Re: Sam Brown
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:59 pm
Like everybody else I am sorry to see Sam go, the guy has given so much to our club in the past eight years, but times change and we have to move on.
In his case it is not a case of chasing the money, but more as he sees it looking for fresh challenges. Our clubs priority is always sustainability, even to the point that it becomes a bit of a mantra and even boring. some may say we lack ambition. But our whole ethos is that we cannot and will not chase wild dreams like so many other clubs, especially not at this moment in time. Stratford last season paid silly money at the start of the season but by November were shedding players. What they are reported to be offering Fairlamb is ridiculous for a Step 3 player. Banbury may have enticed Sam but are they any better financed than Stratford? St Ives have a sugar daddy for now but come the coronovirus second wave in the winter what will happen when the season is curtailed again. Any club entering into too many contracts is asking for trouble.(Dover?)
We are getting together a team of younger players who may not win the league and may not even chase the play offs (although personally i think we will) but they will entertain and we can be proud as they develop. I have high hopes for Paddy and Will Jones and so long as we hang onto Ben Aquaye, Jesse Akubine and fernando Bell Toxtle we will enjoy our season however long or short it is.
Andy Peaks is doing a tremendous job with a budget that is only half of many of his competitors in this division. As I said he is trying to get promising youngsters( his work with the under 16's and 18's is a real passion to him) so that they can develop and feel comfortable expressing themselves on the pitch. He buys in to the club ethos and has the support of the board and I am sure virtually all supporters.
In his case it is not a case of chasing the money, but more as he sees it looking for fresh challenges. Our clubs priority is always sustainability, even to the point that it becomes a bit of a mantra and even boring. some may say we lack ambition. But our whole ethos is that we cannot and will not chase wild dreams like so many other clubs, especially not at this moment in time. Stratford last season paid silly money at the start of the season but by November were shedding players. What they are reported to be offering Fairlamb is ridiculous for a Step 3 player. Banbury may have enticed Sam but are they any better financed than Stratford? St Ives have a sugar daddy for now but come the coronovirus second wave in the winter what will happen when the season is curtailed again. Any club entering into too many contracts is asking for trouble.(Dover?)
We are getting together a team of younger players who may not win the league and may not even chase the play offs (although personally i think we will) but they will entertain and we can be proud as they develop. I have high hopes for Paddy and Will Jones and so long as we hang onto Ben Aquaye, Jesse Akubine and fernando Bell Toxtle we will enjoy our season however long or short it is.
Andy Peaks is doing a tremendous job with a budget that is only half of many of his competitors in this division. As I said he is trying to get promising youngsters( his work with the under 16's and 18's is a real passion to him) so that they can develop and feel comfortable expressing themselves on the pitch. He buys in to the club ethos and has the support of the board and I am sure virtually all supporters.