Looks like Kenny has joined that 'big club' Grimsby
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Kenny Arthur
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Why is he going league lower for & why hasnt coley made a good bid for him 
This is a real shame. Perhaps this shows to people who weren't already aware, the sheer lack of resources we have at our disposal. It also shows how much the club was operating beyond its means before last season. The fact is we have been unable to compete with a non-league team in the chase for two players' signatures. Good luck Coley, you're gunna need it!
That just about nails it Bang On IMHO. gutted Kenny went elsewhere, but understandable.
I don't think it shows the 'sheer lack of resources' at Stanley but indicates that Grimsby have money in the bank. Don't forget, Grimsby had the finances available to offer Stanley £100,000 for Symes last January. Not many league two teams would be able to do that.
Grimsby will have lost floater fans and revenue after being relegated to non-league, shirley their budget has been adjusted accordingly and won't be offering the same wages as they were in the FL? Obviously they'll be better off than the vast majority of BSP teams, but they will still have had to downsize. The fact that we as a Football League club can't compete with Grimsby even after their scaled down budget really shows, to me anyway, how little we have to offer.
Surely, whether they're non-league or not is irrelevant? I'll bet they've sold more season tickets than us and I'll bet their gates are higher than ours next season, so they'll simply have more financial resources at their disposal to offer more attractive wages than we can.
agree wi that also, but its still a slap in the kisser,when players go non league fer better money, simple fact.
Yep, it is, it's almost humiliating in a way. But seems to me it's a reflection of the way the balance has shifted over the years. BSP clubs like Grimsby, Luton, Wrexham and Cambridge can probably wield more financial clout than FL clubs like ourselves, Macc and Barnet. The one ray of light is the Daggers who have proved that it is possible to achieve success with gates similar to ourselves.
Kenny is well loved by all oer here good keeper, opinions vary about kempson, if ya like the big boot ya will love him, personally i won't miss him. as fer us struggling next season......ya don't know coley, i'll reserve judgement until 4/5 games, as he usually pulls rabbits outa his hat.Sorry we've got Kempson and now Arthur. How do you rate these two? Can see you struggling to stay up next season?
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But for all their financial clout, Luton, Wexham and Cambridge didn't win promotion back to the FL and there's no guarantee that Grimsby will do the same. If we, like Macc & Barnet, can live within our means and stay in the FL, that is the most important thing to me. Too many clubs have gone bust trying to chase promotion!
Me too, but it's a fact of life that clubs like Grimsby will snatch players from under our noses because of a more attractive wage structure. Back in the bad old days, we would've probably offered Kenny money we couldn't afford to secure his services, but now we're living within our means this scenario may well become more familiar. As Cashy says, hopefully King Coley can work his magic!
May get into a bit of debt to return to the football league.
We will always be a bigger club than you
I'd rather be a small football league club than a big conference club. It won't be easy for you to get back into the football league there are a lot of good teams in the conference. As for Kempson I think he has found his level in the conference. Kenny Arthur is a good keeper but in both his seasons with Stanley he had spells out injured and last season with Rochdale he also had a spell out injured. He is well thought of at Stanley but if he was that good a keeper do you think that Rochdale would have let him go free with a year left on his contract?
