Pádraig Amond interview

Enjoyable read. Quite possibly he left the negotiations entirely in the hands of his agent who didn't bother getting back to Town when he got the required 2 year deal from Pools.

Regardless a real shame he only had 1 year with us, always welcome back, top bloke

Quoted from Maringer

There are two sides to every story, but this one is really a bit baffling. As Ginny notes, we'd offered him a long contract which he turned down, but then apparently didn't attempt to renegotiate a 1 year offer?

Perhaps his agent was shopping him around a bit and so wasn't too bothered about getting back to GTFC to ask for a longer deal? Very strange.

Given the form he was in he probably felt he deserved another crack in the league regardless of what happened in May 2016 which explains rejecting the 2.5 year deal in January.

Come the summer, 6 months had past so the club effectively offered him 12 months less and he probably felt under-appreciated. I don't think he needed to ask for 2 years, his efforts deserved rewarding with a 2 year deal.

Got the impression Hurst wasn't 100% sure on Podge as a league player and wanted him to prove himself hence the 1 year deal offered.. Good player.. good memories

Whatever happened this was a member up by GTFC. I can perfect understand Podge wanting to see what the end of the season brought. To then not offer him more than a year smacks of toddler tantrums to me. If he was good enough for 2.5 years in January he was good enough for 2 years in June. Now if Hurst had any doubts about Podge as a League player, why offer him 2.5 years in January? Did Hurst not have faith that he could get us in the League in that time period? Or was the 2.5 year offer peanuts? In which case WTF!! Spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

Memory may be playing games but I thought the offer is n the January was a further 1 and a half years?

Us fans got SPOILT enough didn’t we, getting Podge on a 2 year deal we would of been over spoilt

Quoted from Cloudy

Memory may be playing games but I thought the offer is n the January was a further 1 and a half years?

He was offered a 1 and a half year deal in January but turned it down ( quite possibly influenced by his agent ).

MJ is transforming Town but in the 3 games I’ve seen this season I can’t help thinking that a striker with the intelligence of Podge would take us from “possibles” to “probables”.

All that said I still admire home as a person and footballer and “when” he scores tomorrow I fully expect him to be low key about it.... why? Because he’s a class act!

Quoted from HertsGTFC

MJ is transforming Town but in the 3 games I’ve seen this season I can’t help thinking that a striker with the intelligence of Podge would take us from “possibles” to “probables”.

All that said I still admire home as a person and footballer and “when” he scores tomorrow I fully expect him to be low key about it.... why? Because he’s a class act!

Exactly. As illustrated here in spades in this extract from the interview [my italics]:

"DB: It was great to see you in black and white again which leads nicely into my final question. If the opportunity arose, would you ever come back to the club?

PA: ‘It’s a hard one to answer just because you just never know what is around the corner. Since I have left the opportunity hasn’t come back up so the decision has been out of my hands. If I say I would love to play there again it puts unnecessary pressure on the new manager from supporters to try re-sign me which is unfair for everyone. Again at the same time I am really really happy at Newport County and things are going really well for me here at the minute. I am also coaching the u16 academy team too as I start my coaching career although I have no intentions of finishing anytime soon. Never say never though. I loved every second of my time at Grimsby Town and the people of Grimsby made me feel very welcome there and also made my family feel very welcome when they were at games too.’ '

Quoted from SuperDan16

Hi everyone

Just wanted to give our latest article over at Written In Black And White a bit of a plug if possible.

On the eve of our trip to Newport it’s an interview with current Exiles striker and former Town forward Pádraig Amond.

The link for it is here https://writteninbaw.wordpress.com/2018/08/24/the-big-interview-padraig-amond/

Thanks, I hope you enjoy reading it.

Very good interview Dan. Thanks.