Nelson sets sail for Chatham...

Sad to see Sid go.

I wonder if Sid moving on is more about SD’s ruthlessness in terms of not having injury prone players, rather than Sid’s actual performances.

Of the 9 ‘big’ summer signings (not counting Cullen, Payce and Jobson) only Ricky remains! I know Mekki is on loan and still technically our player but I can’t see him featuring again unless we fall on desperate times.

Can’t help but feel disappointed with the recruitment tbh. It promised so much but apart from Alfie Pavey delivered so little.

Might give him a chance to find a proper right back!!

I don't think we saw the best of him apart from the last game as you say because of injuries.I liked him on the pitch because he was vocal.I think we lack that sometimes.

He was MOM yesterday too in Chatham's home win who seem to be on the up averaging around 1200 for home games.

A fair proportion of the major signings last summer that haven't worked out i.e. Partington, Upward, Mekki, Folivi and Nelson, had several things in common:-

- All have been established players at National division level or better.
- All have had very major injuries in their careers.
- With the exception of Folivi, perhaps time was catching up with them, as none are getting any younger.
- Apart from Partington, all had significant absences through injury during their brief stays at the Club.
- Apart from Mekki, all had had very little recent experience at National South level.

The other recruits? Well clearly it worked well for us and Pavey (although not so well for him since his transfer), while Maloney and Perez rarely looked convincing and also had fitness issues during their time here.

Maybe it's just been bad luck, maybe the Club needs to change its template when targeting additions to the playing squad.

Whichever, it's been a costly exercise having expensive players in the squad whose availability and form has been a long way below expectations.

Something definitely wasn’t right.

If you listen to his interview after signing for Hemel you’d have thought he’d just signed for Real Madrid the way he was talking, rather than a team where he’ll be playing in front of 300 people and a Labrador.

He seemed beyond relieved to have gotten away from Boro and signed for the giants of Hemel, the whole interview came across as a dig at Spencer and the club.

I keep seeing Boro fans pining over him on Twitter -

‘All the best Michael’

‘The one that got away’

‘What could have been’

etc. etc.

I just don't get it, I feel he didn’t give his all for us, didn’t want to be here and so my mindset is very much bollocks to him.

Hish and Hady are better than him, Millar and Harvey time will tell but at least there’s effort there, they want to be here and aren't feigning injuries!

Is there a link to this?