[ESI]

...Not especially surprised and not especially bothered, didn't show the fight when needed at CB but still deserves another chance in the league as he didn't really get it with us

https://www.grimsby-...summer-signing/

[azul]

east-stand-is, on 30 May 2018 - 02:18 PM, said:

...Not especially surprised and not especially bothered, didn't show the fight when needed at CB but still deserves another chance in the league as he didn't really get it with us

https://www.grimsby-...summer-signing/

Pretty lucky to get another league club. Nice to see Gorimsby aiming high

Let’s hope a few more will follow him out the door

[ESI]

Well reading the MA answers last night, although financially a bad idea (perfect for DA and his ever growing valuation though) we have someone working on severance pay for a few unnamed members of the squad...likely O'Grady is one of these, hopefully McCourt gets a kick up the 'arris and out of the door too

[azul]

east-stand-is, on 30 May 2018 - 02:40 PM, said:

Well reading the MA answers last night, although financially a bad idea (perfect for DA and his ever growing valuation though) we have someone working on severance pay for a few unnamed members of the squad...likely O'Grady is one of these, hopefully McCourt gets a kick up the 'arris and out of the door too

McCourt would be good fit for Grimsby. It’ll need a big severance to make O’Grady interesting to anyone

[Ernie Ernie Ernie]

east-stand-is, on 30 May 2018 - 02:18 PM, said:

...Not especially surprised and not especially bothered, didn't show the fight when needed at CB but still deserves another chance in the league as he didn't really get it with us

https://www.grimsby-...summer-signing/

Good

[ESI]

In fact from how it reads on our website that 'an agreement has been made allowing him the freedom...' sounds a bit like we've paid up his contract...

Why would we not at least try and flog him for the value of his contract, unless im misunderstood, he cant have been on that much...could he

[Toddhopper.]

After his performance at Barnet I'm glad he's the first out of the door. Vastly overrated for me.

[Westbars Spireite]

Toddhopper., on 30 May 2018 - 03:00 PM, said:

After his performance at Barnet I'm glad he's the first out of the door. Vastly overrated for me.

Who rated him?

[ELTON 2020]

Westbars Spireite, on 30 May 2018 - 03:11 PM, said:

Who rated him?

Lester

[martatcross]

Hopefully the first of the bunch and others to follow one way or the other

[gordon_brittas]

Hopefully O’Grady is the next out the door...

[danblue]

east-stand-is, on 30 May 2018 - 02:59 PM, said:

In fact from how it reads on our website that 'an agreement has been made allowing him the freedom...' sounds a bit like we've paid up his contract...

Why would we not at least try and flog him for the value of his contract, unless im misunderstood, he cant have been on that much...could he

Unless Grimesby have taken over the remainder of his contract which was agreed by all involved?

[ESI]

danblue, on 30 May 2018 - 03:19 PM, said:

Unless Grimesby have taken over the remainder of his contract which was agreed by all involved?

He still had two years left with us, Grimesby have taken him on for a year...

[metallilad]

Only here for half a season and his name will be wrote in our history books forever. He won’t be on his own ofcourse.

[Sammy Spireite]

east-stand-is, on 30 May 2018 - 02:59 PM, said:

In fact from how it reads on our website that 'an agreement has been made allowing him the freedom...' sounds a bit like we've paid up his contract...

Why would we not at least try and flog him for the value of his contract, unless im misunderstood, he cant have been on that much...could he

Saves 2/3rds of his singing on fee

"you can't stand in a players way when the Football league comes calling" lol

[spireitetoo]

I'd be gutted if a grimsby fan, signing a CB from the worst team in the FL...

[martatcross]

spireitetoo, on 30 May 2018 - 03:32 PM, said:

I'd be gutted if a grimsby fan, signing a CB from the worst team in the FL...

And not a very good one either 🙈🙉🙊

[sophocles]

Above posts sound like a bunch of sour grapes to me, and I totally disagree. IMO Whitmore is a promising player who just needs to gain experience in a decent side. I believe he will eventually do well at L2 level and maybe L1 in time.

[RN Blue]

sophocles, on 30 May 2018 - 03:44 PM, said:

Above posts sound like a bunch of sour grapes to me, and I totally disagree. IMO Whitmore is a promising player who just needs to gain experience in a decent side. I believe he will eventually do well at L2 level and maybe L1 in time.

I'm with you, his first game away at yeovil he played left back and looked a decent player, so he has/had potential.

[Phil V 72]

sophocles, on 30 May 2018 - 03:44 PM, said:

Above posts sound like a bunch of sour grapes to me, and I totally disagree. IMO Whitmore is a promising player who just needs to gain experience in a decent side. I believe he will eventually do well at L2 level and maybe L1 in time.

I think MA summed it up very well last night - these aren't bad players and no one will be happier than him if players leave and go to good things. But he needs to do what's best for CFC and trimming the squad, moving players on who have been associated with failure, and getting in players who he described as 'leaders' and 'men' are what's needed to break the cycle of failure.

He made an analogy with his garden in that you have to cut it right down, and give it room to regrow so that it can come back stronger.