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Post by davidm on Jan 19, 2022 11:52:04 GMT
It seems to becoming a regular thread this – someone leaving BWFC.
Harry Brockbank has had his contract cancelled and is moving to USA to play.
Strange one this as there is a not named team that he is moving to – just that he is “moving to USA”.
Is this another hangover from the Plymouth debacle?
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Post by one2many on Jan 19, 2022 12:45:28 GMT
Not sure what to add on this. He probably wants to play more and IE does'nt think him good enough. Suits both parties to rip up the contract. For BWFC one wage less and for the player complete flexibility about choosing his next team.
On a side note, it is interesting for me to compare the levels of our national game with other countries. Politic will go from being a fourth division footballer in the UK to playing in the Italian second division while if the rumours are true. Brockbank will go from the English third division to a second division team in the US. If we finally sign that Icelandic striker (who going by the stats alone doesn't look like he will set the division on fire) we would have a mid level International (i.e in footballing terms Iceland is not Italy or France but neither is it Andorra or San Marino)striker playing in the third division. At first glance, it says a lot about the quality of our national game that even in the lower leagues there is that quality of player.
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 19, 2022 14:08:15 GMT
Fits the theme, yet another of the pre Evatt youngsters gone. Only really Ronan left now and it wouldn’t surprise me if he’s next. If you were contrarian you might think there’s a pattern here? Whatever happened to those boys who battled so valiantly against Coventry and who I felt so very proud of at the final whistle? I wish them all well wherever they end up.
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Post by realtrottersforever on Jan 19, 2022 15:30:23 GMT
not as disappointed as Politic leaving or if Darcy left, for me. he even had a fair few ropey games even in lge 2. not all bad. some good, some average as well as the dodgy ones last year.
some shockers this year, but admittedly tough to come in cold be straight up to speed straight away. takes a few games to get fully match fit etc.
still a bit surprised, you felt maybe a loan out to give him a good run of game time, settle into a preferred position and to re-boot the confidence.
in those matches what Whites talks of above, against Coventry and the like, they were thrown in the deep end, and he was certainly one of the ones that floated pretty well..bit of leadership about him.
you felt that would put him in good stead..to have the mindset and character to sort his game out, and come back strong when faced with any adversity. maybe his game is more suited to a manager who just wants defenders to defend.
he never seemed totally at ease with the passing lark.
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Post by andyl on Jan 19, 2022 16:26:15 GMT
No real surprise ( see the thread where I more or less predicted a few weeks ago)
I had hoped he could offer something at centre half but he was just too slow on the turn both at Div1 and 2.
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Post by OohMac on Jan 20, 2022 9:21:49 GMT
Think you can find reasons why all these exits make sense. From Sarcevic, Doyle, Politic, Darcy, Alexander, Brockbank.
But theres also a simpler argument is that they only really make sense if we have better in the side/on the bench on a Saturday. And when you see Baptiste, Delfouneso, A retired Gilks, plus academy players with no chance of game time like Mitch Henry then all the valid reasons evaporate.
Even against Ipswich, a time wasting sub in the 90th. Delfouenso? Why not make somebodys day and give Henry a round of applause from a happy home crowd. Was Delf(appearance bonus behind the bar) .
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Post by whitesince63 on Jan 20, 2022 14:06:45 GMT
I think bringing Delf on now just annoys most Whites fans OM. Why is he even on the bench in front of Darcy? Evatt can’t seriously argue that he produces more, or is more effective, when it’s clear all season that he contributes nothing and just goes through the motions. I can only assume that the fact he’s still here is because nobody else wants him because he must be on a decent wage yet is never going to be retained in the summer. Baptiste at least puts a shift in when he plays, though with us being after another young CH, he might yet get a move elsewhere before the window closes? Unlikely but you never know. I hope Brocky gets fixed up, it’s a shame to see him and the others go.
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