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McCormack set to sign for Brentford
           
           


  CHAIRMAN Jed McCrory remains hopeful that Alan McCormack will stay at Swindon Town but it appears that the skipper is close to being unveiled by Brentford.

           

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Hope they think he's a full back.

We need to sign an Alan.

He wanted improved terms and a two year contract,  was offered both and chose to move on, ho hum we move on as well. 
Incidentally do we know who the agent is who is acting for Flint and McCormack is it Mr Spencer?

Only really wanted McCormack to stay as a utility player. He worked his socks off and closed down players well, but his passing was never up to it in midfield and he cost us several penalties last year. Liked his attitude and a loss to the squad but think we can get a better cm to replace without a problem.

Where does he play for brentford?! he's not better than douglas or diagouraga

Spot on :beers:

He's dead to me if he doesn't sign the 2 year deal on improved terms. Why do footballers make such stupid statements like 'if they offer me another contract that's not less than my current deal I'll stay', only to then choose to play for another team in our league.

McCormack and flint's agent is certainly rolling in it this summer.

Improved terms against what - the first offer, or what he was on the last year?

I'm guessing that even our improved terms don't come that close to matching the offer from Brentford.
Not surprising given the budget Brentford have, supported by their Sugar Daddy, as evidenced in the accounts posted here recently.
I'm not too upset by this as I'm hopeful we can find an "as good" replacement at a lower cost.

I'm sure it will take him a long time to get over it  ::)

I don't think he said that...he said "if they offer me less, I'll leave" which is subtly different.

Probably should have offered him two years in the first place...

I'm not going to pretent to know the ins and outs of this but the admission of the improved offer creates a whiff of careless negotiation which could have been prevented.

But I don't know how negotiations work and for all we know Town could have offered him 3 years and he was always off to Brentford.

I liked how Ned Payne stuck in the 'same agent as Flint' line.

Did Spencer represent any players or just acting as agent for Di Canio/the club?

Agents are this lot:

http://www.worldinmotion.co.uk/site/who.html?oo=0

You aren't a very good judge of character then! He's probably checking into the priory clinic as we speak.

As with many things recently nobody knows the ins and outs of what was offered so I was probably quick to judge Alan.

Hopefully we'll be able to bring in somebody with an equal amount of drive and effort that he put in. But less dangerous when tackling in the box please!! :) (apart from the Worldy in the home leg play off semi!!)

I've got to be honest,  not one player who's left/supposed to be leaving this close season has really bothered me as much as some players leaving in previous seasons. I've liked them, but none of them have been outstanding. If he goes, he goes. The only players I'd be gutted about leaving is Wes and Nate Dog.

This

Reg pretty much foresaw this scenario when the retained list came out back in early may:


I'll hold off my long held opinion on McCormack and his much touted 'versatility' until he actually goes.

Agree completely, so many players come and go now as it is the agents that call the shots and no doubt Jed has had plenty knocking on his door touting the next best thing. Would not think it would be too difficult to find a hard working midfielder in the same mould.

Why we have Navarro?

Douglas wasn't getting regular games at the end of the season, perhaps they'll move him on?

I don't think McCormack was ever likely to stay even if he was offered a 2 year contract on decent money.  He and his partner had apparently not settled within Swindon.  

As somebody said, no player is really that committed to the cause.  Not massively bothered, he's been inconsistent this season and at times a liability.  

What's the Flint situation?  Has he gone to City or is it still in the air?

Will Brentford be bringing in Tom Daley as coach ?

To make sure Alan's diving is up to the Brentford standard ?

Could easily be true if Rosler shared their fans' view of his contribution at the end of last season.

McCormack was a good player in L2, but only average in L1. He was quickly found out as a CB by the better teams in the division and was a bit of a liability at full back. He played well in Central Midfield towards the end of the season but wasn't outstanding in my opinion.

I'd sooner have kept Ferry than him.

Checked and saw that Wes Fod is also signed on with this lot too.

He's getting a better deal at a club showing more ambition. No brainer for him.
All this crap fans spout about loyalty is a joke.
Who was the last loyal player to stfc,digby? That was probably as it was best for him too.

Relegation battle next season with our squad at the moment.

Can we at least wait and see who we sign and how the first few games of next go, before saying we're in a relegation battle.

Personally I think McCormack had a pretty mediocre 2012/13 after a great first season for us. Hard-working, combative and versatile Macca might be but he's a rather ordinary 3rd tier player really when you look at it objectively.

Am in agreement with Hertha that the only players I'd be sorry to lose are Fods & Nate Dog. Possibly Collins as well as I think he could score a fuck load of goals for us if given a full season as the main man.

I remember once season gazzzaa freaking out about this time of year (or later) that we were going down because we had no strikers. He even went to the length of predicting how the season would pan out match by match, he had us finishing last. He was not the only one as others were acting in a similar vein.

We went up us champions.

nope

If we only signed Byrne, Luongo and another kid or two I'd agree we could be struggling this coming season but assuming we sign at least a couple of experienced old heads (one in midfield, one at the back) we should be mid-table at worst with the players we have surely? We just lack a bit of leadership and crucially a bit of pace

McCormack, may have made a few rash challenges, but his aggression is what we will miss. His fighting spirit and wild burst through the center is what Ill will miss the most.

As long as we sign a few tough players and not all young kids, then we should do ok.

A goalscoring midfielder in a central position would and should be at the top of Kmac's list i would have thought.

The way he seems to set up his teams it would appear a strong midfield next season will be paramount.

Its a personal opinion mate seen it happen to the town on so many occasions we cut our budget ,players leave and we end up fighting for our lives but thats life footballs a funny old game.

It would be rather embarrassing for us to be relegated with a reduced budget which is still possibility 4 times that of others.

*bangs head on wall*

The usual merchants of doom who regularly inhabit the "Thisis...."  site have gone into a tailspin of negativity again today.  Bless them!

Message to self:  Must stop looking at posts on "Thisis...." site

I particularly enjoyed the comments abusing Jed for only offering McCormack a 1 year deal despite it stating in the article that he's been offered a 2 year deal now AND he hasn't actually left yet...

Thought McCormack was a decent player for us and we will miss him.

The fact that it seems very few players want stay here is some what alarming.

As with Flint who and what we replace McCormack with will be key. Naturally I'm not going into panic mode yet - it's June but when the time comes we're going to need a lot of signings and good ones to.

Surely the only ones to have chosen to leave are Flint and Macca, both of whom are inevitably leaving to go to clubs with bigger budgets than us, so not particularly alarming to me.

I've seen it happen as well mate. Hey if we get relegated we get relegated. But we'll go up as champions next season.

WTF are you on about?

I was trying to have a bit of a joke. Apologies if I confused you.

But only offered on the club's imposed deadline day to the original one-year offer.

Supposing Macca agreed a deal with Brentford after the one-year deal was offered and before Jed presented the two-year deal? Do you expect him to renege on what he may have agreed with Brentford?

Why did Jed leave it so late to offer a two-year deal?

Of course, not the end of the world that Macca appears to be leaving, but pity about the way it may have happened.

That is alot of if buts and maybes though you have put in though tbf.

Please don't Steve

You are 49

You are not black

You never have been and never will be "down with the kids"

Why not just call him Nathan Thompson ?

I always referred to the actual Nate Dogg as Nathaniel Hale.

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All good points.

I am certainly old enough to remember twenty years ago, the euphoria of finally reaching the premier league then the manager walking out and the guy who had skippered us through the divisions deciding enough was enough and pissing off as well!!  It has happened before and it will certainly happen again - and the only relevant point is we still have a club to support!!

:D

What are you laughing at you druggie cunt?

Must admit that I never forgave Hoddle and Calderwood for that.

It was hard to take, but after having players sold from under him when trying to get there I'm sure Hoddle knew that we were not in a position financially to give it a proper go.

Although, if I remember rightly he had agreed to go to Chelsea long before we won at Wembley

Didn't they keep showing Ken Bates on the TV coverage that day?

I think the phrase 'strongly rumoured' was appropriate at the time.

A time of little internet and minimal Sky news.

If I remember rightly (Chelsea fan) David Mellor was the host of 606 on BBC radio at the time, and had commented to another Chelsea fan on air at the end of the season (before the play offs) that they should wait until the new manager was announced as they would be pleasantly surprised.

Hoddle's name wasn't mentioned, but looking back later it appears that it was already a done deal.

Ive said this before and I was at Wembley that day so didnt have the disappointment some might have had but David fucking Pleats first comment after the final whistle was 'and I think I can see the Chelsea chairman over there.....'  Wanker.

I can remember watching the highlights that nicght and just thinking, why the fuck mention that now, why not allow a moment of Joy before basically saying, you're managers off.

Yeah I remember that Saxondale...

Aside from the famous camp jig he did that time Pleat was always a cunt. An untravelled Hodgson but without the rhotacism.

Sam Morshead ‏@SamMorshead_SA 4m
The Advertiser understands Alan McCormack will become a Brentford player in the next 48 hours #stfc
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Hey ho, guess it was coming.  Are brentford being funded by someone, or is it more a case of us not being to match their offer as we are still over where we need to be?

Sam Morshead ‏@SamMorshead_SA 6m
The Advertiser understands Alan McCormack will become a Brentford player in the next 48 hours #stfc

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Yeah, by Batch. :)

So two of our best players decide to fly the nest for pastures new....to clubs in the same league as ourself :no:

A Dickie Bird has told me Palace want Wes as understudy to Sperroni...and no it wasn't Mr Chang!

The silly fools shouldn't have sold him to us in the first place then! Their loss has definitely been our gain.

Agreed...been brilliant.

Matthew Benham, who owns Matchbook, the betting exchange, has put in £15m in the last year.

Sayonara Alan Mac. Gave his all while he was here, can't ask for much more than that in the modern game. Not the most talented player in the squad but gave it all.

If he's being signed to play centre mid alongside Douglas and/or Diagouraga, that is a seriously combative midfield.