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HertsGTFC
November 25, 2018, 7:25pm

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How long before a bigger club comes in for James and makes us an offer we can’t refuse?

I know he’s on a relatively long deal, settled in the area and Town through and through but surely his form after coming back from injury last season must be courting interest?



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November 25, 2018, 7:33pm
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Nothing less than £1.5m... Loves the club, loves the people, settled and is a decent keeper at this level. So unless we get offered a big amount we should stand our ground.
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1.5 million?! In our dreams....

Good question posed and might attract interest in January I guess. Having a great season again, and his contract situation gives us a bit of protection and a decent bargaining position should an offer come in and he wants to move. I think, in the real world we might get a few hundred K for him if that happens.
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Josh Vickers at Lincoln is a great keeper but keeps getting bad leg injuries. He was out for most of last season, came back and has only just returned from a second long lay off.  Rory Watson at Scunthorpe is out for some time with a broken arm also.

If one of them two came in, he wouldn't have to move away from the area. At this level, the silly money tends to go on strikers so I don't think we would get anything near what we would hope. 4 points above the bottom 2, he is much more valuable to us than what someone would pay.
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Can we try and get a little bit of balance please? James has been great for us and obviously loves where he is, BUT he's been at the div 4/5 level fo nearly ten years now and he's there for a reason. He's a great shot stopper but IMHO his failure to command his 6 yard area almost cost s dear yesterday and for that reason it's why he is where he is
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Put it this way if a club want a decent keeper or striker they will pay decent money for them, both position are hard to come by let’s face it, personally can’t see him leaving he would of gone in the summer if he was to go


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Everyone has got a price. If someone is willing to pay a big fee for him and add a "0" to his weekly wage bill he'll be off. Wouldn't you if the same thing happened in your career?

We've got him on a long-term deal so we have done everything we can.


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He's going nowhere

Firstly because I think he is happy at Grimsby Town especially as there is no competition for the spot and secondly because he his playing at his level (and he knows it) and no one, especially a higher division club (which just could interest him moneywise I suppose) is going to come in for him.

He is a good Div 4 level keeper, no more than that.


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Macca has been a fantastic servant to this club over the last 8 or so years but the fact he is still here is telling in itself.

No doubt he’s a great shot stopper, but at roughly 6ft he’s relatively short for a goalkeeper which impedes his ability to command the box. Similarly, his kicking is not brilliant and he has at least one or two horror shows in his locker per season.

I’ve absolutely no doubt he bleeds black and white and in the context of our league position we’re incredibly lucky to have him, but for the reasons above I don’t see a significant cash offer arriving anytime soon.


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I reckon pretty much every pro keeper has 1 or 2 horror shows a season.


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