imavillan Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) Moving back to Fulham very soon According to the Express The BBC WM local sports reporter Mark Regan expects him to go to Fulham very soon. villareport @villareport Mark Regan (BBC WM) says he expects Ross McCormack to move to Fulham 'very shortly' [bbc wm] #avfc 2:49 PM - 21 Jan 2017 8282 Retweets 7878 likes BBC West Midlands correspondent Mark Regan has claimed McCormack is on the brink of a Fulham return. Speaking on local radio, he said the 30-year-old's transfer would be announced "very shorty" by Villa. McCormack was omitted from the matchday squad last Saturday in the 2-2 draw with Preston at Villa Park. Edited January 22, 2017 by imavillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I'd imagine the issues with McCormack have been going on for some time and Bruce has reached the end of his rope with him and has called him out publicly hoping to get a positive reaction out of him. Let's hope it does the trick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limvillian Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 1 minute ago, imavillan said: Moving back to Fulham very soon According to the Express The BBC WM local sports reporter Mark Regan expects him to go to Fulham very soon. villareport @villareport Mark Regan (BBC WM) says he expects Ross McCormack to move to Fulham 'very shortly' [bbc wm] #avfc 2:49 PM - 21 Jan 2017 8282 Retweets 7878 likes BBC West Midlands correspondent Mark Regan has claimed McCormack is on the brink of a Fulham return. Speaking on local radio, he said the 30-year-old's transfer would be announced "very shorty" by Villa. McCormack was omitted from the matchday squad last Saturday in the 2-2 draw with Preston at Villa Park. He tweeted that before the game yesterday and Bruce denied there was anything happening on that front after the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Maybe moving to Fulham to enable him to sort out his personal life. I hope it's a permanent move or at least Fulham are paying 100% of his wages and giving us a loan fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, imavillan said: Moving back to Fulham very soon According to the Express The BBC WM local sports reporter Mark Regan expects him to go to Fulham very soon. villareport @villareport Mark Regan (BBC WM) says he expects Ross McCormack to move to Fulham 'very shortly' [bbc wm] #avfc 2:49 PM - 21 Jan 2017 8282 Retweets 7878 likes BBC West Midlands correspondent Mark Regan has claimed McCormack is on the brink of a Fulham return. Speaking on local radio, he said the 30-year-old's transfer would be announced "very shorty" by Villa. McCormack was omitted from the matchday squad last Saturday in the 2-2 draw with Preston at Villa Park. This came out before the game yesterday but when Bruce was asked about the Fulham story he denied it and then gave the reasons as to why he had been left out. Edited January 22, 2017 by markavfc40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Just now, limvillian said: He tweeted that before the game yesterday and Bruce denied there was anything happening on that front after the game. doh !!!!! feel a bit of a muppet now after that....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Let him go to qpr on loan as Holloway reckons Ross is the bees knees - I wouldn't let him go to Fulham as they are in direct competition for a play off place . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I'd have thought if we can get anyone to take him, bite their hand off. He's had problems at several clubs, he's getting on, he's unfit, and he very clearly has attitude problems whether caused by health, mental health, personal issues or just the standard one of players being paid so much they really don't have to bother. Clearly we're going to take (another) hit on any deal. I suppose that might be a learning point for the club, though several similar experiences make me wonder. We overpaid, and three minutes websearching show issues at previous clubs, which makes me wonder about the rigour and judgement of those doing the buying. But in the current situation, it looks to me like making a clean break would be better than trying to make it work. There will be enough problems with trying to bed in some new players and make a last bid for the playoff places. Spending time trying to resolve the situation would look like a poor choice, and a distraction. Sometimes you just have to wash your hands and concentrate on bigger priorities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 We don't have a game next week so pressure to sign immediately not so bad. I would definitely get rid of this oaf if we are offered 10m but not on loan. I'd try my damnest to get ulloa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikantcpell Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Get your ass over to Bodymoor heath you little fat ****! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 11 hours ago, Demitri_C said: That's quite hilarious if you think that's to motivate him. Bruce is bring honest and stating he won't tolerate behaviour like this It could be done privately like most managers do,lots of indiscipline goes on in other clubs that we never hear about ,By putting it into the public domain Bruce is either trying to get a reaction out of him and get him going or else he wants the fans to get on his back and ship him out would have kept it all in house otherwise it's very rare you see a manager savage a player like that in public . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dont_do_it_doug. Posted January 22, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: We don't have a game next week so pressure to sign immediately not so bad. I would definitely get rid of this oaf if we are offered 10m but not on loan. I'd try my damnest to get ulloa Zero chance of Ulloa, surely? He will stay in the PL. I've defended McCormack all along and feel let down, badly. However, a big if here, if he has mental health problems then I'd rather see the club support him than turf him out. Even if that means a loan back 'home'. At the same time, we deserve to know the truth. I think McCormack has to speak. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markavfc40 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 25 minutes ago, BigAl said: It could be done privately like most managers do,lots of indiscipline goes on in other clubs that we never hear about ,By putting it into the public domain Bruce is either trying to get a reaction out of him and get him going or else he wants the fans to get on his back and ship him out would have kept it all in house otherwise it's very rare you see a manager savage a player like that in public . I'd imagine this has been going on for some time and that McCormack has missed training, or been late, on a number of occasions and traditional in house disciplinary measures have failed to get the desired response. Bruce has therefore publicly called him out in the hope he now gets a positive response from him. I think Bruce actually said yesterday something along the lines of it is the first time he has felt the need to go public like this with a player not towing the line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 ......or maybe its Bruce losing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 If he is having personal issues, I am hoping the club provides a duty of care, as any decent organisation should towards their employees. if, however, he is missing training because he is a lazy prick, and is taking the club for mugs, then f*** him. There is just too much room for speculation here, so I wont judge until we know the full story, particularly after we hear from Ross himself. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I wonder what sort of personal issues we are talking about? If its a mental health problem, has no-one noticed it for the past 10 years he's been playing football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billson Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 7 minutes ago, ender4 said: I wonder what sort of personal issues we are talking about? If its a mental health problem, has no-one noticed it for the past 10 years he's been playing football? Depression, stress, anxiety maybe? Not necessarily things that will have been with him for the past 10 years. If it's an addiction or something more long term then yes you would wonder why it's only becoming a problem now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted January 23, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Billson said: Depression, stress, anxiety maybe? Not necessarily things that will have been with him for the past 10 years. If it's an addiction or something more long term then yes you would wonder why it's only becoming a problem now. Easier to ignore/hide them when you're scoring every other week though, he's been a flop here so harder to manage I guess. There has been nothing to say what the problems are though, so he might just have gone thorugh a bad patch at home or decided to be a lazy arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Bruce must surely know that it isnt a mental health issue to be calling him out in public like that. Surely Mental Health and its diagnosis is such a gray area that Bruce would have to be 100% sure that it is attitudinal or circumstantial rather than psychological before he and Tony have come out and said what they have. The danger now of course is that McCormack just has to hint at having mental health issues and the club, and Bruce and Tony as individuals, could be opening themselves up to all sorts of criticisms and actions. It an unfortunate truth that, the better the care and resources and laws we make for people with mental health, the more attractive they are for people to exploit and i'm sure we all know people that have both benefited form the system as well as people who have exploited the system. Apologies - I know im a bit off topic here, and I am not trying to assume anything about McCormack as an individual - but I think the approach that Tony and Bruce have taken here is really risky and I dont really see a happy ending here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 18 hours ago, Eastie said: Let him go to qpr on loan as Holloway reckons Ross is the bees knees - I wouldn't let him go to Fulham as they are in direct competition for a play off place . We're competing for the playoffs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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