierny at the moment which will make him feel they dont want him instead of trying to compromise. With a new contract signed he would be worth far more and a investment if clubs did come sniffing around for him later. I said during the close season this club needs re marketing. With a piddly local paper and with our few comments its nothing to compare with the local Sothampton Echo. The media at Colchester as ive said before is more interested in writing about Eddie the Eagle and bloody boat trips with the sponsors of the club. Come on lads we all want the best for Col Utd I certainly do and lets hope we get three points tommorow.