Sign Of Things To Come

It looks like Paddy Kenny is on his way after firstly making noises about a new contract and then turning up late for training. He is a good keeper at championship level but over rated and certainly not the best we have ever had. He is not in the same class as keepers like Alan Kelly, Simon Tracey and Mel Rees. When we parted company with Jagielka you always knew he would go on to bigger things but Kenny is more likely to follow the same sort of path as Tonge.

Bearing in mind the economy is in ruins and people are losing their jobs it was not the best piece of public relations you have ever seen. He could not have picked a worse time to start talking to the media about a new contract and feeling unwanted. In fairness this was guaranteed to get an adverse reaction from the club and some supporters.

Blackwell has come in for a bit of stick for falling out with players but the club has no choice but to adopt a tough stance with Kenny. When you have players from the Robson era on good wages the rest of the squad will try using that to their advantage when the time comes to re-negotiate their contracts. Bennett is a more than adequate replacement to see us through the remainder of the season at least.

McCabe has confirmed what everyone knew anyway regarding the wage bill and the need to reduce it if we do not get promoted this season. There are no prizes for guessing who they will be looking to move on. In a way it might be a good thing because it will force us to rebuild with hopefully younger and hungrier players. Paying premiership wages is one thing but if it does not deliver success then you can only pay them for so long.

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