Last Seasons Player Departures

portugull · Post by **portugull** » 30 Oct 2022, 13:53

We lost 6 important players in the close season which has contributed in large measure to us being bottom of the NL.

Armani Little. Big loss but cannot currently get in the Team at Forest Green Rovers who find life in League 1 a step too far. Last few games Armani comes on as a 2nd Half Sub.

Connor Lemonheigh-Evans. The same fate for Connor at Stockport County.

Joe Lewis. I believe he is injured as not in Squad recently.

Shaun MacDonald. On the bench at Cheltenham Town in League 1.

Ben Wynter. Playing for Barnet and not surprisingly an ever present.

Danny Wright. At Havant & Waterlooville. No info.

Well they may be earning more but I bet they wish ( Armani,Connor & Shaun) they were playing.

brucie · Post by **brucie** » 30 Oct 2022, 19:24

So Wynter is the only one that is playing regularly. Says it all really.

Post by **SuperNickyWroe** » 30 Oct 2022, 20:24

True brucie, but lets face it, the first three left for the money.
Little came on yesterday at Oakwell v Barnsley - had a great chance to equalise and managed to find my nephew with his shot behind the goal.
he's not a L1 player - think he'd struggle at L2 tbh.

North Curry House · Post by **North Curry House** » 31 Oct 2022, 16:17

I would be on the phone to Stockport to get CLE back on loan, hopefully paying his wages 50/50. Better he is playing regular football, tham a few minutes as sub

Same applies to Little at FGR. Far better than what we have.

Post by **happytorq** » 31 Oct 2022, 16:35

portugull wrote: ↑30 Oct 2022, 13:53 Well they may be earning more but I bet they wish ( Armani,Connor & Shaun) they were playing.

I very much doubt that. Playing is something that I'm all professionals would prefer to be doing where possible, but all 3 of those will be earning money that they'd have no sniff of getting with us. If they end up leaving at the end of the season, it'll still be to a league club where again, they'll be earning more than we can offer.

We're all mercenaries to a degree. I'd absolutely leave my company (which I really like) if somebody said "hey, here's 3x the money". I'd be an idiot not to when it could set me up for a far easier life later on. I never understand why we get so precious about footballers moving for money

njgull · Post by **njgull** » 31 Oct 2022, 18:19

happytorq wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 16:35 We're all mercenaries to a degree. I'd absolutely leave my company (which I really like) if somebody said "hey, here's 3x the money". I'd be an idiot not to when it could set me up for a far easier life later on. I never understand why we get so precious about footballers moving for money

We want to think the players on the sports teams we support are as much in love with the team as we are. And they're just not. And are never going to be. For us, sports is a distraction from life. For the players, it is their life. They're going to do what's best for their lives, just as we do in our own lives. Emotion is just not going to play the part we'd like to think it does.

If Torquay go down this year the supporters will be devastated and that pain will never go away. Meanwhile, the players will post a short message on Twitter about how disappointed they are and a few days later they'll sign up with some new team and never give Torquay another thought. That's life. It doesn't mean they don't care. It just means they're never going to care in the same way the supporters do. It's just a completely different perspective.

When it comes down to it, we're all rooting for laundry. Players come and go, we root for whoever is wearing yellow shirts at any given moment.

Post by **happytorq** » 31 Oct 2022, 18:24

njgull wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 18:19 When it comes down to it, we're all rooting for laundry. Players come and go, we root for whoever is wearing yellow shirts at any given moment.

Very well put.

DerekDawkinsJnr · Post by **DerekDawkinsJnr** » 31 Oct 2022, 22:44

njgull wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 18:19 We want to think the players on the sports teams we support are as much in love with the team as we are. And they're just not. And are never going to be. For us, sports is a distraction from life. For the players, it is their life. They're going to do what's best for their lives, just as we do in our own lives. Emotion is just not going to play the part we'd like to think it does.

If Torquay go down this year the supporters will be devastated and that pain will never go away. Meanwhile, the players will post a short message on Twitter about how disappointed they are and a few days later they'll sign up with some new team and never give Torquay another thought. That's life. It doesn't mean they don't care. It just means they're never going to care in the same way the supporters do. It's just a completely different perspective.

When it comes down to it, we're all rooting for laundry. Players come and go, we root for whoever is wearing yellow shirts at any given moment.

Forest gull · Post by **Forest gull** » 01 Nov 2022, 07:44

Gloucester City have just signed Jake Andrew’s. Such a waste of talent.

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