Originally Posted by
VindePays2009
Bloomin' 'eck, this debate has migrated from a different thread, on which it could have left to fizzle out, and tickled up again.
This is not a Victorian workhouse in Dickens, with Oliver Twist asking for more, to shock, consternation and exhortations to consider himself lucky to have what he has, but the twenty-first century.
If Max gets any more reminders of where his solemn duty lies, then he genuinely will think "Sod it!" and make every effort to leave.
"Softly, softly, catchee monkey" is the only approach possible for a cash-strapped club like ours.
Thanks, AL and Somerset, for putting this into perspective.