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diehardmariner
February 1, 2021, 9:43am
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I think it's fair to say that a lot, if not the majority, of people favoured the clubs prudent approach to contracts in the summer, because we were fed the drivel from Day.  Now rightly or wrongly we (I include myself in that cohort) scoffed it up believing that the club were doing the right thing.

As time went on it became apparent that the club weren't just taken a prudent approach, they were taking a cheapskate approach.  We now know that Vernam was offered reduced terms, we now know that players were told they should look for second employment, we now know that despite standing there with the begging bowl to fans the board members put absolutely jack excrement into the club over the summer, we now know that the club thought it was ok to furlough the groundsman, we now know that the club felt furloughing your assistant manager wasn't going to end in disaster, we now know that their rationale of not putting money in as they offer specialist services is worthless  (yes Mr. Day, you!), we now know that the board allowed a mass recruitment of players not up to standard with a scattergun approach that was destined for disaster.  

If Day/Fenty took the advice of the EFL, why are we the only club in the whole league who appeared to have done so?  Did our chairman not speak to other chairman to gauge what was happening elsewhere?  Did he not have the foresight to pick up a newspaper and see no-one else was doing such.

Can't for a second imagine Vernam would want to come back here.  It's not about his locality.  It's about our position in the table.  He's a very good player and it surprised me that he ended up somewhere like Burton.  With absolute no disrespect I expected him to end up at a bigger club.  I imagine a lot of clubs will still have him on their radar.  That said, Hurst rarely even acknowledges a name unless there's something in it.
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pontoonlew
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Signs for Bradford for a fee.

It's really unforgiveable that our tight arsed board let him go for free to a team who then managed to get a fee for him 6 months later.
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February 1, 2021, 4:10pm

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Quoted from pontoonlew
Signs for Bradford for a fee.

It's really unforgiveable that our tight arsed board let him go for free to a team who then managed to get a fee for him 6 months later.


He should’ve been the first contract signed especially as we only needed to trigger his extension. Worst contract intercourse up since Danny Butterfield.
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140381
February 1, 2021, 4:20pm
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Reading between the lines and based on journalist rumours, looks to me that he was keen on a loan spell here, but Bradford came in with a permanent deal. He’d be daft to sign an 18 month contract with a club that could be out if the league in May.
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February 1, 2021, 4:20pm
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I think my comments at the time he was allowed to leave were “FFS”.
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February 1, 2021, 4:28pm

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Another sad chapter in the book of GTFC intercourse ups.

The way this club has been run for the last few years is a disgrace. Coco the Clown would have made a better job.
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February 1, 2021, 4:30pm

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Can not understand why people want him back...

He played 62 times (inc Loan spell) and scored 10 goals, but if you take the 4 goals in the 7 games he played after return from loan at Chorley his stats are....

Played 55 scored 6 goals.


I think a lot just remember the last 7 games and that 'wonder' goal. not done much at Burton and can not see him getting a regular start at Bradford.


If the football is bad you can always watch the gulls.
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February 1, 2021, 4:31pm
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Lousy illegitimate
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February 1, 2021, 4:32pm

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Quoted from Grantham_Mariner
Can not understand why people want him back...

He played 62 times (inc Loan spell) and scored 10 goals, but if you take the 4 goals in the 7 games he played after return from loan at Chorley his stats are....

Played 55 scored 6 goals.


I think a lot just remember the last 7 games and that 'wonder' goal. not done much at Burton and can not see him getting a regular start at Bradford.


He did seem a different player when he came back from the loan spell. I guess we thought we would see more of that had he stayed.
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February 1, 2021, 4:34pm
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Reading between the lines and based on journalist rumours, looks to me that he was keen on a loan spell here, but Bradford came in with a permanent deal. He’d be daft to sign an 18 month contract with a club that could be out if the league in May.


Phil said money wasn't a problem. Obviously Bradford have more and a contract to offer.


You can please some of the forumites some of the time but not all the forumites all of the time
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