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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Mrs Warbouys on May 27, 2016, 06:37:24 PM
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According to Twitter
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Interview here
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Guiseley have announced the signing of versatile winger Nicky Clee and the contract renewal of young forward Luke Porritt as preparations for a second National League campaign step up a gear.
Clee, 32, follows Michael Rankine to Nethermoor from Altrincham where he spent seven successful years and became a fans’ favourite during his time at Moss Lane.
Known to be a skilful winger with an eye for goal, Lions boss Mark Bower said; “Nicky has come to us on an appearance based deal and turned down more security elsewhere for the chance to prove himself with us at National League level.
He’s a very gifted footballer with a great left foot and can play in numerous positions. We’re pleased Nicky has decided to join us and we feel he will be a real asset to the team for the coming season.”
http://guiseleyafc.co.uk/first-team-news/lions-secure-two-more/ (http://guiseleyafc.co.uk/first-team-news/lions-secure-two-more/)
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Interview here
You supply the cross and I'll head the ball into the onion bag!
https://audioboom.com/boos/4623716-nicky-clee-delighted-to-become-a-lion-after-joining-guiseley (https://audioboom.com/boos/4623716-nicky-clee-delighted-to-become-a-lion-after-joining-guiseley)
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Ha!
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Really sad but glad he's gone to Guiseley and not a Conf North team.
I wish you all the best for the future Nick.
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Can play in numerous positions? Debatable.
All the best Nicky. In my eyes an Altrincham hero and I hope he has a great season with them.
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Can play in numerous positions? Debatable.
All the best Nicky. In my eyes an Altrincham hero and I hope he has a great season with them.
I think left back and left wing back he certainly can and he ripped Chester to pieces from the right flank the other season.
If anyone knows why that formation with him and Crowther was never played again after beating Chester 4-1 do let me know...
Anyway, it's a real good move for Nicky and I hope he does well. Let's be clear, unlike others there's a lad who owes us absolutely nothing! Good luck Nicky.
And whilst I'm happy with the two young wingers we've got I'd feel a lot better if we picked up Rothery or Boshell (N) as well.
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Just was the best winger since Showler, shame we couldn't just see how his pre season went and maybe offered him a pay as you play wage. He still has all the ability but fair play that Young has cleared out all our sick notes. Just maybe would have given Clee a chance.
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Didn't he also play in goal at some stage,IIRC.
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Yep replaced Stuart at Dover on Stu's last appearance for us
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Yep replaced Stuart at Dover on Stu's last appearance for us
England's, England's number eleven......
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Should have kept him.
We pay money to keep him while he's recuperating, then when he recovers we get rid! Ridiculous.
If he only plays half a season he would have been worth keeping. Best player we've had here in years!!
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Big call by NY releasing Nicky, but as has been discussed previously no-one knows his injury issues more than our back room team. A fit Clee is a class act and if a regular last season would've seen us stay up - comfortably.
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Lets stop looking back and start looking to the future
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As soon as a player is valuable to us "when fit" then the question marks start to appear.
A good player and servant to us but time to say thanks and look forward.
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Agree
I wish Nicky all the best at Guiseley..............but who's to say he won't sap their budget and they only get 9 games from him?
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He's being paid on an appearance basis
Why couldn't we do that?
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He's being paid on an appearance basis
Why couldn't we do that?
To pay someone on an appearance basis you still have to count it in your playing budget. If we'd kept Nicky it would have meant less money to offer other players which is all well and good if he was to play the majority of games but if he missed the majority we'd have less players in the squad to cover because we still would've had to keep money aside in case he did play games if that makes sense.
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He's being paid on an appearance basis
Why couldn't we do that?
To pay someone on an appearance basis you still have to count it in your playing budget. If we'd kept Nicky it would have meant less money to offer other players which is all well and good if he was to play the majority of games but if he missed the majority we'd have less players in the squad to cover because we still would've had to keep money aside in case he did play games if that makes sense.
Think he'd have been worth it though, especially in the Conf north.
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He's being paid on an appearance basis
Why couldn't we do that?
think Young has made it pretty clear he wants young fit players
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Sometimes it is hard to say goodbye. But you have to. The team is always bigger, some big losses this time but the time is right to rebuild. Thanks to all moving on, you were part of us.
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Cant look back now Nicky is almost 33 and had an injury for most of last season , think he will do well at Guiseley though
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Yawn
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Bring on the alty
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He's being paid on an appearance basis
Why couldn't we do that?
think Young has made it pretty clear he wants young fit players
Fine, but remember : " young fit players " can also suffer serious injuries at any time. Hopefully, it will not happen to us next season.
IMO, I'm not overwhelmed by the majority of signings so far. Hopefully, things will improve.
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He's being paid on an appearance basis
Why couldn't we do that?
think Young has made it pretty clear he wants young fit players
Fine, but remember : " young fit players " can also suffer serious injuries at any time. Hopefully, it will not happen to us next season.
IMO, I'm not overwhelmed by the majority of signings so far. Hopefully, things will improve.
what do you expect?
Where do you think were at now?
This is the reality of relegation
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a couple of well know names still expected as well as youngsters?
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We'd better work on a version of "The Young Ones" before hostilities begin in earnest.
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I'm surprised the club advertised for a manager, some of the comments on here lead me to believe we have a few potential managers on this forum.
Talk about a poisoned chalice. If we don't win our first two pre season friendlies I can see folks calling for NY's head.
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It's a football forum, the people who go on should talk like potential managers,as for Young I'm sure he will do a fine job and out of all the players he has got rid off Clee and Marshall are the only 2 I'd question
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I'm surprised the club advertised for a manager, some of the comments on here lead me to believe we have a few potential managers on this forum.
Talk about a poisoned chalice. If we don't win our first two pre season friendlies I can see folks calling for NY's head.
some people still holding a candle for the Sinnott/Tolson regime unfortunately, they won't support the new regime, sad really. It's that backwards thinking that got us relegated in the first place
I am backing Young 100%
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I'm surprised the club advertised for a manager, some of the comments on here lead me to believe we have a few potential managers on this forum.
Talk about a poisoned chalice. If we don't win our first two pre season friendlies I can see folks calling for NY's head.
some people still holding a candle for the Sinnott/Tolson regime unfortunately, they won't support the new regime, sad really. It's that backwards thinking that got us relegated in the first place
I am backing Young 100%
To be fair, the person "not overwhelmed by the majority of signings so far" was hardly president of the Lee Sinnott fan club.
The other criticisms have been of a fans favourite not being kept on. We don't like change here as has been said but I doubt loyalty to Sinnott has anything to do with it. He's finished now. Gone. Not coming back.
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What I see happening right now at the club I have supported since 1971 is as refreshing as I have ever seen, we were at almost the lowest ebb I can recall apart from the Les Rigby tenure. We are moving into a new era, if it doesn't work then nobody can say we didn't try. Fully behind the new regime, lets all get behind them too.
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It's a football forum, the people who go on should talk like potential managers,as for Young I'm sure he will do a fine job and out of all the players he has got rid off Clee and Marshall are the only 2 I'd question
I don't get this obsession with Clee, to be honest. Yes he's been great in the past, but absolutely correct decision to release him
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I hope this move works out for Nicky.
I think it shows what a genuine decent bloke he is turning down other secure offers and taking a sort of pay per play opportunity rather than signing a contract and stealing money for not playing like we were victim of with Griffith last season.
He owes us nothing and goes with very best wishes and thanks for many happy memories.
I wonder if we offered him anything similar?
he signed for guisley
nicky nicky clee....
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It's a football forum, the people who go on should talk like potential managers,as for Young I'm sure he will do a fine job and out of all the players he has got rid off Clee and Marshall are the only 2 I'd question
I don't get this obsession with Clee, to be honest. Yes he's been great in the past, but absolutely correct decision to release him
I think when all is said and done, every single player released had a question mark against them, be it injury, fitness, value for money, (unfortunately), lack of form/interest/ability.
I loved Nicky Clee. Masha and Tim Deasy excellent too but if we'd kept them on and they had injury problems it would absolutely screw us.
I'm happy with the signings thus far but would like to see 2 or 3 experienced players to complement the young hungry players. You wouldn't want 15 young lads from the lower leagues. Although Hyde romped the league with that Curzon team.
Hennagan, Moult and Reeves gives us a bit of a spine though.
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Don't forget we also have Shaun Densmore as well; he fits into that category.
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It's a football forum, the people who go on should talk like potential managers,as for Young I'm sure he will do a fine job and out of all the players he has got rid off Clee and Marshall are the only 2 I'd question
I don't get this obsession with Clee, to be honest. Yes he's been great in the past, but absolutely correct decision to release him
I think when all is said and done, every single player released had a question mark against them, be it injury, fitness, value for money, (unfortunately), lack of form/interest/ability.
I loved Nicky Clee. Masha and Tim Deasy excellent too but if we'd kept them on and they had injury problems it would absolutely screw us.
I'm happy with the signings thus far but would like to see 2 or 3 experienced players to complement the young hungry players. You wouldn't want 15 young lads from the lower leagues. Although Hyde romped the league with that Curzon team.
Hennagan, Moult and Reeves gives us a bit of a spine though.
There are plenty of lads out there, in their early 30's, looking beyond their immediate football careers. The knack is picking the right ones. For every Colin Little there is a Twiss / Griffith.
I hope we aren't put off the idea of adding 1 or 2 experienced heads in this way - a Cav type player would have saved us last year.
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Don't forget we also have Shaun Densmore as well; he fits into that category.
Good shout Steve, will be great to have a fit Dens back ( hopefully )
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Don't forget we also have Shaun Densmore as well; he fits into that category.
Good shout Steve, will be great to have a fit Dens back ( hopefully )
It's purely a hypothetical question but would Densmore have survived Neil Young's overhaul of the playing squad if he had not been under contract for another season?
He actually made fewer appearances than Clee last season.
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Personally I think he'd have binned all four off
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Indeed. Richman was bedevilled by niggling injuries last season and I think the contract saved him. If he's fully fit for the new season he'll be an asset at this level.
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NY mentioned Moult positively in his first interview as manager, so he may have offered him a new deal, I think. And Heathcote surely fits the player profile he's after and won't be on much money. Densmore and Richman are interesting ones. It's Simon who may have the more convincing to do, given the new signings. It'll also be interesting to see who captains the side - Densmore, Moult or someone else.