The Dobson statement is as definitive as it’s going to get as it’s a live situation. He was offered contracts, he turned them down, the nuances of why are probably many, and for another thread, but he did, and here we are. He has signed an agreement in Hungary. Thats it, the club are not going to state on an official released list whether they will be making an offer to bring him back/negotiate with the Hungarians, I really don’t know what people expect them to say?
I do feel a bit bad for Thomas. He played every single game under Jones across all three CB positions and captained the side for our biggest result. He looked like he was one Jones trusted to do a job and there's no denying he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation. Towards the end Thomas started to fall apart though and his timing on that really wasn't great. I'd like to think of it as Jones trusted Thomas to do enough to keep us away from relegation but now that we're heading into a transfer window he's not at the high level required and we're aiming higher, which implies certain promises have been made. Considering we brought him in on a bit of a random free transfer as cover he played 61 games for us, filled in well at LB the previous season and until the fairly miserable end was probably our most consistent defender this season. Not good enough to be starting for a team pushing for promotion but he did the job that was asked of him in his two seasons and I'll think of him well for that.
Glad Tyreece is staying, would have been such a waste to just let him walk away
Might be wrong but feels like misplaced credit. Hard to argue that our defense kept us up. It was the defense that kept us from competing in this league and kept us drawing so many games.
I haven't said anywhere it was the defence that kept us up though. I did say he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation, which is true. He played every game despite there being a fair few other options available in that area. He played every minute under Jones apart from when he got hurt against Barnsley and came off with 2 minutes to go. Across that time Jones used Ness, REG, Gillesphey, Hector and Lloyd Jones but Thomas is the only one who was always chosen and we improved defensively (19 goals conceded in 16, 30 goals conceded in Appleton's last 16 games) in that period, otherwise we wouldn't have stayed up. Jones didn't come in on a brief to just see out the season, he had to turn our results around to keep us in the league and he most consistently chose Thomas to help do that. Thomas didn't do it single-handedly but it's a fact that he was called upon more than anyone else to get that job done.
I feel it's not too much of a leap? You're saying he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation, I'm just saying that the defense doesn't deserve much, if any, credit for that.
Well he was a central part because he played every game. That's just factual. He could have played other defenders but he didn't. And I think you're off base with the defence because defence was the thing that needed to improve and it did. We scored 21 goals in Jones' 16 games and 21 in Appleton's last 16. Our problem was never scoring goals, it was the amount we conceded, especially late on. Across that cross-section of matches we scored the same number of goals under Appleton but conceded 21 more and kept no clean sheets. It's difficult to want to give the defence credit (which I never have at any point, that's come from you, I've just said I feel bad for Thomas because he did his job when called upon by Jones and has now lost it) because they went from terrible to sometimes not awful, but it was only by the defence cutting down on the constant errors that led to goals and not switching off after 85 minutes that we stayed up. There's more to it than that, players like Kanu and Anderson defended from the front and Small provided more wide threat but from an attacking perspective we didn't transform to save ourselves, we became harder to beat as a team. If you think the defence weren't involved in that at all then cool I guess
No, not at all, I'm saying they don't deserve credit for a problem they played a big part in creating and perpetuating. If you think our defence deserves credit for avoiding relegation in league one, and for only bettering Carlisle's clean sheet record (who finished 16 points off safety), what can I say? No point in us having a row about it, I just think our standards for players and this football club couldn't be further apart.
Happy with the retained list and particularly the news that Tyreece Campbell has signed a new deal. After a very promising debut season in 22/23, he suffered a crisis of confidence under Appleton but now we have a proper manager, he will hopefully recover his form on a consistent basis. Regardless of the favoured formation, every squad needs one or two wide players who can go past opponents.
It’s the right decision on Terrell Thomas - a thoroughly committed and honest professional, who I believe will get himself fixed up with another club at this level. I’m sure he leaves the club with everyone’s respect and good wishes.
As to the players currently under contract, looking at that list does give me a bit of a sinking feeling, as we have far too many poor ones. That said, it can be done, as we know from Chris Powell’s 103 point season, when Solly and Jacko were the only regulars from the previous season, together with Bradley Wright-Phillips, who had joined us in January.
We have to cope with the legacy of dreadful recruitment over a number of years and one of the club’s principal difficulties in this window will be trying to move on contracted players, whose wages far exceed their ability and contribution. Fraser is the paradigm example and, given that he has flopped at Hearts, I expect he’ll end up getting a lesser gig up at Scotland and we’ll have to pay him something to help bridge the enormous gap towards his current salary.
McGrandles seems to be permanently injured - save for his successful spell at Cambridge last season and half a dozen games at Lincoln this - and I doubt that he’ll feature in Nathan Jones’ plans, although you never know. As for Terry Taylor, he remains an unknown quantity, having played hardly any football this year, but it’s a little ominous that he’s had zero game time under Jones, despite apparently being fit. I expect they’ll both end up on loan, alongside players like Edun and Watson.
Some weasily words on Dobbo’s departure. I wonder how many drafts they went through, as Scott attempted to justify his egregious negligence. Hopefully that gentleman has now been put very firmly in his place.
Does NJ have form for wanting young/project players? The realisation that Small is the same age/younger than the likes of Asiimwe, Anderson, Kanu, Leaburn, TC - we could have a good few years as these players get to gel over time! Needs bolstering with proven top quality / leader style players but I’m quite excited if we are going to look at building long term patterns of play with more consistent teams…
So we could always pick up Tyrese Campbell from the out of contract list and play him alongside Tyreece Campbell. That would really give @KillersBeard something to worry about.
So we could always pick up Tyrese Campbell from the out of contract list and play him alongside Tyreece Campbell. That would really give @KillersBeard something to worry about.
Checking Wikipedia for their middle names they’d have to have initials on the back of their shirts I guess.
I do feel a bit bad for Thomas. He played every single game under Jones across all three CB positions and captained the side for our biggest result. He looked like he was one Jones trusted to do a job and there's no denying he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation. Towards the end Thomas started to fall apart though and his timing on that really wasn't great. I'd like to think of it as Jones trusted Thomas to do enough to keep us away from relegation but now that we're heading into a transfer window he's not at the high level required and we're aiming higher, which implies certain promises have been made. Considering we brought him in on a bit of a random free transfer as cover he played 61 games for us, filled in well at LB the previous season and until the fairly miserable end was probably our most consistent defender this season. Not good enough to be starting for a team pushing for promotion but he did the job that was asked of him in his two seasons and I'll think of him well for that.
Glad Tyreece is staying, would have been such a waste to just let him walk away
Might be wrong but feels like misplaced credit. Hard to argue that our defense kept us up. It was the defense that kept us from competing in this league and kept us drawing so many games.
I haven't said anywhere it was the defence that kept us up though. I did say he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation, which is true. He played every game despite there being a fair few other options available in that area. He played every minute under Jones apart from when he got hurt against Barnsley and came off with 2 minutes to go. Across that time Jones used Ness, REG, Gillesphey, Hector and Lloyd Jones but Thomas is the only one who was always chosen and we improved defensively (19 goals conceded in 16, 30 goals conceded in Appleton's last 16 games) in that period, otherwise we wouldn't have stayed up. Jones didn't come in on a brief to just see out the season, he had to turn our results around to keep us in the league and he most consistently chose Thomas to help do that. Thomas didn't do it single-handedly but it's a fact that he was called upon more than anyone else to get that job done.
I feel it's not too much of a leap? You're saying he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation, I'm just saying that the defense doesn't deserve much, if any, credit for that.
Well he was a central part because he played every game. That's just factual. He could have played other defenders but he didn't. And I think you're off base with the defence because defence was the thing that needed to improve and it did. We scored 21 goals in Jones' 16 games and 21 in Appleton's last 16. Our problem was never scoring goals, it was the amount we conceded, especially late on. Across that cross-section of matches we scored the same number of goals under Appleton but conceded 21 more and kept no clean sheets. It's difficult to want to give the defence credit (which I never have at any point, that's come from you, I've just said I feel bad for Thomas because he did his job when called upon by Jones and has now lost it) because they went from terrible to sometimes not awful, but it was only by the defence cutting down on the constant errors that led to goals and not switching off after 85 minutes that we stayed up. There's more to it than that, players like Kanu and Anderson defended from the front and Small provided more wide threat but from an attacking perspective we didn't transform to save ourselves, we became harder to beat as a team. If you think the defence weren't involved in that at all then cool I guess
No, not at all, I'm saying they don't deserve credit for a problem they played a big part in creating and perpetuating. If you think our defence deserves credit for avoiding relegation in league one, and for only bettering Carlisle's clean sheet record (who finished 16 points off safety), what can I say? No point in us having a row about it, I just think our standards for players and this football club couldn't be further apart.
Which is again not what I said, but I think this time you've been having an argument with yourself really. I can do nothing further for you.
Bar the George Dobson farce (Up there with Kermorgant in 2014 and Powell, Flanagan & Abrahams in 1978), then in my opinion I can’t disagree with the retained and released list from the club
Looking forward to see what players Nathan Jones can persuade to join Charlton Athletic this summer
Wish Dobbo could have stayed, but we were lucky to have him and watch him for the last three seasons and he is still young enough that we may yet meet again…
Really pleased to see TC renew and hope Small signs the longer term deal (rather than us force his stay through a contract trigger).
Otherwise, cannot argue with anything else that has thus far developed. I expect a few sales or free transfers away still, as do most, and like others cannot wait to see who NJ has been linking up. That work no doubt started many weeks ago. Has my support all the way.
Terrell Thomas getting released suggests one thing to me. That is we have centre halves under contract which we might see as squad players so the intention is to bring a few centre halves in that are better than Gillesphey and Jones. I think had either of these two been out of contract we may have kept Thomas for his verstatility.
Bar the George Dobson farce (Up there with Kermorgant in 2014 and Powell, Flanagan & Abrahams in 1978), then in my opinion I can’t disagree with the retained and released list from the club
Looking forward to see what players Nathan Jones can persuade to join Charlton Athletic this summer
Farce …… did Dobson not sign for another club ?? the only offer he got . Should have waited till end of season before deciding his next move
Bar the George Dobson farce (Up there with Kermorgant in 2014 and Powell, Flanagan & Abrahams in 1978), then in my opinion I can’t disagree with the retained and released list from the club
Looking forward to see what players Nathan Jones can persuade to join Charlton Athletic this summer
Farce …… did Dobson not sign for another club ?? the only offer he got . Should have waited till end of season before deciding his next move
Bar the George Dobson farce (Up there with Kermorgant in 2014 and Powell, Flanagan & Abrahams in 1978), then in my opinion I can’t disagree with the retained and released list from the club
Looking forward to see what players Nathan Jones can persuade to join Charlton Athletic this summer
Farce …… did Dobson not sign for another club ?? the only offer he got . Should have waited till end of season before deciding his next move
Anyone got a bit of chalk I can borrow and a large blackboard?
So we could always pick up Tyrese Campbell from the out of contract list and play him alongside Tyreece Campbell. That would really give @KillersBeard something to worry about.
Checking Wikipedia for their middle names they’d have to have initials on the back of their shirts I guess.
T K Campbell and T A T S Campbell
They could go Brazilian and do first names on their shirts…
So we could always pick up Tyrese Campbell from the out of contract list and play him alongside Tyreece Campbell. That would really give @KillersBeard something to worry about.
Checking Wikipedia for their middle names they’d have to have initials on the back of their shirts I guess.
T K Campbell and T A T S Campbell
They could go Brazilian and do first names on their shirts…
I ve now got an unintentional image I didn’t want.
Bar the George Dobson farce (Up there with Kermorgant in 2014 and Powell, Flanagan & Abrahams in 1978), then in my opinion I can’t disagree with the retained and released list from the club
Looking forward to see what players Nathan Jones can persuade to join Charlton Athletic this summer
Farce …… did Dobson not sign for another club ?? the only offer he got . Should have waited till end of season before deciding his next move
Anyone got a bit of chalk I can borrow and a large blackboard?
No, but you can borrow my nail gun if that's of any use.
Had a look at the out of contract players in the Championship and League one, personally a few names on here that i'd be happy with
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Tyrese Campbell – Stoke
Are you trying to give Tel a nervous breakdown on the commentary? It was bad enough when Tyreece and Chem or both the Watsons were on the pitch at the same time, imagine him having to say "Tyreece with a C crosses in for Tyrese with an S" and so on?
I'm all for George Dobson. And I'm all for what he's done for us. But if this regime are really going to walk the walk then they will need to find someone much better than Dobbo to hold dawn that slot.
Nostalgia is clouding a lot of judgement. But there is much better out there. Whether we are willing to pay for it is another matter.
I do feel a bit bad for Thomas. He played every single game under Jones across all three CB positions and captained the side for our biggest result. He looked like he was one Jones trusted to do a job and there's no denying he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation. Towards the end Thomas started to fall apart though and his timing on that really wasn't great. I'd like to think of it as Jones trusted Thomas to do enough to keep us away from relegation but now that we're heading into a transfer window he's not at the high level required and we're aiming higher, which implies certain promises have been made. Considering we brought him in on a bit of a random free transfer as cover he played 61 games for us, filled in well at LB the previous season and until the fairly miserable end was probably our most consistent defender this season. Not good enough to be starting for a team pushing for promotion but he did the job that was asked of him in his two seasons and I'll think of him well for that.
Glad Tyreece is staying, would have been such a waste to just let him walk away
Might be wrong but feels like misplaced credit. Hard to argue that our defense kept us up. It was the defense that kept us from competing in this league and kept us drawing so many games.
I haven't said anywhere it was the defence that kept us up though. I did say he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation, which is true. He played every game despite there being a fair few other options available in that area. He played every minute under Jones apart from when he got hurt against Barnsley and came off with 2 minutes to go. Across that time Jones used Ness, REG, Gillesphey, Hector and Lloyd Jones but Thomas is the only one who was always chosen and we improved defensively (19 goals conceded in 16, 30 goals conceded in Appleton's last 16 games) in that period, otherwise we wouldn't have stayed up. Jones didn't come in on a brief to just see out the season, he had to turn our results around to keep us in the league and he most consistently chose Thomas to help do that. Thomas didn't do it single-handedly but it's a fact that he was called upon more than anyone else to get that job done.
I feel it's not too much of a leap? You're saying he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation, I'm just saying that the defense doesn't deserve much, if any, credit for that.
Well he was a central part because he played every game. That's just factual. He could have played other defenders but he didn't. And I think you're off base with the defence because defence was the thing that needed to improve and it did. We scored 21 goals in Jones' 16 games and 21 in Appleton's last 16. Our problem was never scoring goals, it was the amount we conceded, especially late on. Across that cross-section of matches we scored the same number of goals under Appleton but conceded 21 more and kept no clean sheets. It's difficult to want to give the defence credit (which I never have at any point, that's come from you, I've just said I feel bad for Thomas because he did his job when called upon by Jones and has now lost it) because they went from terrible to sometimes not awful, but it was only by the defence cutting down on the constant errors that led to goals and not switching off after 85 minutes that we stayed up. There's more to it than that, players like Kanu and Anderson defended from the front and Small provided more wide threat but from an attacking perspective we didn't transform to save ourselves, we became harder to beat as a team. If you think the defence weren't involved in that at all then cool I guess
No, not at all, I'm saying they don't deserve credit for a problem they played a big part in creating and perpetuating. If you think our defence deserves credit for avoiding relegation in league one, and for only bettering Carlisle's clean sheet record (who finished 16 points off safety), what can I say? No point in us having a row about it, I just think our standards for players and this football club couldn't be further apart.
Which is again not what I said, but I think this time you've been having an argument with yourself really. I can do nothing further for you.
You seem to be insisting that Tyrell doesn't deserve credit, while at the same time listing a myriad of reasons why he does deserve credit...? I'm not sure why there is anger when I point that fact out? If you have a clearer point to make without meandering then I really invite it. But otherwise I'll say it again, I think it's genuinely a waste of time to get in a row, especially when we demonstrably have different standards when it comes to defenders. (To which I politely recall two years worth of Innis discussions. And also invite you to revisit your comments on this same thread from last year.)
Thank God I never have to see Hector in a Charlton shirt again, ambling around the pitch, going through the motions, constantly out of position and then pointing at others when the ball inevitably ends up in the back of our net.
I do feel a bit bad for Thomas. He played every single game under Jones across all three CB positions and captained the side for our biggest result. He looked like he was one Jones trusted to do a job and there's no denying he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation. Towards the end Thomas started to fall apart though and his timing on that really wasn't great. I'd like to think of it as Jones trusted Thomas to do enough to keep us away from relegation but now that we're heading into a transfer window he's not at the high level required and we're aiming higher, which implies certain promises have been made. Considering we brought him in on a bit of a random free transfer as cover he played 61 games for us, filled in well at LB the previous season and until the fairly miserable end was probably our most consistent defender this season. Not good enough to be starting for a team pushing for promotion but he did the job that was asked of him in his two seasons and I'll think of him well for that.
Glad Tyreece is staying, would have been such a waste to just let him walk away
Might be wrong but feels like misplaced credit. Hard to argue that our defense kept us up. It was the defense that kept us from competing in this league and kept us drawing so many games.
I haven't said anywhere it was the defence that kept us up though. I did say he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation, which is true. He played every game despite there being a fair few other options available in that area. He played every minute under Jones apart from when he got hurt against Barnsley and came off with 2 minutes to go. Across that time Jones used Ness, REG, Gillesphey, Hector and Lloyd Jones but Thomas is the only one who was always chosen and we improved defensively (19 goals conceded in 16, 30 goals conceded in Appleton's last 16 games) in that period, otherwise we wouldn't have stayed up. Jones didn't come in on a brief to just see out the season, he had to turn our results around to keep us in the league and he most consistently chose Thomas to help do that. Thomas didn't do it single-handedly but it's a fact that he was called upon more than anyone else to get that job done.
I feel it's not too much of a leap? You're saying he was a central part of the team Jones put out to steer us clear of relegation, I'm just saying that the defense doesn't deserve much, if any, credit for that.
Well he was a central part because he played every game. That's just factual. He could have played other defenders but he didn't. And I think you're off base with the defence because defence was the thing that needed to improve and it did. We scored 21 goals in Jones' 16 games and 21 in Appleton's last 16. Our problem was never scoring goals, it was the amount we conceded, especially late on. Across that cross-section of matches we scored the same number of goals under Appleton but conceded 21 more and kept no clean sheets. It's difficult to want to give the defence credit (which I never have at any point, that's come from you, I've just said I feel bad for Thomas because he did his job when called upon by Jones and has now lost it) because they went from terrible to sometimes not awful, but it was only by the defence cutting down on the constant errors that led to goals and not switching off after 85 minutes that we stayed up. There's more to it than that, players like Kanu and Anderson defended from the front and Small provided more wide threat but from an attacking perspective we didn't transform to save ourselves, we became harder to beat as a team. If you think the defence weren't involved in that at all then cool I guess
No, not at all, I'm saying they don't deserve credit for a problem they played a big part in creating and perpetuating. If you think our defence deserves credit for avoiding relegation in league one, and for only bettering Carlisle's clean sheet record (who finished 16 points off safety), what can I say? No point in us having a row about it, I just think our standards for players and this football club couldn't be further apart.
Ladies and gentlemen, I offer for your delectation two who could pick an argument in an empty room.
Edit: having seen the further discussion, that’s a bit harsh on Garry.
Happy with the retained list and particularly the news that Tyreece Campbell has signed a new deal. After a very promising debut season in 22/23, he suffered a crisis of confidence under Appleton but now we have a proper manager, he will hopefully recover his form on a consistent basis. Regardless of the favoured formation, every squad needs one or two wide players who can go past opponents.
It’s the right decision on Terrell Thomas - a thoroughly committed and honest professional, who I believe will get himself fixed up with another club at this level. I’m sure he leaves the club with everyone’s respect and good wishes.
As to the players currently under contract, looking at that list does give me a bit of a sinking feeling, as we have far too many poor ones. That said, it can be done, as we know from Chris Powell’s 103 point season, when Solly and Jacko were the only regulars from the previous season, together with Bradley Wright-Phillips, who had joined us in January.
We have to cope with the legacy of dreadful recruitment over a number of years and one of the club’s principal difficulties in this window will be trying to move on contracted players, whose wages far exceed their ability and contribution. Fraser is the paradigm example and, given that he has flopped at Hearts, I expect he’ll end up getting a lesser gig up at Scotland and we’ll have to pay him something to help bridge the enormous gap towards his current salary.
McGrandles seems to be permanently injured - save for his successful spell at Cambridge last season and half a dozen games at Lincoln this - and I doubt that he’ll feature in Nathan Jones’ plans, although you never know. As for Terry Taylor, he remains an unknown quantity, having played hardly any football this year, but it’s a little ominous that he’s had zero game time under Jones, despite apparently being fit. I expect they’ll both end up on loan, alongside players like Edun and Watson.
Some weasily words on Dobbo’s departure. I wonder how many drafts they went through, as Scott attempted to justify his egregious negligence. Hopefully that gentleman has now been put very firmly in his place.
Am I missing something about Dobson? As I understand it, he refused contract offers and decided to go elsewhere. What did Scott do wrong?
Happy with the retained list and particularly the news that Tyreece Campbell has signed a new deal. After a very promising debut season in 22/23, he suffered a crisis of confidence under Appleton but now we have a proper manager, he will hopefully recover his form on a consistent basis. Regardless of the favoured formation, every squad needs one or two wide players who can go past opponents.
It’s the right decision on Terrell Thomas - a thoroughly committed and honest professional, who I believe will get himself fixed up with another club at this level. I’m sure he leaves the club with everyone’s respect and good wishes.
As to the players currently under contract, looking at that list does give me a bit of a sinking feeling, as we have far too many poor ones. That said, it can be done, as we know from Chris Powell’s 103 point season, when Solly and Jacko were the only regulars from the previous season, together with Bradley Wright-Phillips, who had joined us in January.
We have to cope with the legacy of dreadful recruitment over a number of years and one of the club’s principal difficulties in this window will be trying to move on contracted players, whose wages far exceed their ability and contribution. Fraser is the paradigm example and, given that he has flopped at Hearts, I expect he’ll end up getting a lesser gig up at Scotland and we’ll have to pay him something to help bridge the enormous gap towards his current salary.
McGrandles seems to be permanently injured - save for his successful spell at Cambridge last season and half a dozen games at Lincoln this - and I doubt that he’ll feature in Nathan Jones’ plans, although you never know. As for Terry Taylor, he remains an unknown quantity, having played hardly any football this year, but it’s a little ominous that he’s had zero game time under Jones, despite apparently being fit. I expect they’ll both end up on loan, alongside players like Edun and Watson.
Some weasily words on Dobbo’s departure. I wonder how many drafts they went through, as Scott attempted to justify his egregious negligence. Hopefully that gentleman has now been put very firmly in his place.
Am I missing something about Dobson? As I understand it, he refused contract offers and decided to go elsewhere. What did Scott do wrong?
Offered him an insulting contract that reflected his “squad player” status, offered him an “improved” contract that was still off what GD wanted, finally offered him what he’d asked for in the first place but by then it was too late and the damage had been done. Would have willingly sent him away in Jan/Feb during the middle of our relegation crisis.
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He was offered contracts, he turned them down, the nuances of why are probably many, and for another thread, but he did, and here we are.
He has signed an agreement in Hungary.
Thats it, the club are not going to state on an official released list whether they will be making an offer to bring him back/negotiate with the Hungarians, I really don’t know what people expect them to say?
It’s the right decision on Terrell Thomas - a thoroughly committed and honest professional, who I believe will get himself fixed up with another club at this level. I’m sure he leaves the club with everyone’s respect and good wishes.
As to the players currently under contract, looking at that list does give me a bit of a sinking feeling, as we have far too many poor ones. That said, it can be done, as we know from Chris Powell’s 103 point season, when Solly and Jacko were the only regulars from the previous season, together with Bradley Wright-Phillips, who had joined us in January.
We have to cope with the legacy of dreadful recruitment over a number of years and one of the club’s principal difficulties in this window will be trying to move on contracted players, whose wages far exceed their ability and contribution. Fraser is the paradigm example and, given that he has flopped at Hearts, I expect he’ll end up getting a lesser gig up at Scotland and we’ll have to pay him something to help bridge the enormous gap towards his current salary.
McGrandles seems to be permanently injured - save for his successful spell at Cambridge last season and half a dozen games at Lincoln this - and I doubt that he’ll feature in Nathan Jones’ plans, although you never know. As for Terry Taylor, he remains an unknown quantity, having played hardly any football this year, but it’s a little ominous that he’s had zero game time under Jones, despite apparently being fit. I expect they’ll both end up on loan, alongside players like Edun and Watson.
Some weasily words on Dobbo’s departure. I wonder how many drafts they went through, as Scott attempted to justify his egregious negligence. Hopefully that gentleman has now been put very firmly in his place.
The rebuilding must start NOW, so that we are not left with the dregs at the end of July.
Curbs did all his recruitment very early and i hope that the club support NJ with a good squad.
COYR!!!!
Is he likely to be sold?
What's it all about? Alfie...
T K Campbell and T A T S Campbell
Really pleased to see TC renew and hope Small signs the longer term deal (rather than us force his stay through a contract trigger).
But if this regime are really going to walk the walk then they will need to find someone much better than Dobbo to hold dawn that slot.
Nostalgia is clouding a lot of judgement. But there is much better out there.
Whether we are willing to pay for it is another matter.
Edit: having seen the further discussion, that’s a bit harsh on Garry.