Performance against Stanley

[SupermarketShrimp]

I get the frustration and I get that the performances of late haven't been great.

But... playing for a contract at Morecambe FC - are you joking? Seriously, are you?

Coleman's men are playing at a club that (now) has a solid financial footing and they know that will continue next season. They can afford to bring in decent quality players and loanees and the current crop know that.

The players we have tied on contracts for next year have no idea whether those will be worth anything in terms of guaranteed wages for 2017/18, the others - given what they've put up with this season - would be stark-raving mad to put pen to paper on another 12 months as things stand.

These are not normal circumstances so, in my view, we can't judge them by normal criteria.

I'm not saying below par displays should just be brushed off as 'acceptable' - but surely they are at least 'understandable'.

This with absolute bells on.

Even though we've lost money continuously for years the benevolence of the directors has been meant that Jim and the team have been able to go to players and guarantee an income and game time to players who for one reason or another have had problems with getting it.

We've now lost that selling point. And it will have been a massive one. These players are all in the shop window now. They need to stay in form and injury free to ensure a wage come next season.

If you don't have a guaranteed income, would you work for any business? We don't know who even owns the club.

The next 3 weeks are absolutely vital - the court case (IIRC) ends a week today or Friday. We then have an owner who frankly has to get cracking.

Trust launch on Saturday, Owner the following week resolved, mess beginning to be tidied up - but the hard work is really coming when we get to the end of the season.

[Christies Child]

By all means disagree with me about playing for an MFC Contract next season....I've no problem with that.

But how many on this Forum have made the comment that some of the players would be lucky to get an FL contracty elsewhere. hence why in my opinion they should be playing out of their skins to earn a contract SOMEWHERE.....if not at our great club.

As for the ownership being resolved next week.....wishfull thinking in my opinion. I've a horrible feeling that this is far from being resolved but hope I'm wrong......

[Gone_Shrimping]

It wouldn't surprise me if the 2 ex Stanley players (3 if you include Wakefield) who are out of contract in June end up back at the Crown Ground. Where they will recommence playing like world-beaters !

Any of our out of contract players will be off elsewhere unless something positive materialises with the ownership next week.

[Seasider9601]

Worrying thought.....

This needs resolving ASAP.

[shrimper]

By all means disagree with me about playing for an MFC Contract next season....I've no problem with that

So you were serious.

My only point was that these are not normal times in the lives and careers of our players so it's perhaps unreasonable to judge their performances by normal measures.

[mrpotatohead]

One more loss and ''PC'' can get back to his ''jim out'' agenda as there will be one or two in agreement with him, the players are running on empty , it's been a long hard season with the off the field stuff as well as having to put in extra shifts when still carrying injuries because of depleted numbers, The obituary off ''PC'' for an obviously ''rushed back'' Murphy is a bit premature, and uncalled for, hopefully.