In any event, here we are. Looking back, the club should have told Dave much sooner that we services were no longer required. It is a big deal that the club handled the situation as it has, but what’s done is done.
I do understand your point of view but is it realistic to expect the club to lay out all their plans for all the players in advance?
By some accounts we wanted to keep Dave around but even if that changed, it seems like we hadn’t made a firm decision until quite late in the day.
From the club’s point of view, why should they tell any player whether or not they want them to stay until such time as it suits the club to do that? On the other hand, does a long time servant such as Dave deserve special treatment? Possibly he does.
I call it even. Dave tried to get the best for himself and so did the club. He managed to get a beautiful contract last time around and we were happy to pay it (there’s room for debate about who got the best deal there but it was all fair and ran its course).
When the dust settles, as others have posted, he’ll realise he’s better off finding a new club as a free agent than warming our bench.
I should mention that I spent a lot of time defending Dave when he was being called a coward and a weakling, these were pathetic insults, imo, from people who couldn’t appreciate that he has his own style. He is what he is - a good keeper and, from what little we know about him, a good man. I wish him every happiness.
Thanks for the discussion, by the way. It’s been cathartic and enlightening.