So the Hartlepool Fail reckons that Matt Bates has to box clever and clear some of the deadwood before any more new additions. It says that the price wanted for Cassidy is frightening off would be suitors, we did not pay for any of these players and none have excelled while here so the solution is simple, free them to any club willing to take over their contracts as Pools did when they signed mark Tinkler from Southend. Then the only problem would be the ridiculous wages Pools have paid to distinctly average National league players.

I'd be surprised if Cassidy had an asking price, more likely wages that are scaring clubs off.