That will cost funds we don't have it is catch22 I know.But it is a simple fact that there were players that we needed to offer extensions too many months ago but didn't. Scally opts to let them run out .There is no guarantee that Evans will see out another year. If another better offer is made by a club with a much bigger budget it will be hard to turn down. With a lot of the bigger sides having already moved on manager wise the odds are Evans will stay one more year.It is hard believe there will be the will to continue unless we win promotion.
I agree it is also hard to believe he hasn't had a bust up with Scally. I do wonder if Scally has changed over years and is now more willing to allow a manager a bit more say in the running of the club .Perhaps that is one area that this appointment and that of Evans might have help change.As people know I liked Lovell but do wonder now if Scally is just too much a control freak to allow someone like Hess and Lovell to grow into management.Instead perhaps the longer they stay the less control they have.
You say we didn’t offer to contracts to players who’s contract were running out, do you have any proof of this? I’m fed up of continually reading this. I’m almost certain the club would have made contract offers to these players and signalled our intent to renew their deals, the problem is not the club but the players are simply aware through their agents of interest elsewhere and decline any offer knowing full well they can increase their wages elsewhere.
The simple fact is that guys like Dack and Eaves were almost certainly being paid a fraction of their worth .Less so perhaps with this years players but you can bet that they will get a significant pay rise .This is money saved year after year over many years it possibly has saved more than any additional transfer fees that might have been paid.It also saved money on failure players who having been given a early renewal totally fail to deliver.What evidence? Well look at how many players walk away the simple fact is too many.Some like Hanlan might have been a bonus only time will tell for certain. As I said overall purely financially Scally probably gains by not renewing contracts early .Why else do you think he doesn't make early renewals club policy?
Evans has come across as a very straight talker.
It is no coincidence that the most successful managers during Scally's time in charge have been very much at odds with Scally in terms of Uncle Paul getting his own way. However much he wants success on the field being 100% in charge is clearly important to him.This can work short term with a experienced manager .But in the longer term cracks are more likely to happen not less likely. Luckily Evans seems very easy going on his own salary. This could bring a third season in the hot seat.
Dack was a youngster who we developed. Before he showed how good he was it wouldn't make sense to offer him an expensive contract. By the time he showed his quality he wouldn't have renewed because he knew he could go to bigger clubs and earn more than we could ever pay.
Not looking for trouble. We as you admit simply can't compete financially if a player is successful so renewals become impossible for our very best players.We might however have a chance with a player like O'Keefe who slips under the radar a little.
