Harbottle now confirmed.

Be surprised if jackson is in charge next season. 4 years of poor budgets.. must be ambitious. And the rumour i heard earlier in the week about wages ? if true thanks to whoever loaned 👍

Orsi and Harbottle have gone.

Either of them? Who else? What have I missed?

My thoughts are we are clearing out squad players to bring in new players. It would not surprise me if we had initiated these transfers out. Not really going to miss either of them. It just depends who we will get as a replacement.

Managers are very pragmatic. Do you seriously think if Harbottle was our best defender he would keep him on the bench and the last time he started he was responsible for the Exeter goal. Think you will find Harbottle was at fault in some way

Wimbledon v Stockport moved to Tue April 14th but may have to be the Weds instead

How the manager carries himself on the touchline is no indicator of his quality. For example, Ancelotti is very quiet and reserved on the touchline but is deemed to be a good man manager and had been very successful without having histronics.

A4E - Yes I looked over to the bench when Exeter ran through our defence and scored last home game and Jackson was glued to his seat throughout.

Players falling out with managers happens in every club across the country - no different at ours. Is Harbottle out of contract at the end of the season ? Maybe he wants more money than we are prepared to offer - that’s nothing to do with the manager’s man management and is as likely as any other rumour

Upset to see Harbottle go as I thought he was great last season and his long throws were a real asset. There had better be some players coming in. Is it true he fell out with Johnnie Jackson?

I don’t know anything about JJ’s “man management”, but I’d say that I find some of his touchline antics (or lack thereof) irritating to observe - I’d like to see him a bit more animated, and I want a manager (or another coaching staff member) to grab the 4th official every time the away manager steps outside his technical area, because it really does piss me off that they do it non stop without the 4th official doing anything at all about it…

Naz, you can always trust links from me.

It is only a rumour. Similar rumour was going around re James Ball back end of last season. If it's because the player has stepped out of line then fair enough, but Jackson's never struck me as the world's best man manager tbh.

Naz - see Mav’s post below… 👍

Sorry, just read Meadow's link. (I tend to be cautious about unexplained links.)

What's happened with Harbottle?

We don’t know what’s gone on behind the scenes but the manager is in charge so if there has been a fallen out best for both parties if he moves on

Players need to remember that the manager picks the team - there’s no place for insubordinates…. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Rumour has it it's because he's fallen out with Jackson. Would explain why Jackson refuses to pick him. No way to run a football club.

Anyone know how much BRFC are giving us for Harbottle?

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Palace will be ok once they built the new expensive stand

Spartan - sad about Kenny Morris, and I’ve just read that his memoir is/was due to be published this year… 😟

Hash - with that many backwards passes, surely there should be “own goal” in there somewhere…? 🤪