I think Lockyer played on adrenaline a lot last season what with it being the best standard he’s reached, it’s not a massive loss but that’s not to say he’s no good, did brilliant for us when we were up against it. I think that’s about his level struggling championship.
To be honest, much like people seemed to imagine Sarr made too many mistakes (wrongly in my opinion), I always thought Lockyer was too error prone. League One is his level for me and seeing as we are in League One, the squad is weakened by his departure but I'd rather have Pratley playing there.
Glad we can have Matthews as a result. But we do now need a centre half. One would probably do as we do have Pearce when he gets fit.
Losing players to Luton. Get this takeover done FFS.
We didn't lose him to Luton. We lost him to a team in a higher division. That team could have been Forest (like Taylor). What you should concern yourself about is that he had a clause in his contract that he could leave for nothing if he got relegated. No incentive for him to make a last ditch tackle knowing that a goal against could mean relegation & ££££ for him.
Losing players to Luton. Get this takeover done FFS.
We didn't lose him to Luton. We lost him to a team in a higher division. That team could have been Forest (like Taylor). What you should concern yourself about is that he had a clause in his contract that he could leave for nothing if he got relegated. No incentive for him to make a last ditch tackle knowing that a goal against could mean relegation & ££££ for him.
Strange move, not one I’d personally up sticks and move for the 2nd time in 12 months for. Can’t see Luton being huge payers either.
Always put in effort and not his fault the contract clause was there, so leaves with no ill feeling. Be interesting to see in 2-3 years time whether it was a good move or not.
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Also means we'll be vulnerable to losing Washington and Williams to international call ups unless we pull another international out of the bag.
Seeing that Quitarna is a Senior player though I bet we're still over our 23-man team
e.g. Contract says £1.3k yet clause which takes it to X amount when a takeover is complete
Glad we can have Matthews as a result. But we do now need a centre half. One would probably do as we do have Pearce when he gets fit.
So with all other options now pretty much gone he's had no real choice
Always put in effort and not his fault the contract clause was there, so leaves with no ill feeling. Be interesting to see in 2-3 years time whether it was a good move or not.