A muppet? A halfwit. If you had half the wit of a muppet Karl then yourself and Mr Irving would not be reduced to trawling internet message boards in the faint hope of a whiff of a story on which to report on. I thought the whole aim of Journalism was to probe and ask questions in order to get answers and report these to the public, not to regurgitate comments made this forum. The comment was made about not employing 'mercenary journeymen'. What would everyone propose the club would do in the event of promotion to the elite division. Our current squad is a million miles away from what would be required to consolidate in the top competition. The only answer would be to sign a mixture of players from outside the county and in many cases these isles. Yes players will always leave for a better wage packet but as with any profession are they wrong to do so. If Rupert Murdock rang the Whitehaven News tomorrow and offered you the sub-editors job on one of his rags (which of course would include a fat wage packet ) would you turn him down in through loyalty to the Whitehaven News?
On to Rotherhams signings Trindall, Wright, Leafa, Smith, Duffy and Jackson (the others im led to believe were signed by Mr McCormack) These signings made to replace Tandy, Wilkes, Summers, Nanyn, McDermott, and Penny. Could anyone with hand on heart honestly say that the players hes brought in are better and have had more impact than the players they were signed to replace?
Reg,
You are quite right about journalists -- they have to ask the probing questions and supply the answers to the public, but the questions have been asked dozens of times and, more importantly, they have been answered, both on here and in the local press. You must be either deaf of stupid (I know where my money is ) because, despite the BOD telling you time and again why we haven't signed anyone, you keep asking the question.
The trouble is you don't just ask the question, you go to far.
I have no problem with freedom of speech, sport is, after all, all about opinions.
But character assassinations, first Des, now DR, are uncalled for and help nobody. Don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid to critisise -- I took a bit of stick last year when I said, in print, that I was unimpressed by The Bull's start at the club, but then when he picked up as he got fitter I was also quick to sing his praises. It would be the same with any player or coach or whoever, if I think they deserve a bit of stick I'll give them it, but I won't just tear them to shreds -- anonymously -- for the sake of it.
For your information on the career front I did, for a while, take a job with an agency working for one of Murdock's papers (as well as most of the other nationals). I was there for the best part of two years.
I took the job when it came up because of ambition, not money, but yes it was much better paid then the WN.
However the job involved being away from home, and I feel a commitment to the area, so I came back, not out of loyalty to the paper, but out of a sense of belonging to the area and wanting to stay where I feel I belong.
The point I am making is that West Cumbria is a unique place, and us West Cumbrians are a rare breed, players might not stay at Haven because of loyalty to the club, but they might well stay because either they or their wife has a job on site, or because they want to bring their kids up where they grew up, of simply because they like the town they are from.
Will we see you at the launch night Reg?
KC
