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Sorry to bring this back to the top but does anyone know the length of contract Ryan has been offered at York?
(It's just a stats thing).

Jarvis reminded me of Jack Swindells who, older fans will recall, played for us in the 1963-4 season. I think he was transferred to Workington.
Once again, the warnings of fans from the player's (or, in Mr. Ling's case, manager's) former club proved to some extent correct. Interestingly, the Walsall fans were also glad to see the back of Jarvis because, apparently, he was on (relatively) high wages. Not the case here, showing that is career is on the slide.

Bit surprised, not sure if we gave him the best chance to shine with the way he was played but he always worked hard and got a few important goals. Generally liked him as a player but always wanted more from him. Don't think he will ever be prolific, we aren't really in a position to be carrying players like that at this level maybe? I don't know. Either way, I wish him all the best and thank him for his effort, which could rarely be doubted.

Didn't realise he was on a free!

[quote="berkshire yellow"]Does anyone know if we got any sort of fee for him?[/quote]

Jarvis was out of contract!

I have faith in Knill. He was wise enough and good enough motivator to keep us up with a poor side that was in freefall.

Knill will bring in decent replacements. Although i was a jarvis fan in the end(for some time, he was awful), i appreciate his good efforts and performances in the relegation battle, but ultimately there are
a lot better players out there in that position.

[quote="berkshire yellow"]Does anyone know if we got any sort of fee for him?[/quote]

This ought to explain:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4528732.stm

Does anyone know if we got any sort of fee for him?

I think it time we just let Mr Knill work his magic, there are many players out there who are seeking a club and this should hopefully have a knock on effect with wages. With the players wages going up through the roof and attendance staying fairly static something has to give.

I'm not too worried about losing Jarvis but it wouldn't surprise me if he did well at York. I don't think he was as poor a player as some made out, although I think losing Rene is a much bigger hole to fill.

As for those saying a forward line of Benyon, Yeoman and one other...are they mad? That sort of forward line will see us struggle all over again. We certainly need much more quality up front and we have lacked that for two seasons if Howe has been injured, suspended or off form.

[quote="SuperNickyWroe"][color=#FF0000]i think the fact that AK has offered him sh*t money suggests he wasnt that bothered and probably has someone in mind anyway.[/quote][/color]

I hope you are right, I would not like to think that it was because of a shortage of funds. If this is the case then other teams will easily be able to tempt Saah & Downes away with better offers. They are both "Ling's players" & don't need to show any loyalty to A.K. so perhaps wages will play a very large part in any decisions that they may have to make.

[quote="SuperNickyWroe"]i think the fact that AK has offered him sh*t money suggests he wasnt that bothered and probably has someone in mind anyway.[/quote]

Agreed, I think Knill recognised Jarvis's many limitations and saw him as a sub/squadman at best, offered him financial terms accordingly. I think we can see this as a good sign that AK is looking at better quality as part of our starting front line.

With regards to replacements, there's no doubt that we are still at a disadvantage to some London/Midlands/Northern clubs in terms of relocation convenience, and in many cases money, but still we have shown over the last few years we can attact the occasional quality player.

Reading Alan's comments, it seems he just went yeah mate go and sign there. Seems like Knill wasn't overly concerned about it. Think we could use the money in other ways being an even fresher team in.

I did like Jarvis as a player, but is his level bottom and of league two?

I am more disappointed by this than Rene leaving. I think given a run in the side under Knill, Jarvo would have done the business.

Nevermind, Im sure AK has back up plans in place

Fair question - as soon as Jarvis doesn't sign for us, he is useless. Typical reaction really. The only real note of concern is that Howe and Jarvis were two forwards who were offered contracts so they were players who were wanted by us. There is no way that Benyon is a certain signing either so that could leave us with Yeoman (assuming he doesn't turn us down as well).
However Knills comments seem to suggest that he wasn't too bothered about keeping Jarvis either!

i think the fact that AK has offered him sh*t money suggests he wasnt that bothered and probably has someone in mind anyway.