QUOTE (BellshillBoy @ Nov 24 2008, 15:32)

The Ardeer situation as iv heard is that he went there because Pollok new meadow wouldnt sell for less than the 9 grand????? a deal allegedly was struck between Ryan, Jim Creaney who is his friend and who supposedly acted as agent for Ryan in the deal from Petershill - Medda and Rab Sneddon. The deal was Pollok would sign him for quarter of transfer fee meaning that they(mr Creaney and Ryan conspired to put ardeer out off buisness for the sake off few quid in there pockets. Think the deal then went sour as ardeer got wind of the situation and sacked Mr Creaney, thus Ryan ends up at Bellshill because they offered him better terms than pollok and Mr Sneddon decided he was calling it a day at Pollok. Shocking events really if that was the case
IF ITS DIRT ON THE ARDEER SITUATION YOU WANT, PLEASE READ.
As far as Im aware that statement is not true. The way I understand things were that Ardeer signed him for around £7k, £2k up front with the rest of the money paid in quarterly installments (Fairly appropriate method of payment for Hot Air). Ardeer are still paying off the money at the moment! The only tie in with Jimmy Creaney was that he was sorting out some of his wages and the Ardeer Chairman at the time Jim Boyd was raising half as well, the trouble came when they did not want to contribute to paying Jordan anymore as he was not performing and had been involved in a few unsavoury incidents (Punched an opponent off the ball at Lugar then wouldnt leave the dressing room at half time because the Lugar Players and fans were after him, never played another minute of football).
In addition to Jordan, Jimmy Creaney signed Paddy Flannery and a few other Glasgow lads who were on good dough & travel money, which to be fair Creaney was paying alot of it out of his own pocket. Creaney left as he had completely lost the dressing room only picking up two wins from about 15 games, he inherited a team that had won 4 out of 5 in their opening league games. He left Ardeer (with only 5 players from the squad of 18 he inherited as all the local boys left) as he was not prepared to fund his signings anymore. I dont think there was any malice on Creaney's part but it was an unmitigated disaster for all parties involved and only over the next few months (when the "Jordan" debt is finally cleared) will you see the club recover.
As for Jordan himself, obviously he must be decent playing at the level he does but he looked no better than the lads we had at the start of the season. His attitude is terrible and I dont think he will ever play for a big team as he just doesnt have the mental strength for it, always wants to be the big fish.
I noticed that quite a few Kilbirnie Fans write on this, this ones for you.
One week after Creaney took over we were all about to start training, Creaney pulls us all round and tells us he's accepted a bid from Kilbirnie for Big McCann, the boys were all a bit gutted as he was a Superb Goalie and a Great Guy about the club. About an hour later after he had signed for Kilbirnie the Big Man came down to training and said his goodbyes, shook everyones hand and got a round of appluase from the boys on his way out, we were all wishing him all the best but then Creaney quips to him " You's are pish anyway, we will pass you on the way down when were getting promoted and you's are getting relegated" A year later the Big Man has the West Medal in his hand and Wee Creaney couldnt have been wider of the mark! Remind him of that when you play Pollock