Vernam

Quoted from Nutsy

If someone has the inclination to leave, let them leave.

Similar situation to Dembele; quality player, even a match-winner when on form.

We move on.

Although thinking about it Vernam-Hanson-Dembele would have been quite thrilling......  

Provided we can keep Mr Holloway, I got a feeling that the football is going to be more entertaining than in the past.

There's a lot to be said for being a big fish in a little pond, accolades,respect,fame (locally at least). How many times have we seen  someone-usually a striker- have a purple patch with Town and then move on and basically fail to live up to their reputations elsewhere,only to then enter into a downward spiral. Ambition or greed ,or lack of a backbone to defy a pushy agent; there are many  excuses to move on without a moments thought to the club that put you on the map. Personally, I think CV will just join a long list of ex-Town failures,who's long term abilities are questionable.Wiser to know when you are well off where you are.

Quoted from Stranger in the Park

There's a lot to be said for being a big fish in a little pond, accolades,respect,fame (locally at least). How many times have we seen  someone-usually a striker- have a purple patch with Town and then move on and basically fail to live up to their reputations elsewhere,only to then enter into a downward spiral. Ambition or greed ,or lack of a backbone to defy a pushy agent; there are many  excuses to move on without a moments thought to the club that put you on the map. Personally, I think CV will just join a long list of ex-Town failures,who's long term abilities are questionable.Wiser to know when you are well off where you are.

Were you thinking of Omar Bogle by any chance?

Have to agree with the sentiment of your post. There are literally dozens of examples of players moving "to better themselves" from Town but few actually achieve it.

We now have a manager that we can say with confidence that can get the best out of the team, so unless the money is a lot more, or the contract is longer, then staying is now a better option than it has ever been.

FFS if we can't manage to keep a player when we simply have to take up a one year option already in his contract we may as well pack it in, bit like forgetting to renew the alcohol licence at BP - totally inept.

Missing a drink licence is not as bad as mistakingly signing the wrong player.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

Missing a drink licence is not as bad as mistakingly signing the wrong player.

I presume you are not referring to Vernam after all there have been a lot of mistakingly signed 'wrong players'  to choose from over the years

We didn't even have to sign Vernam anyway all we had to do was simply take up the option of another year

Easy, unless you are on the board of GTFC of course

I think this is a real shame, I am sure the club did not forget to extend his contract, because nobody, not even Grimsby town could be that moronic, but let’s have a look at the bigger picture.

We are in the same boat as everybody else, nobody has any facking money, especially those in league one and two. League one clubs will be poaching decent league two players on league two money and With this in mind, we really need to take advantage of struggling national league clubs, and take decent players from cash-strapped clubs for as little as possible.

Lower league players will either have to take a dramatic cut in salary when signing for new club, or national league players wanting to make that step up have the opportunity to do so......

Am I missing something?
Has CV actually signed for another club?
In today's climate, I would have thought it best to sign with Town for another year.
No doubt his head has been turned by his agent.

Quoted from cannylad68

Am I missing something?
Has CV actually signed for another club?
In today's climate, I would have thought it best to sign with Town for another year.
No doubt his head has been turned by his agent.

But he might have been offered three years with someone else, on more money?

Has he?