Moira Gordon: Hibs decision based on sound football sense
Let’s be honest, though, it appears things have swung too far in the other direction and auld Jim will be offering a wry wee grin at the mess the game has got itself into as a consequence. Maybe it is about time this generation of players were made to realise that contracts have to mean something. After all, they are the first (well, let’s be clear on this, their agents are the first) to bleat when clubs try to renege on terms or try to cut them loose without the proper pay-off, so I’m hoping that Hibs do dig their heels in over this whole unseemly Scott Allan debacle. He has a contract, the club still want him, so he should be made to honour it, regardless who he supported as a boy.
It was Barry Ferguson who said this week that “once a player’s mind is made up, there is usually only one way it ends. It’s just a matter of when and for how much. But if he wants to go it is pointless keeping him if an agreement on a fee can be reached between the clubs. The way the game has gone the power is all with the player these days.”
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