Easy to say all of this after the event and to create a PR spin so it looks like he didn't want to leave.spirit of 1990 wrote:Paul's Statement.
Yesterday there were several news stories concerning the employment status of our manager Paul Cox. There was never a scond thought he was leaving and so for me it was all much ado about nothing.
Hartlepool acted correctly and asked permission to speak to him concerning their management vacancy. I personally don't believe I have the right to deny any individual the right to persue any opportunity so I gave it, as I would for any employee of Barrow AFC . It's naïve to think it wouldn't have happened anyway.
Paul has a contract with Barrow AFC through 2019 and so were anything to happen, would need to request a release from that. He did not.
Hartlepool gave it their best effort and always behaved appropriately, but at the end of all that, which in reality wasn't much, Paul remains our manager.
The majority of our discussion yesterday was actually around the now fearsome array of strikers we possess and how we unlock all of that goal scoring potential, not to mention that carefully configured and intriguing pre-season schedule.
We aren't that far away. We have hopes for Joel & Andy returning successfully from injury and we think three or four key pieces from being very competitive, but they have to be right, and we are being careful. Opportunities may await for a couple of our players at a higher level and if that happens we will wish them well, it is further evidence of the healthy growth of the club.
Sincerely,
Paul.
With regards to "slurs", I think people were generally questioning the managers motives off the back of comments/sources from newspapers that talks had got to an advanced stage and the issue was only the buy out clause.
