Dyer Retires

[Yankee_Jack]

This is a great narrative. Nathan Dyer reflects on his Swansea City career after announcing retirement | Swansea

Read this and weep …. Because this is who we were … Swanselona. And think about where we are now, what we lost, and why. It is a bittersweet story.

Nathan was a JB from the golden era, one of the few, who was one of our best and on his day unplayable.

 

[The Blobster]

Sad to hear of his retirement, thanks for the memories Nath , you will always be remembered with fondness , good luck for the future YJB !

 

[ivoralljack]

Very happy to add my thanks to Nath for the brilliant memories and to wish him every success and happiness in his retirement. Thanks again, you JB, you will never be forgotten. One of our very own in our very best era.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

Interesting that apparently he was at the club all of last season on a training contract, but when we had players going down with effectively season ending injuries we never activated him. Surely he could have had an impact.

 

[Jackflash]

Interesting that apparently he was at the club all of last season on a training contract, but when we had players going down with effectively season ending injuries we never activated him. Surely he could have had an impact.

Probably common sense to everyone except Cooper.

 

[Behindthegoal]

What’s a training contract that makes it different from a playing? contract?

 

[Yankee_Jack]

What’s a training contract that makes it different from a playing? contract?

Money?

 

[The Blobster]

Not registered to play .

 

[Behindthegoal]

Not registered to play .

That’s what I thought. Sorry @Yankee_Jack you can’t blame andy for that.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

That’s what I thought. Sorry @Yankee_Jack you can’t blame andy for that.

Dyer was a free agent. There was nothing preventing the Club from registering him to play and modifying any contract to cover compensation. If he was training regularly, they could have easily processed him through a physical and assessed his fitness and readiness and then included him in an appropriate regimen to get him match fit.

 

[Behindthegoal]

There was nothing to stop them offering him another year like our other surviving legend from the Laudrup era. I don’t think the manager had a rear view mirror