Nice words from Macca there and I think we may miss him more than any other player, shame we couldn’t keep him for this season. Can’t blame him for leaving though, the offer seems fantastic and if he wasn’t able to contact Jim then what was he supposed to think?!
All the best Macca, always welcome down at WP
RobSproston wrote:
I knew we would get there in the end Rob! 
It is in my opinion scandalous that we did not guard ourselves against these issues. We handed the choices to the players and given how highly regarded many of them are we in essence let our biggest assets walk out the door. It is like wondering why you were burgled after leaving the front door of your house open and a big sign outside saying help yourself!!!
I fully appreciate the potential dangers of having too many contracted players and the liabilities attached to this however we had some key members of the squad that we would have wanted to keep either in the Unibond or BSN and conversations/contracts with these players should have been agreed several months before the end of the season. False promises, he said this and he said that accounts for nothing, only the written legal contracts matter.
Good words from Macca, a very genuine lad that will give 100% wherever he plays, thought he was a big player for us. I hope the other important player in midfield Mr Brown puts pen to paper, as widely discussed he was arguably Witton and the league’s best player in the first couple of months of last season. Come on Alex, nail your colours to the mast sunshine. We need your creativity alongside Scott Willis’ strength!
Agree with you wholeheartdly here Rabbit on the Brown/ Willis combination, would have preferred Macca but not to be but who knows if things don’t work out for him at Stafford! It says it all that he couldn’t contact jim and also the gaping gaps in the contract situation are making me begin to wonder about certain managerial capabalities. We’ve been badly let down on this contract front and now we are exposed particularly if we have further losses in players which I think will happen. We really need to make sure that those who are tied to us we maximise the money we can get for them or we make it plain if they are staying that we want their 100% committment.All this is making the job harder for Nige which is why I’d like to see our next signing as someone who can come in and help him in the assistant capacity.