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RonMariner
May 25, 2016, 9:04pm

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Quoted from Meza
No Ron he was released.  The other Payne from Dover joined Barnsley.


Ah! Cheers.

I thought I must have dreamt it  
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Think josh Payne is signing for Crawley
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Craig's stats:

With Clay in starting 11:

Won 50%
Lost 20%
Average points: 1.8 per game(would have finished 3rd over season)

Without Clay in starting 11:

Won 43.75%
Lost 25%
Average points 1.625 per game(would have finished 8th over season)

Plus we won both play off games which Clay started


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I'd liked to have seen Clay stay.
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Every team at every level needs a Craig Clay. Hope Hurst finds us a better one for League Two. Not a player to stand out but last season we were better as a team with him in it..


Like Bobby Mitchell and Phil Bonnyman in other eras.  Nothing fancy but allowed others around them to play.
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Solid performer who got stuck in Lincoln would not suit him much (do they use a midfield) but best of luck Craig you helped us out same goes for Robertson. Good solid performers that do the basics and don't let you down.
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I was that mad when Craig was released I said I wasn,t going to renew my season ticket.  I have now calmed down a bit. I will be renewing but am still very disillusioned with the way he has been treated, not just now but through the season. It seems to me that Hurst only played him when he had to and was always looking for ways not to play him e.g. loan signing of Robinson. But that is all in the past, Hurst has other players in mind. I will follow Clays career and wish him all the best, and hope to see him at B.P. again no matter what colour shirt he is wearing.
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I really liked him as a player and personally would have kept him for my League 2 squad. I guess PH possibly offered him a squad place but spelled out he would not be first choice and that`s the reason he has been let go?Good luck Craig.
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I guess if he kept him but he wasn't going to be in his first eleven, then he wouldn't have offered a contract to  Venney. No one really knows how much Dis will play this season either or whether we will primarily set up 442 or 433.
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Quoted from BackHeelTony
Craig's stats:

With Clay in starting 11:

Won 50%
Lost 20%
Average points: 1.8 per game(would have finished 3rd over season)

Without Clay in starting 11:

Won 43.75%
Lost 25%
Average points 1.625 per game(would have finished 8th over season)

Plus we won both play off games which Clay started




On the face of it, a very compelling set of stats and an argument i have heard used by a few Clay proponents, but i'm not buying it. No way is Clay that influential a player and if he was, he wouldn't have been released. There were obviously other factors, which are being overlooked. Anyway, it's irrelevant now as he has moved on.
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