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« Reply #15 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:11:47 »

I'm all for getting the youngsters through, but asking the likes of Oakley to step up to the first team at the first time of asking would be incredibly unfair and may not yield the desired results.
True. But bench warming with Ward and TAH on the field may be appropriate. KMac can then look for opportunities to blood him when appropriate. If Ward or TAH get injuries then bring in a loan and maintain the same strategy. If Oakley shines or appears ready for more in January then great!
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« Reply #16 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:13:05 »

I like the idea of KMac building a generation of footballers at the club.

What?!
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« Reply #17 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:14:35 »

True. But bench warming with Ward and TAH on the field may be appropriate. KMac can then look for opportunities to blood him when appropriate. If Ward or TAH get injuries then bring in a loan and maintain the same strategy. If Oakley shines or appears ready for more in January then great!

As things stand, an awful lot rests on TAH playing next season...with the downsizing of the club, we can scarcely afford an expensive resource doing nothing.
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« Reply #18 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:27:05 »

It worked with Thompson (N) though didn't it, just got to hope that lightning strikes more than once......

We certainly didn't expect him to become a regular first team full back the instant we gave him a few appearances.

Don't get me wrong, he's been quality and thoroughly deserves to be in the first 11. It may be the same with Oakley but we can't rely on it.

If Oakley plays well enough for the first team it will be him going not TAH.
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« Reply #19 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:58:25 »

"I for one are fully supportive of the club in trying to get out of this - pure financial insanity by the previous owners."

When you wrote that you were supportive of the club trying to get out of paying the player his wages by not honouring his contract, funny enough I believed you meant that you for one are fully supportive of the club in trying to get out of this, in future it may help if the reader knows that what you actually mean is in fact the opposite of what have written. 

Are you being deliberately obtuse, or just letting your ire get in the way of reading what I said?

Did I say I supported their trying to get out of the contract by way of nefarious means? Did I say I was supportive of the club trying to get out of paying the player his wages by not honouring his contract?

If the contract is watertight (as you obvious believe it is, and unlike yourself I haven’t seen it and thus I cannot comment on that) then they (the club) will be forced to honour it and if that’s the case so be it, if it is not then I suspect they will seek to renegotiate, however as a supporter of a club that is trying to save money I do support them seeking to investigate whether they have means to renegotiate terms or set the contract aside, by legal means.

The club obviously feel they potentially have a case, but hey ho, it’s another part of the chaos they appear to have inherited.
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« Reply #20 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 14:02:00 »

He is our best striker and would have got 15-20 goals next season in my opinion. The board yet again showing how amateur and pathetic they are. Some very grim years ahead, it will be a miracle if we don't go down.
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« Reply #21 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 14:25:44 »

We certainly didn't expect him to become a regular first team full back the instant we gave him a few appearances.

Don't get me wrong, he's been quality and thoroughly deserves to be in the first 11. It may be the same with Oakley but we can't rely on it.

If Oakley plays well enough for the first team it will be him going not TAH.

Also we shouldn't forget that Nathan is 4 years older than Oakley.  We can't expect the same from an 18-19 year old as from a 22 year old.
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« Reply #22 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 15:05:51 »

Normally football contracts are watertight. Don't forget we had to pay Ruddock off despite him being totally overweight for being a professional footballer.
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« Reply #23 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 15:15:10 »

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/swindontown/news/10453917.McCrory_confirms_Rooney_contract_talks/

According to this report he'll be on 8k a week!!

What were the previous board thinking?
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« Reply #24 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 15:16:24 »


What were the previous board thinking?
I think we've established that they weren't.

Except if you're DV in which case this is perfectly logical.
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« Reply #25 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 15:17:44 »

Yeah.
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« Reply #26 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 15:17:55 »

Eight...thousand...a...week?

Fuck me sideways.
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« Reply #27 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 15:18:52 »

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/swindontown/news/10453917.McCrory_confirms_Rooney_contract_talks/

According to this report he'll be on 8k a week!!

What were the previous board thinking?

"Yes Paolo. Please don't shout at me Paolo." Mainly.
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 15:19:06 »

Yeah.
Well, it's what you wanted...
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« Reply #29 on: Thursday, May 30, 2013, 15:19:34 »

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/sport/swindontown/news/10453917.McCrory_confirms_Rooney_contract_talks/

According to this report he'll be on 8k a week!!

What were the previous board thinking?

Wray has a lot to answer for
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