would be nice to know if the possibility of Ryan NOT playing tonight was even discussed. Maybe it's something you can stipulate on loan deal but not a transfer, but as previously mentioned maybe the date of the transfer could have been arranged for tomorrow.
It can certainly be discussed, but it would be unusual. Chesterfield have paid good money to us for the privilege of being able to use him without restriction.
Fair play to the board if they've managed it - we know they do drive a hard bargain judging by other club's comments.
We’ll have to agree to disagree in general, many clubs stipulate that a player can’t play against them (in the short term). Whether the release clause being met, precludes us (legally or morally) pushing for that I guess is another question as Flynny adds.
But certainly we were doing Chesterfield a favour selling them Colclough as they were giving us money. I don’t consider it unreasonable that we’d have stuck to our guns that he shouldn’t play. It’ll certainly be a bitter pill to swallow should he play tonight while we have Kaja lumbering about because Gyasi is blocked from playing.
We just don’t seem to be strong in any area, either in regards to our own contracted players or the terms of deals attached to loan players. I think that is now extending beyond a mere period of transition to full time football and we need to look at the inner strength of the club and where we are at.