Jordan Seabright departs

ferrarilover · Post by **ferrarilover** » 01 Mar 2015, 17:45

To become an estate agent. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.

Matt.

lucy6lucy · Post by **lucy6lucy** » 01 Mar 2015, 18:05

ferrarilover wrote:To become an estate agent. Whatever floats your boat, I guess.

Matt.

He's leaving a sinking boat, so a floating boat is a more viable option.

Post by **Gulliball** » 01 Mar 2015, 18:14

Sensible move for him I think. He's currently number two at a low paying mid-table Conference team. As much as everyone dreams of being a footballer, he's been at Dagenham and Torquay and not established himself as a number one. His likely career path probably doesn't have too much time left as a full time pro. As much as it's great to see Ashley Yeoman continuing to chase his dream and earn every new contract he can, Seabright is probably going to earn about the same, if not more in another career, and his career will advance with age. He can also move back home and earn more by playing part-time, so it's not the absolute end of his career. His wages and level would probably not be too much lower than he's currently at with us, so pretty much win-win for him.

Neal · Post by **Neal** » 01 Mar 2015, 18:24

Does this mean he could play for a conf south club part time?

When you jack it in I guess you can play at some level?

hector · Post by **hector** » 01 Mar 2015, 18:51

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.

NA Gull · Post by **NA Gull** » 01 Mar 2015, 19:14

Good luck to him. Can't be any fun being a reserve conference keeper miles from home. He'll work, play semi pro and probably earn a lot more than here.

ferrarilover · Post by **ferrarilover** » 01 Mar 2015, 20:48

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...

http://www.movewithabsolute.co.uk/about-us/

Matt.

RussianGull · Post by **RussianGull** » 01 Mar 2015, 21:00

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

Post by **Dave** » 01 Mar 2015, 21:18

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.

brucie · Post by **brucie** » 01 Mar 2015, 21:51

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

Post by **Dave** » 01 Mar 2015, 21:58

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.

Neal · Post by **Neal** » 02 Mar 2015, 08:41

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.

Neal · Post by **Neal** » 02 Mar 2015, 08:45

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.

CP Gull · Post by **CP Gull** » 02 Mar 2015, 09:51

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.

royalgull · Post by **royalgull** » 02 Mar 2015, 11:08

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.

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