Whispers: Its Carlisle.

Good luck to him if true. He'll get a massive pay rise for been injured for about a 3/4 of the season.

A very good point.

We had the best of him then too many injuries if he was injured or just didn’t want to play, only time will tell.

Carlisle must be going part time then.

Sterry says he wants to ‘explore’ other options. I think it should read ‘has explored’ other options and knows exactly where he is going.

Anyone can contradict me, but talented as he can be, he never really looked that interested to me, plus his frequent injuries….be interested to see if the injuries continue with another club.

Fans new sterry was going months ago, so is heart wasn't in it, seems an occurring theme at Pools the last few years.

Strangs Askey arrives, Sterry starts playing.

Yeah rumours at the time was he and a few others weren't happy. So probobly something in the mysterious injuries.

It’s understandable he was struggling to give his best. When your one of the few good players in a team of sh**E it must be difficult to stay motivated and play your heart out every week. Don’t blame him moving on to be honest. It would really grate on me if I was him playing in a team managed by Dave Challinor which had so much going for it which was decimated in such a short space of time. Anyway we can’t change the past and need to start from scratch again. Good luck to the guy if he goes and thanks for the memories

well there was never any real rumours of other clubs coming in for him in his good seasons never mind an injury infested one. when he left the mags was his injury record there bad and the reason we gambled on his signing as they could have re appeared at any time. anyway good luck to him as he has given us some good moments over the time he has been with us unlike a lot of others.

There was a massive rumour that Stockport wanted him in the Jan transfer window but were priced out of the market. Basically Pools made sure he didnt go by asking silly money for him.

Dodds is more than capable, and has massive potential, no sterry leaves the wing back position clear for him.

if true than they have just thrown a load of money away for no other reason than spite. there money is as good as anyones and anything would have been better than rockall we have got from him now.

let those that want to leave, leave ! and we can crack on and build a squad capable of getting us out this mess again !

its going to take some characters with heart and passion - we need lads who want to fight and play for this club !

Well that is one way of looking at it. Another way is that in January Pools were determined to avoid relegation and saw Sterry as a key part of the team. Dont know if Dodds was signed before or after the Stockport bid, but he was (is) a youngster and an unknown quantity at that time. Besides he could play as a CB and maybe it was forseen he would be needed in that role.

Well that is one way of looking at it. Another way is that in January Pools were determined to avoid relegation and saw Sterry as a key part of the team.
and he was missing in the three nightmare games that really sent us down. newport and salford away and the white flag game at the vic v crawley.

If Pools had sold Sterry in January there would have been absolute hell on from the fans - especially knowing he might have been lining up against us on the last day of the season.

Yes that is unarguably true but without a crystal ball, no one could have forseen that in January. Maybe they were hoping that Sterry would get over his injury problems and become a regular again. I just cant see that Pools would deliberately refuse to sell a player out of spite.

I often wonder about Sterry to Stockport rumour. They already had Macaulay-Southam who was as good as Sterry and then signed Bardsley.

Forget that, it’s what he gets paid to do, play football, for us.

Well it was supposed to be a done deal that he was off to South shields months ago so we shall see if that was true.

well hes off so doesnt matter - we have Dodds whos arguebly a really good talent and will be more than capable of ripping the NL a new one

now we just need a CB - CM and CF cut from the same cloth as him and we will just do alright

they signed a lad from doncaster rovers in january for a fee and unlike sterry with us has been ever present since and for me the better player of the two with what i have seen. kye knoyle.

Has said his goodbyes on twitter.

As with Killip must have had something lined up. You wouldn’t just walk out without something to go to.

Signs for Doncaster.

Best of luck to him.
Donny's stadium probably swung it a la Mols.
"I’m absolutely over the moon."

https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/new ... y-signing/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieaFbC-6F8A

So another fan of breeze block and sheet metal stadiums is drawn to Doncaster.
Let’s see if his injuries have finally cleared up.

From fire back into frying pan springs to mind

Just love that comfy chair.
Absolute class.
Blends in so well with the stadium.
I want one for Christmas but in blue and white.

https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/new ... n-signing/

Car share with Mols gets it over the line.

Suspect just reflects in reality how much interest there was.
Just like Mols I'm afraid.
Any news on Odusina?
Not good enough to even warm the bench at the Bantams last season.
Will he just sit out his two year deal?
Probably.

Do some players (in general at all clubs) think that a move to another club to fester on the bench is an improvement on being a regular first teamer?
The money probably helps, but your loss of regular time on the pitch won’t help your game if you’re serious about it.

Lined up for quite a while you’d imagine, all fell into place too easy.

Mols got plenty of game time at Rovers last season and I'm sure Sterry will as well. Didn't seen many better right backs in our 2 seasons in League 2.

They're not going to get a full season of games out of him though, especially not at times when its 2 games a week.

I think players must copy and sign a standard statement when signing for a new club, why don’t they just say they offered me a better salary.

I always hoped we would get a good bit of money for Sterry. Raj has form with this, pissing about with contracts and letting our best players leave for nothing. We missed out on the best time to sell Sterry but to be fair, we needed him as Pools player more at the time and it seemed like the club was on an upwards trajectory that could keep ambitious players happy. But since then, he's lost all that value and its probably the best move for both parties.

there was never a right time to sell him after the season started. we needed a few decent players in the side to make up for the dross. he was not outstanding enough either in his form to sell him in january as clubs knew they only had a few months to wait to pick him up. if donny have a similar season as the last one he will be ideal for them as he is used to playing for a few different managers in a season.

Because some people would accuse them of being greedy. The majority accept that pro football is a short career and dont begrudge players moving on for more money but there will always be a minority who cant understand this and would criticize so footballers swerve this issue by banging on about training facilities, stadiums, being nearer home etc. It is entirely understandable.

Misses just about half a season
Re-appears when Askeys comes in.
Sick note on final day.

Close the door on your way out.

football may be a short career but for most its over 10 years and in some cases much more. doubt many now have a job for life when leaving school and are forced by one circumstance or another to change their careers also. we have not got the luck to enable us to move for better money as much as players have and have no agents helping to fix us up but the job centre.

I notice nothing in the mail about it all came from Doncaster end. They need to wake up especially now the article on keepers was a very lazy one more or less high lighting any keeper who has a connection to JA was featured.

There were times when his value peaked but you're right, it just seemed better to keep him at the time.

If they do, it makes you wonder.

I guess anyone's career and earnings potential depend on what skills they have. Obviously a building site labourer will struggle more than an electrician or a teacher. I dont begrudge a footballer, particularly at the lower end of the spectrum, earning as much as they can while they are young enough and fit enough to attract the attention of clubs who have the money to pay them.

Worth a bet on Donny next year , a manager who knows what he’s
Doing and some good signings so far
As for Sterry, if he has a bit of luck with injuries and is handled properly will be a huge asset for them in that division

As people have said the fact we have dodds makes this less of a loss, but we’ve lost a very good player

As an aside he also won awards for his work with the community while with us, sounded like a decent bloke and hopefully he does well for them and himself

many players have a season of injuries and sickness some time in their careers. next season will be a big one for him as it will for doncaster. still a better supported club than pools even on a bad run as a poor gate for them would be regarded as a top one for pools. just sad how his career ended with pools and would rather have seen him leave at the top of his game than being a bit of a pale shadow of what he was and still can be.