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Strange how this is going. I was a bit surprised but not too fussed when Jack was released as he was seen by many (including me) as a decent but slow left winger ,definitely not a full-back. I thought Mitchel was an upgrade.
Having seen Jules trying to play left wing back over the last couple of months it makes Caldwell’s decision to bin off Jack look even more ridiculous.
He's better at wing back than Jules is. Might not be as solid defensively but is far better going forward. I miss him throwing himself to the floor to win dubious penalties.The thing about Sparkes is that he didn't fit into a 3-5-2 so I can understand why he was let go.
A team playing 4-4-2 is much better suited to his strengths.
The problem is that whilst Mitchell might be an upgrade he was only signed on an eighteen month contract, and always likely to be off next summer. But for his injury the Club might even have been looking to sell him in the January window ! With the departure of the likes of Jack you are losing continuity from the squad. With a plethora of loans and short term contracts we are plunging into turbulent times and constant rebuilding. We need to start to giving a minimum of three year contracts to good players who we can improve. That way we would have at least two seasons out of them, before selling them on for good money.Strange how this is going. I was a bit surprised but not too fussed when Jack was released as he was seen by many (including me) as a decent but slow left winger ,definitely not a full-back. I thought Mitchel was an upgrade.
Would now be a good time to point out that I think he's been pretty poor the last three games? I'd wondered how he'd do against the better sides and he got a proper going over by Blackpool, who targeted him. He then got turned inside out by Baah at Burton on the Tuesday; and despite another attacking contribution on Saturday in our win at Northampton he was sloppy in defence at times.
"Yeh sorry Jack, we're not planning on having any strikers next season or scoring any goals. In fact I was going to give Chieck a go up there, he looks a natural for it. So for that reason alone I'm letting you go".This is the reason I think we were right to let him go. O.k. given the time and space which having a good team around him can offer but he'd be out of the frame now in our team. If he did manage to get to the byeline he'd be putting in pin point crosses for who exactly?
'And your defensive qualities aren't required as we're happy to concede 5+ goals on a regular basis'"Yeh sorry Jack, we're not planning on having any strikers next season or scoring any goals. In fact I was going to give Chieck a go up there, he looks a natural for it. So for that reason alone I'm letting you go".