Alby39 wrote:
I think that's out of order. We don't know if he did or didn't want to come back, nobody knows. He seemed happy enough posing for pictures when he returned and his interview with Luke at the end of January he didn't seem unsettled or unhappy.
And even if he was a bit uncertain, I can't blame him for being so when he's in the form of his life and about to return to a club that hasn't worked for him. He's never spoken ill of us, he's actually remained really professional, to me.
He's playing a very different role to the role he played in Wiltshire and Hartlepool, we aren't going to change a working dynamic to squeeze in a player who, despite his form, hasn't worked for us previously (among others).. but if we didn't recall him, we'd have been crowing for reasons why to this day. I don't think he's been dreadful, he's just looked like a pretty standard 5.5/6/10 squad player, but the squad clearly like him and he seems to have a decent relationship with the head coach so whatever we think of his form I think calling his attitude shit with absolutely nothing to back it up is poor form.
I am backing it up with what I have seen with my own eyes - a player who has been very poor for us every time I have watched him, but was player of the season for another team in the same year. There might be a million reasons why its worked out that way. But he has to shoulder most of the blame. He has failed to perform to the best of his abilities for the club that bought him and pays his salary.
But we definitely did the right thing in bringing him back in January. As you say, if we hadn't recalled him, we'd all be pointing to that and thinking its cost us points etc.
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