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Quoted from promotion plaice

Alleged racist abuse to a Northampton player.......

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/ne.....iation-1587141762000

Thanks PP - must have missed that completely!

Quoted from thefish

Here you go...

[url]https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52331726[/url]

Thank you 👍

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Would have probably been expensive to pay Green off. If, and it’s a big if, we get an idea of when the club can start getting revenue in again and it’s sooner rather than later, then there’s one or two who I suspect we’ll see again.

....not to mention Green would have to agree to it.

A lot of people talking about paying players off as if we just give them a pay off and send them packing. It isn't as simple as that. It has to be an agreement with club and player. And which player is going to agree to make themselves unemployed in the current climate???

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

Looking at the wages of the, as of yesterday, current players via the medium of Football Manager, which yes I know it is just a game but a lot of research goes into the facts and figures for each team, Whitehouse and Hess were 2 of the highest earners at the club.

So whichever way you look at the situation with Whitehouse, either being the highest earner, or having a potential ban hanging over him, I can see no other option for Ollie to release him.

Hess was a players player but he deserves to play at a higher level. He will be missed.

It would be interesting to see how much wage bill has been cut and how much will be made available for a few choice new faces.

Let's just hope Ollie has an influx of good players asking him if they can play for him for smaller wages.

May have been down to his injury but I don't think Whitehouse really played as well as some on here were suggesting when we signed him. I never really expected him to be re-signed.

With regard to Hess, as some have mentioned he was a very steady player but for a midfielder I don't think he was very creative or looked like he would add much to our goals tally and I thought we did OK  when he was out injured. Anyway as some have said he may well have been looking to go back south.

Hess was a bit of a poor mans Stacey Caldicott. You also knew he was never ever going to score.

Top pro and such a hard worker, but as mentioned, if we are looking at promotion, we need a bit more than that. If we are happy with 16th, then he'd be one of the first on the teamsheet.

I know i was red crossed to death for my comments on Green but really does he offer anything to the team? i will still support the team through and through if hes in it or not.

Hess was a 100% player but there is better and probably cheaper.
Whitehouse was a big let down for me, first season injured then second season a let down.

Hope Wright stays but will be a make or break season for him, hope he does as hes honest nice lad that has that something extra.

Vernam - easily our best attacking player on his day that if Olly can get him consistant surely a move back up the leagues for ggod money will be on the cards.

Garmston - probably wants to be somewere more local to him, looked ok when he played. who will do fifa now?

Strange how they call Buckley back but it gave them chance to asses him and shame he didnt make the grade. Clee town awaits

Cardwell - hope he got another trade lined up.

Rose - suspect he will go to conference 2 level and do well , hope so anyway.


Time to concentrate on our local area players as there is plenty of talent there

I think from listening to what Holloway has said in interviews we will see at least Hope, Idehen and Starbuck offered deals from the youth team. Add these to Battersby, Pollock, Curran, Clifton and hopefully Wright and we have a good group of youth team graduates in the first team. Out of all the negatives from the past couple of months we might see something special and a base to build on for the future- I would imagine Holloway would be brilliant for these young players and could really progress them.

I wasn't aware that Hessenthaler was after a move back down south.  In which case you can't argue anything, that's just what it is.  Really liked the lad, thought he was our best player over the last two years and wish him well.

I think he'll be difficult to replace as a holding midfielder type but Benson came in and showed he can offer more attacking intent from that position.  Whereas Hess would intercept the play and give it to someone else, Benson would look to start an attack from that position.   Not saying we'll get Benson on another loan deal but it set the standard of what we need to aspire towards and probably Holloway's game plan.

Rose is the only other one who seems to have split opinions.  Very harsh on the lad but he looks to have gone backwards in the last 6-9 months.  No doubting his athletic ability but his footballing know-how was very immature in my eyes, never quite seemed to know where to stand or when to move.  Fact he seemed to be made of glass can't have gone in his favour either.

  

It's clearly a case of all those that could be released have been, to get the running costs down as much as possible. I'm sure there are some we would have liked to have kept and some on contract we would have liked to release, but it is what it is. There will be plenty of players to choose from once we get up and running again, and those teams that best get through the current times will be the ones in prime position to acquire them.

A lot of players will be lost to the game sadly, but then many people in all walks of life will have to reassess their options.

Matt Green won't be going anywhere - no one will be offering him (or anyone else) a contract anywhere near the package I imagine he's on here for the next twelve months.
Unfortunately to merely survive through to whatever comes next I can see we had to release Hess & co.
I imagine the scenario with the options on Vernam, Wright & Clarke is to offer extensions on reduced terms & conditions.
Just hope we & others can come through this & have some footy to look forward to next season.