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Post by pigbag on Apr 27, 2023 15:19:50 GMT
George will explain in his blog tomorrow but I would suspect it has a lot to do with injuries. There is no doubt that long term player injuries killed us this season and I am sure that when assembling the team for next season this will be a major factor in who is retained or signed.
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Post by pwoodstone on Apr 27, 2023 15:24:17 GMT
Yeah. He would have been a top earner and I suppose the offer made reflected that injury record.
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Post by jdl on Apr 27, 2023 15:25:43 GMT
Sad news, even if not unexpected. Probably my favourite player, and comes over as a really nice bloke too. All the best, wherever you go, Jerome, you'll be missed.
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Post by sword65 on Apr 27, 2023 15:48:29 GMT
It's probably about money,they were all quick enough signing on the dotted line for a big pay rise 10 months ago but when it comes to taking a cut because of their abject failure they don't want to know. George can say what he wants I'll not believe it's anything other than money. I wait with baited breath to see how many times he mentions his new word 'structure' in his vlog.
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Post by meerkat87 on Apr 27, 2023 16:32:05 GMT
No player is going to happily take a pay cut, why should they...?
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Post by pwoodstone on Apr 27, 2023 16:33:00 GMT
No player is going to happily take a pay cut, why should they...? Because of the relegation |
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Post by sword65 on Apr 27, 2023 16:41:56 GMT
No player is going to happily take a pay cut, why should they...? They failed! |
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Post by Better things to do in life on Apr 27, 2023 17:05:02 GMT
Very sad news. Disappointing. Who IS going to stay? I hope this departure doesn’t influence George Fowler to do the same.
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Post by meerkat87 on Apr 27, 2023 17:40:26 GMT
Rubbish. I'd love to see you lot accept a paycut, get in the real world. There are plenty of other clubs out there that would probably mean they don't have to accept a pay cut for "failing".
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Post by sword65 on Apr 27, 2023 17:42:00 GMT
Very sad news. Disappointing. Who IS going to stay? I hope this departure doesn’t influence George Fowler to do the same. How often dioes the player of the year stay? |
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Post by sword65 on Apr 27, 2023 17:45:34 GMT
Rubbish. I'd love to see you lot accept a paycut, get in the real world. There are plenty of other clubs out there that would probably mean they don't have to accept a pay cut for "failing". Which is exactly why he is going, I never said I didn't blame him. Oh and by the way if you did your job as badly as our squad did theirs you wouldn't get a pay cut you'd get a big boot up the arse on the way out of the door.. |
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Post by pwoodstone on Apr 27, 2023 17:45:54 GMT
Rubbish. I'd love to see you lot accept a paycut, get in the real world. There are plenty of other clubs out there that would probably mean they don't have to accept a pay cut for "failing". Absolutely. If he can find a club willing to pay better or even to stay in the NL then completely understand why he would leave. We just don’t know but I am supposing he was offered a deal at a lower wage. I get the feeling we will have a more balanced squad. I feel last year we had Regan, Luque tied up and JBW all on decent money and probably a chunk of the budget. This year, I think we will be trying a more even spread. I also have a feeling we will end up with some Ebbsfleet squad players. |
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Post by Better things to do in life on Apr 27, 2023 17:56:59 GMT
Very sad news. Disappointing. Who IS going to stay? I hope this departure doesn’t influence George Fowler to do the same. How often dioes the player of the year stay? I remember Joe Ellul saying we would be his last club when he was player of the year until he got Hakked. |
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Post by holysmokes66 on Apr 28, 2023 8:01:11 GMT
Rubbish. I'd love to see you lot accept a paycut, get in the real world. There are plenty of other clubs out there that would probably mean they don't have to accept a pay cut for "failing". Absolutely. If he can find a club willing to pay better or even to stay in the NL then completely understand why he would leave. We just don’t know but I am supposing he was offered a deal at a lower wage. I get the feeling we will have a more balanced squad. I feel last year we had Regan, Luque tied up and JBW all on decent money and probably a chunk of the budget. This year, I think we will be trying a more even spread. I also have a feeling we will end up with some Ebbsfleet squad players. I love Jerome, but I'll be amazed if he signs for a NL club after his injury woes this season and some average performances in a relegated team. I say this, and Ghandour has signed for Aldershot. So anything can happen really, can't it... |
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Post by 61666 on Apr 28, 2023 8:37:14 GMT
Wasn't that long ago that JB-W was quoted in the KM about how well he got on with George...
Suspect that points to a pretty severe clear out, though no reason why championship winning NLS players can't do well again next season.
Also should be fairly obvious that this season's squad, collectively and individually, were nowhere near NL standard. Maybe a handful might get into a (lower half) NL team, but even then the fact that Barham hasn't prospered at Aldershot says much.
All we can do is wait and see. Precious little in the way of football to comment on since Christmas and suspect it will be the same between now and August.
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