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Post by tvor on May 30, 2019 13:09:51 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2019 13:23:02 GMT 1
Good news. Happy with the length of that. See him through his rehab.
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Post by venceremos on May 30, 2019 13:38:40 GMT 1
Hopes to be ready for the start of pre-season? That's good, hope he makes it.
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Post by Mortgagehound on May 30, 2019 13:44:21 GMT 1
Best of British to the Shop👍👍
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Post by SouthStandShrew on May 30, 2019 13:44:24 GMT 1
Six months is low risk.
Win win for everyone.
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Post by returnofthehype on May 30, 2019 13:45:03 GMT 1
Rotten to the core
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Post by leonidrogozov on May 30, 2019 13:57:39 GMT 1
Only 6 months. Just doing the decent thing. Also, word spreads - might help us secure players in future. Think of all the crap players at Bury, Bolton etc putting up with, us looking after our own will get noticed.
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Post by ssshrew on May 30, 2019 14:09:59 GMT 1
Good news for him and the club.
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Post by venceremos on May 30, 2019 15:18:56 GMT 1
Only 6 months. Just doing the decent thing. Also, word spreads - might help us secure players in future. Think of all the cr@p players at Bury, Bolton etc putting up with, us looking after our own will get noticed. Good point. I worked with Australian & NZ rugby league players over here some years ago and a lot of them were scarred by bad financial experiences with previous clubs. They knew which clubs had pulled fast ones and they talked to each other. Different sport, similar principle.
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Post by callum on May 30, 2019 20:27:36 GMT 1
That's one hell of an earring in his right ear!!
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Post by lenny on May 30, 2019 20:57:33 GMT 1
Only 6 months. Just doing the decent thing. Also, word spreads - might help us secure players in future. Think of all the cr@p players at Bury, Bolton etc putting up with, us looking after our own will get noticed. Very good point. And even if not, I like the idea that we’re a club that does the right thing. If I wanted us to win at all costs, I’d probably have given up by now. Club having a heart is a good thing, and if there are positives behind it too then all the better.
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Post by Bob Rickerton on May 30, 2019 22:17:36 GMT 1
Any reaction from the Blue and Amber Fanzine yet? Last seen having a right tantrum about the contract offer a few days ago. Might be worth showing him/her this thread.
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Post by suttonfarmsalopian on May 31, 2019 1:02:47 GMT 1
Good business on a 6 month contract. We would have had to pay him anyway as a duty of care with his injury, suits all round as if we’re paying him regardless may as well have him in the squad when he’s fit.
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Post by TheFoz on May 31, 2019 4:04:35 GMT 1
Despite his mistake in the final, he helped us see out a lot of games that season.
This feels like the right thing to do and I am glad we have stuck by LJL.
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Post by franthetownfan on May 31, 2019 5:21:28 GMT 1
3 goals in 44 games. What a fantastic signing this is! No doubt his biggest perk is ‘he tries hard’.
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Post by gtismygod on May 31, 2019 9:29:33 GMT 1
We would have had to pay him anyway as a duty of care with his injury. Says who?
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Post by northwestman on May 31, 2019 9:45:44 GMT 1
We would have had to pay him anyway as a duty of care with his injury. Says who? Wasn't the case with Grandison. But a 6 month contract seems fair enough to me. Gives him time to get fit and put himself in the shop window for a January transfer. Can always be loaned out to a National League Side too.
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Post by ThrobsBlackHat on May 31, 2019 10:02:07 GMT 1
I wish people would stop saying he helped us see out games.
He didn't.
He was brought on right at the end to waste a couple of minutes and only cost us 30 seconds injury time.
The player he replaced could have done the same job as him, probably better even when so tired, but we made a substitution to waste some time and doing it up front makes the most sense because it does not affect how your defence is set up so late in the day.
The fact is John Lewis was one of the freshest players on the pitch at Wembley and could not track an ageing centre half in the 97th minute for ten yards. It is not that I don't forgive him for that, these things happen, but that is why he is a liability. Even when he is brought on fresh to help us see out a game.
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Post by gtismygod on May 31, 2019 10:15:36 GMT 1
To be honest, I have no idea what qualities he brings to the table. Certainly isn't League One standard.
Other than being a great character to have around the dressing room of course...
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Post by martinshrew on May 31, 2019 10:25:35 GMT 1
We would have had to pay him anyway as a duty of care with his injury That isn't true.
It's good will shown by the club to a National League striker because "He's good to have round the dressing room"
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Post by pensh on May 31, 2019 10:26:51 GMT 1
I wish people would stop saying he helped us see out games. He didn't. He was brought on right at the end to waste a couple of minutes and only cost us 30 seconds injury time. The player he replaced could have done the same job as him, probably better even when so tired, but we made a substitution to waste some time and doing it up front makes the most sense because it does not affect how your defence is set up so late in the day. The fact is John Lewis was one of the freshest players on the pitch at Wembley and could not track an ageing centre half in the 97th minute for ten yards. It is not that I don't forgive him for that, these things happen, but that is why he is a liability. Even when he is brought on fresh to help us see out a game. I have a That would be the same ageing centre half who gave Beckles nightmares for the previous 96 minutes.
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Post by northwestman on May 31, 2019 10:47:35 GMT 1
I wish people would stop saying he helped us see out games. He didn't. He was brought on right at the end to waste a couple of minutes and only cost us 30 seconds injury time. The player he replaced could have done the same job as him, probably better even when so tired, but we made a substitution to waste some time and doing it up front makes the most sense because it does not affect how your defence is set up so late in the day. The fact is John Lewis was one of the freshest players on the pitch at Wembley and could not track an ageing centre half in the 97th minute for ten yards. It is not that I don't forgive him for that, these things happen, but that is why he is a liability. Even when he is brought on fresh to help us see out a game. I have a That would be the same ageing centre half who gave Beckles nightmares for the previous 96 minutes. And Beckles has generally been poor ever since that game.
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Post by wakemanender on May 31, 2019 12:34:20 GMT 1
3 goals in 44 games. What a fantastic signing this is! No doubt his biggest perk is ‘he tries hard’. A quality Angol would perhaps benefit from.
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Post by pensh on May 31, 2019 14:47:25 GMT 1
Good business on a 6 month contract. We would have had to pay him anyway as a duty of care with his injury, suits all round as if we’re paying him regardless may as well have him in the squad when he’s fit. Don,t think LJL costing us anything whilst injured. Insurance.
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2019 14:59:57 GMT 1
Being good around the dressing is important. People bring different qualities to every team. Whether it's a sports team, or any other workplace come to think of it.
Two things stand out for me. He has been offered contracts by three different managers (for different reasons) and he was made Club captain.
I will go with the views of his fellow professionals as to his worth to the squad and the Club.
And, you know, everyone was w@nk at Wembley.
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Post by Pilch on May 31, 2019 15:59:55 GMT 1
We would have had to pay him anyway as a duty of care with his injury. Says who? our manager did he said we are obliged to oversee his rehabilitation back to fitness another reason was that if we let him go before he is fully fit he may rush his return and cause further injury our chairman feels obliged to give him a full chance of returning to fitness without having to worry about feeding his family at the same time and of course he still has a chance of playing for us and securing further contracts his contract probably doesnt quite compare with neymars but every aspect of this shows we care as a club and do the decent thing behind the scenes
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Post by suttonfarmsalopian on May 31, 2019 16:04:48 GMT 1
We would have had to pay him anyway as a duty of care with his injury That isn't true.
It's good will shown by the club to a National League striker because "He's good to have round the dressing room" ‘Striker John-Lewis, who turns 30 this month, has not played since a horror ACL injury in January. The club have an obligation of care towards his rehab but Ricketts said the new deal went beyond that’ Ok maybe it’s not obligation to a contract but we are paying his rehab and probably wages anyway.
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Post by Shrewsfan1985 on Jun 1, 2019 0:56:05 GMT 1
In my opinion I have to say that is great news that lenell has signed a new six month contract with the town. Let's hope that we see a lot more of him next season.
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Post by stuttgartershrew on Jun 1, 2019 6:27:02 GMT 1
I wish people would stop saying he helped us see out games. He didn't. He was brought on right at the end to waste a couple of minutes and only cost us 30 seconds injury time. The player he replaced could have done the same job as him, probably better even when so tired, but we made a substitution to waste some time and doing it up front makes the most sense because it does not affect how your defence is set up so late in the day. The fact is John Lewis was one of the freshest players on the pitch at Wembley and could not track an ageing centre half in the 97th minute for ten yards. It is not that I don't forgive him for that, these things happen, but that is why he is a liability. Even when he is brought on fresh to help us see out a game. I have a That would be the same ageing centre half who gave Beckles nightmares for the previous 96 minutes. Yes. That's the one. Your point being?
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Post by pensh on Jun 1, 2019 7:31:08 GMT 1
That would be the same ageing centre half who gave Beckles nightmares for the previous 96 minutes. Yes. That's the one. Your point being? I agree that The Shop could have done better, but pointing out that Beckles had a nightmare all afternoon against Wood, and Beckles is supposed to know how to defen
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