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Breaking News Mooney - Contract Terminated

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Yorkshire Blue said:
It may be less of a case of getting one in as retaining a player already here.


Kabongolo, Ralph/Demi, Martin and Vilhete are, it is believed, all registered as replacements for injured players.

When the player they replaced is fit again they would no longer be eligible. Rather than risk losing one of them when Miley/Lomas/Powell/Demi are fit again we may have taken the decision that we’d rather dispense with a high earner who wasn’t in our long term plans.
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This. What did Kylie say "better the devil you know" ..... or was it "do the locomotion with me"?
 
Shame, showed the odd glimpse of a player and wanted him to do well, but trust kev and co would of all come to the right decision, as been mentioned hopefully we can bring another in to an already thin squad. Unless it all came to a head and they just got rid
 
Close thread move on, old news now.
Kev summed it up saying we want players who want to be with the club and play for the club.
Mooney clearly wanted away, so goodbye, move on, nothing to see here.
 
HUMBLEPIE said:
No the smart thing was to let him go as he didn’t want to be here and it can unsettle other players if he’s not pulling his weight, anyway I should imagine Shrimpet Steve has dropped him off up north.
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I think that is a very important part of it. Despite our circumstances Kev chose not to use him much and, when we did, it usually didn't go particularly well. I absolutely trust that the three amigos would have done everything to get the best from him but team spirit is what has kept us going and anyone clearly not wanting to be part of that are best moving on.
 
cerbera45 said:
tbh we'd be better off with Nile Rodgers ;-)
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What about Roy Roger’s ,nice pad he had in America !
Chrisb said:
I think that is a very important part of it. Despite our circumstances Kev chose not to use him much and, when we did, it usually didn't go particularly well. I absolutely trust that the three amigos would have done everything to get the best from him but team spirit is what has kept us going and anyone clearly not wanting to be part of that are best moving on.
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I’m torn on this personally.

When he arrived, he was our “wow” signing. Young player of the year for the league, a winger with genuine output. Goals and assists and we beat Football League clubs for his signature.

He started that pre-season well, looked to be a dead ball specialist, would run at players and create.

However, he started to pick up injuries, knocks and niggles, and a bad injury against his former club too.

He never was played in his best position, that didn’t really fit our system once Kev settled on a back three with wingbacks. Think he’d have excelled one side of Cards with Bridge on the other in a front three. But Kev moved away from that system.

He has had issues off the field, which I won’t go into, and never really settled down in this part of the country. He went down the same route as Lopata with the legal things, and his case got postponed and eventually was talked out of it. He is in a different part of the country, at a basket case of a club, been paid late, pre-season was disturbed, lack of water at Boots and Laces etc etc. he is a young lad and it’s been hard, like it has for all of the squad.

I mentioned numerous times that he (and Lomas which I’ve been told I was wrong on) wanted out. Transfer requests have gone in, contact with other Clubs has happened to, including his former club.

Ultimately, we never saw the best of Mooney. He is an undoubtedly talented player, and will be a success elsewhere, and it’s a shame it never happened for us.

I struggle to knock anyone that’s been with us through all this. All of them have been incredible and will hold a special place in my heart, like Grant last time around. I wish him well in the future, but this has been on the cards for a while. Hopefully we catch the National League on a good day and we can bring in a replacement as we are really at the bare bones..

Ultimately, this has been done for the good of the dressing room.
 
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Sometimes it just doesn’t happen for a player at a certain club. He’s not been happy in a while, that much is obvious from the body language. Shame, I had high hopes and thought potentially he could become our set piece king. He showed very brief glimpses ..but always looked a bit uncomfortable and unhappy. On the edge of things.

There’s a talented player in there, he’ll hopefully get back to his best elsewhere. I’ll be shocked if he goes back to Altrincham seeing as a few of his old pals tried to end his career.
 
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