Amond move to Hartlepool (merged)

Quoted from headingly_mariner

He scored 37 goals, he was a total fan favourite here. I really hope this is some weird joke and he's signed a new contract. Otherwise it doesn't look particularly good, from our out of contract players the two most valuable are off to flipping Hartlepool. Its a statement of intent to keep your best players.

It was a team that finished [/b]4th[b] in National league and a team that struggled towards the end of the season.

Toto - improved player last season still had a mistake in his game
Amond - scored 37 goals struggled towards to end of the season and it was Bogle who came to the party when we most needed it
Arnold - good on his day, but not a 90 minute player week in week out.
Tait - after a slow start to the season improved and was Mr consistent

This team up to the last 15 minutes of the Braintree away play-off game was not good enough and the fishy members were not a happy bunch.

Now we are in a higher league you want these same players to stay.

I don't know what we are offering these players to stay, but if they want to move on, for what ever reason then so be.

I want players that are keen and committed to GTFC, so we will just have to wait and see what squad Mr Husrt can assemble and get behind them.

Up to now the signs have been promising, but he will need a few rabbits out of the hat then he expected

Quoted from easypeersy

This is all very worrying in my opinion.
I certainly wanted Tait and Arnold to stay.
I really really, really wanted Amond to stay!!!

I hope that there is some movement the other way now and we see who next year's heros are going to be.
Pre-season friendlies might have to be 5 a side at this rate!
One huge signing early this week will make us feel a lot less restless.
Boyce would certainly be a good acquisition and  someone to partner Bogle!

It's getting nerve wracking and exciting all at the same time!

Got the makings of a good lyric. I like the first verse, but the second needs a bit of work. The lines are a bit long.  

Quoted from KingstonMariner

That, and it's not just you saying things like that, just smacks of Jilted John to me. Not that Hartlepool are cool and trendy (and certainly not better looking).

I know that Gordon is a Moron.....................He's not the only one!

The top 6 question is one that I have been touting on here for a bit TBH.

Perhaps Hartlepool are going to be a moneybags club this season a la Notts County the other year? Their ownership set up sounds a bit dodgy to me (probably detailed in the Panama papers!) so it wouldn't surprise me.

Otherwise, you'd expect Portsmouth to be the biggest payers with their fanbase so a move there wouldn't be any sort of surprise.

Given the service, I'd expect him to score 20 in a season at this level. He might not be the quickest or the biggest, but he does have excellent movement. Our wing play was poor for a lot of the season but he still scored loads so I don't doubt he'll do well with better service.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

That, and it's not just you saying things like that, just smacks of Jilted John to me. Not that Hartlepool are cool and trendy (and certainly not better looking).

I thought that but if you look at his record, he scored 2 goals against the top ten placed sides in the National League and one of those was the penalty against Braintree. That's 21 games and only a penalty against Braintree and the tap in at Eastleigh. He won't be playing teams with a defence similar to Woking's or Halifax's in L2. I'm not saying he won't be a loss, he will because he's a great finisher, but I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be like Darryl Clare; tore non-league to shreds but couldn't quite do it in L2.

Quoted from mariner91

I thought that but if you look at his record, he scored 2 goals against the top ten placed sides in the National League and one of those was the penalty against Braintree. That's 21 games and only a penalty against Braintree and the tap in at Eastleigh. He won't be playing teams with a defence similar to Woking's or Halifax's in L2. I'm not saying he won't be a loss, he will because he's a great finisher, but I wouldn't be surprised if he turned out to be like Darryl Clare; tore non-league to shreds but couldn't quite do it in L2.

That could equally say as much about the service he got from the rest of the team. The fact we didn't get close to the champions yet Podge scored 37 (despite being dropped) suggests the weaknesses were in other areas of the team.

Wouldn't have been 21 games. Off the top of my head he didn't play against Tranmere away.

Anyway, everyone was ready to kiss his bottom until this rumour broke about Hartlepool. Now it's all "I don't care anyway coz she is ugly and I only went out with her because she let me finger her behind the bike shed. I reckon I can pull better."

You never know they might get the Grimsbyitis

Quoted from KingstonMariner

That could equally say as much about the service he got from the rest of the team. The fact we didn't get close to the champions yet Podge scored 37 (despite being dropped) suggests the weaknesses were in other areas of the team.

Wouldn't have been 21 games. Off the top of my head he didn't play against Tranmere away.

Anyway, everyone was ready to kiss his bottom until this rumour broke about Hartlepool. Now it's all "I don't care anyway coz she is ugly and I only went out with her because she let me finger her behind the bike shed. I reckon I can pull better."

Yeah that's very true, I don't doubt that the service should have been better at times. And yeah, won't be 21 games but it's still over 15 I would think. I would still love him to stay I just don't think he's irreplaceable.

Their crowds were 3900 average last year. I think, absolute stinker of a season apart, ours will be 5000+ next season. Seeing as there are financial fair play rules in League 2, you would assume that would give us a larger projected wage budget than Hartlepool.  So it seems it's simply more a case (if Amond is joining or has at any point been close to joining Hartlepool) that they see him as more integral to their side than Hurst does, as reflected in their (presumably larger or longer) contract offer. Hurst will no doubt already have other targets in mind. I wouldn't sweat it*.

*As long as we sign Michael O'Connor**. Please sign O'Connor, Hursts. I know he's not a striker, I just really want us to sign him.

**Please stay Podge, we're signing Michael O'Connor!!1!

Quoted from immariner

Their crowds were 3900 average last year. I think, absolute stinker of a season apart, ours will be 5000+ next season. Seeing as there are financial fair play rules in League 2, you would assume that would give us a larger projected wage budget than Hartlepool.  So it seems it's simply more a case (if Amond is joining or has at any point been close to joining Hartlepool) that they see him as more integral to their side than Hurst does, as reflected in their (presumably larger or longer) contract offer. Hurst will no doubt already have other targets in mind. I wouldn't sweat it*.

*As long as we sign Michael O'Connor**. Please sign O'Connor, Hursts. I know he's not a striker, I just really want us to sign him.

**Please stay Podge, we're signing Michael O'Connor!!1!

Hope you're right

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