DB to Swindon?

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CrawleyBee
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Re: DB to Swindon?

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adher36 wrote: 10 May 2024, 12:12 He's gone. Damn.

At least it's happened now and not mid season which could really derail things.

Mel Gwinnett in to replace him as the continuation candidate.
Is this fact? Gutting if so, need stability. Don’t think DB is league ready yet, but has been great for us.
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CrawleyBee wrote: 10 May 2024, 12:22
adher36 wrote: 10 May 2024, 12:12 He's gone. Damn.

At least it's happened now and not mid season which could really derail things.

Mel Gwinnett in to replace him as the continuation candidate.
Is this fact? Gutting if so, need stability. Don’t think DB is league ready yet, but has been great for us.
Not sure it is a fact….at least for now. Tom Williams has interviewed DB so I suspect he’s given a nod to the talks and that Barnet are speaking to Swindon, nothing yet to suggest an agreement has been reached from what I can tell

Swindon rumoured to subject to being taken over….big risk for him
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If Connor doesn’t go I’d take a punt on him
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Unfortunately I think Swindon are a big enough club to tempt him . Whether he does is a different matter
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Jdk103 wrote:If Connor doesn’t go I’d take a punt on him
And you say my takes are bad!
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BeesKnees99 wrote: 10 May 2024, 12:37
Jdk103 wrote:If Connor doesn’t go I’d take a punt on him
And you say my takes are bad!
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Mel Gwinnett was sacked by Hampton & Richmond after an alarming collapse saw them drop from 2nd to a finish outside the play-offs.

A stand-out candidate in respect of results and profile would be local boy Matt Gray. Sutton’s style of football under him was the polar opposite of our style under Brennan this season, so it may be too drastic a departure in that respect, especially with 12-16 players recruited to play that way continuing with us. We’d no longer need a replacement for Hartigan, mind you!

I thought Gray would be a shoo-in at Boreham Wood had they stayed up. Would’ve been a perfect fit there. But he’ll surely not want to drop down to the NLS.
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Luke Gerrard ?
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Tuesds wrote: 10 May 2024, 12:47 Mel Gwinnett was sacked by Hampton & Richmond after an alarming collapse saw them drop from 2nd to a finish outside the play-offs.

A stand-out candidate in respect of results and profile would be local boy Matt Gray. Sutton’s style of football under him was the polar opposite of our style under Brennan this season, so it may be too drastic a departure in that respect, especially with 12-16 players recruited to play that way continuing with us. We’d no longer need a replacement for Hartigan, mind you!
Not quite as drastic as say if Luke Garrard was approached should a vacancy come up at Barnet....... 🤷
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Re: DB to Swindon?

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There is a lot wrong with Swindon in terms of how they are run, it’s a huge gamble, I hope either TK stands strong on compensation and/or DB thinks better of it and decides to say no as he did to us a few years back. At least in TK he knows what he’s getting
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Re: DB to Swindon?

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CrawleyBee wrote: 10 May 2024, 12:50 Luke Gerrard ?
No no and no
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Don't think he'll go there. He's had far better offers that he's turned down previously.
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There was always going to be interest in him, given the transformation of our club over the past 3 years but a few points to consider. Firstly, DB is big on loyalty - remember he turned us down previously to honour his contract with Wealdstone. Second, he's well in contract which also puts us in a good negotiating position. And third, he's years into a project here which has good upward trajectory and, you would think, an attachment in terms of wanting to finish the job. Of course Swindon would be a big step up league and presumably money wise, bigger than the Wealdstone to Barnet move he turned down in any case. But let's hope these factors sway it.
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WillesdenBee wrote: 10 May 2024, 12:57 Don't think he'll go there. He's had far better offers that he's turned down previously.
Would definitely be sideways. He can definitely do better in that he can wait it out for somewhere much more stable if he is wishing to leave.
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WillesdenBee wrote: 10 May 2024, 12:57 Don't think he'll go there. He's had far better offers that he's turned down previously.
Only if he’s either had a bust-up, think he’s taken us as far as we can or the money is stupid
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