Jason Oswell

[alexmick]

Economics dictate that we have to make decisions on players and their potential. Logic says that some who leave will go on to do well. A bit of perspective says that this guy is knocking goals in at a lower level than we are currently playing. There is nothing to say that had he stayed he would have been successful. We really can't keep every player on the off chance that in 6 years he may start to show some form.

I cannot disagree with what you have said about the above player, Tim. Yes, it is a fact that some players will leave and do well. Problem is that with the Alex this past few years, there have been quite a number (more than "some", I would suggest), that have done rather well and could have given the first team some extra ammunition and even gleaned some revenue for the club in sales. I would suggest that with some of these players, it was poor judgment on behalf of the football club, in allowing them to leave prematurely.

[Timmy58]

I cannot disagree with what you have said about the above player, Tim. Yes, it is a fact that some players will leave and do well. Problem is that with the Alex this past few years, there have been quite a number (more than "some", I would suggest), that have done rather well and could have given the first team some extra ammunition and even gleaned some revenue for the club in sales. I would suggest that with some of these players, it was poor judgment on behalf of the football club, in allowing them to leave prematurely.

The only one I can really think of is Kelvin Mellor. The others who left were not necessarily bad players but were probably considered not worth another contract as there was better out there.