Nelsen

[Macca]

Should never been allowed to leave until the end of the season, whoever decided that got it wrong I presume it was Redknapp, must have thought we would be ok without him, if we did not get Samba, who would we have to partner Hill. I would have sooner Nelson before Hill, with Nelson and Samba we would have been more solid at the back.

[West Acton]

Agree should have been told he was staying and released once we were safe or at the end of the season. I wondered the other day if he looks back and fees any responsibility

[Factamondo]

says it all when we realied on a crocked 47 year old who shouldve been playing wing three quarter n clint over the hill to keep us up!

[zeberdee]

Should never been allowed to leave until the end of the season, whoever decided that got it wrong I presume it was Redknapp, must have thought we would be ok without him, if we did not get Samba, who would we have to partner Hill. I would have sooner Nelson before Hill, with Nelson and Samba we would have been more solid at the back.

can't see any reason to presume that - the opposite in fact - he said over and over he wanted Nelsen to stay.

TBH I don't think Harry carries much weight in the club. Evidence being that if he did then M'vila/Cole/Crouch/PeterO would have been signed up in January (to have a real crack at survival rather than rely on the pi$$ poor efforts of Hughes flops) and Granero/Bosingwa and other assorted idlers would have been shown the door too.
None of which happened and not expecting much different in the summer.

[jmelanie]

Nelsen retired, so the Club could not do anything really to stop him leaving. Also if they had denied him the opportunity of going to Toronto, he would not have thanked us for it.

[acricketer]

Club took him on as a 3rd choice/ squad player and paid him as such. The fact he is a true pro and proved what a rock of a defender he is, is neither here nor there. We were using him, he used us. Top player and I wish him well.

[Felt]

He left because after six months half the fans still couldn't spell his name right!

[silvercue]

Should never been allowed to leave until the end of the season, whoever decided that got it wrong I presume it was Redknapp, must have thought we would be ok without him, if we did not get Samba, who would we have to partner Hill. I would have sooner Nelson before Hill, with Nelson and Samba we would have been more solid at the back.

Not sure how people fail to grasp this. Nelson did not go to PLAY for another club, so we are utterly powerless to stop him. Just like if you tell your boss today that you resign and decide to go and be a dustman.

He retired from playing football and took up a job as a coach. Nothing at all ANYONE at the club could do about it. And if you think you can find some clever emploeyment law, you can't, the job he took up was outside of the UK and EU regulations anyway.

[Shania]

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Should never been allowed to leave until the end of the season, whoever decided that got it wrong I presume it was Redknapp, must have thought we would be ok without him, if we did not get Samba, who would we have to partner Hill. I would have sooner Nelson before Hill, with Nelson and Samba we would have been more solid at the back.[/]

Not sure how people fail to grasp this. Nelson did not go to PLAY for another club, so we are utterly powerless to stop him. Just like if you tell your boss today that you resign and decide to go and be a dustman.

He retired from playing football and took up a job as a coach. Nothing at all ANYONE at the club could do about it. And if you think you can find some clever emploeyment law, you can't, the job he took up was outside of the UK and EU regulations anyway.

I guess HR. thought we had enough of players of quality who really wanted to play for us. Hence he let Neilson go? Well, in hindsight it seems like he was wrong...
IN my opinion, he should have given Iffy a chance alongside Hill or Samba. The latter constellation doesn´t seem to gel at all.

[silvercue]

Shania - not sure you have actually read the replies above. HR did not LET him go. He has absolutely no choice whatsoever and nor did the club.

[Shania]

Shania - not sure you have actually read the replies above. HR did not LET him go. He has absolutely no choice whatsoever and nor did the club.

Ok, I will read the replies.

I have now read them:=):

So IOW, you can retire during a contract period?

[qpr]

To be fair Nelsen said he was playing in pain. That's seriously dangerous & could ruin his life in the long run. Someone's life is more important than sport IMO. I do agree he's a big loss

[qpr]

Nelsen retired, so the Club could not do anything really to stop him leaving.

my local Basingstoke had a player called Scott Tarr ( goalie, longest serving player at 8 years I think it was ). He retired from Basingstoke & 2 weeks later signed for Eastleigh. Does anyone what the rules are regarding that? Say if Gotze got 6million signing on bonus for Bayern Munich & then retired a week later. Just a thought

[Shania]

It could also be that he had a release clause in his contract who said he was allowed to leave if he was offered a coaching role (In Toronto i.e.)

[twranger]

He left because after six months half the fans still couldn't spell his name right!

like it!!!!