[SaltergateBorn]

I must admit that I was a bit surprised at this one as well. If the aim is to get him back to full fitness as quickly as possible, I would have thought that we would have been best advised to keep him here where we could control and monitor his progress. I also agree that James Rowe doesn`t have the greatest track-record when it comes to keeping players fit. I may be wrong – again – but personally I don`t think we`ll see Danny Rowe playing for us again. He`s in his 30s now and I reckon that Cookie has decided that with Asante fit and firing on all cylinders again, and with one eye on the budget as ever, he has other younger options. I hope I`m wrong, mind; I like Danny Rowe a lot.

I`m not with you on the reputation bit, though. I don`t see any reason why either James Rowe individually or Fylde as a club should be treated as pariahs by us or anybody else. Somebody please correct if I`m wrong, but as far as I know we parted company with JR because of an allegation that was made but which hasn`t yet been followed by any prosecution or conviction. Innocent until proven guilty, and all that. I did get the impression, though, that there was a bit of blood between us and him; didn`t both he and Fylde accuse us of touting the story around the press after he left? We refuted the accusation, but I`m surprised that things seem to have mended so quickly that we`re prepared to do business with each other after this short a timespan. Business is business, I suppose.