redrobo wrote:Such a pity that you appear to be unable to accept that I and possibly others have a different view on how to achieve what we ALL want....
without doing a Dagenham et al.....
I couldn't muster the energy to respond to it, but glad that others did. Complete nonsense.
P/T Indie wrote:I think even if we offer Derek a new contract it doesn't mean he will sign it as he might be getting offers elsewhere, I think if a Scottish Premiership team made him an offer he wouldn't be able to turn it down.
Possibly - but he did turn Hearts down before the ink had dried on his deal here. That's the third or fourth biggest job in Scotland IMO. For me, if he believed in the project here (that he could take us into League One) and could be financially compensated for doing it, it would look better on his CV than anything he could realistically achieve in Scotland - unless he landed a job for Hearts (big job now - unsure what is happening with Scots Championship this season), Hibs (been there before briefly - bridges burnt?), or Aberdeen (long-term manager in situ) capable of qualifying for Europe or winning a cup by avoiding Rangers and or Celtic until the final and getting lucky.
It depends what his personal aspirations and situations are - he might be home sick for example(?), but if it is to progress professionally through the leagues in England (like he opted to do with Plymouth..... just about as far away from Scotland as you could get) then success at Morecambe would be really eye opening - even more so than it is already IMO.
I hope the club has at least started to talk to Derek his current deal and possibly extending it - it might not be for him, in which case whats the plan to get into league one without him, because the good players that he finds/develops seem to follow him into future employment (a bit like Sammy Mac)?