... and shakes is only a verbal agreement at the moment, so that could still go tits up
i would imagine that parkin, igoe & duke were all on quite high wages, so hopefully now they've gone it will give king a bit more money to bargain with when it comes to bringing in new players and maybe he can start offering more than 1 year deals. but then again this is STFC - the extra money will probably not be accounted for in the same way the VAT bill was missed!
whatever happens i hope we start to see some new faces at the CG very soon, otherwise they'll be pulling fans out of the crowd to play!