Best centre back by some distance leaving and people still think we're in for a good season next year.
We have no money. For the likes of Wrexham to be able to sign our better players shows the level we're working at.
Best centre back until Ness got the shirt - and his competition was Lavelle and Inniss who he is marginally quicker than - not saying Hector is a good signing but think we're exaggerating how good O'Connell actually is.
O'Connell is the ball playing CB signed to play Garnerball.
His distribution is generally very decent but he is not the quickest. Just maybe, just guessing ...... but maybe Holden doesn't see EOC as a good fit for the gameplan he wants the team to play?
Signing Michael Hector till the end of the season and selling O’Connell (who’s already signed up till 2025) is very bad business.
I don't think we will know if it's good or bad business until the 1st of September next year TBH. Hector in and Thomas and Lavelle out would make sense.
EOC is a head stracher though. Maybe he hasn't settled off the field? I doubt he is on massive wages. On the face of it it seems strange to say the least.
Best centre back by some distance leaving and people still think we're in for a good season next year.
We have no money. For the likes of Wrexham to be able to sign our better players shows the level we're working at.
Best centre back until Ness got the shirt - and his competition was Lavelle and Inniss who he is marginally quicker than - not saying Hector is a good signing but think we're exaggerating how good O'Connell actually is.
O'Connell is the ball playing CB signed to play Garnerball.
His distribution is generally very decent but he is not the quickest. Just maybe, just guessing ...... but maybe Holden doesn't see EOC as a good fit for the gameplan he wants the team to play?
I think you have hit the nail firmly on the head Oggy. If as you say O'Connell doesn't fit your game plan but is still part of the squad, so be it. but bugger me Wrexham give you a call and offer you money for a squad player who the club picked up for nothing, what you gonna do ?
Losing EOC is really not the end of the world. He's hardly played despite being fit again for a month. We'll sign another centre back who may or may not be as good and the cycle will continue
This is surely all part of a bigger plan for the summer and if that’s the case I’m all for it.
The squad we have are now where good enough so if we can get rid and of the wage bill no complaints from me.
Loans and short term contracts for much better players with some injury issues concerns gives us time to have a look at them and see if they earn a longer term deal.
If there is not a bigger plan then it would be worrying but I can’t see it.
Penney played at CB on Saturday when Holden switched up tactics. Hector isn’t match fit, ludicrous to let EOC go for any other reason than to cash in. He’s also head and shoulders above Innis
Looks like a fire sale. Wouldn't be at all surprised to see Dobson or Leaburn sold if any half decent offer comes in
A fire sale is when you sell all your belongings you don’t want to lose. Save for EOC, that is none of the people who we are losing. It’s full of people we’ve been crying out to get rid of.
Best centre back by some distance leaving and people still think we're in for a good season next year.
We have no money. For the likes of Wrexham to be able to sign our better players shows the level we're working at.
Best centre back until Ness got the shirt - and his competition was Lavelle and Inniss who he is marginally quicker than - not saying Hector is a good signing but think we're exaggerating how good O'Connell actually is.
O'Connell is the ball playing CB signed to play Garnerball.
His distribution is generally very decent but he is not the quickest. Just maybe, just guessing ...... but maybe Holden doesn't see EOC as a good fit for the gameplan he wants the team to play?
I think you have hit the nail firmly on the head Oggy. If as you say O'Connell doesn't fit your game plan but is still part of the squad, so be it. but bugger me Wrexham give you a call and offer you money for a squad player who the club picked up for nothing, what you gonna do ?
Is this the Holden who is only contracted to the end of the season ? 🙂
Looks like a fire sale. Wouldn't be at all surprised to see Dobson or Leaburn sold if any half decent offer comes in
We've got rid of two CMs (neither of which were playing), the third choice goal keeper and a striker well past his best. Maybe Kirk goes too but again he's barely kicked a ball for us this season.
Even if O'Connell does go that's not remotely a fire sale. Every single one of those (bar E O'C) are players we'd need to get rid of in the summer if they'd stayed.
Absolute bloody hand-wringing melts the majority on here nowadays, you'd think we just announced we're selling Leaburn to Hackney Marshes for a fiver and a frisbee
Are you on crack? We have been playing Ryan Inniss (who is a complete liability) and a youngster who has luckily broken through at the right time… outside of that we have no one. If either of them get injured, highly likely given past experience, we are stuffed
O'Connell leaving rather than Inniss/Lavelle is absolutely laughable.
Everyone slags all three of them off. But now he’s leaving, O’Connell is a world beater. Truth is, we’re not going up, we’re not going down, O’Connell maybe wants to leave or is the biggest earner out of the three of them. This season, yet again, is a write off with another summer rebuild on the cards.
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His distribution is generally very decent but he is not the quickest.
Just maybe, just guessing ...... but maybe Holden doesn't see EOC as a good fit for the gameplan he wants the team to play?
EOC is a head stracher though. Maybe he hasn't settled off the field? I doubt he is on massive wages. On the face of it it seems strange to say the least.
If there is not a bigger plan then it would be worrying but I can’t see it.
Even if O'Connell does go that's not remotely a fire sale. Every single one of those (bar E O'C) are players we'd need to get rid of in the summer if they'd stayed.
Absolute madness.