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Good luck to him. A bit of a shame as I thought he looked like a promising young lad a times and certainly a reasonable reserve option.

From his point of view, I understand it. You only get one life and he doesn't want to waste it sat on the bench. Quite how the life of an Estate Agent is a step up is beyond me, but each to their own! A sensible decision, made with the head and not the heart. As someone else said, you've got to admire him for spending his day off learning another trade. I dread to think what the rest of the squad are up to.

CP Gull wrote:Yep, it seems that he is indeed quitting football and living down here to return to Poole and become a car salesman.

With the right sort of personality, which it seems he has, he could well earn considerably more doing that than he could ever have done playing second string for us that's for sure. In fact, let's face it, if he only ended up earning what he is here selling cars he would soon be shown the door as it would mean he probably hasn't sold any!

Interesting that he handed his notice in a month ago as that would coincide pretty well with the time that he was dropped after the Altrincham away defeat and Ricey was restored to the team for the Hemel Hempstead Trophy game. I imagine that was perhaps another factor in him making his mind up.

Anyway, good luck to him.

Tbh, I was at the Altrincham match and their 1st goal was even more bizarre than Telford scoring there 3rd(if you was there or saw the goal you know what I mean). It just looped over seabright and he was on the line. Altrincham's 2nd could have been saved, he just stood still. So upon reflection he has made the right decision. Another interesting scenario, could he be planning to play for Poole under Harry redknapp????

ferrarilover wrote: Not sure where others are getting their information...

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Matt.

Looks like the information given to me was correct after all... :na: still irrelevant though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31691719

Yep, it seems that he is indeed quitting football and living down here to return to Poole and become a car salesman.

With the right sort of personality, which it seems he has, he could well earn considerably more doing that than he could ever have done playing second string for us that's for sure. In fact, let's face it, if he only ended up earning what he is here selling cars he would soon be shown the door as it would mean he probably hasn't sold any!

Interesting that he handed his notice in a month ago as that would coincide pretty well with the time that he was dropped after the Altrincham away defeat and Ricey was restored to the team for the Hemel Hempstead Trophy game. I imagine that was perhaps another factor in him making his mind up.

Anyway, good luck to him.

ferrarilover wrote: Not sure where others are getting their information...

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Matt.

He's going back home, not staying around here

I think he has made the right decision. He probably asked about whether he would get another contract and if it was indicated that it was unlikely then who would play those odds? If he is settled in the area with his wife to be then 100% the right choice.

All the best to him.

It's a tough career and not a rewarding one at this level, we pay peanuts as do most of the clubs in L2 and the Conference these days and sadly the hero worship of 500 people won't pay your mortgage or in Jordan's case a wedding bill very quickly. The world has changed in the last 10 years and the cost of everything has increased as well know and although the select few at the top of the football game literally have everything the lads at the bottom work for nothing with no long term job security. You are 5 bad games away or 6 months away from being potentially unemployed permanantly.

Ricey was in that position, at the time he was 2nd choice here and his contract was expiring, because our club rarely sorts contracts out before the end of the season he had to keep his options open and in all honesty his days were numbered, he managed to get a move to Truro (who on the face of it had decent money, they offered Ricey a good deal and he's still owed money by them so there you go!!) but to supplement his income he did some work on a building site over the summer months, which again is what a lot of players do at Conf South or the equivalent levels. Ricey was doing long days of hard labour and having been used to being a footballer it was tough, although he was on more money doing that and playing for Truro than what he got from his new deal from TUFC in League 2 and even since so it's a dilemma for all footballers. Do you have a go at the football dream or do you take the money and possibly more security in another industry?

Jordan's made a decision which he thinks is for the best, he's 20 years old and not playing at a Conference level club and he's been offered a long term secure job elsewhere. for him as a young man starting his life journey he has gone down that route and I don't blame him, there will be mass change in the summer here and no one in our squad is guaranteed to be here next year.

What is also interesting is that Seabright has it appears been working one day a week at the estate agents since October. Not something that I would imagine a League club allowing one of their professionals to do, but presumably the club, perhaps acknowledging the fact that some of our players are barely being paid a "living" wage, are now more accepting of the fact that we are now non league and who nows whether we will still be a full time club in the years to come.

Fair play to Seabright, he was presumably using his day off to actually learn another trade and at the same time some extra money to supplement his (presumably) quite meagre wages - and he now sees a better future for himself in estate agency rather than being a "professional" for a club in the fifth tier of English football.

I would also have to say that I think it must have been pretty disheartening for him playing second fiddle to a keeper (Rice) who has made enough gaffes over the course of the season to have allowed Seabright plenty of chances to cement a regular starting place in the team, but no sooner was he given his chance by Hargreaves only then to be unceremoniously dumped back to the bench, without ever really letting us down as far as I can recall.

Travelling all over the country, very often up and back in a day, and knowing that you will end up being sat on the bench for 90 minutes without ever really being given an extended chance in the team - was probably also a factor in his decision.

What I do find somewhat incredible though is that he chose to quit the club on the eve of the second leg of the FA Trophy semi final when there was always a chance, albeit probably a slim one, of him getting to play at Wembley this season. Of course, as we know, in the end that option wouldn't have been available to him but nevertheless he chose to pass it up when it was by no means certain that we wouldn't progress and injury to Rice or loss of form could have given him the chance that every young boy dreams of.

Yes the Martin Rice question. he couldn't wait to get back to full time could he, but he was labouring on a building site I think, and full time football where you get our afternoons off must have been very attractive.

It does take guts, and for that, respect to him!.

But, If you jack it in I cant imagine you can play for anyone for at least 1 season at any level?

He could easily play for a conf south club part time, earn a few hundred a week and hold down a job (like the ones stated above actually) and earn a decent salary. Your employer would have to agree for some early finishes I guess but that's all. Sound decision to me.

Someone connected with Basingstoke Town said some players wouldn't go full time as they have a good quality of life the way they are, obviously realise that they would only get 1 or 2 year contracts with conf or league 2 clubs which wouldn't be worth packing in a career that would last much longer. Also we all sort of know our potential don't we, we might be able to eek out something more but at what cost.

Although the other argument is the David Beckham one, he trained and trained and trained to get better, but I guess that's not for most people, its more of an obsessive mentality that not everyone has.

brucie wrote:Look at Martin Ric e - he was never ever going to make it as pro goalkeeper - Now let me think - where is he now?

No one can blame Martin Rice for that now can they, he was offered the chance and took it, the difference between Seabright, rice and Yoeman, is Seabright has had the guts realise it's not going to happen for him and he's done something about it.

Look at Martin Ric e - he was never ever going to make it as pro goalkeeper - Now let me think - where is he now?

My information on this came from with in side the club, however it did come to me second hand, so no real surprise he went from an Estate agent to a car sales man.. anyway irrelevant either way . Totally agree with gullible, pretty much what I said on the match thread, he has a chance to carve a career for himself now and lets face he wasn't going to make in the game as a keeper, takes a lot of guts to step away from pro football, respect to the lad.

Simon at Absolute is a Gulls fan, used to work with his daughter in Exeter. Good luck to Jordan.

hector wrote:Sports Teacher, Car Salesman and now Estate Agent, are all things I have read he is leaving TUFC to do. All better options, whichever he goes for.

Not sure where others are getting their information...

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Matt.