Better.
Heâll go and win promotion now and be voted player of the season!
I know youâre joking, but even that wouldnât mean letting go was wrong. We placed a value on him, Plymouth placed a bigger value. Thatâs how it goes. You canât base a recruitment policy on ," How would it look if , with hindsightâŚ?"
Dâyou know, I think we could be a little kinder to a player who, a lot of posters acknowledge, generally put in a shift and did his best, despite his shortcomings. And, for Godâs sake, he appears to be bettering himself!
That is probably true in this instance (and many if not most others) but it isnât always the case when a player decides to move to another team. When Julian Joachim left us to go to Boston I believe it was due to family circumstances and travelling rather than the money on offer from either club that was the main factor in his decision.
Bad example. Boston bled cash at that stage trying to better themselves.
Werenât there prosecutions?
They were but I recall it being said at the time that we were prepared to match what Boston offered him and it wasnât just the money that was the deciding factor.
How about Andy Butler moving back to his roots oop north?
Some on here would never let any player go just in case he was half decent elsewhere.
Or give a hundred percent apparently. 100% every time. Love a good 100% footballer me.
We should only buy players who are prepared to give at least 110%.
Good luck to him, seen worse in the team.
Taking the positive its less wriggle room for Los Pomletto & the Three Amigos to blame previous managers for
Thatâs too low. What if the opposition has players who give 120%?
I think we should set a minimum requirement of 150%, anything less than that should be regarded as unacceptable.
Steve Evans time wasnât itâŚand he actually got found guilty of some dodgy dealings IIRCâŚ
With Scarr clubs higher up take punts on players all the time who may be underwhelmingâŚsometimes it comes off like with Andy Rammell of course and many others in Graydon era, most often it dosenât.
I can remember Darryl Westlake doing o.k but not looking anything special and then Sheffield United picked him up. 18 games for them, then SPL and faded into obscurity.
On reflection, 150% is probably the minimum expectation.
Coupled with an ability to spell Saddlers. Sadlers ffs!
It was a nod to Mat Sadlerâs family actually
You are absolutely right SWS1 .
With me it always feels like theyâve stabbed you in the back , when a player leaves to go to another team , well itâs like desertionâŚunless they really are crap and despised .
My Plymouth supporting mate said they have needed centre backs all last season and Lowe signed some awful players in those position and then asked me what I thought of scarr he wasnât amused or surprised when I told him my opinion. I wouldnât read much into Plymouth wanting him to justify him being capable of performing in the football league. Nothing he did last season convinces me heâll turn into a quality defender elsewhere. He makes error after error and forces other defenders out of position to cover his cockups. Iâm absolutely over the moon heâs gone. Now letâs bring someone in who can kick a ball
James Wilson is a decent pick up for them tbf, he did fine on loan here for a few months so would expect Scarr to be back up to him for first few months.