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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 15, 2015 18:18:45 GMT
Surely the incompetence rests at NH/JW's door as they signed an ageing goalie on a 3 year contract when clearly 2 years was more than enough. Given the choice DC would have no doubt released him in the summer but had no choice than to give him a chance their season when his his contract extension clicked, probably around the time he was injured then lost his form! I can't see any of us don't agree with DC that Mildenhall no longer seems up to being our No 1. Problem now is who wants to take a well paid ageing lacking form off our hands? I may be mis-remembering this, but didn't DC trigger the extra year on the contract by bringing him on at Wembley for the penalty shoot out? (Some kind of appearance-based clause)? I doubt the one extra game would trigger it, surely NH learnt from the Paterson saga? If not, I suppose that one extra game might be worth a season's extra wages for Mildenhall if meant promotion.
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Post by Centenary Gas on Aug 15, 2015 18:21:17 GMT
Surely the incompetence rests at NH/JW's door as they signed an ageing goalie on a 3 year contract when clearly 2 years was more than enough. Given the choice DC would have no doubt released him in the summer but had no choice than to give him a chance their season when his his contract extension clicked, probably around the time he was injured then lost his form! I can't see any of us don't agree with DC that Mildenhall no longer seems up to being our No 1. Problem now is who wants to take a well paid ageing lacking form off our hands? I may be mis-remembering this, but didn't DC trigger the extra year on the contract by bringing him on at Wembley for the penalty shoot out? (Some kind of appearance-based clause)? I believe it was a fair bit before that...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2015 19:08:04 GMT
this thread seems to have a lot of guesswork in it?
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Post by fishgib on Aug 15, 2015 19:50:47 GMT
Feel sorry for Steve as he is a great bloke, always great with the kids when we have met him, but age catches up with us all and he was poor on Tues. I spoke with Puddy at open day and he said he played last month of season with groin strain, hence his injury now. Think that tells you all you need to know about DC opinion of his keepers. Fair play to DC for making a difficult decision.
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Post by Centenary Gas on Aug 15, 2015 23:07:36 GMT
Interesting quote from DC after todays match, that he is looking for a new number 1... that would suggest to me that he doesn't plan on having Puddy as his first choice GK.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2015 23:11:15 GMT
my feeling is that dc wants mildy and blissett out asap [ i could be wrong] ,,i actually like his ruthless streak on this,,
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Aug 15, 2015 23:11:49 GMT
It's either genius or incompetence from DC, with quite literally no middle ground. It's either going to inspire Mildy to win back the place or we should have said bye in the summer. The only reason to allow all this to happen at the end of August and not the end of May is off-field issues or bad planning....can't think of any others, because no one will want to pay the wages of a newly promoted Conference keeper who couldn't get into the team at the end of the promotion-winning season unless they're seriously desperate... I for one hope he can win his place back, but only on DC's terms (ie be up to the job). if it wasn't for the clause in his contract that dc had nothing to do with im sure he would of been gone in the summer . Didn't DC offer a contract to every player involved in promotion?
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Post by long john silver on Aug 15, 2015 23:17:19 GMT
if it wasn't for the clause in his contract that dc had nothing to do with im sure he would of been gone in the summer . Didn't DC offer a contract to every player involved in promotion? Mildenhall activated a appearance clause halfway through the season, similar situation to the one with Jim Patterson
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Aug 15, 2015 23:23:43 GMT
Interesting quote from DC after todays match, that he is looking for a new number 1... that would suggest to me that he doesn't plan on having Puddy as his first choice GK. Which you have to agree with. This is what I like about DC, his loyalty only goes so far but he thinks about what is best for the team. I've always said Puddy is a decent backup keeper but we need someone new. Glad Mildy is going.
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Post by lincsblue on Aug 16, 2015 0:28:22 GMT
He ain't going nowhere if another team doesn't offer a contract...he can pick up a year's wages with us if not
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 16, 2015 9:42:55 GMT
But can he risk, or even want to, miss the best part of a season and half out of first team football at his time of his career?
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Post by GasAttacK on Aug 16, 2015 10:10:51 GMT
If Mildenhall wants to continue his career beyond this season he needs to find a new club now.
I said last week we needed to look for a new keeper so I'm glad to hear DC wants to bring in a new #1.
It would be best for Mildenhall and Rovers if he could find another club as soon as possible.
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Post by LJG on Aug 16, 2015 10:20:08 GMT
He ain't going nowhere if another team doesn't offer a contract...he can pick up a year's wages with us if not Exactly. He can do his coaching badges or get his city and guilds over the next 11 months if he wants and still get his normal wages from Rovers. Happy days for Stevie.
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Post by peterhooper57 on Aug 16, 2015 10:42:48 GMT
According to the sack the board forum. The clueless one has said Mildenhall has played his last game for the club DC said as much after the Yeovil match yesterday.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 13:29:58 GMT
It's either genius or incompetence from DC, with quite literally no middle ground. It's either going to inspire Mildy to win back the place or we should have said bye in the summer. The only reason to allow all this to happen at the end of August and not the end of May is off-field issues or bad planning....can't think of any others, because no one will want to pay the wages of a newly promoted Conference keeper who couldn't get into the team at the end of the promotion-winning season unless they're seriously desperate... I for one hope he can win his place back, but only on DC's terms (ie be up to the job). if it wasn't for the clause in his contract that dc had nothing to do with im sure he would of been gone in the summer . I hink you will find a lot of clubs insert this clause in contracts to protect themselves if a signing becomes top class or number 1 in his position and agents normally ask for it to protect their player..Another point is that if DC didn't want him why give him the number 1 jersey,not the sort of message to give to a player if he isn't wanted
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Post by Topper Gas on Aug 16, 2015 13:36:49 GMT
Who knows what is contract states, it might insist he's gets the No 1 shirt? Regardless I assume DC was hoping he could rediscover his form, giving him the No 13 shirt was hardly going to boost his confidence?
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Aug 16, 2015 13:55:13 GMT
Who knows what is contract states, it might insist he's gets the No 1 shirt? Regardless I assume DC was hoping he could rediscover his form, giving him the No 13 shirt was hardly going to boost his confidence? He's still number 1 according to the OS. Has DC swapped their numbers?
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Post by fanboy on Aug 16, 2015 14:55:21 GMT
Mildy is quite simply not worth the money. Hopefully we can get someone else to pay his wages or take him on and we can have a loan goalkeeper and the much cheaper Puddy at our disposal. Thanks for saving us from L2 once but I'm fed up of seeing him let easy goals past him and then yelling at the defence when it was clearly his fault.
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Post by Gas-Ed on Aug 16, 2015 15:34:19 GMT
this thread seems to have a lot of guesswork in it? The fact is that Mildy has been told he is surplus and to find a new club. That is the current situation.
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Post by pirateman on Aug 16, 2015 16:14:51 GMT
this thread seems to have a lot of guesswork in it? The fact is that Mildy has been told he is surplus and to find a new club. That is the current situation. You know this, how? Not disbelieving you but do you have a genuine source?
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