Brett Johnson to return

[Hannah]

"Grays Athletic have signed Northampton defender Brett Johnson on loan until the end of the season.

Brett joined Northampton from Aldershot during the summer, and has recently been on loan at Gravesend & Northfleet. "

 

- from the Grays website

[jc]

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No Jacko? Interesting.

Not really. Jacko a legend over the years, the mainstay nay heartbeat of the team that delivered us conference footie.
However, saying that, past achievements should not cloud the goal of moving up a level.
Jacko is a great asset on the bench due to his versatility, but IMHO if we are going to move forward I would suggest a place in the starting line up should become less and less likely.

But as you say, your preferred option to allow us to progress at present is a side of 'mostly full-time players' consisting of short-contracted players and loan signings. Surely if Jacko is still good enough to make the first team (which I believe he is), then he could still do this within your preferred model. Ultimately, picking our best team remains the top priority, regardless of what mixture of full-timers and part-timers we use.

[Ian_D]

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Hannah said:
"Grays Athletic have signed Northampton defender Brett Johnson on loan until the end of the season.
Brett joined Northampton from Aldershot during the summer, and has recently been on loan at Gravesend & Northfleet. "

- from the Grays website

Confirmed on the NTFC Website in the Squad List Column.

[Wobbly Wayne rides again]

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Surely if Jacko is still good enough to make the first team (which I believe he is), then he could still do this within your preferred model.

 

yes he could ,If he was up to moving us on a level.

Unfortunately I don't think he now is.

 

 

That does not diminish in anyway the admiration that I have had for Jacko and all the effort and loyalty that he has shown us over the years.

 

 

onwards and upwards for the Fleet

[jc]

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Wobbly Wayne rides again said:yes he could ,If he was up to moving us on a level.
Unfortunately I don't think he now is.

Are loan players capable of doing this though? A team vying for promotion that is heavily reliant on loanees would be built on shaky foundations.

[Wobbly Wayne rides again]

Only time will tell. Football has / is changing.

And the loan is now accepted and widely used by all clubs. Even Meelan had loan players last year all the way to the Champions league final.

 

 

 

 

Up the Fleet , great result tonight.. Looks like the Friday night experiment has got off to a good start.

[Fleet fan]

he may return tuesday but in a Grays shirt not a fleet one

[Ian_D]

Yeh true that'll be dejarvoo (SPELLING!) for everyone.