Vela

[chameleon]

Good.

[Scarecrow]

I could understand if he left us for a team in the championship or a club throwing money chasing promotion in league one, but Fleetwood? Comes across as a bit of a snake.

[block12massive]

www.shrewsburytown.com/news/2022/june/elliott-bennett-signs-new-deal/

Club "announces" Bennett deal four weeks after we were originally told it was signed.

The Vela story is tucked away at the bottom and you have to actually click the dropdown on the Facebook article to even see it.

An embarrassing moment for the club.

[wookeywombat]

Another snake to join an ever growing list. Let's get this straight the club have never said either had signed a new deal just agreed one. Gentleman's agreements count for nothing this day and age

[South Stand Salopian]

[davycrockett]

Would like clarification from the SS as to whether they got it wrong or were told by the club he’d signed. No club would announce a verbal acceptance of a contract prior to signing surely?

[block12massive]

Jun 1, 2022 15:19:38 GMT 1 wookeywombat said:

Let's get this straight the club have never said either had signed a new deal just agreed one.

Is that not taken as read though?

www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2022/05/03/shaun-whalley-among-shrewsbury-town-exits-as-josh-vela-and-elliott-bennett-agree-new-deals/

"The Shropshire Star revealed midfielder Vela, 28, was offered fresh terms and the club have confirmed he has signed and agreed the contract."

According to the Sloppy Star it was a done deal.

[Valerioch]

Got to love a salty BC/RW statement

[thesalmon]

Jun 1, 2022 15:25:36 GMT 1 block12massive said:

Jun 1, 2022 15:19:38 GMT 1 wookeywombat said:

Let's get this straight the club have never said either had signed a new deal just agreed one.

Is that not taken as read though?

www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2022/05/03/shaun-whalley-among-shrewsbury-town-exits-as-josh-vela-and-elliott-bennett-agree-new-deals/

"The Shropshire Star revealed midfielder Vela, 28, was offered fresh terms and the club have confirmed he has signed and agreed the contract."

According to the Sloppy Star it was a done deal.

The club line from cots was 'agreed' a new deal. Didn't say that he had signed it

[zenfootball2]

Jun 1, 2022 15:20:27 GMT 1 South Stand Salopian said:

very disappointed by vela if this is the case but the days of a getlemans agreement are long gone, if it has not been signed it is worth nothing.

[zenfootball2]

add a midfielder to SC shopping list

[block12massive]

If my boss offered me a new contract but said you'll have to wait until the Chief Exec comes back off his summer jollies, and in the meantime someone came along and hijacked the deal with a better offer I'd be inclined to take it.

Reminds me in a roundabout way of the 'I'm Alan Partridge' sketch where he's offered a second series and a 5 year deal at the BBC only for the chief exec to keel over and die just as he's about to sign it.

Until the ink's dry, it's not signed.

Edit: Looks like it was Vela that went on holiday without signing it, not Caldwell.

[stuttgartershrew]

And we'll be getting nowt for him too. 

[staffordshrew]

Jun 1, 2022 14:53:10 GMT 1 llanymynechshrew said:

Jun 1, 2022 13:45:45 GMT 1 staffordshrew said:

May all be above board.
May have signed a contract.
May be on high pay.
We may have someone waiting in the wings.
May not even be leaving, but maybe leaving on good terms, better for him, better for us.

But, if he agreed terms but didn't put ink on the contract and has then decided not to and sign for Fleetwood, then he and his agent are out of order and we might be best rid.  If that was the case then Jordan Shipley shows how it should be done and is more "our type".

Maybe a clue that he IS leaving is that there is no comment from Lewis Cox.  Maybe he has to keep stum until an annoucement of his departure and a great replacement?

www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2022/06/01/josh-vela-set-to-leave-shrewsbury-town-for-fleetwood/

In that case "if he agreed terms but didn't put ink on the contract and has then decided not to and sign for Fleetwood, then he and his agent are out of order and we might be best rid. If that was the case then Jordan Shipley shows how it should be done and is more "our type" applies.

[El Huracán!!!!]

Jun 1, 2022 15:29:16 GMT 1 zenfootball2 said:

add a midfielder to SC shopping list

add ANOTHER midfielder to SC shopping list... 

[Dancin]

To be fair on the website from 3rd May it says;

Offered and Agreed New Terms:

Josh Vela
Elliott Bennett

Doesn't say signed

[Feedo Gnasher]

It’s an embarrassing look for the club but hopefully Vela gets a bit of stick when he returns next season.

[block12massive]

Jun 1, 2022 15:41:27 GMT 1 Dancin said:

To be fair on the website from 3rd May it says;

Offered and Agreed New Terms:

Josh Vela
Elliott Bennett

Doesn't say signed

Looks like Lewis Cox has clarified on twitter that 'signed' was a turn of phrase he used in the Shropshire Star article but was given every indication it was a done deal.

As you say, the club has never said 'signed'.

You can imagine some heads rolling in MWM as we speak!

The social media team have certainly been rushed into action.

Next announcement: The price of the Balti pies are being frozen for next season.

A good day to bury bad news and all that 

[Deleted]

The club has been well and truly caught out on this one 😳

[davycrockett]

Jun 1, 2022 15:27:52 GMT 1 thesalmon said:

Jun 1, 2022 15:25:36 GMT 1 block12massive said:

Is that not taken as read though?

www.shropshirestar.com/sport/football/shrewsbury-town-fc/2022/05/03/shaun-whalley-among-shrewsbury-town-exits-as-josh-vela-and-elliott-bennett-agree-new-deals/

"The Shropshire Star revealed midfielder Vela, 28, was offered fresh terms and the club have confirmed he has signed and agreed the contract."

According to the Sloppy Star it was a done deal.

The club line from cots was 'agreed' a new deal. Didn't say that he had signed it

They’ve had 28 days to say the announcement was wrong.

[secretshrew]

‘Snake’ is harsh.
He didn’t confirm he was signing. The club did. I don’t know why supporters expect loyalty from players anymore. They’re no different from us. If they are offered more money from a new employer then most of the time they will go.
I was surprised he was ‘signing’ in the first place.
He wouldn’t be a ‘snake’ if he’d rejected a deal in the first place
It could be a stunt by the club to announce he was accepting the deal to pressure players to sign. We don’t know.

[Deleted]

We should have got him to sign on the dotted line sooner 😉

Joking aside, it's saying something that Fleetwood is a bigger draw than us.

[sheltonsalopian]

Seems a bit naïve to think a player who's openly talked about wanting to impress other suitors and ran down his contract was going to sign his new contract when he got back from holiday.

Let's just hope the higher up's saw this coming and have a replacement in mind.

[Deleted]

Jun 1, 2022 15:42:12 GMT 1 Feedo Gnasher said:

It’s an embarrassing look for the club but hopefully Vela gets a bit of stick when he returns next season.

Yep agree with that. We look a bit amateurish/naive in announcing an agreed but unsigned deal, whilst Vela comes across as a snake for verbally agreeing a contract but then backing out of it to sign elsewhere.

[shrewder]

Someone jumped the gun!!!

[thesensationaljt]

There's no honour amongst thieves/footballers.  *Delete as necessary.

[bigbear17]

Tbf Alan Nixon said weeks ago he could be leaving for another club and it seems he’s always in the know

[Deleted]

Jun 1, 2022 15:51:22 GMT 1 secretshrew said:

‘Snake’ is harsh.
He didn’t confirm he was signing. The club did. I don’t know why supporters expect loyalty from players anymore. They’re no different from us. If they are offered more money from a new employer then most of the time they will go.
I was surprised he was ‘signing’ in the first place.
He wouldn’t be a ‘snake’ if he’d rejected a deal in the first place
It could be a stunt by the club to announce he was accepting the deal to pressure players to sign. We don’t know.

He verbally agreed to a deal but then decided to back out of it*. He's entitled to it but in most walks of life, if you give someone your word and then back out of it then snake is probably one of the kinder descriptions you'd be given.

* Based on what the club have told us. We of course don't know what has happened but that applied to 99.9% of dealings in football, particularly at our club. But unless Mr Vela comes out to rubbish the clubs claims, I'll have to go by their version of events.

[Pilch]

Jun 1, 2022 15:18:16 GMT 1 Scarecrow said:

I could understand if he left us for a team in the championship or a club throwing money chasing promotion in league one, but Fleetwood? Comes across as a bit of a snake.

his contract was up,  he could have signed weeks ago but clearly waited until the day his contract ran out hoping for a better offer which obviously came his way

before we shout snake,  I presume Bennett didn't get a better offer as he only signed today the day after his contract ran out

[southshropblue]

sounds as though Vela said he would sign` club took him at his word -he got the offer of a move closer to home and decided to take it We move on he is not irreplaceable