And so Danny Jackman has left for higher ground in a move creating mystery, intrigue and an incredible injury recovery. Jackman appeared to have picked up an injury before the season started, strangely directly after a transfer request went in and was rejected a couple of days previous. Two weeks later and the double player of the year has left and the ‘injury’ is apparently healed as he played for Gillingham last night in their 3-1 defeat to Blackburn in the Carling Cup.
More than a few eyebrows have been raised, and rightly so. Jackman, once a fans’ favourite and someone that I wrote very favourably of in this very blog, has now left under a cloud. What grates the most is that he himself said that he’d stick around this season even if we did go down (a statement from before the Leeds game on the final day of 08/09).
It’s fair enough that Jackman wants to play at the higher level but did he not think that before the end of last season? Or was it all just a front, put on to look like the hero? Either way, Jackman is gone for what must be a fairly big sum (the undisclosed fee rears its ugly head again) and we must now move on with players who want to be at the club. A good result on Saturday and we’ll be flying and if the defence can continue to cope without his influence then we should be OK.
With under a week of the transfer window to go, time is running out to find a replacement so it could be a busy few days for Mr Gray.
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