Smallwood departs

[Paul_Davis_(Millers_]

http://bit.ly/2rUh3tc

[PokerMillersSwinton]

Not fussed at all . Probably wanted more money . Same player said i want to stay 8 weeks ago (seems only wants to stay if we line his pockets)

[leedsmiller]

What a pathetic, narrow-minded, clueless, penny-pinching, ambitionless, bullsh*t-generating club we are...

[Yak]

All of a sudden he's turned into Ronaldo he was never really that good was he ?
What's all the fuss about ?

Overreaction .com

[bogsdollox]

What a pathetic, narrow-minded, clueless, penny-pinching, ambitionless, bullsh*t-generating club we are...

So you would have given him a pay rise or same T&Cs for playing in a lower league - good job you don't run a business you'd be bust -get real.
There will be plenty of younger players out there waiting for a chance to play for us in Lge1 - probably have more pace & passing ability as well.

[caytonmiller]

guess according to warne thats 7 more players needed

[Lasterman]

Disappointing. He would have done well again in League One. Where are we going to get a comparable replacement for less money?

Starting to worry a bit for next season. Quite clearly cost-cutting and nothing exciting coming in. Management team of a fitness coach who by his own admission isn't even very good at that (bceause according to him the team weren't fit enough) and a bloke with what seems to be an unblemished record of underachievement.

Hope I'm wrong, but none of this looks promising.

[Yak]

Does anyone know how much we offered him?

Does anyone know how much league 1 players are on?

Does anyone know why we aren't paying the same as other teams in league 1 ?

That would a be a no then.

[Lasterman]

^^^ We don't really need to know any of these things. We know we wanted him, we know he wanted to stay, and we know he now feels he can get a better deal at another club at League one level or lower. It's safe to assume that Smallwood knows the answers.

[leedsmiller]

So you would have given him a pay rise or same T&Cs for playing in a lower league - good job you don't run a business you'd be bust -get real.
There will be plenty of younger players out there waiting for a chance to play for us in Lge1 - probably have more pace & passing ability as well.

We all know full well that a pay rise wasn't on the agenda, what will have been discussed is a pay cut which Smallwood would no doubt have been willing to accept - within reason. What we'll now get is a less able, less experienced, cheaper alternative - in keeping with a developing club policy that is all too apparent, despite assertions to the contrary.