Coulson rejects deal

Quoted from fiveallive

Well he might good enough for Alan Knilll's team because he has players like Jimmy Ryan and Bobby Grant both played for Accrington in the BSP and League 2 so maybe he's building a hard working team.

Neither of those 2 played for Stanley in the Conference but I agree that Coulson's good enough.

Quoted from Mighty_Mariner

I just think the stats are decdptive, IMO he is a worker, he is not particularly quick or skillful and isnt a natural winger! We can do better!

WHS x 2. I think Coulson's been average all season. Not a patch on the previous season. If he wants off, let him go!

Quoted from Chris

He's been released. All the players are now on holiday.  He ain't coming back here, he's been shown the door, there are no matches or club business left, so why act in this way? Pointless.

Well I guess you're right and to be fair marinerz won me over to his point of view.

I don't think it was necessarily pointless cos he might have said yes. (it's all hypothetical of course)
All I was really saying was, there's always a business angle to dealing with money and contracts.
I guess (if true) it was no more than a bit of opportunism in the hope Coulo might say "Oh sodomist it then ok..."

Though whether it's a good idea or not is a different matter and think marinerz makes a fair point.
One thing I did wonder though marinerz is where your evidence of other players receiving preferential treatment (for lack of a better word) in being paid off without needing permission for trials etc came from ?
Are you sure Coulo wasn't just in a brand new situation ? (hypothetically)

Quoted from headingly_mariner

That is the Fenty way, this is nothing new save hundreds and lose thousands.

This is what I just don't get about Fenty.
I can understand him not wanting to dip his hand in his pocket but almost every decision (except sacking Woods IMO) seems to be poorly timed or misjudged and it just seems to cost HIM more and more.

Suppose I get the impression he's trying to run a football team like a standard business.
Yes it's technically a business but don't see how you can plan financially when football fortune and decisions are such a huge factor.

tbh I wonder what our strategy is when we always seem to have the same budget every season.
Surely if we had a strategy or long term plan we'd see some big swings up and down in the playing budget ?
i.e. save big and the managers rebuild year 1, go for it year 2 and spend what we've saved ?

Yes I know STs are a factor but not sure chasing promotion EVERY single season has done us much ultimate good either.
Fans get impatient and won't like waiting a year ? They're hardly pleased as punch now !...

Now we're cutting in year 2 ?!
Makes no sense to me - if you back S&H and give them the best chance then at least you'll know !
If goes wrong you can start over and no-one's got any complaints (well they can't say you haven't tried !)

But as a club we just seem to be in a dual state of promotion chasing whilst continually rebuilding...  

Yes we can hold back and wait to spend money if things are going well, but if lack of money IS a big factor then it becomes a self defeating/fulfilling prophecy.

So I say back S&H NOW.
Then at least we can say we gave it a right good go.
If it doesn't work out then cards on the table, slash, rebuild and back youth/young players with the promise of huge investment later.
People will probably back it and unite if they see a well thought out plan ! (perhaps mention this before you spend big ?)

But I fear we're fannying about trying to be best at everything every year and ultimately achieving nothing.  
If a "competitive" budget leaves us just short again this season, then the fine margin to success will be of little comfort for me.

It's a bit like the team - I don't mind people failing badly just so long as they try their best...(not saying Fenty hasn't tried his best but you know what I mean...)

Coulson's not good enough for League 1 just like Danny Butterfield was never good enough for the Championship. He'll probably just slide into oblivion now he's been judged as not good enough for Town. I wonder what Butterfield's up to these days? Probably a binman or something?

Butterfield's been playing regularly in the Southampton team that's just been promoted to the Premier League

Quoted from Mr. Patient

Butterfield's been playing regularly in the Southampton team that's just been promoted to the Premier League

Yeah, that's why I wrote that.

Quoted from Mr. Patient

Butterfield's been playing regularly in the Southampton team that's just been promoted to the Premier League

Hello Mr Face, meet Mr Palm!

Ha ha! Sorry Rodley, that was my first ever post, not familiar with your irony!

No worries matey!