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Winnard as well i believe has signed up!!:)

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That is fair enough, Coley has a big job of work to do for next season and needs as much time as is possible to sort out yet another FANtastic squad :) :)

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Great news if true. Sure his contract isn't still in the post... ? :)

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We need a new centre back. Darran Kempson has rejected a new contract, according to today's/tomorrow's 'Accrington Observer'.

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If thats the case am surprised, he will do well to find another league club.IMHO.

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Think it was Grimsby who were reported to have offered Kempo something else, no doubt more money.. shame if its true, I had a conversation with Darren at end of season and he said he would love to be back he next season was just waiting for a contract offer.. oh well
I cant see him getting league football anywhere else

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BBC Sport - Football - Striker Tony Gray rejoins Southport

Where do these people get their stories from, Williams has not played for us since last season :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :eek:

Not too happy with the news of Kempo :(

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The thing that worries me is the question of how long will Coley put up with losing players due to a crap budget? Hereby never being able to properly build a team over a few seasons, which is the best way to move forward as a club. We all know his talents at finding gems, but for every Gary Roberts there are two Sean Webbs and if half the players decide not to stay on, we may not be able to progress on this season's achievements purely because of the budget. We were really quite lucky to get so many good quality players under such a small budget last season. I worry that we may not be so lucky in 2010/11.

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but that is a problem wherever he could go is it not?

if he went to Tranmere and could pay players £3000 a week he would lose his best players to Leeds, Notts Forest who could pay £5000 a week, and so on until he takes over from Sir Alex (and buys McConvile for £1m)

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Fair point macca, but I meant more the inability to compete in terms of wages with our own peers in this league, rather than losing players to teams further up the pyramid.

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were just lucky coley is a great wheeler dealer shaker, most clubs are in the same boat, bar 5-6 maybe even less n that, just a differant scale, only thing to do is accept it will always be the case.:)

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I suppose the scenario will be for the forseeable future that we are small fish in a big pond

But I would think from a management point of view there must be something greatly rewarding from finding gems and polishing them up to FL standard the frustrtion as mentioned is watching them walk away for next to nowt because they were not tied in to longer term deals.

My thoughts for months were that if we did not make at least the playoffs then the team would be broken up by players leaving

There are players out there that would still give their all for a crack at either regular first team football or to play in the FL, this is where our scouting network should be coming into it's own.

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Looks like we now have five players for next season. Yoofie Zak Riley has signed a pro-deal according to this article: Burscough FC boss Andy Gray to meet Chequer Properties - Skelmersdale Advertiser

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We'll be ok for the five a side league, at least.

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We need:

A new keeper
A new center half
New left winger
3 new strikers, one of them being able to score at least 10-15 all season, one being a good link up, and another being maybe young and good cover for both