Mr carter as said in the Yorkshire post the verbally agreed contract with Chester will be honoured and the club will continue paying him.

Is that for two years ?

So they should.

But what the hell was there another on the table for ?


Forget Sunday and the emotion behind it, strip it out.

And then ask yourself, should CC have been given an extension? For me it's an obvious no.

he says it wasn’t the reported two year deal but they had an understanding on it. Oh well

Not really, the club had no legal obligation to fulfil, it was just an "Understanding" over a verbal conversation so IMO the club have morally done a good deed in honouring that, don`t quite get the "so they should" comment. Imagine having a discussion with your boss about a promotion at work, then getting sacked because you can`t do your job properly, would you expect them to pay you the new wage for the foreseeable based on an understanding from a conversation you had? Chris and Michael are obviously very good friends, this sounds to me like they have come to an agreement re a compensation package more than anything.

I think everyone is agreed a new deal should never have been a discussion, we have been saying it for the last 2 years at least.

Wow, not even legally binding. For a club without much cash this is quite something

It's sad when any coach is removed but he had to go although I agree any contract should be honoured.

An unsigned one when someone as a change of heart

I'd be utterly stunned if I was offered a promotion one week then dismissed for poor performance the next week. Which is essentially the case here. Makes you wonder if Carter knows what the hell he's doing

I think it is right to pay him to the end of his current contract but any future unsigned agreement must be debatable. If we honour any future discussed contract he is still impacting the club’s future with the money he will be taking out.

If he’s signed a contract then I have no problem with the club paying it, to that is the right thing to do but if not it’s taking away a players contract and paying him on a chat on which a person then as changed their minds

An employment contract doesn't have to be in writing....

This was also my thinking.

An agreement can be a legally binding contract a contract is an offer and an acceptance it doesn't need to be in writing however 99% of the time it would be written with terms

Perhaps it may be a type of severance package, usually made when both parties agree the best interest is for someone to leave their employment.

That works once you have started the role. Any new contract verbally agreed in advance with Chester wouldn’t come into being until 1st December so has no legal standing until that date. So now he’s left it isn’t legally binding.

It’s a nice thing to do and gives Chris some security but it is likely to come out of the playing and staffing budget for next year, which will impact us in some way.

Being offered a promotion which I don't think he had is not the same as being offered an extension to his existing contract which atm seems a bit vague, so until it's clarified that's assuming it ever will, I'd hold back a bit with the assumption that Carter doesn't know what the hell he's doing, because in my opinion he'll know exactly what he's doing, whether the fans are in agreement is another matter.

I think MC knows exactly what he is doing and all what I have read above is pure speculation and guesswork. Which contract are the club honouring? has his present one expired yet? is that what MC is alluding to? I don't know, and frankly I don't care.
It's an issue between the employer of a private company and an employee. If it was a members club I may want to know more but it isn't.

Oops I've now read the OP properly and take the point - although I maintain it's an issue between them and I'm sure MC knows what he's doing.

It's not really speculation, Carter has said himself it's thenew verbally agreed deal he is honouring.

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In other words Carter has ballsed up!

Sounds like MC would like to get out if he could.

I think he probably would but let’s hope he doesn’t.

Most terminations of contract have a severance included.
I'm glad Chester is being looked after.

If we want to attract new people, showing we care about the wellbeing of the employees is a great advert.

At least it was a 1 year deal, that I could have just about stomached.