The Mohsni Saga

[Pubey]

We don't know if he's outright refused to come back. Reading between the lines it looks like he's been offered a trial and has forced the Club's hand into getting it but as DtS said is it much different to what Barney did? I don't think so.

What Nicky Bailey did was out of order, IMO, and if no club wants to take Mohsni on and he refuses to come back here for the new season then that will definitely sour my opinion of him but right now I can see why he might want out.

Yep, it does seem like the club would be willing to sell, and so there's a bit of clock and dagger going on.

 

[Alex]

Just remember some if this talk maybe coming from his agent. I remember a few years back when Francis, McCormack, Clarke and someone else that I can't remember were all offered extensions and as they didn't sign them they were all transfer listed. It turned out that Francis said he would sign but when he was on holiday his agent went ****ing about trying to get him a better deal behind his back. The wedding was genuine and whilst he was away there was rumoured intrest from Sheffield Wednesday and his agent has probably advised him look Wednesday are looking at you and I think I could get you in the Premiership. You can't begrudge someone for wanting to better themselves. It wouldn't surprise me if his agent has twisted things and the club may have twisted things too in their statement. If his agent gets him in the premiership it = % of transfer fee, wages, signing on fee and any sponsorship deals and endorsements he may get which = very happy agent. I'm not saying Mohsni is not at fault but just to remember that this probably has not all come from Mohsni.

 

[onceknownasrab]

In my opinion, he is one of the reasons we DIDN'T go up last season.

Why do people label him as being so special?? He scored a few goals in league matches, in the big games, what did he produce?

Put it this way, what is his position?? Centre Back, yet he is too much of a liability to play there. Enough Said

Many players look poor in certain sides or fail to fit in with the tactics/formation/style but in some you can still see they have that something extra and for me Bilel is one. He may move to another club and still not fit in. It happens. He may move and progress and find the stage to display the talent i believe he has. We shall see.

 

[DTS]

Silencer. Do take your point but for every mistake he has made a vital contribution. I don't buy into all the corner flag kicking and punching the ground but I do know he did a lot if work for the local community, he attended fans birthday parties, he had time for the fans - how many other players do this. That is the magic of Bilel.

For me he has been great entertainment and it's come to an end. None of us really know what goes on behind closed doors. We I suspect would have sold him anyway having only been able to extend his contact or the final year.

We walk away having been entertained and having made I hope a few quid. He gets a hot at the big time. Seems to me like everyone is a winner. Personally try not to judge people when they leave work as you never know the full picture and I. See this as no different.

 

[Supa Shrimpa]

Hold on a minute ! Let's not get to hasty, though. If Bil leaves, that means Gilbert might come back....

 

[rlb999]

Shrewd business from the blues for once. Activate his extension so we can command a fee a few weeks later.

 

[Evening Echo]

Bilel Mohsni goes on trial with Premier League club and is keen to quit Southend Unit

SOUTHEND United manager Paul Sturrock has revealed Bilel Mohsni has gone on trial with a Premier League club and is reluctant to return to Roots Hall.

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[DTS]

Got to feel for Luggy. He's stood by the guy threw thick (thicker than thick) and thin..and this is how he's rewarded. I know there is very little loyalty in the game these days from players through to management, but this is a sad way to end the relationship. Nobody holds a grudge about good players wanting to play at a higher level (i'm sure most of us were all routing for Freddy to make his mark in the Championship) but there's ways of doing things, and this isn't it.

How do you know Luggy isn't happy with the deal. He us getting a fee for a player we might not have used a lot anyway?

 

[onceknownasrab]

Got to feel for Luggy. He's stood by the guy threw thick (thicker than thick) and thin..and this is how he's rewarded. I know there is very little loyalty in the game these days from players through to management, but this is a sad way to end the relationship. Nobody holds a grudge about good players wanting to play at a higher level (i'm sure most of us were all routing for Freddy to make his mark in the Championship) but there's ways of doing things, and this isn't it.

We all rooted for Freddy and yet for the last half of the season he was with us the majority of blues fans, including those on this forum, slagged him off for not putting his best foot forward after the wonder goal against Man U. People were calling him Billy Big Boots but those same people are happy to have him back, as I am too.

 

[farawayshrimper]

Best of luck Bilel. I would have appreciated it if he had bothered to turn up to pre season training as a sign of respect but it is obviously not going to happen even though we stuck with him through the bad times now he sees few dollar signs and he wants out. Think his agent shows everything that is wrong with football, players get their minds poised.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

He is still learning and being a fruitcake hasn't helped his development. He should have stayed for One more season, then he could safely say weather he is ready to step up or not. More liable to be used as an impact sub in the higher leagues, and we all know how he sulkes when not in the starting Eleven.
Good riddance Mr Too Good.

 

[Silencer]

Silencer. Do take your point but for every mistake he has made a vital contribution. I don't buy into all the corner flag kicking and punching the ground but I do know he did a lot if work for the local community, he attended fans birthday parties, he had time for the fans - how many other players do this. That is the magic of Bilel.

For me he has been great entertainment and it's come to an end. None of us really know what goes on behind closed doors. We I suspect would have sold him anyway having only been able to extend his contact or the final year.

We walk away having been entertained and having made I hope a few quid. He gets a hot at the big time. Seems to me like everyone is a winner. Personally try not to judge people when they leave work as you never know the full picture and I. See this as no different.

Yep, respect your points mate.

I personally gave up on Mohsni a long time ago, I hear things from within the camp. As someone who has been in and around half decent standard football changing rooms myself - I know what a negative impact Bilel would have had on the changing room last season.

On the flip side, his community work, cameo roles were also entertaining...just too infrequent.

Seems he only performed when given yet another chance - almost like a naughty school kid then once he won back a few hearts, two or three games later, he always seemed to slip back into nothingness and the petulance always began to surface.

 

[Medway Blue]

I don't think he wanted to come back this season anyway. In fact I think he's wanted out since the early part of 2012. He felt hard done by/poorly treated by his team mates after his disciplinary issues and I don't think he felt very welcome as time went on.

Good luck to him. Not best pleased that he decided to be unprofessional and not report back for pre-season training but as I said I think he felt like an outcast and I don't think he ever wanted to come back really.

Cash in, £250k plus perhaps a loan in this direction of a youngster from this Prem club. Reinvest the money. I can't see where he'd fit in anyway with 3 centre backs and at least 3 strikers ahead of him and the addition of another natural winger in Hurst. Mohsni is a gifted footballer alright and he can win games off the bench but he lets his head and his passion take over to detrimental effect. I think the loss of his particular qualities and the loss of an impact player might hurt but I see it being outweighed by the loss of a distuptive and divisive influence. Team spirit is adversely affected when players are treading on eggshells around/hardly speaking to a team mate.....

 

[Silencer]

Shrewd business from the blues for once. Activate his extension so we can command a fee a few weeks later.

Yep, although a no brainer really. Like the way Luggy often includes 'one year options' in the clubs favour with some deals.

I read today that Man Utd have done something similar with Berbatov this summer

 

[LeedsSUFC]

I'd walk away from a club, where half the fans worship him, but half the fans call him a c*** every time he does something wrong. Some of the abuse he got on his Facebook at parts last season. The hate is stronger than the love.
He was entertaining for his antics, but that made him one of the only players to even put effort and keep the faith last season. Amazing how everyone can turn on someone without hearing their side of the story.

 

[Medway Blue]

Shrewd business from the blues for once. Activate his extension so we can command a fee a few weeks later.

I'm not convinced they were that clever. Whilst I'm sure the club were aware of his unhappiness at the poor treatment he felt he received from his team mates, I tend to believe that they took up the option of the extra year on his contract because they genuinely wanted to keep him this season and saw him as part of PS's plans. I don't think they'd have forseen this rigmarole when they activated the option.

 

[Silencer]

I'd walk away from a club, where half the fans worship him, but half the fans call him a c*** every time he does something wrong. Some of the abuse he got on his Facebook at parts last season. The hate is stronger than the love.
He was entertaining for his antics, but that made him one of the only players to even put effort and keep the faith last season. Amazing how everyone can turn on someone without hearing their side of the story.

Technical abilty aside....there is no way you can say that the likes of Barker, Phillips, Gilbert, Chlohessy, Timlin, Grant, Harris, Hall, Prosser, Belford, Eastwood, Kalala never tried and gave their all last season.

Sorry, but to say otherwise is a ridiculous comment imho

Mohsni was given so many chances and for his antics, if anyone deserved stick then he did. He got a tenth of the abuse that the likes of Gilbert, Morris and Dickinson got

 

[Jarbie]

Got a feeling the club his on trial with will be West Ham, haven't got a source but it seems as if he would fit right in there with Sam Allardyce and his wonderful football tactics. Seeing as he hasn't returned to train with us and we wouldn't allow him to trial against our own players last weekend, it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if we saw him in their starting eleven against Colchester this Saturday.:thumbdown:

 

[Murkey_Mouse]

I hope the Premiership side can take him on, so we can get a big fees from them.

 

[Alex]

. (Sent off v Oldham in replay, missed chances in first match, lost his man on Crewe goal in first leg, red cards, petulance)

I wish people would drop the red card at Oldham. He was sent off for 2 harsh yellow cards whilst attempting to win the ball that should never had been yellows. It's not as if he was straight red carded for hitting someone or call the ref a ****. It was made worse by Gilbert, although wrongly he refused to get in the team coach I can understand why with Gilberts attitude towards him. Also the goal at Crewe had nothing to do with Mohsni, it was Clohessey that lost his man, Mohsni was just trying his best to make up ground after he saw that Clohessey lost his man.