Lawrie Wilson departs Port Vale and signs for Ebbsfleet

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Port Vale have announced that veteran defender Lawrie Wilson has left Vale Park with National League side Ebbsfleet signing the veteran. Wilson was a summer signing by former manager Michael Brown but despite signing a two-year deal he has been unable to secure a regular starting place in the team. He made just eight senior […]

 

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[mbycars]

Good one to get off the wage bill as he was never going to get a starting place.

[paulvaliant]

Is there an up to date current squad list on OVF? There usually is one but I can’t find it anywhere.

[Rampant Zebra]

Official site says he left by mutual consent, does that mean we didn't have to pay him off for the whole contract?

[PV1973]

It could mean anything from paying it off completely to agreeing to pay him a percentage of it to get him to leave.

[bycars rob]

That should give us some room for maneuver in the squad. Surprised that never worked out but he never seemed fit.

[mbycars]

It could mean anything from paying it off completely to agreeing to pay him a percentage of it to get him to leave.

 

The fact that he has joined Ebbsfleet means we may not have had to pay him off or we would only have paid him a small amount to leave.

[Valiant62]

Came with a decent pedigree but it seems his body isn’t up to it now. I’m sad it hasn’t worked out and I hope he contines to make a living out of the game. It does, however, help us rationalise squad numbers.

[SourceOfTheTrent]

There's something very odd gone on here, we sign a bloke who played 30-odd games in a L1 promotion side and come the start of the season he looked well short of the mark. He can't get near the team under Aspo and then, unsurprisingly, gets offloaded but goes to a National League side. Was he crocked when Brown signed him? It doesn't stack up, on paper he should have been easily good enough for L2.

Anyway, it's best all round he moves on, good luck to him.

[George]

There's something very odd gone on here, we sign a bloke who played 30-odd games in a L1 promotion side and come the start of the season he looked well short of the mark. He can't get near the team under Aspo and then, unsurprisingly, gets offloaded but goes to a National League side. Was he crocked when Brown signed him? It doesn't stack up, on paper he should have been easily good enough for L2.

Anyway, it's best all round he moves on, good luck to him.

 

He must have been crocked when we signed him. It’s the only logical option. Either we didn’t do a medical or we did, but thought sod it he’ll recover, and signed him anyway. Whichever way you look at it, very poor from the club.

[Fosse69]

He must have been crocked when we signed him. It’s the only logical option. Either we didn’t do a medical or we did, but thought sod it he’ll recover, and signed him anyway. Whichever way you look at it, very poor from the club.

Will be interesting to see how he goes on at his new club, will he be fit enough?

[Santa]

He tore his hamstring last season. A really bad one by all accounts. I doubt he was anywhere near fit when he signed.

[RailwayRowdy]

There's something very odd gone on here, we sign a bloke who played 30-odd games in a L1 promotion side and come the start of the season he looked well short of the mark. He can't get near the team under Aspo and then, unsurprisingly, gets offloaded but goes to a National League side. Was he crocked when Brown signed him? It doesn't stack up, on paper he should have been easily good enough for L2.

Anyway, it's best all round he moves on, good luck to him.

 

This is the problem when you sign players on stats, but without actually seeing them play for yourself. Stats would suggest that Wilson MUST be a good player. However, sometimes your eyes tell you a different, but possibly more accurate, story. Hence Rudge’s preference for self referral.

[CambridgeDon]

Off to a good start tonight - played in Ebbsfleet's 1-2 away win at Maidstone.

[Lornelounger]

Yeah, I wish him well - my son knows a relative of his, and he has been unlucky with injury. Hope he can squeeze a few more years in with the game he loves.