I thought we would only have to pay him until he found another job (like Sven when he left England) however I suppose it depends on the contract. Personally I don't think he deserves anything, he failed in his targets as a manager and was rightfully sacked, his last season as Ipswich manager was one of the most boring seasons I can remember.

Legend of a player but an inexperienced manager, not many make the step up from player to manager, the club took the risk with Jim and offered him a contract (on the cheap no doubt), if they sacked him they should pay him what he's due. None of us know the terms but I would think they must owe him something.
I will never forget the disgusting way they got rid if him, phoning him whilst he was visiting he dying Mum.
Come on Ipswich, time to put things right, you know what you owe Jim, pay up!!

Just pay the man, Mr Evans. He's been a great servant to our club over the years. In his early days as manager with us, he had no money to spend, but did a superb job with the team at his disposal. When he was given the £12m to spend, he felt that he had to go and spend it all straight away and found himself out of his depth, hence he had to go. For his years as a player and the early days as a manager with us, he deserves a decent payoff.

Stiffshorts...Agree 100%..Our club and i add they are in the majority have overpriced admission fees, overpriced refreshments, overpriced merchandise. They now operate a matchday three tier ticket price system depending on the fixture,..Why!!
And the clubs owners then tell us how loyal and wonderful we all are.
Another example of Rip Off Britain....( Phew Rant Over )

JM was probably on a lot less than RK and made a much better job of things.

ME must be praying we stay up so he won't have to sack RK and pay him off too.

why not counter sue for loss of earnings in the prem league because he was a crap manager

Go Jim!

Pootyblue...So Jim was a crap manager ? Even though he had a crap squad which is why Keane has failed according to many on here ,yet he never had us involved in a relegation fight ,sounds like good management to me .Worse team + higher league position = better manager.
Either Jim was over achieving or Keane massively under achieving ?

Pay the man his money its embarrassing

norse blue you are a kn*b

Issue here isnt about paying him WHAT he's owed, its HOW MUCH. Thats not as simple. Jims CLAIMING he's owed a figure, ITFC are saying something different. Business is business.
Personally I think its a bit cheaky to be paid by another cub whilst claiming money from a previous club, but if thats whats agreed I guess its should be honoured, but deciding on the figure isnt that straight forward. Problem is, who pays? Ultimately Jims money will come from the fans - cheers Jim.

Perhaps there are 2 sides to the story, as to why the club are not willing to pay up, which might come out in court!

loss of earnings my ass.
im pretty sure the legal requirment when being sacked is about 1 months wages
and the legal amount the law says you need to live on is about £40.75 a week i believe.
Give him that
He really is the new George Burely get yaself sacked eveywhere and try take the clubs for all their money

None of us know the contract wording. JM and his lawyers clearly feel the wording is in his favour. the club and lawyers feel otherwise.

Can any of you remeber when Naarwich were supposed to be paying off 5 managers at the same time.

Any of you ever been sent on gardening leave. you are getting paid but not working. but you cannot work elsewhere during that time.

I cannot see why the big debate. The contract whatever it says will be sorted out by legal representatives, and the case will be sorted out by lawyers inturpreting that wording either to their respective clients favour, or in the case of a judge as written.

as usual... some pretty idiotic comments. regardless of what his post-ipswich job/earnings were, if he was *contractually obliged* to receive a settlement that he's not yet received - then he's entitled to fight for it. likewise with the QPR claim.

these (ex) manager/club severence payment disputes are nothing new. two ex-itfc managers have both had similar claims in recent years... bobby with newcastle and joe royle with man city.

no point discussing the merits of whether it's right or wrong that an ex-manager continues to be paid post sacking. if it's in his contract then they're due the money.

of course, itfc may well feel they have a strong argument against making the payment and are therefore happy to let it go to court. however, would be disappointed with the club if they are found to have reneged on the contract.

I'm no lawyer but it seems to me JM is entitled to the amount he would have earned at Ipswich up until the end of the 2010 season less the amount he earned during his seven or so months at QPR. He still has an opportunity to reduce his losses by finding another managerial job. Therefore, it's not clear at this stage what he has actually lost by having his contract terminated early at Portman Road. We shouldn't jump to any conclusions about the club not meeting its obligations.

Pay him? Are you nuts? This is a business not a charity.
When he was a "town legend" he was being paid.
When he was working for us as a manager he was being paid.
He took another job during the notice period and it is not our fault he got sacked from that.

WHO ACTUALLY CARES?

LETS FOCUS ON SCUNTHORPE ON SATURDAY.

COYB

I agree with the fans that say if it says he should be paid this money in his contract then just pay it.

If there are some behind closed doors issues that we just don't know about, which I'm sure there are, then theres the reasons why he hasn't been paid yet.

If he deserves it, I'm sure he'll get it.

Simples.

Have the club finished paying off George Burley yet ?

hOW LIONG WAS HIS QPR CONTRACT ? they must owe him a load aswell if it was say a 3 year contract , hes owed 2.5 years but some of that time overlaps with his contract with us .

These footballers/managers cant lose. they get a 3 year contract and if they are injured or rubbish they get paid out. Where is the upside in all this for clubs ?
Even if we look at rooney and say hes got 3 years to go , the players and some managers renegiotiate it higher half way through. with it the other way round you cant give them a pay cut. Its daft .

give him the 33p and be done with him

Its all very well saying pay up the money owed to Jim, but take a look at the bigger picture. He was only out of work for 2 months at the most, why pay him £350,000. Jim was a big name at Portman Road but that was a long time ago, the money could go to funds for new players next season.
You all have very short memories, we all wanted him out of his job which should have happened months before. If the club had moved earlier we may have been in the Premier League now instead of Burnley or Stoke.

Agree with many comments above. I was under the impression that he got paid until he got another job so he's only owed until he started with QPR. However i guess it all depends on what the contract says and the courts will sort it out. 1 thought though, if its wages then will he have to pay tax on it?

pay him what the t@@t was worth give him a quid