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Title: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: News Monkey on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 06:02:50
McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
           
           



  SWINDON chairman Jed McCrory has confirmed captain Alan McCormack has agreed to sign for Brentford, but insisted he would still welcome him back to the County Ground with open arms in the future.

           

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/10460574.McCrory_confirms_McCormack_move_but_leaves_door_open_for_return/?ref=rss
           
           
           


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: BruceChatwin on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 07:11:26
I really don't think we'll miss him as a footballer, what we might miss (depending on his replacement) is his presence as a focal personality who could re-energise the team.

The irony with McCormack is his supposed best attribute (his versatility) was mostly a result of not really being good enough to hold down a regular place in any one position.

My suspicion is it was largely as a result of his captaincy, a legacy of his importance to the team last season in League 2, but not really a reflection of his importance to the team this season in League 1, that the manager often felt obliged to shoehorn him in all over the park ahead of specialists in those positions (Nathan Thompson for example), sometimes to the detriment of the shape and defensive cohesion of the team.



Title: Re: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 09:20:44
I know I'm a negative Nelly but I was disappointed with McCormack saying he had heard very little from the club regarding his contact before receiving a last minute offer of a 2 year extension. Also thought he said there we no improved terms.. May have misheard.

We'd have probably lost him anyway as Brentford seem to have put together a better package, but it seems poor form not to try a bit harder..


Title: Re: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 09:29:08
I know I'm a negative Nelly but I was disappointed with McCormack saying he had heard very little from the club regarding his contact before receiving a last minute offer of a 2 year extension. Also thought he said there we no improved terms.. May have misheard.

We'd have probably lost him anyway as Brentford seem to have put together a better package, but it seems poor form not to try a bit harder..

I think it's fair enough. We know we cannot retain roughly 50% of the current squad, and so can't be picky, anybody who we can move on will move on until a base line is hit.  Obviously a lot of fans haven't yet quite come to terms with this, so the Board spin it as best they can.

Of what's left, then Williams, Collins and Foderingham, look the most likely to be next in no particular order.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: fatbasher on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 11:01:13
That's nice of Jed to leave the door open. I doubt Jed will be here in two years time to honour that TBH.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Bob's Orange on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 12:20:19
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22769194

Alan speaks a bit in this article.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 14:31:02
I think it's fair enough. We know we cannot retain roughly 50% of the current squad, and so can't be picky, anybody who we can move on will move on until a base line is hit.  Obviously a lot of fans haven't yet quite come to terms with this, so the Board spin it as best they can.

Of what's left, then Williams, Collins and Foderingham, look the most likely to be next in no particular order.

can't disagree, but my point was I desperately want to see what the board says and what the board does match. Genuinely.

In this case "did all we could to keep him" = "little to no contact,  verbal 11th hour offer.", assuming Macca/his agent is being honest.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Bukkake Regiment on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 14:59:27
Who will we sing the Alan McCormack song to now? Do any of the current players' names fit into the song?


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: DRS on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 15:01:14
yes Navarro


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: FreddySTFC! on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 15:01:48
Who will we sing the Alan McCormack song to now? Do any of the current players' names fit into the song?
Archie, Archie, Archiebald Henville, Archiebald Henville, Archie Archie!!!!!


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 15:29:42
can't disagree, but my point was I desperately want to see what the board says and what the board does match. Genuinely.

In this case "did all we could to keep him" = "little to no contact,  verbal 11th hour offer.", assuming Macca/his agent is being honest.

I think we've already seen enough to know the 2 don't very often and probably won't very often match.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Batch on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 16:56:23
I think we've already seen enough to know the 2 don't very often and probably won't very often match.

I live in hope.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: leefer on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 17:20:29
I will remember him for not getting the ball and smashing it into the net in that penalty shootout.

Strange he ended up at Brentford  :hmmm:

Dont reckon the board was that sad to see him go.



Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Dr Pierre Chang on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 17:23:19
The way Jed is going on about offering him a role in the future makes him sound like a club legend.

Anyway, this was his finest moment by a mile and a superb PdC moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoBCx93TCcY



Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: tans on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 20:56:46
I will remember him for not getting the ball and smashing it into the net in that penalty shootout.

Strange he ended up at Brentford  :hmmm:

Dont reckon the board was that sad to see him go.

Me and you have the same theory i reckon


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: sonicyouth on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 21:25:08
The way Jed is going on about offering him a role in the future makes him sound like a club legend.

Anyway, this was his finest moment by a mile and a superb PdC moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoBCx93TCcY


That was an unbelievable moment.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Iffy's Onion Bhaji on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, 21:33:45
I wouldn't want him back here. Bottler.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: THE FLASH on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 06:51:34
Thanks....pretty good player.

Northampton will always stick in my mind.

Hope he lunges in when we play the bees.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Nick Bamosomi on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 10:21:47
The way Jed is going on about offering him a role in the future makes him sound like a club legend.

Anyway, this was his finest moment by a mile and a superb PdC moment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoBCx93TCcY



One of my very favourite STFC moments, and I have been supporting them a long time.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Ardiles on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 10:26:47
I had moved to the side stand at half time to be with friends we bumped in to, so wasn't in the end stand behind the goal.  Such was the mentalism of the goal celebration in the stands that I completely missed PDC's run down to the end.  Just heard about it on BBC Northampton on the way back.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Dazzza on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 11:48:51
A real shame to see him leave.  Very good L1 player, not spectacular, but a real positive influence and he’ll be missed.

It seems we made little more than a token effort to keep him. 

Not sure, if I read it correctly but it appears he was offered a better deal pre-takeover than the one year extension cited in today’s Adver?

Judging by the amount of interest in the player it is pretty weak that all we could offer was a one year term to our club captain.  Offering a verbal deal is meaningless and its hard to blame the player for taking up the offer of a three contract and improved terms in the face of our one year deal.  It shows the naivety by the current board and highlights a lack of trust between the players and new regime.

No players irreplaceable but it smacks of parallels to the same sort of situation with player contracts and the inevitable press releases of the Diamandis era.  However, once we sign a fantastic experienced replacement I’ll gladly swallow my words.


Title: Re: Adver News: McCrory confirms McCormack move but leaves door open for return
Post by: Paolo69 on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 11:59:19
Aren't Brentford operating on a similar budget to we were last year? Money talks and we were never going to compete with what Brentford can offer unfortunately.