by Gulliball » 10 Jun 2014, 14:59
We signed Martin Rice from a building site and gave him another shot at professional football. He had a great season last year and played far more first team football than he would have expected to last summer. Without the injuries to Poke he might never have received that chance, those are the margins of a footballer's career. His stock has risen in the last 12 months, but not to the point where he would expect to be a number 1 keeper in the football league, nor can he be upset by his treatment by us, that's the life of a number 2 keeper. I would expect him to re-sign for us.
We signed Martin Rice from a building site and gave him another shot at professional football. He had a great season last year and played far more first team football than he would have expected to last summer. Without the injuries to Poke he might never have received that chance, those are the margins of a footballer's career. His stock has risen in the last 12 months, but not to the point where he would expect to be a number 1 keeper in the football league, nor can he be upset by his treatment by us, that's the life of a number 2 keeper. I would expect him to re-sign for us.