With the latest transfer window having closed to keep the draught out as the snow gently falls outside my window, and with us fans having been crying out for additions and departures in certain areas, it’s time to look at the comings and goings of the last few weeks. As we changed manager/head coach a month or so ago, changes were inevitable as the new man sought to impose his style on the club and in doing so identified those inherited players unlikely to play a part in it, and those elsewhere who could fit in.
Let’s start with the outgoings, and, in situations like ours, they tend to include those summer arrivals who didn’t make their mark. First up is defender Morgan Feeney, who has thankfully managed to get a contract at Carlisle in the last week. He arrived with good references from Everton and appeared to have the attributes to make a positive difference to our defensive options, with height and a bit of pace on his side. He scored on his September debut in the 8-1 Papa John Trophy annihilation of Villa, but also managed to damage his hamstring, a repeat of his debut day injury when on loan at Tranmere. That brought his career statistics to four games, three of which were debuts and two of those debuts ended with the same injury. With that injury record, and the emergence of Bailey Wright as the main man, and with Willis, Flanagan, Sanderson, and McLaughlin ahead of him in the chase for one of two central def