James Pullen...

[Maccormb]

...will not be playing for Gravesend next season. I have spoken indirectly with his NOK and he has no intention of playing for us next season for various reasons.

 

He was not taken by Notts Forest though it is true he had a trial. I hear that Shrewsbury are now interested.

 

Er... Do we have any goalkeeper?

[FleetFanatic]

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Mac said:
I have spoken indirectly with his NOK

How do you speak to somebody without speaking to them? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />

He's under contract according to this.....

[Hempstead Gaz]

I heard from a freind of a freind's uncle's mates cousin that his neigbour heard that Sir Alex was interested in signing him.

But like all of these rumours, it is probably untrue.

[David Holden]

What is true is that Mr Pullen will not be with us this season after failing to turn up to pre-season training.

[Stu M]

Ooooh, monkey rush keepers for the first game then...?

[FleetFanatic]

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David Holden said:
What is true is that Mr Pullen will not be with us this season after failing to turn up to pre-season training.

What a [****!!****]. We're in the mire somewhat squadwise then?

[Alan ( GNFC )]

And there we were thinking he is on a contract.

Niemmi anyone ?

[JimGNFC]

Thought he was under contract with us this year? That being the case if the Club holds his registration surely he can't play for anyone else unless GNFC a) sell him or agree to release him?

[Alan ( GNFC )]

Exactly JimGNFC.

[DarrenGNFC]

Aaron Kerr will be playing on Saturday.

 

Former Havant & Waterlooville, Walsall, Boston and Falkirk Goalie. Former Northern Ireland Under-21 goalie aswell.

[David Holden]

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JimGNFC said:
Thought he was under contract with us this year? That being the case if the Club holds his registration surely he can't play for anyone else unless GNFC a) sell him or agree to release him?

We have an option for the current season which we are now unlikely to take up.

[Stu M]

Couldn't we take it up just to inconvenience him...? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[David Holden]

Then we would have to pay him.

[Hempstead Gaz]

It's a pity we let Wilko go. Instead of having 2 fine keepers vying for one spot now we have a real goalkeeping crisis.

Does anyone know what is Pullens problem?

He was class he is going to be difficult to replace.

[Richard C]

Club seems to be going one direction at the moment. I know 5 people that will not be buying season tickets and not making many games this year. If this is a trend i can see poor crowds and getting on Daish's back very early on. We havent made 'big' signings, the clubs lack of information, the'Ford' factor etc etc etc we may struggle . . .

 

The Pessimist

[FleetFanatic]

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David Holden said:
We have an option for the current season which we are now unlikely to take up.

That's the 2nd player the club said was on a 2 year contract, only for it to actually be a 1 year contract with the option of a 2nd season.

Deja Vu. Roy Essendoh.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Agreed Rich. Now we only have one striker and no keepers at the club we really do look thin on the ground.

I know the transfer market is stagnant at the moment, but for goodness sake the season starts in 4 weeks time and we need about 5 or 6 top quality signings to make it happen this year, and I cannot see that happening.

What I do see is a poor start, panic buying and another long slog in the lower half of the table.

[Hempstead Gaz]

Can the club not negotiate rolling 1 year contracts for those players the club really would like to stay for the forseeable future. At least the player cannot walk out on us, nor can another team expect him to sign on a free after he has 'declined' his one year option.

[David Holden]

It's not the player's option to accept or decline, it's the club's.

[JimGNFC]

Have not bought a season ticket myself this season (first time in several years). With other commitments, I'm likely to "pick" and "choose" games but that doesn't mean that I don't want to see the Club keep moving forward.

 

I have nothing against Daish - personally think his made some good lower league signings. The Club probably can't afford to recruit ex-league players so his probably doing the sensible thing by recruiting good non-league players on full-time contracts without bankrupting us.

 

The Club should realise that by not giving fans "information" it causes people to lose interest - this may be reflected in lower than expected season ticket sales. I have some ideas' about how the PR side of things could be improved/plus getting more people through the gates that I will have a word with certain members of the Fleet Trust about to possibly take forward to the Club.