On balance, Greer is pushing 30 and the lure of a three year contract was obviously going to be attractive to him and his family. As a professional, he wont give a flying fuck who he plays for. I don't blame him for taking the money to be honest.
Despite the high volume of bumming activity in and around the Brighton area, that part of the world is actually a very nice place to live in for normal people as well, so no problem there either.
The problem Wilson now has is finding us an experienced CB who can actually play football. By that, I mean someone who provides a confident, regular passing link in and out of our midfield - something Lecsy and Morrison dont comfortably do, but both Cuthbert and Greer usually excelled at last season.
Not sure as to the actual reasons why Wilson let him go, but Arsene Wenger raised a few eyebrows when Tierry Henry and Patrick Viera were allowed to slip away from Arsenal when seemingly in their prime. Hindsight shows that decisions like that are rarely proved wrong when made by shrewd, experienced managers making decisions for the right reasons.
Without knowing all the facts or who Wilson may or may not already have lined up as a replacement, I'm happy to trust him as his track record with us so far has been very good.
As someone pointed out earlier, if we'd got into an Aljofree situation where GG was possibly injured and was costing us big money on a long term contract, we'd all be calling Wilson a cunt. If we'd left him to run down his contract and he'd fucked off at the end of next season, possibly captaining us to promotion, we'd be moaning about not signing him up on a long term deal. Fact is, the guy has been good for us, but is pushing 30 and has done a deal that suits him and his family.
Greer had his shortcommings, but was a great captain and was instrumental in pushing us almost to the wire last season. He's not irreplacable though and I'm sure the cash will come in very handy for us
